NHL 13 Delivers Major Innovations That Will Change the Way You Play the Game

[Simple Mathematics]

Well smack my *** and call me Judy!

Looks like the devs got pissed at my "No NHL 13 info yet..." thread. Well in that case... "There have been very little BaGM improvements over that past few years"

Hope it works! But in all seriousness, this is GREAT NEWS!

Quote: Originally Posted by andrew165

all of this looks great my only other hope is that they have finally change the stanley cup celebration as the current one is four or five years old

PLEASE give us the ability that's mentioned in the NHL 13 Community BaGM Wishlist thread. Let us skate around with the cup with no time limit. Let us decide when the celebration ends. Let different buttons do different things like hold it up, pump it up and down, kiss it, pass it to a teammate, etc.

And the celebration should not stop here. Let us have a parade (sort of like in Madden, but 100 times better). Make it so that winning the Stanley Cup is actually awesome!

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Well I won't lie this was quite the surprise after just getting home from Las Vegas. There is no way that I'm going to over hype any of this news because the past few years I've done that and nothing has changed. I love hearing about the skating being completely redone and it seems as though the presentation is getting an upgrade as well. It also seems as though team strategies and gameplay styles will be redone as well.

The one thing that we are all still looking for is the player separation. I don't see it yet. Maybe the skating engine will help with this, but until they get rid of the unrealistic moves that the skill stick has, which every player in the game can do, this game will continue to play the same every year no matter if they completely overhaul the skating or not. They just have got to figure out a way to separate players and I'm still not sure that all of this overhauling will do that. Hopefully it will.

I'm also extremely happy I don't play any EASHL or Ultimate team because then I would probably be tempted to buy the special edition. It honestly sounds like the biggest waste of 20 dollars but it will definitely save people money who are into spending their money on EASHL boosts and Ultimate team packs.

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Quote: Originally Posted by BlueNGold

Hoooooly ****. I'm ready to put in a pre-order. Fully in on this even after the first press release.

Yep BNG...I'm not even going to try to fool myself. I'll be in line on 9/11.

Besides...my son and youngest daughter would be well...pissed, if I didn't get NHL each year. Yep, even my 20 year old daughter loves playing the game.

Psssst...don't tell her I let her win all the time!

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Quote: Originally Posted by savoie2006

Everything "sounds" great, but how it will play out? First there was Adaptive AI, when helped but wasn't great. Then there was Anticipation AI, which I'm not exactly sure what it did. Now there's Hockey I.Q.... this be the one.

Agree Savoie.

Although ya...I'm more than sure I'll be buying. But, I'll be going by history not hype.

Personally, I feel the upgrades the last several years have been fairly decent, but imo...didn't really live up to the hype machine. Including the things you mention above.

I'm as always looking forward to the new coming game. But yeah...really reserving any real thoughts that something truly "Revolutionary" is headed our way. But man....sometimes it's good to be wrong. Hopefully this is another one of those times for me.

[SinisterAlex]

Quote: Originally Posted by BaylorBearBryant

Kind of disappointed with the lack of EASHL improvements.

They will be announcing much more from now until early July. June/ July is when they usually talk about the online portion of the NHL game.

[JamieLeeWV]

It all sounds good. But will there be any improvements to make the game feel more like a tv presentation? as every game felt the same in the NHL 12.

And what about new commentary? I am sick of bill clement! What about Mike Emerick and pierre mcguire inside the glass? that would be cool

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[TDKing]

I was very happy to hear about Online be a GM, now I'm wondering if they did it right and completed the mode or just half azzed it like Madden did a few years ago. So instead of being happy i can't help but wonder what will be missing from the mode.

I'm also wondering about customization of my online BaGM, two big needs for me would be custom sliders and of course a customizable season length 20/42/82 ! I am leaning more toward a buy now but waiting to hear and see more.

[EpicGingy]

Quote: Originally Posted by JamieLeeWV

It all sounds good. But will there be any improvements to make the game feel more like a tv presentation? as every game felt the same in the NHL 12. And what about new commentary? I am sick of bill clement! What about Mike Emerick and pierre mcguire inside the glass? that would be cool Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

Do you know how much I jumped for joy when Pierre Mcguire left TSN? Having him in NHL 13 would make me mute commentary.

On to the game now. All these improvements sound good in theory, but whether or not they actually work is another question. New AI, skating engine, improved BAGM and BAP (which I need since I make BAP's), all these things are needed.

What I also need is the simulation engine for BAP improved. On Pro your team destroys, from Edmonton to Columbus, when you switch it on All-Star your team almost never scores. Neither is fun or realistic.

As others have said: team and player seperation! It's key, and I would rather they kept old presentation to work on this. Purely aesthetic things don't really matter unless they REALLY REALLY SUCK. NHL's isn't great by any stretch of the imagination, but I can live with it.