04:52 AM - November 8, 2010 by jvalverde88
NHL 11 patch is available now for the PS3. Please post your impressions here.
If you missed the details of the patch, click here.
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04:52 AM - November 8, 2010 by jvalverde88NHL 11 patch is available now for the PS3. Please post your impressions here.
If you missed the details of the patch, click here.
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Yeah, I can agree the game plays a bit "looser" now. Passes aren't tape to tape. Also noticed dump & chase seemed to work a little better.
I really wish they would have fixed the sim stats though, but oh well.
Something easy to fix for a patch #2 if there is one....when you simulate a game in Be a GM, that damn "SIMULATING" box on the calendar covers up the team's record you are playing against. All that screen real estate, and they put it over the one thing that's useful to see.
I really wish they would have fixed the sim stats though, but oh well.
Something easy to fix for a patch #2 if there is one....when you simulate a game in Be a GM, that damn "SIMULATING" box on the calendar covers up the team's record you are playing against. All that screen real estate, and they put it over the one thing that's useful to see.
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I'm hoping there is...and that it goes both ways, Human and cpu.
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I also notice they are making a few more coverage mistakes now than they used to. Centres are leaving the forward in the front of the net a bit more often. Wingers who are backchecking through the neutral zone will come off their man sooner, leading to passing opportunities through the neutral zone. It could be called more aggressive, but if that's the case, it's dumb aggressive because they're leaving open holes without really closing other holes.
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savoie2006 @ 11/09/10 05:56 AM
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So I played one game, using Rogie's sliders (version 1.00 tuner). My thoughts:
CPU was better at cycling the puck and seemed to have more of a purpose than before. They were also more aggressive and better at stopping me from cycling when I had the puck. Time on attack was almost even for the first time in I don't know how long. Passing was a bit more difficult for me I felt. I thought it was actually easier for me to enter their zone than before, as I could skate in with 4 guys around me and not have them try anything. That may have had more to do with them having a healthy lead though. I haven't lost this significantly, this early on for quite awhile.
I used the franchise I've had rolling for awhile now and the XP glitch is gone and my guys were putting attribute points where I wanted them or at least somewhere other than fighting and faceoffs.
CPU was better at cycling the puck and seemed to have more of a purpose than before. They were also more aggressive and better at stopping me from cycling when I had the puck. Time on attack was almost even for the first time in I don't know how long. Passing was a bit more difficult for me I felt. I thought it was actually easier for me to enter their zone than before, as I could skate in with 4 guys around me and not have them try anything. That may have had more to do with them having a healthy lead though. I haven't lost this significantly, this early on for quite awhile.
I used the franchise I've had rolling for awhile now and the XP glitch is gone and my guys were putting attribute points where I wanted them or at least somewhere other than fighting and faceoffs.
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savoie2006 @ 11/09/10 09:56 AM
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If I have time, I'll run another sim, and post the actual stats.
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Splitter77 @ 11/10/10 12:06 PM
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hitz pro had a better sim engine than that.
i wish they could just steal 2k's sim engine
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Regarding sim stats, I had been under the impression it was being looked at in production. But, it appears they didn't do much to fix it.
See this old post.
See this old post.
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I'm happy with the game, though. Gameplay is the biggest issue for me and they've done a great job this year.
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Splitter77 @ 11/10/10 06:06 PM
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I will only play exhibition and playoff mode now.
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savoie2006 @ 11/10/10 06:18 PM
Yeah, the game's not perfect, but it's still enjoyable. The Cpu roster managment and the sim engine leave plenty to be desired, but realism is overrated anyways 
. It was OK to be arcadish when we played Techmo Super Bowl, NHL 94, Baseball Simulator, or Double Dribble. All games that most of us grew up on and loved dearly. Why? Because the gameplay was fun.
. It was OK to be arcadish when we played Techmo Super Bowl, NHL 94, Baseball Simulator, or Double Dribble. All games that most of us grew up on and loved dearly. Why? Because the gameplay was fun.
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capsdude69 @ 11/10/10 09:27 PM
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I used to work on the sim engine / player ratings for the old Hockey League Simulator from Bethesda Softworks in the early 90's. Wish they'd give me a crack at EA's product because obviously the people they have working on it now are clueless. We used to use formulas that calculated the number of shots on goal generated by each line and then you broke down the goals, assists etc based on the skills of each player on that line. So if you had a stacked lineup you generally got more shots, more scoring, and if the logic made sense you would get a reasonable distribution of stats. We also had ratings which told whether each player was more likely to shoot or pass, which gave a more realistic breakdown of goals and assists.
Of course, with EA's sim engine, it doesn't even look like the CPU pays attention to the lines that have been set, which is a MAJOR FAIL in my opinion.
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