NHL 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Get 10 Hours of Gamplay

[lions67]

Quote: Originally Posted by canucksss

Somehow I am in the same boat as you, but inside of me still having some hope. For sure, I am not going to get this game on first day. I'll wait for the patch/tune-up and some people's observations (those who play and looking for the same thing as me) before buying it. For now, I'll be pre-ordering NBA 2k16. Thank you for all those honestly posting their observations.

see, for me, i kinda doubt how honest some really are.

[mkharsh33]

Quote: Originally Posted by shogunofharlem3

Haha. Happened to me the other day in 14. And then again today in 16. It was some back heel kick. Pele would be proud. All in all though in the games I've played I have had fun. Competitive but more of the same. The looseness I don't feel much different than in 14 with my edits applied. The goalies seem to give up the same old type of goals still too. However, I have been able to cycle the puck in this better than any other. I have kept the pass visual preview on. Seems as when I preview a pass behind the net my far winger will fight to go get it. I do think it is a an improvement. EASHL will be what sells me this game. Back to the beginning, that back heel pass at rocket speeds to the tape for a one timer needs go!

not trying to sound critical, but how does the dev team at EA continually miss what we are seeing? it's the SAME GAME year after year... with the same issues each year. I've watched a good deal of videos on this new title - and there's no way I'd buy it. some of it just doesn't even look like real hockey. had higher hopes...just really disappointed. if everyone else is, then hold your money and don't impulse buy. it's too bad...

[Les Paul]

Very glad I did the EA Access trial. Definitely not a release day buy for me.

1. Same music as NHL 15. Seriously? What happened to music tracks we had back on last gen?

2. Is is just me, or is the CPU teammate AI even worse than last year?

3. Some sliders seem to have little or no effect. Pass interceptions for example: even with CPU pass interceptions all the way down, the opposing AI has an uncanny ability to pick off passes. Even ones that don't look they should even have a remote chance of touching.

4. When I knock a guy off the puck with a check, my controlled player seems to want to take a 1 second nap so that the opponent I just hit can recover and get right back on the puck.

5. In Be A GM las gen, we could start out our first season just before the June entry draft. NHL 15 took that away and NHL 16 did not bring it back.

6. Where is Jack Eichel?

This was all in Be A GM mode. So other than the player morale piece and AHL teams, what if anything has changed in Be a GM. Looks to me like they just plan on slowly bringing back features we use to have in last gen. I guess the main focus was for online. At this point I'll wait until I can get it for less that 30 bucks.

[Les Paul]

Quote: Originally Posted by lions67

most of their complaining is about trivial things anyway.

By trivial do you mean the brain dead CPU teammate AI?

[canucksss]

Quote: Originally Posted by lions67

see, for me, i kinda doubt how honest some really are.

Although I dont know the people here personally, all by virtual and commonality such as BaGM offline gamer and long time NHL fan, I find their observation honest. Why? Because what they are saying are all existing issues found in previous iteration. So EA improved the presentation, great. They brought back EASHL and BaGM features, which at the very first place was already there prior to 15, good. But to missed important issues such as mentioned above, IMO, is the same old bag of pucks.

[Diehardfan]

Am I reading this right? They STILL haven't fixed the fact that too few penalties are called? Wow, that is incredible. How long will it take for the devs to understand NHL hockey? It's been years...they really, really need to look into getting some new people at EA Canada.

[MizzouRah]

I was happy there were a total of 5 penalties my last game.. lol and one was a double minor against the CPU.

Next few games are going to be on superstar because I haven't lost in awhile on all star. There is also a glitch were I set the game speed to 3 before the game and then it goes to 2 during the game and I have to set it back.

I don't know.. seems more like hockey than 15 did.. just don't know how much more to be honest. There are glitches all over the place.. playing vs Detroit and when they showed Jimmy Howard's stat line it didn't show the W-L properly (only showed his wins) and there was no SO stat like the box was cut off.

Players still feel the same except for when they take a shot - bad player miss the net but the speed seems similar.. OTT feels like Backes out there.

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by Les Paul

6. Where is Jack Eichel?

Rookies can't be included in the EA NHL games until they've played at least one game in the real NHL.

I'd expect the rookies to be added to the NHL 16 roster about a week after the real NHL season starts.