NHL 15 was the only game in the series of EA NHL games that I had ZERO fun with in BE A GM. I would've been happy if they would've just took the exact same BE A GM mode from NHL 14 and inserted in to NHL 15. Everything from scouting to trades to actual gameplay seemed to be less fun than the previous year. Here's some small and simple ideas I hope to see in NHL 16, some have already been included in previous games of the EA NHL series.
1) Though this may seem dumb and extremely minor, when a player scored in games and the screen popped up saying who scored the goal, it would tell how many goals that player had on the season. I for one like stats and I enjoyed knowing how many goals player had on the year when they scored during gameplay.
2) Bring back the trade deadline. Simple enough. Everyone can imagine what can be done with the trade deadline.
3) In the EA FIFA soccer games the announcers would talk of previous games and how players have been currently performing. Simply enough all EA would have to do is have the announcers do this exact same thing in the NHL games. It would also be nice to have announcers speak of lineup changes, injuries, recent trades, etc. In FIFA if you add a player to the transfer list (basically the same thing as the trade block) the announcers would mention it. All this would add to the storyline of your season.
4) Add a playoff scenario menu. I for one always find myself trying to figure out which teams are going to make the playoffs come season end. It would be cool to have it figured out for us and also incorporate that in to the announcers speaking of it during gameplay.
As you can tell many of these small ideas are about storylines. All the things we do off the ice in BE A GM would be cool to have spoken about during gameplay. It just adds to the realism of actual NHL play. These ideas are small and I have about 5 million more ideas that EA could do but I wanted this to be simple and not to over the edge.
Scouting can be better, the draft could be more dynamic. The trading in NHL is decent but if a trade happens and it involves relevant players who play most games, then 10 out of 10 times announcers take notice and speak of the trade. Line chemistry would be fun, but it should also be developed over time. You shouldn't just throw players together and have some meter tell you that they will play well together. You should have to play a few games to get a feel for what players play well together and develop your lines from there.
I could go on and on about some simple ideas but ALL I ask for is to at least have the "old" BE A GM back and NOT the one that was put in to NHL 15. NHL 15 was the only NHL game in years I hardly touched because 90% of the reason I buy NHL is because of the BE A GM mode.
1) Though this may seem dumb and extremely minor, when a player scored in games and the screen popped up saying who scored the goal, it would tell how many goals that player had on the season. I for one like stats and I enjoyed knowing how many goals player had on the year when they scored during gameplay.
2) Bring back the trade deadline. Simple enough. Everyone can imagine what can be done with the trade deadline.
3) In the EA FIFA soccer games the announcers would talk of previous games and how players have been currently performing. Simply enough all EA would have to do is have the announcers do this exact same thing in the NHL games. It would also be nice to have announcers speak of lineup changes, injuries, recent trades, etc. In FIFA if you add a player to the transfer list (basically the same thing as the trade block) the announcers would mention it. All this would add to the storyline of your season.
4) Add a playoff scenario menu. I for one always find myself trying to figure out which teams are going to make the playoffs come season end. It would be cool to have it figured out for us and also incorporate that in to the announcers speaking of it during gameplay.
As you can tell many of these small ideas are about storylines. All the things we do off the ice in BE A GM would be cool to have spoken about during gameplay. It just adds to the realism of actual NHL play. These ideas are small and I have about 5 million more ideas that EA could do but I wanted this to be simple and not to over the edge.
Scouting can be better, the draft could be more dynamic. The trading in NHL is decent but if a trade happens and it involves relevant players who play most games, then 10 out of 10 times announcers take notice and speak of the trade. Line chemistry would be fun, but it should also be developed over time. You shouldn't just throw players together and have some meter tell you that they will play well together. You should have to play a few games to get a feel for what players play well together and develop your lines from there.
I could go on and on about some simple ideas but ALL I ask for is to at least have the "old" BE A GM back and NOT the one that was put in to NHL 15. NHL 15 was the only NHL game in years I hardly touched because 90% of the reason I buy NHL is because of the BE A GM mode.
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