NHL 25 Early Access and EA Play Trial Available Today - Share Your Impressions

[DallasRocks]

Anyone else not hear the soundtrack very well? I have it 10/10 and can barely hear it

[Fishbone Walker]

Quote: Originally Posted by 13whitebread

That would be cool NBA 2k12 did it the best with television differences and uniforms through the different decades seeing Bill Russel in black white for the Celtics and wilt was very cool not to mention Dr J Always hoping NHL does that one of these years

Agreed, amazing feature! NHL could do a lot more to make the game more friendly to classic roster enthusiasts, but seeing very little changes over the years, I'm not holding my breath.

[bluebrowns76]

Any one know a way to make the CPU AI pressure you when enter The offensive zone? Too easy to skate into the zone on the wings. I want to have to dump and chase every once in a while. I turned cpu aggression slider up to 100 and still no luck.

[Nickorut]

After some 10 games in, here is my impressions.

+ AI shoots on goal!
One of my biggest gripes with 24 was the endless steam of games with shots at 12-31 and scores at 6-4. Not anymore! On 7 min periods cpu shoots around 30-35 shots and my keeper in franchise is around 91-92%. Cpu shoots a lot of hopeless shots which is really positive. I HATED to hate my keepers in -24 with 85% save percentage.

+ you can turn of pressure meter.
This drove me crazy last year.

+better replays
You can actually see whats going on. Too many replays on tackles but I can live with that.

+ better tempo and overall feel of the game.
Not a revolution but better.

+ franchise
Small changes but all the changes (so far) is for the better. I like to be able tonfall to players about season goals and i like to structure contracts. Much improved hub to easily se how your team compares to your opponent. Still much to be done about the mode but in my opinion, meaningful steps i the right direction.

- maybe the game is to sluggish on default?
- im not seeing the big grafical improvment everybody else seems to see.

- im not really noticing ICE-Q. Ai is better its not night and day.

- ai too easy? Only 7 games in to my franchise as the sabres, but feels weird to be 7-0 on superstar with cpu adjustment 6/6 with no sliders (except penaltys). Previous years i was as best a .500 team on superstar. Maybe the cpu have trouble to challenge on the slowed down pace and better goalies.

Overall i really like -25. Much MUCH möte enjoyable than-24 for me but i really hated the low % goalies, few shots and pressure meter and all of that got fixed.

It is still EA NHL but better than before.

Im really positive but i can see how other people arent impressed.


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[Ac3way]

Liked the game a lot during Trial, but it was super easy on maxed out difficulty.

I think EA had a bug with CPU Difficulty slider not working, because after Day 1 patch game is much harder and now opponent skates faster than you (because i have CPU Difficulty slider at 6/6). I know patch notes dosent mention that "bug", but there was huge change on difficulty and how opponent CPU plays.

Finally i got two loses, CPU was challenging me on shots and time on attacks. Fun and tough games. I have still one hour left for trial version, so i will see tomorrow if it is still challenging. I might even buy the game now or just wait for first sale and see if EA fixes or will broke something of future patches.

[Armor and Sword]

We are going strong with the retail release.

The more I play the more addicted I become. I was hooked on 23 and now on 25 my addiction is even stronger.

The new conversation system is really good. I love how we can structure clauses now, encourage play style and position changes and set season goals as well as short term and long term season goals.

I will say it again the new franchise hib is a really large QOL improvement.

Gameplay though is shining. The CPU is noticeably smarter and aggressive on offense. My cpu teammates set themselves up much better in the offensive zone.

Really happy with the new replay angles.

Something I really hope they work on for next year is Authentic Network style presentation. The one thing I miss terribly from NHL 19 is that. It was top notch.

Please get back to that!!!!

[PernellKarl076]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ac3way

Liked the game a lot during Trial, but it was super easy on maxed out difficulty. I think EA had a bug with CPU Difficulty slider not working, because after Day 1 patch game is much harder and now opponent skates faster than you (because i have CPU Difficulty slider at 6/6). I know patch notes dosent mention that "bug", but there was huge change on difficulty and how opponent CPU plays. Finally i got two loses, CPU was challenging me on shots and time on attacks. Fun and tough games. I have still one hour left for trial version, so i will see tomorrow if it is still challenging. I might even buy the game now or just wait for first sale and see if EA fixes or will broke something of future patches.

Hey Ac3way ! Hope all is well. If the game is challenging for a player like you, they’ve must of done something really good with the AI 😀

As far as EA fixing things, I wouldn’t get my hopes up. I still see bugs from years past that have been flagged a long time ago, but still in the series.

[Cyrus09]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor and Sword

We are going strong with the retail release. The more I play the more addicted I become. I was hooked on 23 and now on 25 my addiction is even stronger. The new conversation system is really good. I love how we can structure clauses now, encourage play style and position changes and set season goals as well as short term and long term season goals. I will say it again the new franchise hib is a really large QOL improvement. Gameplay though is shining. The CPU is noticeably smarter and aggressive on offense. My cpu teammates set themselves up much better in the offensive zone. Really happy with the new replay angles. Something I really hope they work on for next year is Authentic Network style presentation. The one thing I miss terribly from NHL 19 is that. It was top notch. Please get back to that!!!!

How would you recommend a guy that hasn't played a hockey game in 10 years getting into the game?

I tried to jump into Play Now games, but it's hard to actually learn the game like that. Should I just go into Franchise mode and learn on the fly?