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[CupCrazyManiac]

Quote: Originally Posted by Don Jon

Can you practice with your BEaGM team or Season mode team?

No you can't practice in Season mode or BEaGM, only from the Main Menu.

[Entiae]

Quote: Originally Posted by CupCrazyManiac

You should move this to the BUGS Thread, it's A BUG.

Is it, though?

Isn't this just how the game is designed to work?

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by canucksss

THanks Young for posting your video. This game is designed for ONLINE gamers and thats good for them. For me an offline, NOPE, BAD GAME. As simple as that (video), this is not worth the $60 FOR ME. I really dont care about the mascots and much improved presentation and bring back the missing features for BAGM. But gameplay such as these and tons more, its not worth it. MAYBE in 17, EA can focus on the offline gamer like me. ITS LONG OVERDUE. I placed this as "rent" at Gamefly, then I'll return it as soon as NBA 2k16 is released.

I'll say this, you know me on here of being very critical of the series in general. They say one thing, yet do another, even ignore issues that have been in the series for far too long. But, this is the only game in town and i need an NHL fix. Great that EASHL is back because i missed playing this mode with 12 other buds of mine. I also need an offline fix.

I just player lock on a different position every game in my GM mode. I even created myself that i use in the EASHL over the years with legend 3 attributes and boosts. Sit back and roll through games. Yes, not perfect, yes still annoying things, but the games play so much better than controlling everyone.

Worth 60? Nope. If you can get it for 30 at some point hop on it.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

jyoung doing great yeoman's work with these videos. IMO that kind of stuff is just unacceptable. The only way the cpu scores is by moving the puck quickly and impossibly to get an advantageous shot. Again, not to beat a dead horse, but if a player in an attacking position on the puck is in tough spot I want to see them make a conservative play off the boards, reload the play if the defence isn't being pressuresd (i.e. defensive team is changing), or play the puck below the goal line or take a shot in hopes of gaining an o-zone faceoff. The lack of stick and board interaction allows the cpu AI to take too many risks that, well, just can't happen in hockey unless you want to turn the puck over in a bad area. The Kane play is a bad representation of hockey that just gets worse. I'm not looking for the moon here, I just want the basics to be better. I truly believe it can be better and more fun at the same time.

Couldn't agree more.

[biglami]

Quote: Originally Posted by deebo2246

Downloading now... EA Access is a steal for $25 for the year.

How did you manage to get EA Access for $25? I see it is $5/month ($60) at the EA website.

[Gerg04]

Its $5 a month or $29.99 a year

[AdamJones113]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

jyoung doing great yeoman's work with these videos. IMO that kind of stuff is just unacceptable. The only way the cpu scores is by moving the puck quickly and impossibly to get an advantageous shot. Again, not to beat a dead horse, but if a player in an attacking position on the puck is in tough spot I want to see them make a conservative play off the boards, reload the play if the defence isn't being pressuresd (i.e. defensive team is changing), or play the puck below the goal line or take a shot in hopes of gaining an o-zone faceoff. The lack of stick and board interaction allows the cpu AI to take too many risks that, well, just can't happen in hockey unless you want to turn the puck over in a bad area. The Kane play is a bad representation of hockey that just gets worse. I'm not looking for the moon here, I just want the basics to be better. I truly believe it can be better and more fun at the same time.

Very well said.

A major problem in jyoung's vid (beside the egregious lack of stick-on-stick/skate collision detection) is that the defender doesn't have any initiative to preempt Kane's reception of the pass. Rather than stick-lifting Kane before he even has control of the puck, the defender waits until Kane has secured to puck before feebly attempting to play defense. That lack of detailed initiative is a big problem and one (among other numerous AI failings) that really takes away from the game.

Especially considering an answer made long ago on ASK EA by Ben Ross...

"If you are near the boards, the AI will try to pin you more than they will try to hit you. We also added conditions for when they choose to poke check vs stick lift. From behind, they will be more likely to look for stick lift opportunities when on the strong side of the puck. AI players will definitely nudge you from behind to try and move you off the puck but we have also added in stumbles where players will be able to shrug off hits that aren't strong enough when they try to hit from behind at low relative speeds. A big enough player will be able to knock a smaller player right off the puck in these situations though."

It's hard to agree that that's in the game, especially in light of this clip.

[Keirik]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cletus

So basically this game sounds like an EA NHL game. If you want to play a video game version of hockey, it's fine and plays great. If you want a complete sim experience, you're going to be sorely disappointed. Whichever side you're on, it really isn't a "we're correct and you're not". This forum has never been like that. We all want the most complete hockey game possible. To those that are enjoying it, keep enjoying it and don't listen to the "haters". Don't turn this forum into a war because of differing opinions.

nothing to do with "Haters" or anything of the sort. I'm not sure why you are trying to turn this into something along those lines. When you see videos of a guy pinned against the boards having the ability to pass accurately and with speed to a one timer in the slot, something is majorly broken. It's the equivalent ir rushing the QB is Madden only to have him run with his back to the endzone, switch the ball to his offhand, and throw a 30 yard post route accurately for a reception.

No one would ever allow that to get by in that game, nor should we allow it to get by in this one.