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[jyoung]

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3) We all complained about the suction action on the boards when you hit the pin button the past few years but now its the opposite....Its almost impossible to pin somebody along the boards and having some of the board play would really add to the experience.

It's not just the boardplay that feels hard to trigger. I've also seen a lot of body checks just "whiff" right through players, too:



Robyn Regehr is rated something like 89 checking in this game, but he can't move Paul Stastny off the puck, despite trying three straight times in this clip.

You also see the crazy pass assistance kicking-in here, as the opening pass was supposed to go to the guy wide open in the slot, but instead, the game auto-corrected the pass and sent it straight to the covered defenseman at the point. The puck is traveling on a straight line path to the defenseman's stick before it gets intercepted.

[Drakar]

Yep Jyoung. I have seen it over and over again last night. The CPU AI get bump you off your skate with almost no momentum when you are in the offensive zone and you will skate at full speed and it will bounce like you just hit a rubber mat.

Pass assist is one of my biggest gripe with the game. Definitely 3 steps backwards on next-gen. I am hoping they will fix it very soon.

[jake19ny]

As far as the hitting goes raise up your hit assistance slider to 5 or 6. Last year its was off the charts with the hitting so we all lowered it last year. I raised it up and it helps a lot and is not overboard. I was hoping it would help with the pinning but it didn't.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

It's not just the boardplay that feels hard to trigger. I've also seen a lot of body checks just "whiff" right through players, too: Robyn Regehr is rated something like 89 checking in this game, but he can't move Paul Stastny off the puck, despite trying three straight times in this clip. You also see the crazy pass assistance kicking-in here, as the opening pass was supposed to go to the guy wide open in the slot, but instead, the game auto-corrected the pass and sent it straight to the covered defenseman at the point. The puck is traveling on a straight line path to the defenseman's stick before it gets intercepted.

Was that goalie human-controlled? I love how he just looks back at the puck as it slides past him, as if to say, 'oh well, this is going to be a goal.'

Ideally you'd have that goalie dive and cover up the puck as it's coming towards him, since it deflected off a defender. Instead he goes automatically into a save animation and once that puck hits his pad, there's zero reaction to the puck. That's not good.

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

Was that goalie human-controlled? I love how he just looks back at the puck as it slides past him, as if to say, 'oh well, this is going to be a goal.' Ideally you'd have that goalie dive and cover up the puck as it's coming towards him, since it deflected off a defender. Instead he goes automatically into a save animation and once that puck hits his pad, there's zero reaction to the puck. That's not good.

The goalie was AI controlled Dan Ellis, whose ratings are in the high 70s and low 80s.

You can see why the real-world Predators let him go for good a few seasons back.

[MichaelAngeloTMNT]

If you're a fan of Hockey or the NHL, buy this game. Don't punish yourself because the things that were left out. The gameplay is incredible, prb would have game of the year all of the Modes were put in. Buy the game, play it for a few months and then trade it in. Worth trying just for the gameplay.

[jake19ny]

Another note on hitting and penalties. I noticed in NHL 14 if the CPU hit me often 20+ a game I would get 3-4 power plays a game if it were in the single digits I would have 1 or none. So far no matter what sliders I try the CPU on hits me about 6-7 times a game. Not Good

[Smirkin Dirk]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake19ny

These things can all be fixed with tuners I hope (Except penalties because we have been waiting 3 years for that fix and will never see it)

I think that board play is a whole new mechanic. It's a back of the box feature.

And its a game mechanic that belongs in NHL 2007.