NHL 13 Season Ticket Impressions

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by fudgie

Anyone playing OTP/Drop In Games and noticing a bit of lag? I'm fairly certain my connection isn't the problem (15mb routed into my box, only thing on the connection too)

There is definitely more lag for me in OTP right now than there was in NHL 12.

[onac22]

First Impressions:

One night of play: 2 play now against CPU, 1 Winter Classic(WOW), EASHL games and some online vs, 1 BaP game.

So far the new AI seems pretty clean. The big change that popped up theis year in skating is great. People are going to complain but it is the most true to life skatig engine I have seen. It just takes more skill with both sticks now.

The new AI is very impressive if you know how to use them they are often in the right place and can hold the blue line now.

As for penalties I have been taking 2-3 a game and had 2-3 PP's even against the CPU with default sliders.

My quick overall first impression more options both online and offline. The be a GM menu is still the same offline but I didn't mess around with much just looked around.

Player rating asre great CHL players mostly in 50's while NHL starts at high 60's and elite players have the speed of elite players. Shooting is fun and goalies are great. One online game played was CAN(me)vs Legends, Hasek(WOW) made some of the best saves I have ever seen and I didn't feel ripped off. He stuffed Sid on a back door pass then the rebounds while stretching on his butt. I lost in OT 2-1.

Overall this puts Madden to shame and once people slow down with their skating and play hockey this game will be an instant classic up there with NHL 94, 98,07 and 2K even.

Now Bring it on

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[Tomba]

more i play more i love it classic game best sports game of the year

[onac22]

Oh and the presentation on the winter classic is beautiful with all the shadows and light effect. The sound effects are also pretty good and so far the menu music isn't worth pulling your ears off it is at least tollerable.

[tfctillidie]

game is great. GM connected interface is outstanding. simple and to the point, can't wait to run it.

had 2 games online,tonnes of fun. had penalties in both so im not sure of the complaints!

[Panicshade]

After my initial frustrations last night with how I was playing I adjusted my play style a tad and tweaked the sliders (almost all of the major ones) and I finally started playing a bit better.

Anything I touched on the CPU side I also did on the Human side so I didn't stack the deck in my favor. I am still likely to get completely obliterated if I played any of you online but at least today I can say I am a little more ok with my uphill battle of learning the right way to play.

[davis420]

I didn't play NHL 12, so this is a big jump from 11 for me. The game is outstanding. I tried playing on All-Star but had to drop to Pro and I'm still losing! lol

[Panicshade]

quick question...

Is it normal for the tuner sets to have to be downloaded every time you start the game up? Everything else is saving correctly except the tuner sets.

edit: I guess they are saving correctly but it still says "download the latest..." at startup. Weird, but I can ignore it.