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

[meep3162]

Also is it just me or is stick handling impossible this year? It's really hard to go in on a breakaway and deke, even with players with really good hands, it's like unrealistically difficult. The good thing is it makes you try and pick corners on snapshots more (which I do anyway), but the players with good hands should be a lot more apt to deking, they look like amateurs in the game trying to deke the goalie.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by meep3162

EXACTLY. I do the same thing, it's a huge part of my game, so I was kind of annoyed to see it gone, it's also very unrealistic. Maybe it's just been allocated to a different button or something??

I don't think it's gone, it seems to be just contextual now without having to hold vision control which is obviously now backskate. Just hitting the right stick on a loose puck has produced a shot animation for me at times, I don't think I was holding any other buttons at the time.

Quote: Originally Posted by meep3162

Also is it just me or is stick handling impossible this year? It's really hard to go in on a breakaway and deke, even with players with really good hands, it's like unrealistically difficult. The good thing is it makes you try and pick corners on snapshots more (which I do anyway), but the players with good hands should be a lot more apt to deking, they look like amateurs in the game trying to deke the goalie.

If you're going full speed with any player it's going to be harder to deke with momentum. Slowing down to a glide in those situations offers more control on stick handling.

[meep3162]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

I don't think it's gone, it seems to be just contextual now without having to hold vision control which is obviously now backskate. Just hitting the right stick on a loose puck has produced a shot animation for me at times, I don't think I was holding any other buttons at the time. If you're going full speed with any player it's going to be harder to deke with momentum. Slowing down to a glide in those situations offers more control on stick handling.

I'll give those a whirl in a bit and report back. I don't think I trust the AI to be able to distinguish when is an appropriate time to one time a loose puck, so hopefully there's a button for it.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I can score on Phoenix pretty much each time I play the moments thing. It's tough playing as either LA or NJ and trying to score on those two great goalies in the play now mode.

I think Mizz I've only played the moments thing a couple of times. And if I remember right I'm 1-1 with it. So I at least scored once on Smith. But I think it was set on Pro level.

Oh man ya!...I'm having a very tough time scoring in the Play now. I've been using All-Star/Superstar/hardcore with that. I'll kinda steal one I think from you Mizz..."I couldn't score in a $20 whore house." But of course my aiming suxs, and I still haven't learned to shoot while being under control. But I sure am having a blast trying!

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vikes1

I think Mizz I've only played the moments thing a couple of times. And if I remember right I'm 1-1 with it. So I at least scored once on Smith. But I think it was set on Pro level. Oh man ya!...I'm having a very tough time scoring in the Play now. I've been using All-Star/Superstar/hardcore with that. I'll kinda steal one I think from you Mizz..."I couldn't score in a $20 whore house." But of course my aiming suxs, and I still haven't learned to shoot while being under control. But I sure am having a blast trying!

Scoring is difficult, mostly due to sliders, I think the screen effect is half and goalie anticipation is 5/6 if I remember correctly. At least on SS/HC

Though I have seen some incredible goals none the less, and some crazy tender scrambles with the new limb control taking away goals that would have been definite tallies in years past.

I did score a beaut garbage goal a little while ago off a Jeff Carter shot that Brodeur got the blocker on, unfortunate for him that Bryce Salvador went to slap the puck out of the zone and it ended up coming off his blade awkwardly past a sprawling somersaulting tender and trickled in.

I've said in years past I thought the game was organic, but this year I think that's actually a true statement to make.

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vikes1

I think Mizz I've only played the moments thing a couple of times. And if I remember right I'm 1-1 with it. So I at least scored once on Smith. But I think it was set on Pro level. Oh man ya!...I'm having a very tough time scoring in the Play now. I've been using All-Star/Superstar/hardcore with that. I'll kinda steal one I think from you Mizz..."I couldn't score in a $20 whore house." But of course my aiming suxs, and I still haven't learned to shoot while being under control. But I sure am having a blast trying!

hahahahah... shoot and shoot often! go into free skate and practice!

[meep3162]

Okay, so I just went back and tried to one time slap a loose puck, and I could do it in free skate without too much of an issue, same as before, just hold the left trigger and pull back on the right stick and then let it fly. But in an actual game it was unresponsive. I have no idea why.

[Semipro91]

Did the demo get taken off live? I just looked and it's not there