NHL 11 Gets the Ultimate Team Treatment with Video

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"Building up your own team and turning them into a bunch of superstars is what every Franchise Mode is about at its core. While traditionally the game mode presents you with a stable of established athletes, NHL 11 is putting a different slant on the popular feature by giving it the Ultimate Team treatment that both FIFA and Madden have enjoyed over the past few years (but this time it'll come with the retail release, not as downloadable content). For those that don't know, Ultimate Team lets players live out some of their childhood fantasies by collecting player trading cards and then using them in-game. NHL 11 is taking the idea a bit further by putting your Ultimate Team up against the throng of others that are out there in the new Ultimate Team Hockey League (UTHL).

It's what EA Sports is touting as the largest dynasty mode to ever be featured in a sports game and, judging from the fact that it incorporates every other UTHL team at least somewhat into your experience, I'm compelled to agree."

Source - IGN: NHL 11 Gets the Ultimate Team Treatment

[BooShay]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

ZZZZZZZ could have seen that 6500 miles away, sadly wont be playing it.

E: EA Pucks lol sheesh

[to_leafs01]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

ZZZZZZZ could have seen that 6500 miles away, sadly wont be playing it.

E: EA Pucks lol sheesh

Well some of the stuff looks cool (arenas, coaches chemistry) I just hope they are in BAGM too

[Lordofthething]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

Call me crazy but it looks like it might be fun...

[SinisterAlex]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

I'll pass on this. If it's ANYTHING like FIFA's or Madden's I'm staying clear of this.

[BooShay]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

Well some of the stuff looks cool (arenas, coaches chemistry) I just hope they are in BAGM too

This is the million dollar question

[pf8363]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

looks really fun actually... but how do you go about earning pucks? considering its ea i wouldnt be surprised if you had to, or were given an option to buy them with real $$

[Lordofthething]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

I wonder what TWF stands for for player type... Two way forward perhaps?

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[SinisterAlex]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

looks really fun actually... but how do you go about earning pucks? considering its ea i wouldnt be surprised if you had to, or were given an option to buy them with real $$

Well in Madden you could either buy them (there were different amounts of "points" you could buy).

Or I think you could earn them through winning games. That's one of the main things I hate about this Ultimate Team stuff.

You spend money on these points to buy these players, then once the players contract is about to run out, you gotta buy contract extensions to prolong the life of the card. Then when he retires, you just lost the card you paid for with real money. It's a cash grab to me.

I just wish they'd make Be a GM mode ONLINE, I don't want to pay for cards just to take my custom team online...

[plaidchuck]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

Would be cool if everyone played fair and all, but the first time I cheesed/glitched by some kid who just bought every card and upgrade- I'll be done

[Gagnon39]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

Didn't even finish watching the video. No thanks. Only thing I care about is offline dynasty.

[centauris]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

I didn't play Ultimate team in FIFA or Madden much but I think i'll play it a lot since I love hockey so much.,.

I just wish they didn't allow you to buy points.. it doesn't make it even. at all.

[Diehardfan]

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They cant put in a feature thats in Madden, FIFA and NBA Elite but they waste their time putting in this useless junk for free. With NHL2K down for the count there are a load of leagues with nowhere to go and willing to buy the points for an online dynasty.....EA, what in the world are you thinking?

[Lubey]

Re: NHL Ultimate Team

Loved it in FIFA, and I think it'll be even better in NHL.

[onlybygrace]

Re: NHL 11 Gets the Ultimate Team Treatment with Video

Okay...a couple questions about Ultimate Team. It says there are monthly seasons. Ok, cool.

Are the seasons a set length? For example, does every team in the 'league' play a set amount of games or what?

Then...are the stats from around the league trackable. Is it possible to see which player is leading the league in goals, etc???

If there is a set amount of games and an organized schedule + viewable league stats, this might be pretty damn cool actually. Also, can there be duplicate players in one league? Can two teams have Sydney Crosby, for example?

Any answers to these quesions would rock. Thanks.