NHL 16 Available Today For Xbox One & PlayStation 4, Post Your Impressions

[T5063]

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Best hockey game that I can remember. Sure, it has its share of problems in all areas but nothing 'game breaking' in my opinion. Mind you, I'm a "hardcore casual" fan/player, I don't pay attention to some of the details that a lot of people on this site seem to do so I probably miss a lot.

I play on allstar hardcore 5 min periods. Tried 7 mins at first but the games took too long. Took my a while to get my first goal but I'm slowly getting used to it. I feel like I have to play smart, make smart passes and look for chances on bouncing pucks and rebounds. Gone is the stuff from previous gen where I pretty much had a few go-to maneuvers for goal scoring.

My last game I beat the bruins 2-1 in a very even game. They had 35 shots vs my 27 with pretty even TOA.

I'm just waiting for regular season rosters to drop (hopefully with Eichel and Hanafin in them) to start my GM mode.

Also hoping some minor missing stuff gets patched in along the way.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Tuning up the poke check slider has definitely made the game better imo. Made it a lot less back and forth, and actually feels like there is less of the stick clipping and not just applying an overpowered mechanic.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Video of an example of how great the physics can be in this game. Attempted shoot in hits the curved part of the glass at the end of the bench. Love detail like this.

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[Stormyhog]

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Wasn't there supposed to be entrances like the players coming through san jose's sharkhead & the oilers tower? I see it being raised behind eddy & mike when they are yapping that's it. Thanks.

[BL8001]

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Video of an example of how great the physics can be in this game. Attempted shoot in hits the curved part of the glass at the end of the bench. Love detail like this.

Bad, this game is a tug of war... wonky things vs great things

I will say the more I play the more great things I see.

There are just little touches all over the place. In one of my games last night I was down 4-1 after the 1st and as the players are going up the tunnel I see one of my supporters sitting there with his elbow on his knee and chin on his hand, looking bored.

And for how you could say some CPU goals are cheese, it does in a way make it like playing a human. If we had a cheese goal method we probably would try it a few games too.

I personally had one last night that made me think...I was up in the slot moving to the right and noticed I had nobody on my back so I stopped and went left and roofed it for the goal.

It's at 30 seconds in this clip. Did I exploit the CPU? I don't think so but if the cpu had a message board to post on they might complain that I did.

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[BL8001]

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This one haunts me. A goal I gave up with CPU on penalty kill.


Seamless puck pickup where did you fail me?

And nice touch on the player holding his face. Horrific mistake.

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[havoc00]

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Wasn't there supposed to be entrances like the players coming through san jose's sharkhead & the oilers tower? I see it being raised behind eddy & mike when they are yapping that's it. Thanks.

Ya I thought the same thing

[kt-od]

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Wasn't there supposed to be entrances like the players coming through san jose's sharkhead & the oilers tower? I see it being raised behind eddy & mike when they are yapping that's it. Thanks.

I believe the articles only said you would see it raise, not an actual entrance. Which I would prefer to see the entrance.

[BL8001]

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Also a lot of if it is playoff specific.

The shark mouth should be always

But I need to test if it happens in a playoff game

[schlitz73]

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This is still an issue. Not as prominent as in the past since goalies have gotten better, but it's definitely still an issue, I've noticed it quite a bit.






Again, still an issue. Especially playing H2H against the CPU offline. You're AI controlled teammates, especially those in front of your own net just kind of stand around instead of trying to tie up offensive players out front. When the pass comes to that offensive player he just rips off a quick one timer usually while your D-man just stands still.


It's a bit better than in NHL 15, but both issues still exist, and are still as frustrating as ever IMO.

Thanks for the info Brandon. To be honest, I haven't played a hockey game since NHL 12, which was the worst I had played since NHL 2003. I was so ticked off about it that I skipped NHL 13 out of spite, was so busy playing BF3 that I also passed on NHL 14, and well I think anyone could guess why I skipped NHL 15. So as much as I have been dreading these couple of major issues I still went out and bought NHL 16 today. If this turns out to be another disappointment like NHL 12 then I may be retiring from the series just like I did with Madden after M10. Here's hoping it all goes well!

[LH1887]

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Hi everyone - im kinda frustrated with the be a pro mode.
I opted for the start in the OHL to get drafter higher and thought i'd be on a decent way being the league's top scorer midway through december.
However my manager keeps telling me that scouts have noticed my recent 'crisis' and that he has to put me back in 2nd line due to my lack of production......

As if this wasn't stupid enough, i just started the game and now i all my be a pro settings have been changed and some of the settings aren't changeable anymore so that im forced to play full 20 mins per period now.

Am really thinking about giving the game back.

Cheers
A frustrated hockey fan from Hamburg, Germany

[opd897]

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Liking the game although my AI teammates appear to be brain dead at times. Started a season mode and am 3-6 on pro. Pro seems more difficult this year, more so than in years past.

One thing I'm having a problem with is seeing scores of other games that have been played in the season. Not my scores but scores of other games that have been played. Is there a way to see other scores of daily games? Thought there was a way last year but maybe it's in Be a GM and not season mode?

[LH1887]

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Just for the sake of good order, i just restarted the game and then even my PS4 and then tried different savegames but can't change the be a pro setting to classic anymore - it switched to authentic automatically and now its not changeable anymore - good stuff

[Stormyhog]

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I believe the articles only said you would see it raise, not an actual entrance. Which I would prefer to see the entrance.

Yeah I asked EA on twitter today & they said it didn't make it in this year.

[Nomah5]

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Any reason to buy one system over the next. Played up my 10 hours on ea access and was sold on trying sports on ps4 this year. But I don't know.

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