NHL 19 Gameplay Videos and Interview with Creative Director, William Ho

[Spragga]

Game Informer has posted some new gameplay footage from NHL 19, featuring the Winnipeg Jets vs....

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[csamuelsvt]

Here's another one!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFzoOUbFTFg

[jake19ny]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spragga

Jets @ Leafs https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07...-changes-eashl

At 2:24 the puck carrier skates almost right through the defender. Looks like their should have been contact at the very least incidental contact....so much for the improved collision detection

Goalies still have same canned animations and look awful still.

Overall gameplay looks like NHL 18,17,16,15,.....

[GetThePuckOut]

.... aaaand there is NO Real Time 5 man Hugh!


Goal, old celeb (teammates skate away) cut, then there is an 5 man Hugh scene.....

Hope that is NOT in the final Game!

[Rhudey]

Quote: Originally Posted by GetThePuckOut

.... aaaand there is NO Real Time 5 man Hugh! Goal, old celeb (teammates skate away) cut, then there is an 5 man Hugh scene..... Hope that is NOT in the final Game!

Yup, that same awful celebration I've never seen anyone actually do. Can we please have the celebrations from 04 back? How many more years of this horrible celebration?

[jaiman]

At least it’s a start.

[Roscosuper]

Well, the skating does look like it should be more responsive, but other than that...

Based on the 2nd video, which is user vs cpu on semi-pro/traditional:

It's hard to believe the A.I. has been greatly improved. They do seem a little more stable, but I saw them move out of position when they had numbers, and have difficulty skating towards the corner to retrieve the puck.

They may be better at regrouping as they seem to use more of the neutral zone, but it's hard to say.

Gap control seems about the same, maybe a little better. It could have something to do with the difficulty setting, but it really hasn't mattered that much in the past, so who knows.

Same boring opening scenes, same boring cut scenes. I'm already sick of the commentary.

And it looks like the same tired generic faces we all know and love. How does The Show do it? They don't scan everyone's face.

Oh and a new sound track that sounds just as muzak-ish as the previous ones.

It's going to be a tough sell for offline. The new skating and the fact I haven't played much NHL in the past few years puts me on the fence, but I don't know. It could be another year of legacy issues and who knows what else.

[capnlarge]

Well the graphics look better anyway.

I like how the goalie makes a ridiculous, highlight reel save in the first video and the commentary doesn't even notice LOL.