NHL 24 Hybrid and Updated Goalie Controls Available Today - Patch Notes

[stooge 1010]

Re: NHL 24 Hybrid and Updated Goalie Controls Available Today - Patch Notes

Hilarious how folks make this claim for every game after every patch. I think its safe to say that its all in your head unless of course you are saying the game plays like this no matter what teams you are using.

i hope it’s in my head, i’m going to play again tonight and see.


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[MiracleMet718]

Re: NHL 24 Hybrid and Updated Goalie Controls Available Tomorrow - Patch Notes

RT is pass on Skill Stick controls. I mean, yeah, you can use PASS or SHOOT to dump the puck. It just seems silly that a "dump" the puck function... doesn't.

In any case, the game's already deleted from my drive. I got to test it for a few hours and I got to see the "improvements", which is to say they brought back a lot of the stuff they took out. It feels better to be sure. But the game is still the same arcade-y, broken mess it's always been.

I was able to play a full period of Career mode as a human goalie. Glad the alternate controls were added back. In fact, seems the alternate goalie controls are the same as they were back in NHL 14, where the hug the post function was hold to activate instead of a toggle. Never understood that change in the past few years. Good on this dev team to finally recognize the 14 goalie controls were the way to go. And (of course) thank the lord you can turn off Tethering. Though I don't know what "Hybrid" tether does... seems to be the same as when it's fully on?

Tried to see how the human goalie fares now in EASHL game, but after about 20 minutes of trying to find a game (3s and 6s) without any success, I gave up. Even tried to find a game as a skater, to no avail.

Last I tried was Versus. It's ok I guess. Still the same terrible physics problems I remember. Still a poke/hit fest. In the last game, my opponent decided to go AFK (I guess he decided he was too good for me after going up 2-1?). Tried to take the puck away from his skater standing immobile in the face off circle. Stick to stick contact; I got a slashing penalty. Next face off, same deal. Tried to take the puck away with my player facing his. First attempt whiffed. 2nd attempt, puck went right back to his AFK player. 3rd time; slashing penalty.

LOL.

Game ended 2-1 for him. Then I uninstalled the game. I don't foresee re-installing it unless there's a major patch and multiple changes to the way the game plays are announced.

That being the case, I guess we'll have to see what next year brings.

I use skill stick controls. I’m not saying just press RT. I’m saying hold RT and then flick up the right stick and it will be the old RB+RS dump from previous years. To be honest, I actually got used to using RT + RS to dump now and might like it more because my finger is already on the trigger to begin with since I’m always ready to pass. In previous years, I do use flaps on the elite controller for LB/RB, but this way I don’t have to use it.

Either way if you do end up trying the game again, use RT+RS for dumping the puck and it will work pretty much like it has in years past. What I don’t understand is why they didn’t mention this in the controls other than trying to force people into the new dump on RB, which is not effective at all.

[stooge 1010]

NHL 24 Hybrid and Updated Goalie Controls Available Today - Patch Notes

it’s hard to charge dump in button when you got a defender on you, especially trying to clear your zone on penalty kill, give us a choice with old way.



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