New to hockey

**toyo301985** · 01-18-2013, 08:17 PM

Re: New to hockey

welcome to hockey!!

If you wanna know the game, I do recommend to you to buy the game. when you get completly envolved for the game then you can search for sliders to get more real nhl experience

**ExtraWhistle** · 01-18-2013, 08:59 PM

Originally posted by toyo301985

welcome to hockey!!

If you wanna know the game, I do recommend to you to buy the game. when you get completly envolved for the game then you can search for sliders to get more real nhl experience

You recommend buying 13? Is it improved a lot from say 11?

**toyo301985** · 01-18-2013, 09:50 PM

Re: New to hockey

Originally posted by ExtraWhistle

You recommend buying 13? Is it improved a lot from say 11?

from my point of view, yes

**Max24** · 01-18-2013, 10:47 PM

Re: New to hockey

Welcome to hockey!! I am new as well

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**YoungBuck3** · 01-18-2013, 10:53 PM

Re: New to hockey

If you want to try it but don't want to spend $50 then rent it or play the demo?

**SickDL** · 01-19-2013, 10:04 PM

Re: New to hockey

Me too lol. Really got into nfl since i moved here. But always have had a intrest in hockey. And now living here and the season start today im thinking about getting nhl13. Just wondering how is the learning curve. Is it gonne be really hard to get used to.

**js3512** · 01-20-2013, 10:43 AM

Re: New to hockey

I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys hockey or is even curious about the game. It does take some time to get toa ccompetitive level but unlike alot of sports games I don't feel cheated when I lose. And the gameplay is among the most realistic out there.

**SpartanBoy81** · 01-21-2013, 09:51 AM

Re: New to hockey

Originally posted by ExtraWhistle

You recommend buying 13? Is it improved a lot from say 11?

Honestly, '13 is greatly improved in terms of physics on the ice. In previous versions, you could have a player going full speed one direction and immediately turn and go the other way. That's not at all realistic. In '13, it takes a bit for a players momentum to stop before they can turn and go the opposite direction. It also takes a few strides for them to get going at top speed now.

For comparison sake, I'm a very casual soccer fan. I kept hearing how great the FIFA series was from my friends. I was going to buy the most recent one, but decided I didn't want to waste the money to buy the newest one if I wasn't going to like it. I bought the previous version used for less than half the cost of the most recent release at the time (I think I bought '11 when '12 was out). Turns out I enjoyed the game quite a bit, so I'll probably buy '13 one of these days.

That being said, if you're a casual fan, I would buy an older version of the game first. If you like '11 or '12, then I think you'll really like '13. At this point, the only reason to buy '13 is if you're really dead set on having the most recent rosters. Otherwise, buy '11 or '12 and see if you enjoy playing hockey.

**SickDL** · 01-21-2013, 04:03 PM

Re: New to hockey

Picked up the game today. Now hope theres a good practice mode and manual

**tom180** · 01-21-2013, 07:22 PM

Re: New to hockey

I'm a new hockey fan (from Australia, my American mate got me into it this year) so I bought NHL 13 and after playing it for a week I'm already used to most of the controls and getting better already. You get to learn about the rules and how hockey is played also for when you watch the real matches.

**Gravyb0y** · 01-22-2013, 07:08 AM

Re: New to hockey

Originally posted by SpartanBoy81

Honestly, '13 is greatly improved in terms of physics on the ice. In previous versions, you could have a player going full speed one direction and immediately turn and go the other way. That's not at all realistic. In '13, it takes a bit for a players momentum to stop before they can turn and go the opposite direction. It also takes a few strides for them to get going at top speed now.

For comparison sake, I'm a very casual soccer fan. I kept hearing how great the FIFA series was from my friends. I was going to buy the most recent one, but decided I didn't want to waste the money to buy the newest one if I wasn't going to like it. I bought the previous version used for less than half the cost of the most recent release at the time (I think I bought '11 when '12 was out). Turns out I enjoyed the game quite a bit, so I'll probably buy '13 one of these days.

That being said, if you're a casual fan, I would buy an older version of the game first. If you like '11 or '12, then I think you'll really like '13. At this point, the only reason to buy '13 is if you're really dead set on having the most recent rosters. Otherwise, buy '11 or '12 and see if you enjoy playing hockey.

FIFA 11 and FIFA 13 are miles apart in terms of realism (Tactical defending for a start - on '11 you can simply hold down 'A' or 'X' (360/PS3 Respectively) to put pressure on an attacking player - with 13 you actually need to track players runs and time your tackles.

Refereeing decisions are still terrible mind.

**js3512** · 01-23-2013, 07:17 PM

Re: New to hockey

Originally posted by SpartanBoy81

Honestly, '13 is greatly improved in terms of physics on the ice. In previous versions, you could have a player going full speed one direction and immediately turn and go the other way. That's not at all realistic. In '13, it takes a bit for a players momentum to stop before they can turn and go the opposite direction. It also takes a few strides for them to get going at top speed now.

For comparison sake, I'm a very casual soccer fan. I kept hearing how great the FIFA series was from my friends. I was going to buy the most recent one, but decided I didn't want to waste the money to buy the newest one if I wasn't going to like it. I bought the previous version used for less than half the cost of the most recent release at the time (I think I bought '11 when '12 was out). Turns out I enjoyed the game quite a bit, so I'll probably buy '13 one of these days.

That being said, if you're a casual fan, I would buy an older version of the game first. If you like '11 or '12, then I think you'll really like '13. At this point, the only reason to buy '13 is if you're really dead set on having the most recent rosters. Otherwise, buy '11 or '12 and see if you enjoy playing hockey.

I understand your logic and would normally agree with that but neither 11 or 12 have the new skating engine and for me the skating engine introduced for this years game was a total game changer. It never really felt like you were truly on skates in the older versions (you could argue there was more skating in Madden than there was in the older versions of NHL lol).

**ExtraWhistle** · 01-23-2013, 07:48 PM

Well I'm a sim guy so I think I would really want the realism of '13.

**SpartanBoy81** · 01-24-2013, 05:57 PM

Re: New to hockey

Originally posted by js3512

I understand your logic and would normally agree with that but neither 11 or 12 have the new skating engine and for me the skating engine introduced for this years game was a total game changer. It never really felt like you were truly on skates in the older versions (you could argue there was more skating in Madden than there was in the older versions of NHL lol).

Oh yeah, I completely understand what you're saying. It's definitely a huge change and I absolutely love the physics behind the new skating engine. But, for someone that's not sure if they'll get into a hockey game or not, I still think you're better off paying $15 for an old one than $60 for a new one. If you find out you don't enjoy it at all (and by that I mean hockey video games in general, not just the game play of one year's game compared to another), you're not out the $60. If you're sure you're going to enjoy playing a hockey video game, then there's really no question about which game to buy, right?

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