NHL 15 Fan Survey Lists Modes EA is Considering for NHL 16

[CHAPEdawg45]

World Cup for sure. And if that can be implemented in career mode would make it prime.

[Simple Mathematics]

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Out of that list, I would like Team Creator the best. I'd love a team-builder esque mode for NHL.

As for the rest, I don't want them to add any of them. I want them to work on BaGM. And that zamboni thing must be a joke.

[canucksss]

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Out of that list, I would like Team Creator the best. I'd love a team-builder esque mode for NHL.

As for the rest, I don't want them to add any of them. I want them to work on BaGM. And that zamboni thing must be a joke.

"Zamboni Racing" - are you kidding me? With everything dropped on NHL 15 for next gen and they are legitimately considering this?

Now we can clearly see why EA is avoiding a realistic hockey game. Their heads are not in the right place when thinking/designing NHL game.

No BaGM (i dont know if this even close with Owner Mode) no BAP no Buy for me.

Team Creator should be incorporated to BaGM (like moving a team to another city).

[infernoisdead]

I would love to have an offline multi team controlled be a gm. If I can have that this game would be perfect (in terms of game modes only). Create a team similar to the NCAA series and international tournaments would be a definite plus as well.

[Dazraz]

Single Season mode with Multi Team control is all I require. Of course I fully understand that Zamboni Racing would be a much higher priority!!!

[MizzouRah]

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I don't care what modes are in NHL 16 as long as BeaGM is back and enhanced. So much more needs to be done to immerse us into BeaGM.

[ven0m43]

The only mode that I play or care about in sports games are Owner/GM mode. I like taking a team/franchise and playing multiple seasons with that team, while making changes via trades and free agency. I like to adjust my sliders to make the stats and scores to be realistic.

My suggestion would be to improve the game play and not worry about adding new game modes that will be replaced in a year or two.The AI, Penalties and the fore checking need the most attention.

[TNKNGM]

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For the love of god.....FOCUS ON NHL HOCKEY!!!! (THAT'S THE NAME OF THE FLIPPING GAME)

Exhibition
Season
Franchise
If you want to add an international mode...... fine, that would be great.....even coach mode would be fine

Give those modes with online and offline capability and people will be happy!!!

If we want to race zambonis we can buy one of the countless driving game.....AGAIN, FOCUS ON FLIPPING HOCKEY!!!!

Allow us to edit players........just take a look at MLB The Show and the way those devs work with the community and focus on the sport and the realism.....your focus should be on nothing other than improving the on ice product and realism.....STOP WITH THE GIMMICKS

Allow us to edit players, equipment, etc.

JUST FOCUS ON HOCKEY!!!!!!!!

It's so simple......why do they make it so difficult.....90% of your customer base buys the game to play hockey and do things like franchises

[bwiggy33]

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I don't care what modes are in NHL 16 as long as BeaGM is back and enhanced. So much more needs to be done to immerse us into BeaGM.

EA claims how BeAGM is the least played mode, and what you typed is one of the reasons why it's the least played mode. There is nothing immersive or fun about it so people don't want to play it. Then when you couple that with the very stale offline gameplay (I know some of you do enjoy it) it makes things that much worse. Seriously thinking about it, I don't remember the last NHL game where they actually improved something from that game mode. EA won't admit that though so instead they will just say people don't care about it so there's no point in upgrading it. It just seems they never weigh all of the factors. They always have some sort of workaround response to make things seem like their efforts don't affect the why people play certain game modes more than others.

[Step2001]

EA pushes their Ultimate Team in all their games. Their Football title, after polls taken, has shown more people playing Offline Franchise mode, yet they still focus on Ultimate Team. Heck they even have Cam Newton telling you to try one of two popular modes #1 Ultimate Team or #2 Franchise - smh Not listening to what the fan base is telling them, nor what their data states.
As for NHL, they dump Franchise/GM-Owner Mode, then they'll see the sales of their game fall even further down the charts. Hockey has always had a loyal fan base. The EA Hockey series has been one of the bright spots in EA Sports line-up. Always pushing the envelope and adding new things to Franchise mode until the end on Last-Gen.
Priorities!!!!

[mlbtheshowfan7]

All I know is that BeAGM isn't back next year, I'm done with this series, a mode like that is the most important part of a sports simulation game for me.

[No Pressure]

The AI is such trash in this game, goalies are simply the same robot in different color jerseys, maybe you should focus on key aspects like that instead of trying to figure out what lame game modes your casual fan base wants to play.

Of course, none of this will happen because EA refuses to pay attention to detail when they can just cash in on casual fans.

[GlennN]

Where the heck is GM/coach mode??

I want to be able to build a team by drafting and trading players but i have zero interest in setting the ****** popcorn prices at the arena. Also, the threat of being fired or offered a job with another team is not possible in ownwr mode.

Agree completely. BeAGM has gotten stale since NHL 10. That is the only mode I play and the reason I finally stopped buying the newest version. NHL 15, from the reviews, still makes no meaningful changes to that mode. This does not bode well for NHL 16 either. Sadly, sports videogames are as lacking as they have been since Atari days, some 30 years ago. One football game, one hockey game (stale year after year), one baseball game (if even that). I have never been so disappoint in the videogame industry.

[scottyp180]

I don't mind the idea of the arcade like modes, zamboni racing sounds fun, but they need to focus on core, sim modes and features first and foremost before offering modes just for fun. The complaints for nhl 15 were due to the lack of modes that have been traditionally offered, not a lack of arcadey, non-essential modes.

[spidertour02]

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You guys seem to be confusing GM Connected (the mode that EA says was the least-played) with offline Be A GM.