NHL 17 Adds World Cup of Hockey, Team Relocation, Many Customization Options & More

[Money99]

Major props to EA for releasing something of substance on their first reveal.
Great stuff and definitely something aimed towards the serious hockey fan. Offline fans, no less.

[jack72]

Yes all seems so wonderful
Like when your grandparents promise they are going to get you the greatest gifts for your birthday.
The big day comes,,,,
You get so excited,,,,,
When you open the presents, it's underwear and socks.

[Rifle_Man81]

Quote: Originally Posted by jack72

Yes all seems so wonderful Like when your grandparents promise they are going to get you the greatest gifts for your birthday. The big day comes,,,, You get so excited,,,,, When you open the presents, it's underwear and socks.

Lieutenant Dan would have appreciated that. The return of customization is something to be excited about. I'll assume the logos will be generic, (Instead of upload or logo creator) and the arena type somewhat limited, but more important to me is it's implementation across all related modes so EASHL, GM, and HUT players can take advantage.

[T5063]

Quote: Originally Posted by onlybygrace

So...uh...do like...the players season goal totals show when they score, or what, man? For real, though. Lol

This or bust.

[LAfan1624]

Im confused as to what exactly is improved in this game so far?

Who the heck wants to relocate their favorite team out of the city that they play in? Come on EA, give us something we actually care about

Like I dont know, better crowd atmosphere, ability to switch to specific players instead of its idiotic system choosing for us, CPU teammates not floating around staring off into the stands while youre trying to back check and play defense.

How about do something to fix the game play for once

[krildog]

Quote: Originally Posted by LAfan1624

Who the heck wants to relocate their favorite team out of the city that they play in?

Some of us might want to bring back the Whale. Or the Nordiques. I'm a fan of neither but want to do both.

[jake19ny]

Quote: Originally Posted by LAfan1624

Im confused as to what exactly is improved in this game so far? Who the heck wants to relocate their favorite team out of the city that they play in? Come on EA, give us something we actually care about Like I dont know, better crowd atmosphere, ability to switch to specific players instead of its idiotic system choosing for us, CPU teammates not floating around staring off into the stands while youre trying to back check and play defense. How about do something to fix the game play for once

I would say that the comment they made about improving the gameplay in all three zones is gameplay related in fact the neutral zone play is by far the worst of the three zone play in this game so that alone IF done right would be enormous for gameplay. Net battles, again if done right will be big also.

As far as atmosphere goes. I think EA took a big step last year with authentic arenas and what not so there's reason to believe they will continue to work on that. I think adding more and better stay overlays and fixing the goal totals not showing up is a must

[extremeskins04]

If they told me that they have revamped the scouting and player progression process then I would be extremely excited.