First NHL 12 Screenshot Revealed, What Differences Do You See?

[SinisterAlex]

Quote: Originally Posted by jonapaloma

I agree. It just gonna be a pain in the butt and frustrating like broken sticks in '11

Can I ask how broken sticks were frustrating? Just curious.

[.:McDanglez89:.]

Fleurys mask coming off, could mean that we will players losing there helmets and not goalies every time they get hit. I'm not going to judge the game until I can say that I've played the demo.

[06woz]

Does anyone remember last years opening screenshot?

It was a waaay too low hipcheck, the player literally had elbows on the ice. This was tuned back massively to what he have now, which isn't perfect but is certainly better than what we saw.

[savoie2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by 06woz

Does anyone remember last years opening screenshot? It was a waaay too low hipcheck, the player literally had elbows on the ice. This was tuned back massively to what he have now, which isn't perfect but is certainly better than what we saw.

Yeah, I remember thinking the demo was the stuff too, but it seems the more they tuned the game, the worse it got. I think they should have just fixed the issues and left the rest alone.

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by savoie2006

Yeah, I remember thinking the demo was the stuff too, but it seems the more they tuned the game, the worse it got. I think they should have just fixed the issues and left the rest alone.

100% correct sir! The game got absolutely brutal once they tuned it. This especially showed in online play which IMO is the only fun part to the game because the AI is so predictable. Even online got bad because of the exploits. The main exploit with the final tuner was the ridiculous one timers. I had three one timers scored on me by my opponent from the corner. He would give the puck to the defenseman at the blue line and pass it down to one of the corners. His player would stand just above the goal line and put in the one timer every single time. When is the last time an NHL teams defense had to worry about a guy one timing one home while standing in the corner just above the goal line. It's virtually impossible to stop that in this game because the CPU doesn't cover the guy in the corner.

Needless to say I just stopped playing the game from that moment on. I've picked it up a couple times recently because the playoffs had me itching to play a hockey game but the AI is just too stale to play. So many things need improvement in this game. Every game just feels the exact same. Hockey is such a dynamic game, but EA needs to find a way to make it feel dynamic. It's one thing for NHL 07 and 08 to not have that dynamic side because the controls and features were so fresh and fun. 09 was good but it started that stale feeling. NHL 10 and 11 have officially brought that stale factor to the maximum for me. They are virtually the same two games with different hitting physics (that are still arcadish). This series needs to make some major gameplay changes.

I apologize for my stern comments about the game because I know a lot of people enjoy the game and I hate ruining it for others. The thing is that I absolutely love everything about hockey, and this game just isn't doing it justice any more. It's just not a great representation of hockey. I really hope major elements are changed so I can finally play this game year round again instead of for 3 months. I'm actually really hoping 2k releases a game for 360 and ps3 this year just so I can have two options in case NHL 12 doesn't make the necessary changes to make the game fun for me again.

[tyler289]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but the Caps wore red helmets in the Winter Classic:



EA has messed up our helmets before, hope they can fix this minor change...

[xITSxDAWKINSx]

i hope the winter classic isnt the big new thing in this game. nhl 10 and 11 was the same as far as game modes so i hope there is more to the game this year

[savoie2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by xITSxDAWKINSx

i hope the winter classic isnt the big new thing in this game. nhl 10 and 11 was the same as far as game modes so i hope there is more to the game this year

Not so, NHL 11 had Hockey Ultimate Team for a new game mode. I don't think Winter Classic will be the BIG thing. Hopefully that is reserved to an actual online hockey franchise that is not HUT.