NHL 16 EASHL Beta Gameplay Livestream Notes (UPDATED)

[bigwill33]

A few quick thoughts, in no particular order:

Game seems to be tighter, with the movements of the players and the pucks.


Positives:


+Hitting is way toned down. Looking like only certain builds can really knock people over at will.

+No more people laying all over the ice from collisions

+bank passes were back, somewhat

+passes were picked off when they should be

+poke check worked to get the puck off of the d-man at the point


Negatives:

-face-offs were a mess. At least 3 times in one period the puck was won back on an offensive zone draw and flew the whole way back to the defensive zone.

-Passing in the offensive zone was non-existant. It is just skate around the perimeter and blindly throw that pass into the slot again.

-puck physics are bad again. Tons of rolling pucks on end for icings. It is hard to get a puck to roll like that for that long in real life. No pucks out of play off of shot deflections, again.

-Someone missed a one-timer from the bottom left circle and the puck bounced off of his stick, in the air, and went all the way back to his own goalie.

-Computer player skated unrealistically, again. Turning away in a way that is impossible to skate, with no momentum, from attacking players when it was protecting the puck. Humans couldn't get the puck off of it.

-Computer easily ran down a small forward that should have been on a breakaway. Overcame him and just took the puck off of him.

-Computer player puts the puck in its own net with nobody around it.

[AdamJones113]

Bigwill, this is 6 v 6

[bad_philanthropy]

The penalty box view actually does a good job showing off the animations and fluidity of the game. The overhead perspective can make it look a bit janky, but the view when someone was in the penalty box looked pretty damn good when it came to the way the game animates.

[Steve_OS]

OP updated via jyoung, for those that missed it.

[j483beale]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

A few quick thoughts, in no particular order: Game seems to be tighter, with the movements of the players and the pucks. Positives: +Hitting is way toned down. Looking like only certain builds can really knock people over at will. +No more people laying all over the ice from collisions +bank passes were back, somewhat +passes were picked off when they should be +poke check worked to get the puck off of the d-man at the point Negatives: -face-offs were a mess. At least 3 times in one period the puck was won back on an offensive zone draw and flew the whole way back to the defensive zone. -Passing in the offensive zone was non-existant. It is just skate around the perimeter and blindly throw that pass into the slot again. -puck physics are bad again. Tons of rolling pucks on end for icings. It is hard to get a puck to roll like that for that long in real life. No pucks out of play off of shot deflections, again. -Someone missed a one-timer from the bottom left circle and the puck bounced off of his stick, in the air, and went all the way back to his own goalie. -Computer player skated unrealistically, again. Turning away in a way that is impossible to skate, with no momentum, from attacking players when it was protecting the puck. Humans couldn't get the puck off of it. -Computer easily ran down a small forward that should have been on a breakaway. Overcame him and just took the puck off of him. -Computer player puts the puck in its own net with nobody around it.

-face-offs being won back and going all the way down the ice is a result of the center not aiming the draw correctly, not the game

-the one-timer was whiffed and the puck was batted out of the air.

[cmc2of3]

Is the archive down for anyone else? Anyone know of a mirror?

Edit: Nevermind. Browser was forcing me to the twitch app. Figured it out.

[06woz]

Skating and pick ups seemed majorly improved.

[Peter_OS]

Goalie celebrations look the same after win. They just changed up the camera view. A bit disappointed with this. Would have liked to have seen so more variety with player celebrations after a win.

2 player celebrations after a goal only. Come on EA you could do much better than this. Looks kinda of akward and funny at the same time, seeing the rest of your players skate to the bench after a goal while two players are celebrating the goal.