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  • Joborule
    EA Game Changer
    • Sep 2005
    • 436

    #1

    NHL 09 Q&A: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamespot)

    Gamespot has posted an interview with David Littman, Producer of NHL 09. They've also posted 2 video clips as well.

    Gamespot: "Tell us about the development of the EA Sports Hockey League in NHL 09. What was the goal with the EASHL feature and what was the toughest challenge you ran into when developing this feature?"

    David Littman: "When we came up with this idea, it was directly related to the fact that everybody on our team at one point or another wanted to be a professional hockey player. Some did play high level hockey but others, who are big hockey fans, wanted to get that experience as well. So we took our online team play experience from last year and discussed taking the next logical step--a full six-on-six [game] but with an environment where everybody is a unique player in the world."
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  • savoie2006
    R.I.P 2KHockey 2000-2011
    • Sep 2006
    • 4657

    #2
    Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

    Cool,if only I had friends
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    • unisol_us
      Rookie
      • Jun 2008
      • 237

      #3
      Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

      Looks very interesting indeed. I have always wanted to play a Role playing type game but the MMORPG's seemed too addictive to be real fun. With this I can get involved with sports which I am already interested in anyway. I just hope the online play is not lagged down by folks with horrible connections. Nothing can ruin a fast paced hockey game like even a little bit of lag.
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      • ColdForged
        Rookie
        • Aug 2005
        • 56

        #4
        Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

        Nice find. I find the idea very interesting, though how it will work in practice obviously remains to be seen.

        I'm nervous about the Be A Pro default playing view. Might be great, might be horrible.

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        • savoie2006
          R.I.P 2KHockey 2000-2011
          • Sep 2006
          • 4657

          #5
          Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

          Did anyone watch the gameplay vid and notice that passing is still dead accurate?Man I hope they added a pass accuracy slider,though we will be forced to use the default most likely the league.
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          • RealmK
            Banned
            • Sep 2003
            • 4198

            #6
            Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

            Originally posted by savoie2006
            Did anyone watch the gameplay vid and notice that passing is still dead accurate?Man I hope they added a pass accuracy slider,though we will be forced to use the default most likely the league.
            Agreed, passing is still way too tape to tape, I sure hope theres an accuracy slider and said slider works. If not I hope the polished defensive tools work well enough to break up passes both in the neutral zone and in the slot/passing lanes in the offensive end at least. I don't have a problem with the Be a Pro cam though, seems to give you a fairly good view of the ice to set up teammates with. The league stuff though we already had an idea that was the secret online mode sounds pretty impressive as well.

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            • ColdForged
              Rookie
              • Aug 2005
              • 56

              #7
              Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

              It was a bit hard to miss with that one flurry of passes between Dupuis and Whitney. I assume that was the CPU and I was really hoping that that back and forth business would disappear this year.

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              • savoie2006
                R.I.P 2KHockey 2000-2011
                • Sep 2006
                • 4657

                #8
                Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

                I think it was a user or users,that would disappear if they lowered the pass accuracy and made making touch passes harder to pull off.
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                • RealmK
                  Banned
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 4198

                  #9
                  Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

                  Originally posted by ColdForged
                  It was a bit hard to miss with that one flurry of passes between Dupuis and Whitney. I assume that was the CPU and I was really hoping that that back and forth business would disappear this year.
                  Yeah so was I. I can deal with it though if the defensive tools are that much better, and having a dedicated dump button is pretty nice too along with all the new goalie animations. Guess we can't get everything in one year unfortunately.

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                  • thmst30
                    MVP
                    • Mar 2005
                    • 4153

                    #10
                    Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

                    THIS IS ****ing awesome. It has incredible potential if pulled off right. Hopefully there will be some real clubs that don't fall apart after a week or so.

                    edit: Keep reading more and more about the absolute failure that is the NCAA online dynasty. Can only hope that it doesn't happen to this feature, but I'm very skeptical.
                    Last edited by thmst30; 07-21-2008, 04:01 PM.

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                    • stephensonmc
                      WW*/*FC C*mm*n*ty Mgr.
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 2105

                      #11
                      Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

                      Originally posted by ColdForged
                      Nice find. I find the idea very interesting, though how it will work in practice obviously remains to be seen.

                      I'm nervous about the Be A Pro default playing view. Might be great, might be horrible.
                      I've been playing it up here in the office non stop. The Be a Pro camera really adds to the effect of YOU actually being on the ice. When playing the top down view in OTP last year, you really felt a disconnect as if you weren't responsible. This camera alone makes you feel like you're responsible.

                      It's hard to get used to because we've all played the top down view for so long, but because of this, you'll feel like not playing with the Be a Pro camera is a cop out.
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                      • BigH2k6
                        Rookie
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 256

                        #12
                        Re: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamspot)

                        To me, the passes back and forth looked way too fast and way too accurate. Looked like a ping pong game. Hopefully, you can slow down the passes alot and some passes will miss cause that was unrealistic.

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                        • Qb
                          All Star
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 8797

                          #13
                          Re: NHL 09 Q&A: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamespot)

                          I like the idea of this EASHL, but I'm very skeptical as I just can't see it being anything but ranked-game cheese combined with maxed-out players. Said it before, not my cup of tea. I hope they improved the 'traditional' online leagues in addition to cooking this up...

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                          • savoie2006
                            R.I.P 2KHockey 2000-2011
                            • Sep 2006
                            • 4657

                            #14
                            Re: NHL 09 Q&A: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamespot)

                            Originally posted by Qb
                            I like the idea of this EASHL, but I'm very skeptical as I just can't see it being anything but ranked-game cheese combined with maxed-out players. Said it before, not my cup of tea. I hope they improved the 'traditional' online leagues in addition to cooking this up...
                            Those created players will be given set attributes based on their playstyle(sniper,dangler,ect.)It will basically be a players Be A Pro player most likely and I think those players can actually improve based on how they play the game.
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                            • savoie2006
                              R.I.P 2KHockey 2000-2011
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 4657

                              #15
                              Re: NHL 09 Q&A: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamespot)

                              To accomplish this we took what we did with the offline Be a Pro mode, where you are trying to become an NHL legend, and decided to bring that created user online so the users can have the opportunity to be the best of the best in the EA Sports Hockey League.
                              [quote][Everything a club or player does will be tracked and listed on the EA Sports Hockey League leaderboards as well as your individual performance tracker screen in your game. /QUOTE]

                              There,those are parts of the interview that best explain what I was trying to say.
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