NHL 23 Closed Technical Test Available Now

[Steve_OS]

https://twitter.com/easportsnhl/stat...z39Guk8_XAYa5A

[ODogg]

I got an invite on PS5

[BenVenom]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I got an invite on PS5

Me too, I usually get an Xbox code but I can’t complain. Unfortunately it’s going to be Chel and 1v1v1 nonsense. Wish it was more of a beta like fifa and madden

[Mintsa]

Can you use real teams and play games or do you just make your guy and play pond hockey again ?

[polyduster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mintsa

Can you use real teams and play games or do you just make your guy and play pond hockey again ?

World of Chel is the only game mode available.

Make your guy and play pro-am, threes eliminator, ones eliminator, eashl drop-in, and eashl clubs.

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[edwing]

It's pond hockey again, no option for even a practice mode. I made this point last year too but they didn't even put in the effort to update the awful score bug again. Same menus as last year. Same menu music as the last 5 years. Same horrid commentary (shouting) from Cybulski. What do they even spend a whole dev cycle on? It's absolutely shameful. This is honestly a slap in the face to anyone who just wants to play a solid game of hockey rather than chel it up top cheese with their friends. Same pig as last year (and 2 years ago, etc.), but they didn't even bother putting lipstick on it this time out. It's absolutely pathetic how the YouTube culture has shifted this franchise to HUT/pond hockey drivel. Oh but there's an Asian female ref now, so there's that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mintsa

Can you use real teams and play games or do you just make your guy and play pond hockey again ?

[VeNOM3099]

Well, I can't say I didn't call it. It's just NHL 22 code with some 23 features sprinkled throughout.

I played 4 games as goalie... yeah, it's gonna be another rough years for tendies in clubs unless they have GDLK defense that can prevent 99% of the scoring chances. And even then I had some shots go in where I'm in position, and the stick + puck warps through my legs and into the net. The other thing I'm not a fan of is EA's notion that any shot that's 1.5 feet off the center of your chest = goal.

Goalies have limbs, they can reach out 1 or 2 feet and deflect or *gasp* gobble up pucks. Not according to EA though... Well, not according to the "ELITES" who play CHEL for a living that they listen to. LOL.

I think that's it for me. There's nothing new in the Test that warrants further playthrough. There's no new mechanics or anything. It's just the same, broken mess of a game of ping-pong on ice we've all come to know and hate.

Maybe there's hope for the full game yet. But this Test is not it. If on October 14, the game comes out in this exact state, I can safely advise people to save themselves almost a hundred bucks and wait for the game to reach the vault or game pass if they are really, REALLY pining for a little bit of hockey (what tiny, miniscule portion of it there is in this). It wouldn't even be worth getting for 75% off during black Friday sales...

If you aren't a part of it, you're not missing much. Except maybe disappointment. Congratulations EA: you've got your work cut out for you.

[utorde]

Was excited to get chosen today when I received the email while at work. Just now entered the code on my PS5, but it's for the PS4 version of the game. I am NOT interested in the PS4 version, AT ALL. So does this mean I cannot try the PS5 version or what? I have never got chosen for any beta testing before, so i'm very disappointed that when I finally did, it's not even for the right version. Thanks for any info.....