NHL 18 Beta Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here!

[GetThePuckOut]

For those of you that registered for the NHL 18 beta, it is available now. Make...

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[JayhawkerStL]

Just played two matches of Threes in solo versus the CPU mode. I think it is fantastic. Very well done mode, with lots of speed and big hits.

Nope, not sim at all. But it is themes fun I've had with an arcade sports title since the original NBA Jam. They really nailed the mode.

[onac22]

Same game. Oh well, for me this is an easy pass until it is on sale for the first time since nhl93. Spent five minutes on beta got bored deleted it. Back to the show diamond dynasty, so much more effort put into it than any EA game ever. Was hoping they had something going with the skill sticks and all. Guess not. Also they locked vegas on the beta which means arding a team is a selling point to make up for the lack of change.

[TDKing]

Played one game of verses and 2 eshl 6 on 6 games. No interest in threes at all.

Verses, the def skill stick is nice kiddies will hate it. Game speed needs to tick up like maybe half a notch. Controls seemed sluggish no difference in puck pick ups. AI same old same old. Still not enough player differentiation for me.

Eshl def skill stick nice rest is exactly the same.

Game did seem boring and same as 17. Not worth a buy just for def skill stick. I dont care about dekes i dont have the stick skills for those anyway.

Overall not happy with the game will probably not play beta again and skip this year. Prolly won't buy NHL again till a change in leadership over there. As usual i will give it another go with ea access but i dont have high hopes.

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[TDKing]

Couple more things board passes are also a nice addition but changing controls for the puck slap sucks!


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[clou14]

New camera angles are sick! Gameplay feels much more smooth, but not at all worth $70

[Ruffy]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBillups36

Is it still all the same cheesy goals? Same goals for 5 years is sooooo lame

How is this an impression?

The game feels different to me...in a good way. In the one ONLINE versus game I have played so far I won 4-1 as Carolina over the Flyers.

My Goals were scored in the following manner.
- Slapper from the point with a huge screen over the goalie
- Backhand where i rushed the net from the side with speed
- a rebound goal where the goalie made a stop from the point, the slot and then the crease before a player snapped it
- last goal was a clear 2 on 1 where the D-man over played the shooter and the pass went across for the one-timer

I saw some variety so far in the first game. The puck was very hard to keep on your stick when close to defenders...this is good. Some hard dump-ins worked really well for me.

1st game but so far I feel it is an improvement. I liked last years game so I'd say if you didn't like NHL 17 you are likely not going to like 18.

Need more games to see if cheesy goals are still out there...that said my opponent was trying a lot of cheese type of goal attempts but couldn't execute very well. Need more online play to see.

[ejf0255]

As I thought:

Graphics. No change.
Game. No change.
Threes Mode. Huge Blast !!
It is fun like NHL Hitz 18.

So far it looks like the ratings are from last years roster no big deal it is a beta. Graphics were a downer. I see nothing new. The stick control I can say is also no big deal. But the 3s is a blast. That alone is worth finding a Beta code... I have mine out. Sorry.

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