NHL 13 E3 Hands-On Preview

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Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

Does this mean other teams during an offline BeAGM will hire and fire coaches and have that team's style change based on who is hired to replace the leaving coach?

Coach carousel, was the first thing that popped into my head when reading about the coach's thing, RealmK. It sure sounds like it to me. I think this would be a pretty cool addition to BEAGM. Pretty much any kind of increased depth to GM mode is most welcome. Of course as long as it works in a sense able way that is. Hope it's there.

[BaylorBearBryant]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

That depends on if one likes soccer. I'm American, I don't like soccer.

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[Playmaker76]

"Also new are the way strategies work. Each coach has his own strategy, which he takes with him wherever he goes. Potentially you could see the Kings playing like Pittsburgh depending on who their coach could be."

If they finally put in a hire/fire coaches feature, that's perfect.

[waspman3]

I hope the NHL13 game is better even yet this year. Granted I keep buying every year but from all the interviews and promises of being better 1 can only hope it delivers better than the new NCAA 13 I'm playing. Good game and all but for the most part is the same game play with a few more scores from around college thrown in. The improvements sound amazing for the new NHL series for this year. Must be impressing someone as it keeps racking up the awards and I'm sure they come easy. The pricing is the same every year which is good. Can't come up with anything off hand I would change about it. I'll be buying yet again this year.

[liberaluser]

The thing that bothers me most about the lack of info on NHL 13 is not the absence of gameplay videos, expected at this point, but the lack of in-depth community impressions. Nothing beyond the community day preview of the skating engine with physics taken out and a few potential AI tweaks which were not gamechangers (other than more neutral zone pressure) to seasoned NHL veterans even after playing for 10 hours straight at community day.

Meanwhile I can find huge in-depth reads about all the Fifa 13 changes and how much they do or do not impact gameplay. What people are calling the most polished pre-alpha build they have ever played of the game and generally positive stuff. I feel the NHL team isn't showing us the goods because the A.I. and physics will disappoint.

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by liberaluser

The thing that bothers me most about the lack of info on NHL 13 is not the absence of gameplay videos, expected at this point, but the lack of in-depth community impressions. Nothing beyond the community day preview of the skating engine with physics taken out and a few potential AI tweaks which were not gamechangers (other than more neutral zone pressure) to seasoned NHL veterans even after playing for 10 hours straight at community day. Meanwhile I can find huge in-depth reads about all the Fifa 13 changes and how much they do or do not impact gameplay. What people are calling the most polished pre-alpha build they have ever played of the game and generally positive stuff. I feel the NHL team isn't showing us the goods because the A.I. and physics will disappoint.

The community has a specific date that they can talk about certain things. The date is the reason why there is a lack of information on the game. Once that date hits they can say most of the info on the game. You will see plenty of community feedback and interaction from everyone who went to the community event.

[gopher_guy]

I'm interested to see what they did with new commentary lines. I hope they added a little more depth in Be a GM mode. They added a nice touch last year where they had stat popups showing the top 10 leaders in goals, hits, assists, etc. It would be nice to see them go further now and add some commentary along those lines.

I'm playing my FIFA 12 Manager Mode right now, I'm playing a team for the second time this season. Right at kickoff Martin Tyler made reference to our last game against this team, how we dominated them, and what effect that might have on our attitude about this game.

Things like that would be nice to hear in NHL 13.

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by gopher_guy

I'm interested to see what they did with new commentary lines. I hope they added a little more depth in Be a GM mode. They added a nice touch last year where they had stat popups showing the top 10 leaders in goals, hits, assists, etc. It would be nice to see them go further now and add some commentary along those lines. I'm playing my FIFA 12 Manager Mode right now, I'm playing a team for the second time this season. Right at kickoff Martin Tyler made reference to our last game against this team, how we dominated them, and what effect that might have on our attitude about this game. Things like that would be nice to hear in NHL 13.

Right on! To me the best commentary in video games are the ones that go back to previous games against the same team your playing and talking a little bit about what happened. For instance lets say Parise scored 2 goals in the opening game of the year against the Avalanche and then the second meeting there should be a stat overlay with his name and then stats against Colorado from the first meeting. Then Bill and Gary would say he was an impact player in the first meeting of the season etc. etc. They do it for the playoffs but it would be cool to see it in season to. Just little things like this keep the game fresh and entertaining. I'm sure it's hard programming commentary and stat overlays like that but if MLB 2k can do it, I think just about anyone should be able to. It will actually be interesting to see what the commentary entails for all EA games when they come out with their ground breaking commentary programming thing.