NHL 16 Features Leaked, is an XBox One and PS4 Only Title

[snc237]

Quote: Originally Posted by TjJunior

When one of the selling points for the game is to build a team on chemistry and play style instead of a numbered rating, I'm buying most likely. Please bring back custom arena music, why they make sports games in 2015 without this is beyond my thinking I guess.

Problem is the systems. Now I can't speak for the ps4 However Xbox one doesn't allow you to play music the same way the 360 did where it just read it off the hard drive. Pretty sure as of now there is no possible way for this to work on the Xbox one.

[Sheba2011]

Personally I dont have a problem with it being current gen exclusive, the last 5 games for last gen were nothing more than a roster update and a fresh coat of paint. Just release an NHL 15 roster for last gen and you have a "new" game by their standards.

As for the features, they are hollow without more context. The GM mode is very very vague with those details. As of right now I am still going to be skeptical.

[Therion7]

The arena differentiation sounds pretty cool. An NBA Live game had mascots in the crowd and it was actually a fun little feature. That and more lifelike commentary have put me into the "slightly interested" bracket now for the new game. The gameplay additions? Who knows what, if any, impact they will have.

If player morale is implemented well and makes a visible difference on ice rather than downgrading stats a few points it could be a worthy addition but I have a hard time believing that all these numbers and sliders actually do what they're supposed to such is the lack of player differentiation, the age-old penalty conundrum and grinders sniping goals like first line superstars.

No real on-ice differentiation between teams or players, robotic play-by-play, no season mode and those goddamn floppy jerseys were game-killers for me last year. Tried to get deep into a GM mode but ended up in a slider tinkering repeat loop trying to eke out the best gameplay before deciding "you know what, as much as I love hockey, this game is becoming a chore."

Would be nice if EA could get the PS4 version in 1080p this year too.

[Therion7]

Quote: Originally Posted by snc237

Problem is the systems. Now I can't speak for the ps4 However Xbox one doesn't allow you to play music the same way the 360 did where it just read it off the hard drive. Pretty sure as of now there is no possible way for this to work on the Xbox one.

The PS4 does allow you to play mp3s from a USB device attached to the system. This arrived in firmware 2.0.

It would be fantastic if custom music was back but there may be some sort of latency involved with reading from USB that makes it problematic for NHL 16 to support it. I don't expect it to return this year for either platform.

[AvengedAgainst]

So you can't build your own be a pro in EASHL...Not liking this news so far

[Millennium]

It didn't say you couldn't build them, it just said you would be picking specialized classes. My guess would be that means ratings caps depending on class or lower amounts of available points overall.

[TDKing]

No custom season length in GM mode? Another downer for me.

[pastafazoule]

one thing thats always forgotten there are people that still play against the cpu,i love creating a team and players and creating offensive defensemen like a bobby orr that can carry the puck end to end but EA has never allowed this to happen no matter how great you create that defensemen