NHL 09 Patch Update From David Littman

[steveeee]

Re: Patch Update per David Littman

awesome stuff here!

I'm impressed for all the things that benefit the EASHL... 5 on 5 continuos play, trying to get rid of the chit goal from the outside is the best, and more penalities from stick lift is the best of all the new additions imo.. oh .. and the vision update too.. basically everything!


thanks Litty!


ps. this makes the best sports game out right now even better

[game20ver]

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I am also very excited about this patch, I have played nearly every EA sports title since the sega genesis and I agree this is the best sports game I have ever played. I'm not even a big hockey fan. The EASHL is an unmatched gameplay experience and is a MUST in the future of online sports games. I get nba2k every year, but I'm having so much fun with this game it's a waste of money to get 2k. I'm going to have trouble going back to playing a traditional franchise mode after this. Running a franchise then posting your progress is point less after the release of this game cause with this game we're all in the franchise together.

[[Icy]]

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Patch is out in North America too now.

[bad_philanthropy]

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That a pretty unexpected but huge list of improvement. What's best about it is the fact that it demonstrates where the developers' head is at when it comes to the game. I am disappointed that there is no apparent mention of fixing the line change problem (unless I misunderstood that auto line change stuff). I'm also really pleased to see QB's control suggestion for chipping away at loose pucks make it into the game.

[Steven547]

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Patch is out in North America too now.

Not here in California yet. And I don't think this is the "big" patch..this might be the "politcal" patch...?

[pf8363]

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ill believe this when i see it...... let me see it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Papa Burgundy]

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So if we have have started a franchise already, this patch won't have any affect on it, right? argh

[catcatch22]

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So if we have have started a franchise already, this patch won't have any affect on it, right? argh

I think that is only rosters were adjusted, this is a full game patch. So I don't see why you would have to restart your dynasty.

[Papa Burgundy]

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I think that is only rosters were adjusted, this is a full game patch. So I don't see why you would have to restart your dynasty.

ahh, I see. then i can't wait for this patch to be out

[bad_philanthropy]

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I hope the 360 version doesn't take too long, today's patch news has killed the game for me, I don't want to play it now until I get the improvements. At least Fallout 3 is keeping my anticipation in check somewhat

[Papa Burgundy]

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I hope the 360 version doesn't take too long, today's patch news has killed the game for me, I don't want to play it now until I get the improvements. At least Fallout 3 is keeping my anticipation in check somewhat

lol I know, now I don't really wanna play if the gameplay can be improved this much.

[original6]

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Hmmm....not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but no goalie fixes? That's one of the biggest gamekillers right there.

Otherwise, outstanding looking patch. C'mon, MS!

[tgalv]

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sounds good, but did they make it easier to score from in close or make the goalies a little less stonewall like? because in my experience playing online, if both teams play solid defense with a cpu goalie and aren't doing cheese shots, the games tend to be pretty low scoring already. and making it easier to miss the net on breakaways seems like the last thing that needed to be fixed imo.

[Soulburger]

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Downloaded tonight. My station froze though and I had to pull the plug. Turned it back on and tried out my first game(offline BAP). 12 PPs just for me! So at least I download that portion of the patch. Played 2 more games with penalties one notch lower from max and had 5 PPs and 4 PPs.

One thing I noticed though is that there were a lot more Delay of Game penalties. In the 1st game I had four 5-on-3 PPs because the CPU kept flipping the puck over the glass. I guess they forgot that making a higher dump the puck trajectory would cause problems in the defensive zone. Could be a big headache.

[JR360]

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I'm pretty sure you can't get just part of the patch, it'll be all or nothing.