NHL 25 Roadmap and Deep Dive Schedule

[Steve_OS]

With NHL 25 news beginning to come out as of today, EA also announced the schedule...

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[LoadStar81]

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Never mind a deep dive, Be a Pro apparently isn't even getting a toe dip?

What the actual?

HARD pass, if that's the case.

[RobotRosKO]

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So ea going to make the menus look different in franchise mode. One thing angryjoe has taught me ea will use wording to try to enhance the very minor tweaks they make. So,same old franchise, one team control and a clearer or more detailed menus.

[Nfumass]

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So ea going to make the menus look different in franchise mode. One thing angryjoe has taught me ea will use wording to try to enhance the very minor tweaks they make. So,same old franchise, one team control and a clearer or more detailed menus.

They said revamped franchise mode so that means they will probably take a few features out and then reintroduced them in a future game and advertise them as new features.

[13whitebread]

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The lateness of this cover and horrid trailer scares me. Anytime EA says "new" I think yes, a new word for the same old tech. Waiting with very suspicious eye. NHL14 was the last leap forward. The momentum has ended and we are regressing and aging faster than the Caps / Pens lineups.

EA will surprise me one day. NHL25. Looks like that's not the day.

If they took half the programmers and let them do work each year making thr game better, instead of 1,000 HUT cards. We could all finally see a better game. But HUT is king and us fans are serfs.

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There are for sure going to go where the money is for sure. I certainly must be in the minority having not spent a dime on HUT. Sound like offline might again get some baby steps with the rivalry and keeping track of seasons series between clubs. And with this the only offering I certainly will get it scratch that NHL itch

[gsize19]

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After all the time I spent on creating a very detailed wishlist last year on here, and saw hundreds of great ideas from other OSers, I am going to be disappointed if not one of my 20 game improvements are added. I would settle for just having actual NHL coaches. Why they can't do this is ridiculous. Madden has them... Then on the other games like MLB The Show and NBA 2k, different platforms, but still, they have them. So we have one major sport that doesn't have actual professional coaches is absurd. And if coaches are added, each comes with a different dynamic, their style of game management and game play... This is Next Gen hockey, and as a Franchise fan, this NEEDS to be added.

Like I said, I had 20 plus suggestions, and you guys provided hundreds more and many are very doable... If they are all ignored, EA is giving us offline players the middle finger again and catering tho those that play HUT, hence the reason they add in Hut stuff into presales... Just give me a presale, that still gives me full 7 day access without the HUT stuff, that is what I want. I will not use HUT so I waste money on something just to get early access and a jump on roster creation.

Some of the other wishlist items I mention that would be nice, but Coaches to me is the one thing I would like to see, but others I think could have a chance: Mid-season All star weekend with teams being picked from actually gameplay stats in your franchise. Having the Winter Classic, the Stadium Series, or both. Having the Global Series at Rinks overseas. Three changes that would be easy to complete based on barns you have access to in other leagues in LaLiga and leagues like that, and now that EA has a plethora of stadiums from Madden to NCAA to choose from, add the outdoor games. A last item I think would be nice and give a deeper dive in Franchise, having full control minors, meaning, assign an ECHL team their NHL affiliate and give us as a GM role the opportunity to negotiate contracts with AHL and ECHL affiliates. If Toledo isn't working for me, give me the opportunity to create a deal with Cincinnati, or if Cleveland seems dried up give me the opportunity
to add another affiliate who is looking for a new NHL club.

When you move someone to the ECHL club now, they can not be added to their AHL affiliate in season, the only way you can have players who routinely find roster spots in the AHL or even in cases the NHL is have them as free agents, but then you take a chance they can get signed elsewhere. Just ridiculous a three-tier professional system is not available on Next Gen. Oh, and how nice it would be to have a new broadcast team with a partner affiliate like TNT, ESPN or the NHL Network to make the game look more like a true broadcast...

[MiracleMet718]

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Coaches aren’t going in because they don’t want/have the budget to pay for the licensing for other the NHLCA or the individual coaches. Would like to see it, but they have so many other things to fix first, starting with the AI.

[Cycloniac]

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Coaches aren’t going in because they don’t want/have the budget to pay for the licensing for other the NHLCA or the individual coaches. Would like to see it, but they have so many other things to fix first, starting with the AI.

Agreed

I want to be optimistic, but it just feels like HUT has killed this series for people looking for a realistic, immersive offline experience.

There was a time when EA cared about making a deep offline game. I think those days are behind us.

It's depressing.

[speels]

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Agreed

I want to be optimistic, but it just feels like HUT has killed this series for people looking for a realistic, immersive offline experience.

There was a time when EA cared about making a deep offline game. I think those days are behind us.

It's depressing.

Yes, unfortunately sports gaming has been hit with the same bug as everything in life. The people that have more money need to make more money and if your company isn't making more money those people will take their money from the company and put it somewhere that makes them more money.

HUT makes money all year round whereas the people who only pay once per year for the game are not the target market anymore. Simple economics. Yay Capitalism!!

[MiracleMet718]

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Agreed

I want to be optimistic, but it just feels like HUT has killed this series for people looking for a realistic, immersive offline experience.

There was a time when EA cared about making a deep offline game. I think those days are behind us.

It's depressing.

I don’t even need that deep of an offline game. I just want AI that makes sense and is less predictable. Franchise mode is actually pretty solid and they have most of the NHL cap rules in place. They finally gave us the pass/shot slider so we can change it for created players. The draft and trade deadline experience is decently fun

The part that has been so bad the last few years is that the gameplay is either dumb or extremely repetitive. At least in NHL 21 (even with its flaws) you could cycle the puck, setup in the zone, and the CPU would do the same. They redid the physics without making any updates to the AI so players would routinely be in awful places (right next to the puck carrier, skating away from the slot instead of to it, not setting up for the cycle). All of the legacy strategies became useless.

If they actually did fix the AI, then I’m interested in playing this game again. If not, it’ll be another 10 hours and try again next year.

[BigBadAss33]

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Never mind a deep dive, Be a Pro apparently isn't even getting a toe dip?

What the actual?

HARD pass, if that's the case.

they don't make $$ of BAP.. So your stuck with it as is... Trust me I feel your pain.. I'm a FRANCHISE only player and take every little fix/update we get, which isn't a ton..

[jdl24]

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For anyone interested check out Tougie's YT video of the release trailer. He has first hand experience with NHL 25 he has a NDA so he can't go into details about it. He said there are incremental improvements from his experience. He's very honest about the game even though he's apart of EA Game Changers.

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[Cycloniac]

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For anyone interested check out Tougie's YT video of the release trailer. He has first hand experience with NHL 25 he has a NDA so he can't go into details about it. He said there are incremental improvements from his experience. He's very honest about the game even though he's apart of EA Game Changers.

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TacTix also has knowledge. Regarding fracnhise, he did suggest that the improvements are more than just updated menus/UI, but couldn't say more than that at this time.

[metovics8]

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Possible 2 new scorebugs in NHL 25 this year

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[GetThePuckOut]

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First look at the new Scoreclock in #NHL25

https://twitter.com/i/status/1828489051415929082