NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

[Vikes1]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Thankfully, my owner wants me to win 35 games, I'm hoping that's doable.

Oh boy...can't remember, but if my owner said anything about 35 wins....I'm in deep trouble! I currently have 12 wins at the halfway point of season one. 12-20-8. I really like my settings...it's just that I haven't been playing very well lately. Well actually the whole season so far.

[MizzouRah]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Oh boy...can't remember, but if my owner said anything about 35 wins....I'm in deep trouble! I currently have 12 wins at the halfway point of season one. 12-20-8. I really like my settings...it's just that I haven't been playing very well lately. Well actually the whole season so far.

I'm with you.. hopefully it gets better.

[Taku]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

I'm also enjoying the game, just passed trade deadline in my Be a GM and I haven't simmed a second. I'm 39-20-4 with my Blues, I'm dominating most of my games. Trying to tune my settings to be more difficult but on the other hand my team is really good so maybe I just leave them as they are...

[kerosene31]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Please take every "improvement" in this tuner related to defense and roll it back the way it was. The game is way too wide open now. This isn't hockey. There's no positional game at all.

Also, tone down the CPU puck magnet. I poke the puck away 50 times a game, but it goes right back to them 49 times out of 50.

Finally, please turn down the "road fatigue". After 30 seconds (with 7 minute periods), my guys are already in yellow. That's not right for that short of periods. By the end of the first period my guys can't skate at all.

[CyanWinters]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Current tuner is the worst one since the game came out, I think.

I was having good games on all-star prior to it. Now I'm seeing an awful lot of completely unrealistic games, where I outshoot them 44-12 and lose 3-2. Every game I play, win or lose, I now typically outshoot them 2:1 and it's just not fun. Also makes it pretty much impossible for my goalie to ever get a good save percentage. He'll always find a way to let in 2-4 softies every game.

I'm not expecting much more support from EA on this game, but I hope they at least put out a better tuner.

[CupCrazyManiac]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Current tuner is the worst one since the game came out, I think.

I was having good games on all-star prior to it. Now I'm seeing an awful lot of completely unrealistic games, where I outshoot them 44-12 and lose 3-2. Every game I play, win or lose, I now typically outshoot them 2:1 and it's just not fun. Also makes it pretty much impossible for my goalie to ever get a good save percentage. He'll always find a way to let in 2-4 softies every game.

I'm not expecting much more support from EA on this game, but I hope they at least put out a better tuner.

just try Tuner v.1.05. For me v.1.05 is ok to play with....

[JezFranco]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

I'm really enjoying the heck outta 1.06 now.
I'm playing on Pro level, and have fiddled around with the tuners and I'm now getting great games.

NHL have never been better.

Recently lowered the attribute effects from 5 to 3 (middle) and I really think that made the game a whole lot better.
Perhaps with it on the higher side, some snipers get to good, and some good goalies gets to good, which kinda make for those odd easy goals, and the next second super goalies.



I also actually lowered the penalty slider, two steps from full.
It's still max on CPU Penalities, and tbh I think the CPU is still getting the same amount of penalties, but with the general penalty sliders lowered, there are a few interference calls that my guys get away with, occasionally, which I like.

However, goalie interference is still very unreliable... Scored two goals yesterday that was more than borderline;

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/142792734

That's team work.

[Taku]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Yeah I agree, game is much better with attribute effects on 3 so player's ratings stay as they are. I have played this way all the time. With ratings not boosted the skating engine is better and also I think that there are some defensive ratings boosted with this slider set high too. I don't want any players hitting, pokechecking or especially strength rating boosted, not sure which of the ratings are changed with this slider for different player types but I highly recommend reducing this slider to middle position(3).

[Hamsterkiker]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Don;t know if this is from the new patch but my goalie got drafted #1 to Anaheim but says i need to goto Norfolk in the ahl but never get sent there...keeps me in nhl.

[Hamsterkiker]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

My bad,isin't from the patch..it's always been a bug that isin't going to be fixed i guess.EA voted worst company...i wonder why

[sturmie]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Does anyone have an offline version of this update + the tuner they could send me?

[statnut]

I don't understand how people

Can call this the best NHL game in a while? I can't remember the last time I was this let down by a game. The lack of penalties, the goonish AI (A friend called this game GOON-HL 13, which feels about right), and the ridiculousness of the AI make it hard to enjoy this game sometimes. Goalies that stop shots that they have little-to-no business saving, let alone making a clean glove save, AI that backs off the defenders or passes the puck back and forth, rather than make a clean dump. And the frequency in which the nets come off the crease is insane, especially in ratio to the number of goaltender interference calls.

I just don't understand what people see in this game that makes it so stupendous.

[half-fast]

Re: I don't understand how people

I understand much of what you mean. Im in an online GM connected league and I just finished playing a game against someone who was controlling the Islanders, and the easiest one timer goals were saved by almost jesus-like miracles, and front of the net scrambles with the tender laying down my players couldnt\wouldnt get the puck or would, I dont even know what to call it complete fail.

See the problem I find is, theyve made so many additions this year; so many improvements that arent even comparable to last year or any other year like the skating engine and the AI awareness of whats happening on-ice. Unfortunately, theyre contrasted by finding even more ways to stop you from scoring when they dont want you to, cheating AI, yet with all these improvements to the AI, I still have the problem where the AI is unaware I'm crossing the blue line with the puck and skate and stand directly in my way - dosnt happen as often but still happens enough to make me shake my head.

With everything EA adds, it seems to add more problems to solve. While the game is looking ever-realistic every year, and gameplay becoming more believeable, theyve found more ways to control the gameplay and caused more problems that need to be addressed.

All in all, I feel it is the best year yet, though I may hold off on next year's game.

[Vikes1]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

Yeah I agree, game is much better with attribute effects on 3 so player's ratings stay as they are. I have played this way all the time. With ratings not boosted the skating engine is better and also I think that there are some defensive ratings boosted with this slider set high too. I don't want any players hitting, pokechecking or especially strength rating boosted, not sure which of the ratings are changed with this slider for different player types but I highly recommend reducing this slider to middle position(3).

Yep Taku...I also have the attribute slider set at 3.

For myself now, I'm really not too sure how much of an effect the slider actually has...but I just don't like the idea of anything possibly boosting the player ratings beyond what they should be.

Imo anyway...there's always some question about the real value of some of the ratings in the first place. So I sure don't want to mess around with a slider that may add even more questions about things.

[canucksss]

Re: NHL 13 Title Update and Tuner 1.06 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360

i dont know if this was posted already, but its worth the try.

since the patch, i notice that entering the offensive zone is so easy, the d-man always go to the center or away from each other or making an open lane on the side board for the player carrrying the puck.

if i remember it correctly, this was the opposite of what EA was promoting before...that is why at times its necessary to dump the puck or be creative in entering the offensive zone. my question is:

1. is there a way to adjust this (speaking of sliders), wherein the d-man could be aggressive enough not to have the open lane for puck carriers to enter the offensive zone.

2. is it possible to have the game pre-patch with tuner 1.04 only in the game?