NHL 11: A Game Harder Than Its Hardcore Fans (Kotaku)

[cepwin]

Yep ramenite....I have that one and I've also watched the video multiple times. :-) It is an excellent book! Yes, at this point I usually try to find a setup I can drive and then just practice the race line and learn the corners. Which sims do you run?

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by sharks

Honestly I think the controls are intuitive enough that if someone took the time, they could learn them. I actually want the level of control to be more complex. I don't feel it's deep enough especially on defense.

That's what I believe. As long as the controls are intuitive, being complex should not be an issue unless a person is just the type who wants everything in life to be easy. Not to mention, doesn't NHL and Madden have simple control setups, anyway, for those who prefer not to use the "complex" control setups? This article, to me, is silly, when it comes to using NHL 11 as an example.

[RealmK]

Great example of the current general "have it easy" society we currently live in. The controls in NHL11 are intuitive, thats the key word right there. It takes only an hour if that to grow accustomed to what does what, and obviously practice will improve your skills over time.

[bruinsftw2k]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

Great example of the current general "have it easy" society we currently live in. The controls in NHL11 are intuitive, thats the key word right there. It takes only an hour if that to grow accustomed to what does what, and obviously practice will improve your skills over time.

I agree, at first I did not like the shoot stick because it was hard to get used to but after playing 10-15 games after it first game out, it was like second nature and it was like, why didn't they use this from the beginning. Sure NHL 11 uses every button, but you don't have to use all of them to be good at the game.


As long as they give the option for both controls, I think everyone is happy.

[ramenite]

Quote: Originally Posted by cepwin

Yep ramenite....I have that one and I've also watched the video multiple times. :-) It is an excellent book! Yes, at this point I usually try to find a setup I can drive and then just practice the race line and learn the corners. Which sims do you run?

rFactor mainly. The league I was in used it exclusively. I have them all, with the exception of iRacing. My wheel died, and I haven't gotten around to getting another one. I'm more rFacotr, LFS, and nKP, than something like grid, or Need for Speed. Although I am looking forward to GT5.

And don't even worry about setups. A setup will behave differently from someone just learning to drive, to just learning the track, from a decent driver, to a quick one. As far as differences in time from one setup to another once you learn to drive? Maybe a second.

[ramenite]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

Great example of the current general "have it easy" society we currently live in. The controls in NHL11 are intuitive, thats the key word right there. It takes only an hour if that to grow accustomed to what does what, and obviously practice will improve your skills over time.

Yes, and it's simple things you can do. For instance, on a power play. Get it down low from the point by banking it off the boards to get around a defender. The board play that now makes dump & chase a worthwhile thing to do. Or forget about the elaborate moves you can do, you can not at least open up the goalie and put the puck through the wickets.

And none of that stuff requires anything more than either a button press, or a couple moves on the skill stick. The one thing I wish I could find though, is some sort of list with ALL the moves you can do. Every once in a while I'll do something by accident, and wouldn't know how I did it. Like I had Crosby kick the puck to his stick and then roof it on a goalie.

[TUSS11]

The controls are definitely intuitive, to us video game players. But to someone who's not familiar with the 360 or PS3 controller, it exponentially increases the learner curve. That's why his friend was able to pick up the Wii hockey stick and be successful instantly. The Wii controller is less abstract when it comes to replicating specific motions, so new-comers can literally "pick up and play".

[stlstudios189]

I was the same way w/ swing stick in baseball it took some time but I can't go back