NHL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Section_25]

Injuries seem to be more realistic this year also. Just put a monster hit on someone, dude went flying practically over the entire net and he never got up. Arm injury. No penalty was called, was playing as the home team though so that might have been a factor. lol

I'm liking it !!!!

[Cletus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Section_25

Injuries seem to be more realistic this year also. Just put a monster hit on someone, dude went flying practically over the entire net and he never got up. Arm injury. No penalty was called, was playing as the home team though so that might have been a factor. lol I'm liking it !!!!

I hit a guy and made him do a cartwheel off of his head. Not sure about the realism, but it was hilarious. He went off with a head injury. Wish we could save replays.

[kerosene31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cletus

I hit a guy and made him do a cartwheel off of his head. Not sure about the realism, but it was hilarious. He went off with a head injury. Wish we could save replays.

I had something similar. I was streaking in on the wing and as I got the shot off got shoved down from behind. At first my player fell normally and looked to pop back up (wasn't even a hit, just a shove). Suddenly, he's on his head with his skates in the air rag dolling around. I'm hoping these are just demo issues because they could get annoying during the play. Of course I was basically a man short while my player was break dancing for the fans.

[Majingir]

Hit power(and hit assistance) is almost maxed in the sliders, so that's why hitting is crazy like that.

I still see the goalies do that snow angel like move in the ice(I even let in a goal because of that).

Anyone else find HUT harder(meaning it's easier for AI to score on you) than the exhibition Devils-Kings game? AI scores 1-2 goals against me each game, in Devils-Kings, it's 0-1. Even though HUT is Pro and Devils-Kings is all star.

[Cletus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Hit power(and hit assistance) is almost maxed in the sliders, so that's why hitting is crazy like that. I still see the goalies do that snow angel like move in the ice(I even let in a goal because of that). Anyone else find HUT harder(meaning it's easier for AI to score on you) than the exhibition Devils-Kings game? AI scores 1-2 goals against me each game, in Devils-Kings, it's 0-1. Even though HUT is Pro and Devils-Kings is all star.

HUT is always like that for me. It's one of the major reasons I don't play it. I will have an olympic champion forward line and not score against a CHL goalie. Meanwhile, the Kings specifically in HUT, will skate in shoot short side and it's a goal. Even happens against me if my goalie is Quick.

[mkharsh33]

Just played the NHL Moments Live - twice. First time I lost with only a minute left in the SECOND OT (so they do let you keep playing, which is really fun!). I won it the second time rather quickly. (Can this only be played on "pro" level?).

Not a complaint necessarily, but the "immersion / celebration factor" was near non-existent. The commentary didn't really have that "WOW - we're going to the Stanley Cup!!!!!!!!!!!!" feel to it. The whole thing felt numb and rushed. I wanted that "jump out of my seat" feeling by winning this game, but it wasn't there.

Also, why did the player - goalie interaction get removed? That was a nice feature added last year, but now it appears to be gone.

Agree with the sentiments above regarding the hits - way too strong. I can gain the puck with relative ease just by watching my players bump the opponent off the puck. Hopefully slider tweaks will fix this.

[Dazraz]

The visuals look much crisper. As for the gameplay sliders will need to be adjusted before a judgement can be made. For me the single best feature I got from the demo was the True Broadcast cam. Totally changes the look & feel of the game.

[DJ]

Thanks for the impressions, guys. I've downloaded the demo for both the PS3 and 360, but haven't had a chance to play either yet. Hoping to get a few games in tonight.