NHL 17 News Post

NHL 17 Beta Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here!

06:09 PM - July 27, 2016 by RaychelSnr

EA Sports today announced the arrival of the NHL 17 Beta, available now to NHL Insiders. So basically if you get the NHL Newsletter and if you signed up for the beta by July 7th, you can get it today -- a full 24 hours earlier than expected.

The Beta will be available to everyone else starting tomorrow and will last through August 4 and features several modes for you to get a kickstart on your upcoming season:

Hockey Ultimate Team: Build. Collect. Compete. The most played mode in EA SPORTS NHL gets even better! Introducing HUT Synergy, an all-new �Team Building� system designed to challenge the way you build and play as your Ultimate Team. Pair player strengths together to create synergy in your roster and grant perks across your lineups. The all-new HUT Dynamic Sets mechanic takes collecting to a new level that replicates the biggest real-world hockey moments. Collect sets to unlock rewards, including new thematic sets, to constantly build and improve your team. With Dynamic HUT Sets, if it happens hockey, it happens in NHL 17.
EA Sports Hockey League: Take your EA SPORTS Hockey League team to the next level and build your brand by completing games, and leveling up your player and team to unlock customization items. Give your uniform a unique look or use the all-new Arena Creator to build the home ice you�ve always wanted.
Online Versus: Play NHL 17 online in a one vs. one environment. Own Every Zone with more end-to-end control with authentic goalies featuring positional awareness and Reactionary Save Intelligence, all-new Net Battles for offensive and defensive zone play, and dozens of thrilling new goal celebrations.

EA Sports is seeking feedback and opinions from the community about your playtime with the Beta. Be sure to leave impressions and thoughts on what you are playing in the comments below!

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# 221 djhallberg38 @ 08/01/16 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jhawk826


	The commentary is still stale and generic. That was an area they needed to improve upon and it sounds like they didn't even touch it.

Agreed. I noticed that too. Only thing we can hope for, is that they are holding back on new dialogue for when the game launches. Does anyone know if we will see players getting kicked out of face offs?? Again, another fixture in real hockey, that has been completely absent from the EA games. Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy the game, but I am starting to feel like we need to see some major overhauls to really notice the upgrades. I have been feeling this way about MLB The Show and Madden for a few years as well. It just seems like the tweak certain things, but never add any major upgrade, like a new graphics engine. Games year after year seem to be relatively the same. Maybe the answer is to release the games every other year, with roster updates and gameplay patches in between. Just saying.

# 222 SocialAssassin @ 08/01/16 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruffy


	EASHL really isnt my thing either but again when you get a good group of guys together and fill out all of the positions it can be a ton of fun.

Yes. If you get players who know what they are doing it's way better. I've had one game where we were all a well oiled machine. EASHL, if people stick to their positions,and play like real hockey, is a fun game.

# 223 Splitter77 @ 08/01/16 04:00 PM

I played a couple hut games single player on all-star.
Not too fun. Plays similar to last season. Seems very scripted.

Im hoping the 1-100 slider set can save this game.
I will still most likely buy it anyway, just for create team.

# 224 mikeq672 @ 08/01/16 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by djhallberg38


	I am just hoping that EA is holding back on the Beta, just like they have on the trailers they have released to date. If that is the case, maybe we will be pleasantly surprised when it launches. I get it if that is what they are doing. Much like not wanting to spoil a movie release by giving away too much in the trailers. What worries me, is that they really seem to be going out of their way to not show any post goal celebrations in the few trailers released, but didn't seem to mind showing off several of the stupid, over the top user controlled single player celebrations. Which I might add, are apparently only going to be usable in EASHL. Dumb,

They arent holding anything back, that would be stupid. Its not like a movie trailer at all, it would be like showing movie critics the movie with all the important plot lines taken out. That doesnt make any sense.

# 225 shogunofharlem3 @ 08/01/16 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SocialAssassin


	Yes. If you get players who know what they are doing it's way better. I've had one game where we were all a well oiled machine. EASHL, if people stick to their positions,and play like real hockey, is a fun game.

I had posted earlier about the new addition of keeping your team together. It really is awesome. Usually drops are hit or miss, usually miss. I had one the other night, 6 guys, all chatting it up having fun. No bull. Then the game ended, at that point in the past it was back to the coin toss or if you'll get a good game or not.

I mentioned we could stick together. We did for 3 more games. It was an absolute blast. Great new feature.

# 226 briguy4747 @ 08/01/16 07:08 PM

Maybe I'm not going to the correct menu and choices...
I am not an EASHL guy !
I prefer to play HUT or real NHL teams !
Can't figure out how to get the menu section to select either of these 2 options !
Please help !
(And please no 'noob' type replies !)

# 227 TheWolf1113 @ 08/01/16 07:12 PM

Right stick left and right on the menu picture

# 228 briguy4747 @ 08/01/16 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWolf1113


	Right stick left and right on the menu picture

OK thanks ! Will give that a try !

# 229 Money99 @ 08/02/16 08:32 AM

This is kind of an off-centre impression as this is coming from my 9YO sons perspective.
He loves hockey so when he fired up the PS4 and saw that the NHL17 demo had finished downloading he asked if he could play.
I told him �Go for it� and figured he�d get bored after 10s. Neither he, nor my 13YO son have shown any interest in playing sports games despite them playing hockey, baseball and basketball.

