EASHL Beta Impressions: Glenn's Take

[Semipro91]

I couldn't make a pass or handle the puck to save my life, and I'm not talking complex passes or puck handling. I had the puck in the corner on offense with nobody on me and a clear lane to my strong side defensemen. I missed him with the pass by 4 feet. I'm not a noob either, I have been playing this game forever. The default player attributes are garbage.

[norml]

Quote: Originally Posted by Semipro91

I couldn't make a pass or handle the puck to save my life, and I'm not talking complex passes or puck handling. I had the puck in the corner on offense with nobody on me and a clear lane to my strong side defensemen. I missed him with the pass by 4 feet. I'm not a noob either, I have been playing this game forever. The default player attributes are garbage.

Agree 100%. I've only been able to play a couple games during the the several hours of trying. The games I did play felt pretty bad. I played defense exclusively and was pretty bummed about the controls. I was really looking forward to the precision skating feature but unless it gets some major tweeking, it's kind of a useless feature.

The biggest issue for me was controller input delay. I don't know if it's a sever issue or a game issue but it pretty much makes playing D ridiculous.

[Peter_OS]

"AI on CPU teammates is also kind of all over the place. On the one hand, the AI can move the puck around the offensive zone pretty well, and it can certainly plug up some lanes and grab some passes. On the other hand, play behind the net has been a disaster so far, as the AI will get hung up on the net or bank the puck off the net. The AI awareness in board play also seems pretty suspect. It does the job, but it actually stood out negatively on several occasions, which is a bit disconcerting."

This is a concern. I hope the AI on CPU is tweaked before release date.

[KleShreen]

Quote: Originally Posted by RevisIsland24

They NEED to add Drop in games for EASHL. It's dumb that you you need to wait for friend to get on, or hop from club to club, just to play a game.

This is the biggest issue, for me. I've played a few games at RD, my usual position, and everything seems pretty good back there. But not being able to do drop-in games in EASHL is stupid. Not everyone has 5 real-life friends who play NHL on their system, and certainly you can't expect them to only play when someone else is on. The whole point of putting together a good EASHL team in the past was doing drop-in games and finding other good players you can start a team with.