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

[johnnyrocks]

Improvements to core offline and online modes, including Hockey Ultimate Team, Be a Pro, EA SPORTS Hockey League, a refined on-ice presentation, and more.

This is what I want, finally EA Sports realize that some people do play offline! Thank you, EASHL better be better I swear.

EASHL = Glitchers doing some wacky stuff.. I am looking forward to what they are doing with Be a Pro mode. They should make it like fifa 12 or nba 2k12 even. NBA 2k12 was really entertaining.

[NHLandPESFan]

I skipped NHL 12 as I had finally had enough of EA not giving a multiplayer Be a GM mode. Sounds like they are on the right track now but I am very curious to know if this new Be a GM mode is online only or if we could play games locally too like in 2k10. I am getting really sick of 2k10 and would come back to EA's game but if they don't allow local muliplayer Be a GM as well then I will skip it again.

[jonapaloma]

So far its only word. So many times I've heard this and the results have been far from good. Its easy to say this and that but hard to really deliver. Well well its just to wait and see.

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by jonapaloma

So far its only word. So many times I've heard this and the results have been far from good. Its easy to say this and that but hard to really deliver. Well well its just to wait and see.

i hear ya..

but, when has the EA NHL Dev's dropped info like this on us before? if i can recall, never. even when the skill stick dropped and even new physics based checking etc, never was this much info out there. strats, skating, online gm, etc etc..

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fiddy

i hear ya.. but, when has the EA NHL Dev's dropped info like this on us before? if i can recall, never. even when the skill stick dropped and even new physics based checking etc, never was this much info out there. strats, skating, online gm, etc etc..

I'm curious about this as well.
Were sales poor for NHL12?

[mercalnd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

I'm curious about this as well. Were sales poor for NHL12?

As substantial as much of what they are touting seems, I actually think most or all of these items have been worked on for more than just this year and it was more of a "when will we get all this done" situation as opposed to a "what can we do this year to gain fans back".

This is speculation of course but it might also explain the whole revolution that was supposed to be announced last year and turned out to just be legends. They may very well have thought until fairly late that they'd get the new skating ironed out for NHL 12 only to have to madly scramble for something to tout as the back-of-the-box big feature when they figured out it wouldn't be ready in time.

[jaiman]

Looking at the images, it seems as though the graphics have slightly improved as well. They look a little different. A little sharper.

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by mercalnd

As substantial as much of what they are touting seems, I actually think most or all of these items have been worked on for more than just this year and it was more of a "when will we get all this done" situation as opposed to a "what can we do this year to gain fans back". This is speculation of course but it might also explain the whole revolution that was supposed to be announced last year and turned out to just be legends. They may very well have thought until fairly late that they'd get the new skating ironed out for NHL 12 only to have to madly scramble for something to tout as the back-of-the-box big feature when they figured out it wouldn't be ready in time.

I suspect your first paragraph is fairly accurate. Who knows about the second, but they did use the "it will change the way you play the game" line, didn't they? It still seems like a stretch to suggest they scrapped the new skating from the game that late in production. Once again, who knows...

Quote: Originally Posted by jaiman

Looking at the images, it seems as though the graphics have slightly improved as well. They look a little different. A little sharper.

I believe one of the previews mentioned a lighting upgrade. Hopefully it has a big impact on the overall look of the game, as it can look somewhat "cartoonish" when compared to some other sports titles.