NHL 13 Season Ticket Impressions

[Nittany]

I have played about 10 EASHL games so far (man is tough going back to Amateur after having a legend 3 card!). Anyway, the biggest thing to get used to is SKATING. You can no longer stop on a dime. And talk about the turning....you really have to account for making a WIDE turn just to go back up ice the opposite way. It really is going to take some time to get used to. The game is speed is incredibly slow. Not sure if that's b/c everyone has barely any attributes or not.

The main thing that I am concerned about is AI teammates. We only have 3 to 4 guys on our EASHL team so we have to rely on the CPU. NHL 12 was awful. Horrible passes...easy breakaways...poor AI. So far, I haven't seen too many odd man rushes and the CPU D seems to guard the open winger. The one thing I am dying to see is the end of game AI. If you are down by 1 goal and the other team is on the PP....the AI shouldn't dump the puck. That drove me nuts. How basic of AI is that really....

Anyway, the jury is still out. They really didn't do too much to EASHL. Same menus, choices...I was hoping to see some playoff changes (maybe 7 game series). Oh well. After logging over 1500 games in NHL 12....I am ready to start again.

Just my thoughts.

Nit

[Broncos86]

Quote: Originally Posted by SlyBelle

I am so disappointed with the game and it is sad because only has to do with penalties. Just finished an overtime game and had "1" total penalty called the entire game.....that is absolute crazy. I am not sure how others can enjoy the game with one of the most important aspects of hockey so completely off base. I just can't figure out why they can't correct this since same as last year. I also saw again where the CPU did not pull their goalie down by 1. I hate to say this but this might be the first time I cancel my pre-order.....the rest of the game plays nice, but I can't sell myself on any plausible reasons we can't get realistic penalties in the range of 6-7 per game...such a shame.

I just had a game where there were 9 penalties in the game, it was nuts. I'm not seeing a penalty issue. 7 games in, and I'm seeing decent penalty calls.

[SlyBelle]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

I just had a game where there were 9 penalties in the game, it was nuts. I'm not seeing a penalty issue. 7 games in, and I'm seeing decent penalty calls.

Would love to know your settings and how. Between a handful of games this year, the demo, and last year game, not seeing that at all. How were calls distributed between CPU and you?

[canucksss]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

I just had a game where there were 9 penalties in the game, it was nuts. I'm not seeing a penalty issue. 7 games in, and I'm seeing decent penalty calls.

what settings do u use?

[Broncos86]

Quote: Originally Posted by canucksss

what settings do u use?

Pretty much default. That being said, I have my team very aggressive. Puck-side attack, aggressive forecheck. Last game, I had two power plays, CPU had three.

[Gagnon39]

Played a few more games and I've now got game speed at 1. And I you can definitely still feel the speed of the game. I feel that I'm getting pretty close to finalizing a slider set.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Played a few more games and I've now got game speed at 1. And I you can definitely still feel the speed of the game. I feel that I'm getting pretty close to finalizing a slider set.

Hey Gags...

Are you seeing what some others are seeing? That the ease of reception/pass accuracy sliders have little to no effect on the cpu.

[Broncos86]

One thing I'm noticing from in '13 that I saw too much of last year were those bad angle, short side goals. My goalie lets in way too many of those goals.