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

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey88

Wow nice goal but the play was offside!

Wow. He was a bit offside.
But i would allow it since St. Louis didn't even need him there at all.

[Mikey88]

Quote: Originally Posted by actionhank

Wow. He was a bit offside. But i would allow it since St. Louis didn't even need him there at all.

Ya i almost think sometimes that if the linesman is not 100% sure, he won't call it or like you said - if its not blatant he won't call it either.. check this one out. CLEARLY OFFSIDE but he was on a breakaway:

[Mikey88]

Btw guys, have any of you noticed 5-hole goals? This was 1 that was very hard to score on in NHL10 unless in shootout mode but i seem to be able to do it more often in NHL11 demo during regular play.

[CS10029]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey88

Btw guys, have any of you noticed 5-hole goals? This was 1 that was very hard to score on in NHL10 unless in shootout mode but i seem to be able to do it more often in NHL11 demo during regular play.

Yep!

And, I love it.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey88

Btw guys, have any of you noticed 5-hole goals? This was 1 that was very hard to score on in NHL10 unless in shootout mode but i seem to be able to do it more often in NHL11 demo during regular play.

Yes, and its due to there being far less "suction" around the goal this year. Goalies have to really have the puck covered to get a whistle now. Its led to all sorts of variety for me at least in the demo. Getting a ton more rebound goals and just dirty goals in general as a result.

[Mikey88]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

Yes, and its due to there being far less "suction" around the goal this year. Goalies have to really have the puck covered to get a whistle now. Its led to all sorts of variety for me at least in the demo. Getting a ton more rebound goals and just dirty goals in general as a result.

Yeah, cuz the one thing i've missed doing in NHL games in general is coming in on the wing and just letting one rip from just above the circles - low 5 hole like i do in real life lol

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey88

Yeah, cuz the one thing i've missed doing in NHL games in general is coming in on the wing and just letting one rip from just above the circles - low 5 hole like i do in real life lol

I actually just did something similar like you describe in BFTC in overtime, turned over a puck at the blue line with Sharp, feathered it up to Hossa, and got it over the offensive blue line, fired it back to Sharp now streaking down the center lane, ripped it, 5 hole, game over.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey88

Btw guys, have any of you noticed 5-hole goals? This was 1 that was very hard to score on in NHL10 unless in shootout mode but i seem to be able to do it more often in NHL11 demo during regular play.

Yep Mikey, I've scored at least a few 5-hole goals so far.

What I've seen with the demo, they've added more goalie animations that make the goalies more human like. And because of this...it seems like all possible shots are at least a bit more likely to light the lamp.

Seems like the at times, frustration of the robo goalies of the '10' game, have been eased up nicely. And boy on All-Star/Superstar, the cpu can really hit the top shelf now.