NHL 15 Fan Survey Lists Modes EA is Considering for NHL 16

[ericromain]

I think a lot of you are misunderstanding the point of the survey. They are listing a ton possible additions from the likely to the silly. It's meant to gauge what's important to the fans.
It doesn't mean someone is gung ho on adding Zamboni races.

[Moose24x]

All garbage besides authentic IIHF teams. Literally not a single thing I would care about if they added.

[Fiddy]

Sigh.

This game no matter what year is what it is at this point. That will never change.

An arcade game with simulation elements. When they embrace that, then they will be on to something.

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Basic Modes, no excuses!

Franchise Mode - control all teams, 25 years etc.
Season Mode - control all teams, w/option to turn into franchise
Play Now - Offline/Online (Offline/.Online Seasons Mode)
HUT - Offline/Online (Offline/Online Seasons Mode w/salary cap)
EASHL - (Online Seasons Mode, plus weekly tournaments to enter)
OTP - (Custom lobbies for the OTP Leagues etc)

Then add these..

Team Builder - (Just like NCAA Football's for Offline/Online use)
3 on 3 Mode - (Offline/Online with updated rosters)
Online Tournaments (Weekly etc)
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This for the most part would then have something for everyone. From fast paced causal gamers, to even us hardcore guys to did into (if sliders have more effect on game play).

UGH...

[ThaLiveKing]

Team Creator, Team Creator, Bring that to NBA Live also

[ThaLiveKing]

You guys are acting as if these will be all the modes in the next year's game. lol. Zamboni race could be fun, or it could be stupid as hell depends how they do it, but it seems unnecessary. I'm a game play guy so I'm hoping they add more animations and fix the skill stick's 'basicness' lol

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by ericromain

I think a lot of you are misunderstanding the point of the survey. They are listing a ton possible additions from the likely to the silly. It's meant to gauge what's important to the fans. It doesn't mean someone is gung ho on adding Zamboni races.

I don't think that anyone is really missing the point at all. With all of the things that were left out of this game because of a supposed lack of man power with the development team to even have these things on this list be mentioned by that very team is disturbing to a community of sim players.

I could go as far as to suggest that the very notion that someone is sitting there and either thinking up these dumb ideas or that they are taking the time to read feedback on them is a waste of resources when so many other features are missing, have been removed, or don't work properly to begin with.

This would be the equivalent to a car company creating car with 3 wheels that can only turn right and asking their consumers if they would like a popcorn maker in the next version of that car.

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by SVCbearcat10

It's funny how EA is getting ripped for asking for the fans feedback. Yes, some of the items seem dumb, but at least they are asking before implementing! Also, they selected a committee of fans to help with EASHL. We should be applauding them right now for making an effort.

But when asking is you saying "I would really love to get a new hockey stick for Christmas" and i say "What did you say you wanted? You want a baseball bat that makes cool sounds when you swing it?" and you reply "...No...i just want a normal, functioning hockey stick. No need to get fancy" and i pause for a second and say "Yeeeah. I'm gonna give you a baseball bat that makes cool noises. Don't worry, i'll put some lights on it."

Yeah, they're asking, but they're asking the wrong questions. Most people don't want new game modes, they don't want stupid mini-games, they just want the game modes they already love to work and be fun. I don't need something to do during load screens, i want shorter load times and gameplay that sucks me in and doesn't feel so robotic.
The committee itself was frustrating. Why an EASHL committee? Why not general gameplay? Why not Be a GM? Why is it that with every new layer that gets peeled back, EA just seems to care more about making a cash grab for players dollars over actually making the game fun for people who do something other than play online?

Quote: Originally Posted by ThaLiveKing

You guys are acting as if these will be all the modes in the next year's game. lol. Zamboni race could be fun, or it could be stupid as hell depends how they do it, but it seems unnecessary. I'm a game play guy so I'm hoping they add more animations and fix the skill stick's 'basicness' lol

I don't think many, if any, people are under the impression that those will be the only game modes. But when the product that is NHL15 was sent out in the unfinished state despite all of the extra time, and the reasoning is suggested that it's because they didn't have the man-power to get everything done, seeing goofy things like Zamboni races while things like Be a GM have been stale for years is disappointing. I don't think Be a Zamboni Driver is going to replace Be a GM, but when it's even mentioned in the conversation at all, it makes me think that EA has no idea what people think of their game, and just think they need a new gimmick to get people to pay instead of realizing that they're going to get way more people back and spending on their game with simple improvements to their established game modes.

[Moose24x]

Perfect replies from Will and Hank.