NHL 16: Official Gameplay Balance Video, Trailer and Blog

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by brandon27

Loved the upclose shots in the first video. Looks really great. The improvements look awesome in that video. Really awesome. The second video, I found it hard to really see alot of it in action. You get some glimpses, but it's so quick that it's hard to notice, it's there though. I think though, anytime you're watching a video with head to head player action, it probably takes away some of it as it should appear. Hope some more videos continue to surface. Would love to see more.

Except none of your gaming experience will be done in anything that resembles the views in the first video... so.

[TheCloser]

Quote: Originally Posted by snc237

What the heck are you talkig about. Doc isn't bad in my book (loved JIm Hughson back in the day). Plus have you seen the madden announcer models! It's scary. I think the green screen is the way to go.

If "not bad" is your standard of quality then there is serious cause for concern. Just because the madden team did a poor job doesn't mean the nhl team will do a poor job. 2k did a solid job with the nba franchise. They are the leaders in sports game graphics, commentary, and atmosphere.

[TheCloser]

Quote: Originally Posted by ThaLiveKing

The commentary is done the same way in previous years, they just changed the voice

Yes and the voice sucks. Some people just don't have what it takes to do video game commentary and that's okay. They should stop wasting time and money bringing Doc and his partner in because at best, it will just be acceptable. When you do something, your aim should be to best your previous efforts. The current commentary is a significant downgrade from the ps2 commentary and even Garry Thorne.

[Gangrel]

Quote: Originally Posted by csamuelsvt

I asked Rammer about it on twitter, so hopefully he responds because they said it was much better and improved. It was downright cringe worthy to listen to. I heard one new line...and that was it.

After 25 seconds of gameplay you already know there's barely any new commentary in the game?

[Simple Mathematics]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheCloser

If "not bad" is your standard of quality then there is serious cause for concern. Just because the madden team did a poor job doesn't mean the nhl team will do a poor job. 2k did a solid job with the nba franchise. They are the leaders in sports game graphics, commentary, and atmosphere.

Doc is an incredible announcer in real life. He has such passion and emotion. Not sure why he's not displaying it in the game though.

[Caniac94]

Ray Ferraro absolutely nails his commentary. Sounds just like he does in real life. Of course he doesn't have the same excitement factor that Doc has but still.

[sooner1074]

Everytime I watch this gameplay vid I keep asking myself why did they show this footage? I mean out of all the videos of gameplay in your office why this one? There are no goals, no new goalie movements, no penalties, no special introduction, nothing. How is the community suppose to be excited for this?

If you didn't notice the tweaked banner in the corner, the mascot in the bottom right corner or the new goalie stance, you could say it's identical to NHL 15. Even the cutscene at the end is shot for shot the same as last year (and the one before that). And of course, Doc Emrick sounds identical to the previous installment.

I know this is a very small appetizer but after the hype and promises of e3, this left a very bad taste in my mouth.

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simple Mathematics

Doc is an incredible announcer in real life. He has such passion and emotion. Not sure why he's not displaying it in the game though.

I think it's probably pretty tough to accurately capture his enthusiasm, while still keeping up with the in-game action. A lot of real life calling doesn't exactly keep up, and they'll cut off a sentence to start another one. In-game, that always ends up either running past the actual action with entirely delayed reaction, or unnaturally cutting off.

I think if the game were setup to not call every single pass, and just note the general action on the ice (Instead of saying "Passes to Oshie, forwards it to Tarasenko, drop pass to Lehtera, SHOT ON GOAL" it would be better if they just said something like "Oshie works the puck up ice. Passes it forward, as the Blues maintain con-LEHTERA, WITH A SHOT ON THE NET, AND A SAVE BY CRAWFORD!")
It's hard to get that kind of seamless flow though.