NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

What difficulty level is everyone playing at?

Superstar. Can't wait til the 7th.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

What difficulty level is everyone playing at?

All-Star, Hardcore. That was what I was using on NHL 10 for the past 4-5 months, so figured I would start 11 there. Liking the feel so far, although like Vikes mentioned, the CPU Pass Accuracy slider will need tweaking once the retail version drops.

[Lightbringer719]

The game looks to be awesome, but they REALLY, really need to get rid of the stupid "hunching-over" animations the penalized player does (as well as when a team gets scored on.). It seriously just looks stupid.

[GreenReign86]

I had my 1st goal review yesterday. However, I am not as excited as I probably should be. Why is that? Well for starters, it wen't to review due to questions about a distinct kicking motion. After looking at the replay numorous times, the puck indeed wen't in off my players skate. Once more, he appeared to bring his right skate around the back of his left, and angled the skate blade out to direct the puck in. His skate was still in motion when it made contact with the puck. However, the call on the ice was no goal, yet after going to review they overturned it to a goal. So, if that doesn't constitute a kicking motion, I don't know what does. If that same scenerio took place in the EASHL and my team lost by a goal, I would feel very cheated. Hope they can fix with a patch, if they haven't already.

Two more questions about reviews.

Q1: Do they ever uphold the call on the ice?

Q2: Do they ever rule it a goal on the ice, then go to review, or does it only go to review if they waive it off?

[onlybygrace]

Quote: Originally Posted by GreenReign86

Two more questions about reviews. Q1: Do they ever uphold the call on the ice? Yes. I've seen a play in my Youtubing (since my 360 is being fixed) where a player (CPU) beat the over commited goalie, completely deking around the goalie who was 3 feet in front of the crease. However, the forward was not able to get his stick on the puck before it crossed the line after trying to coral it with his feet. The ref waved it off and the call stood...no goal. LINK: (It occurs at 2:06 of the clip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fzwo_DiLlc Q2: Do they ever rule it a goal on the ice, then go to review, or does it only go to review if they waive it off?

So far all I've seen is the reviews occuring after the goal has been waved off. I wouldn't be suprised, due to the elaborate programming involved, that this is probably the only way we'll be seeing reviews this year.

[BPK]

I really want to like this but the defensive play is really frustrating me. I just don`t feel like I have that much control over my players when I don`t have the puck. How are you guys handling defence? I`ve started just using a forward to chase the puck carrier - hardly an ideal scenario.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by BPK

I really want to like this but the defensive play is really frustrating me. I just don`t feel like I have that much control over my players when I don`t have the puck. How are you guys handling defence? I`ve started just using a forward to chase the puck carrier - hardly an ideal scenario.

You don't really need to chase, playing the passing lanes, and stick sweeping does work, granted I do believe stick sweeping could be a little better implimented but practice enough you'll be blocking shots and intercepting passes in no time.

Works for me anyway.

[staffan]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

What difficulty level is everyone playing at?

All-Star (Normal)

For me important:
Authentic puck size and small shadow.