NHL 13 - Stick Tape

[CWJets87]

Why hasnt EA added the ability to have custom Tape jobs? It would make the individual player models look more like real life. I know its little i just dont see how they havent added this yet.

Example with Ovechkin

Real life:http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/wri...t/ovechkin.jpg

EA NHL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KqLKZFRTHM...nLeglift02.jpg

[dmarz45]

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I really cant stand when people want the crew at EA to waste their time with minut details like this. Every single little detail is not going to be in the game and people need to learn this. They need to spend their time working on the core gameplay and not how Ovechkin tapes his stick.

[I3RIS3H]

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I don't think that they should assign tape jobs to everyone in the league that has the slightest difference, but maybe just put 3 or 4 different styles to choose from.

[bwiggy33]

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I really cant stand when people want the crew at EA to waste their time with minut details like this. Every single little detail is not going to be in the game and people need to learn this. They need to spend their time working on the core gameplay and not how Ovechkin tapes his stick.

While you are correct they should be working on the core game (which they are), the EA NHL team should be to the point in the series where they should be adding little details like this. Have you played MLB The Show? They have little details like this galore. Why? because their gameplay is the closest to real life of any other sports game on the market. They are able to spend their time on little details. That's why their game is great not just good or mediocre. This is EA's 7th version of NHL on the 360 for god sakes and they are finally adding their first major gameplay changes since the skill stick in 07. There is no reason a request like tape jobs is absurd. At least put it in edit player so we can do it ourselves. They should be to the point in the series where they can add things like this.

The little details are what make a game go from good to great IMO. That's why this game is only mediocre. Sadly the past 5 iterations of NHL have basically not upgraded the gameplay in a considerable way and they aren't at the point of being able to add details like tape jobs, faces, arena details, etc. It just kind of makes you think of what they spent their time on the past 5 or 6 years. Physics, somewhat upgrade of Be A GM (NHL 09), broken sticks, goalie collisions, 1st person fighting, Winter Classic, goalie fighting, finding ridiculous work arounds for stopping glitch goals, broken glass, online modes and that's it really. Some of these features are kind of ridiculous looking back at it now.

[daflyboys]

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Never mind this nonsense. When are proper black smudges on the boards going to happen from where the puck and players hit it. Enough is enough.

[adayinthelife]

Personally I'd like to see some more player faces before we get to individual tape styles.

[CWJets87]

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Didnt mean to get people mad at me i just thought it wouldnt take long to put in. And i agree 100% that they should work on gameplay first. And not just Ovechkin but most the Nhl all have diferent tape i just think more options would be better. Thats all.

[13whitebread]

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Didnt mean to get people mad at me i just thought it wouldnt take long to put in. And i agree 100% that they should work on gameplay first. And not just Ovechkin but most the Nhl all have diferent tape i just think more options would be better. Thats all.

There are always crybabys out there that post to make other people look bad as to make them look good. When somebody post its called In my Opinon. If you dont like it tuff they are not posting to agree to your terms only what they like. So keep up the posts. We all love the game for some of us we want the best game out there that means different strokes for different folks.

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[Bloop33]

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While I don't think they need to go crazy with different tape jobs making the difference between Stamkos http://1.cdn.nhle.com/nhl/images/upl...964774_std.jpgand the already mentioned Ovechkin tape job (like 2 wraps shorter on Ovies). I wouldn't mind seeing there be 1 option for each colour with a toe covered like Ovie and Stamkos or toe uncovered, like currently available.

I agree that a lot of things don't need to be done, but something like the Winter Classic doesn't need to be done if it prevents enhancing gameplay in each mode (Can you even play Winter Classic outside of it's own mode??).

EA seems to be taking a good step forward this year, hopefully it isn't followed with 5 years of sliding backwards.

[hollywood_cpm]

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I can say without a doubt that as trivial as it might be that EVERYONE would use this.

[bwiggy33]

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I can say without a doubt that as trivial as it might be that EVERYONE would use this.

No question about it. It's just one of those things that shows us customers "Hey we care about you." Then when we see it in the game our jaws drop because the realism has improved that much more. I compare it to accessories in The Show. If The Show can have elbow pads, shin pads, bat tape, then why can't NHL have something as simple as a choice of tape jobs or have players have their real life tape job. Sounds stupid but subtle things like this are actually huge when distinguishing the top sports games from one another. It's all about attention to detail.

They finally added Stanley Cup patches this year. That's the attention to detail I'm talking about. They just need to keep adding on to this. Whether it's tape jobs, playoff beards (hard to implement), player faces, specific home crowd mannerisms/chants, jerseys 100% correct, etc. Things like this just do wonders to the play value of a game. You don't get as bored when the gameplay starts to become stale. I guarantee that if NHL 12 were to have some of this stuff I would still be playing the game and wouldn't have lost as much interest as I have.

The other thing is people saying it's a waste of time just don't realize that they have people assigned to work on stuff like this. Everyone on the NHL dev team doesn't work in the gameplay department. They have separate departments for areas of the game.

[CWJets87]

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No question about it. It's just one of those things that shows us customers "Hey we care about you." Then when we see it in the game our jaws drop because the realism has improved that much more. I compare it to accessories in The Show. If The Show can have elbow pads, shin pads, bat tape, then why can't NHL have something as simple as a choice of tape jobs or have players have their real life tape job. Sounds stupid but subtle things like this are actually huge when distinguishing the top sports games from one another. It's all about attention to detail.

They finally added Stanley Cup patches this year. That's the attention to detail I'm talking about. They just need to keep adding on to this. Whether it's tape jobs, playoff beards (hard to implement), player faces, specific home crowd mannerisms/chants, jerseys 100% correct, etc. Things like this just do wonders to the play value of a game. You don't get as bored when the gameplay starts to become stale. I guarantee that if NHL 12 were to have some of this stuff I would still be playing the game and wouldn't have lost as much interest as I have.

The other thing is people saying it's a waste of time just don't realize that they have people assigned to work on stuff like this. Everyone on the NHL dev team doesn't work in the gameplay department. They have separate departments for areas of the game.

The sad thing about this is that I posted this same exact post when they first released pictures of NHL 10! And it still isnt in after 3 years! And its not only stick tape, its player faces, real life arenas, commentary and much much more. I feel like they waste there time working on and promoting features that dont end up being that great.(Winter Classic) Well then again it is EA.

[bwiggy33]

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The sad thing about this is that I posted this same exact post when they first released pictures of NHL 10! And it still isnt in after 3 years! And its not only stick tape, its player faces, real life arenas, commentary and much much more. I feel like they waste there time working on and promoting features that dont end up being that great.(Winter Classic) Well then again it is EA.

Agree fully. I mean you could argue that glass breaking and goalie fights are little things that add to the game, but truly they aren't. We see maybe 2 goalie fights a year and the glass rarely ever shatters but in NHL 12 one of those things happens every game (or at least the goalie fights can). It's actually really funny how much they promoted that stuff and I still caved in.

The one little thing that is a sweet addition though is broken sticks. That's something that has been well done and the best is you have the ability to set how often it happens. I give them props on that.