New lease of life with broadcast camera

[iaxy]

If you are tired of the stale presentation and the feeling of groundhog day, I strongly encourage people to try the legacy broadcast camera. Granted the controls scheme will feel alien and may require some relearning, the switch of camera makes a HUGE difference to the presentation and has actually made this game very enjoyable for me. Everything looks more authentic and less arcady. Player models look different (which is a good thing) and the proportions in relations to the rink feel much more accurate. I honestly don't understand why EA do not shout about this camera more, because it improves the visual experience multi fold compared to the up / down orientation.

There are three more things I do.

1) I would suggest increasing the contrast to 70 (in the Accessibility menu). This will bring out the skate marks in the ice and will make everything look a little more authentic.

2) The game speed will feel very fast with this camera (due to the left - right orientation). I find that the game speed at 1 is most suitable for this camera.

3) I remove the ugly circles under the skaters and only leave the names. This way you can appreciate the skating motion more, especially this year with the new vision control.

[sjp99]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

Have been playing with this camera exclusively since it came out, over a decade ago. There's a small faction of us here who have extolled its virtues over the years just as you have. To those who say it's unplayable...after a while, you just anticipate where teammates will be if they're off screen, somewhat like real life. I'm an offline player only so if I happen to miss a pass or two if said teammates aren't where I think they'll be (just like rl!), it's no big deal, just part of the game.

Unfortunately, EA have managed to muck this up after they first removed true broadcast from 23 and reinstated it as TB legacy in 24. Just like last year, that camera view no longer works for created teams or defunct alumni teams, it reverts to true broadcast (minus the legacy), the long distance cam from the rafters. I've filed bug reports on EA forum and posted there (and here) for a couple years now but I'm sure on their list of community complaints it's wayyy down there.

[iaxy]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

Same here. Been using the broadcast camera since they first introduced it. But this year it plays and looks way better. I also like how it changes depending on the arena. For example in the United Center is very zoomed in whereas in the TD Garden it's more zoomed out.

Frankly, I can't understand how people still use the up / down camera. It is so old and arcady.

[Cycloniac]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

As a coach mode/CPUvCPU guy, this is the way to enjoy the game. It's awesome. Like others, I've always used it.

I kind of go back and forth between true broadcast and the legacy nowadays. When they removed legacy, I absolutely hated the zoomed out true broadcast cam, but for some arenas, I like it a bit more. It's grown on me. E.g. Florida's legacy cam just seems a bit too zoomed in to me.

[iaxy]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

As a coach mode/CPUvCPU guy, this is the way to enjoy the game. It's awesome. Like others, I've always used it.

I kind of go back and forth between true broadcast and the legacy nowadays. When they removed legacy, I absolutely hated the zoomed out true broadcast cam, but for some arenas, I like it a bit more. It's grown on me. E.g. Florida's legacy cam just seems a bit too zoomed in to me.

What are you game speed / acceleration / skater speed settings?

[jdl24]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

I agree with everyone. One change I would recommend to make the controls easier is in Controller Settings change the control scheme to Always Up.

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[Cycloniac]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

What are you game speed / acceleration / skater speed settings?

Game Speed 0
Back Skating 50
Puck Carrier Agility 75
Puck Carrier Skating 15
Player Acceleration CPU: 75 / Human: 75
Skating Speed CPU: 65 / Human: 65
Skating Agility CPU: 50 / Human: 50

[Fiddy]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

Puck Carrier Agility 75
Skating Agility CPU: 50 / Human: 50

I like seeing the Puck Carrier Agility higher on slider set ups. Don't see many up that, good stuff.

I feel like in all sports games we don't have enough control over players agility. I started recently last year or so just maxing out the agility or puck carrier and skating agility in general and the game just "smoothed" out for me when other things didn't drive me nuts to just shut it off.

[adayinthelife]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

I switch to Broadcast every so often to mix it up, but I have a very hard time setting up offensively for whatever reason. The first year they introduced it (NHL 13, I believe), I just ran with it all year as it was a novelty, but even with "always up" controls I just don't find it as fluid to play vs button based games like the PS2/Xbox era, or 2k7.

I like seeing the Puck Carrier Agility higher on slider set ups. Don't see many up that, good stuff.

I feel like in all sports games we don't have enough control over players agility. I started recently last year or so just maxing out the agility or puck carrier and skating agility in general and the game just "smoothed" out for me when other things didn't drive me nuts to just shut it off.

This, for sure. I also feel like a lot of "sim" slider sets are so focused on slowing everything down and creating more loose pucks that it removes even more feeling of control over players.

[hrudey32]

Re: New lease of life with broadcast camera

I, too, have used True Broadcast for years. It's the only way to play, for me. I use Legacy as I prefer the lower zoomed in. I, personally, enjoy the arenas that are a bit more zoomed in and closer to the action. This is where a cam height/zoom would be nice. But the zoomed in arenas camera is perfect, imo. The zoomed out Legacy is still good but a bit too far aay for my preference. The new TB is for that so wish Legacy was all zoomed in.

But yes, best camera in the game.

[sjp99]

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The new TB is for that so wish Legacy was all zoomed in.

Just in case you didn't realize, true broadcast legacy is meant to represent the actual real life TV broadcast view of each team...thus the term, true broadcast. So the zoom distance will vary according to each teams actual home broadcast camera view. Making it adjustable would in essence defeat the purpose of having the authentic camera view experience. I just approach it as a home ice advantage when I play at a team with a challenging broadcast view, either zoomed farther out or in - think it's New Jersey (?) where the crowd makes it tough to see the action at the near side boards.

[franch1se]

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just tried true broadcast cam for the very first time. Will definitely take time to get used to it. I didn't win a single face off. I lost 2-0. Couldn't figure out shooting and stick handling. I'm not saying no to it, and i'll definitely try again but that was hard lol

[sjp99]

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Couldn't figure out shooting and stick handling. I'm not saying no to it, and i'll definitely try again but that was hard lol

Make sure you have shooting control to "always up" in controller settings, not "relative", it's the only way to really aim with broadcast cam. It does take some getting used to, I've been playing in broadcast view since NHL 14 so it's totally second nature. Eventually you just know where your teammates will be, kind of like real life, and "blind" passes usually find them.

[franch1se]

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i have it on always up already. Still can't get the hang of it lol. Going to have to really put time in and re-learn. I wish i could keep the regular controls. Still can't win a face off.

[bcruise]

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I go back and forth on this a lot, but I can definitely say that hockey's the one major sport that really changes the way I play when I play from broadcast (not including baseball pitching for obvious reasons). When I play north-south it sometimes feels like the only way to advance is to speed burst through everything, which is a bad mindset to have both for pure gameplay and realism reasons. You can definitely see skating and passing lanes sometimes in broadcast that aren't as apparent in top-down, and I do find it easier to get into the flow of the game from the side view sometimes. I also find it easier to stay in whatever defensive structure my team is playing, since I can always see the other 4 skaters on my team when the play settles in one end of the ice.

The other sports are different - football really requires you to see down the field (plus it helps if the camera doesn't have to be so zoomed out to do that that the players look like ants), and, though I don't play it as much as the others, things happen far downcourt in basketball that you need to be aware of if playing a fullcourt style. If you can't see those because of the camera, you might be playing at a disadvantage.

Cameras don't make a video game play differently on their own, but having a different "window" through which the player is viewing the action can definitely influence how they play.