I get him setup with his HUT team and go back upstairs to watch my 3YO daughter.
After a few minutes, I hear him howling, yelling and cheering.
I go downstairs to see what�s going on and he�s having a blast scoring, fighting and hammering guys all over the ice.

I have to say, while I wouldn�t play with all the indicators on, I was happy they existed for my son. He didn't mind them at all, and they helped him play the game properly by utilizing lead passes, distributing to the point and even staying offside.

He asked what this HUT-mode was all about and I did my best to fill in the blanks. He loved the concept of collecting cards and getting special packs and boosts.
So after his turn on the PS4 was over, he ran to his room and grabbed his collection of hockey cards and starting pouring over them.

I really hope that the arena customization is part of HUT as well. I think he would really like to design his own rink.

He�s dying to play the game again tonight and is very excited that I have it pre-ordered.
I had to laugh at him though; he gets in a fight and is pounding away before the CPU starts tying him up and making him miss, and eventually defeating him.
My son probably outlanded him 2:1, so when he lost he asked, incredulously �Why didn�t he die?!?!�. I burst out laughing and explained how the fighting system works.
I then also had to explain that nobody �dies� because this isn�t Halo, hahaha.

I haven�t had a chance to play it myself, but I like how there are mechanics in this game which allow a little kid to enjoy it.
He found the controls pretty easy to manipulate (he refused to use the �94 controls) and with all the indicators, could play a pretty realistic form of hockey.
He especially liked the offside indicator. If he wanted to fight someone, he�d just initiate an offside call and fire the puck on net, haha.

# 230 Splitter77 @ 08/02/16 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by briguy4747


	Maybe I'm not going to the correct menu and choices... I am not an EASHL guy ! I prefer to play HUT or real NHL teams ! Can't figure out how to get the menu section to select either of these 2 options ! Please help ! (And please no 'noob' type replies !)

took me 2 days to figure this out....but you have to hit the right stick to the right for more options

# 231 shogunofharlem3 @ 08/02/16 10:52 AM

One thing I did notice or at least I think I noticed was when I first loaded up the other day I got a tuner update that I had to accept and it was version 1.00 even though the original version was 1.00. I wonder if the overwriting tuners again or possibly not supplying them at all since we'll have all the sliders at hand

# 232 skrody @ 08/02/16 12:01 PM

creation mode
i messed around with some of the options, and man this mode is deep. but i wonder if it's too deep. i spent 45 minutes creating my team, which is great, absolutely but i wonder when the time comes will i give it as much attention? i kind of wish they included ALL the logos in the game in addition to the NHL ones.

gameplay
personally, i feel like not too much has changed. the stick lift and poke check are less OP but there are a lot of similar frustrations carried over from 16.

i played one game online, was down 3-2, scored with 50 seconds left. next faceoff, scored again, up 4-3. the guy i played against scored with 12 seconds left, and 1.7 seconds left to win the game 5-4. i dont mind losing - but i hate losing to 4 goals scored the exact same way. bummer.

# 233 mikeq672 @ 08/02/16 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by skrody


	i kind of wish they included ALL the logos in the game in addition to the NHL ones.

I was really hoping that this wasnt the case just because it was the beta, Im being highly optimistic though with that. It makes no sense that all the logos have always been available and then when they add all this customization, they took away 90 percent of the available logos haha.

# 234 northwoods21 @ 08/02/16 10:12 PM

Does anyone have an extra beta code? If so could you pm me one?

# 235 RustedWalleye @ 08/02/16 10:22 PM

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# 236 Rko69 @ 08/02/16 11:41 PM

Anyone have any extra ps4 codex for nhl 17 beta, I would really appreciate it. Thanks please reply!

# 237 Rko69 @ 08/02/16 11:48 PM

If I had played it is would give you my impression of nhl 17, but I need a code for ps4, EA has not sent me one, I had registered 2 weeks ago I would really appreciate it very much, my email is [email protected] please reply, and help me out

# 238 GetThePuckOut @ 08/03/16 09:05 AM

I can't stand it. THERE IS A BETA CODE THREAD THIS IS AN IMPRESSION THREAD!
What the hell is so hard to understand!?

# 239 Simple Mathematics @ 08/03/16 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by GetThePuckOut


	I can't stand it. THERE IS A BETA CODE THREAD THIS IS AN IMPRESSION THREAD! What the hell is so hard to understand!?

This. It is hard to sift through all the requests for codes to find impressions on the game.

# 240 djhallberg38 @ 08/03/16 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeq672


	They arent holding anything back, that would be stupid. Its not like a movie trailer at all, it would be like showing movie critics the movie with all the important plot lines taken out. That doesnt make any sense.

Well, I respectfully disagree. We know they are holding back to a certain extent, if they only let you play online EASHL games. I like playing online, don't get me wrong, I think you experience more realistic outcomes and gameplay that way. However, I also enjoy playing my own season games in Franchise mode. It just would have been nice to see taste a little of the offline modes as well. I really hope your wrong about them not holding back on the presentation and celebrations, etc. Because if you are right, that means that there isn't a whole lot that has changed in that area and that would be disappointing.

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