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  • The Visualizer
    Rookie
    • Jul 2009
    • 419

    #16
    Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

    Just wanted to chime in and agree with everyone else. No one can ever say Littman's team mails it in. I thought it sounded silly when he started calling NHL 10 "The Orange Box of Sports" but now I see his point. Those guys are doing stuff in a 1 year dev cycle that is unheard of.

    Bravo!



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    • sroz39
      The Man!
      • Apr 2006
      • 2802

      #17
      Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

      Originally posted by The Visualizer
      Just wanted to chime in and agree with everyone else. No one can ever say Littman's team mails it in. I thought it sounded silly when he started calling NHL 10 "The Orange Box of Sports" but now I see his point. Those guys are doing stuff in a 1 year dev cycle that is unheard of.

      Bravo!
      I agree with this 100%. Can't express how impressed I am with this team and how far this game has come in 4 short years, like bad_philantropy mentioned.

      Now if they could only reverse their ill-advised decision on the stupid attribute-boosting equipment for the EASHL...

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      • bukktown
        MVP
        • Jan 2007
        • 3257

        #18
        Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

        Incredible stuff! The new golden age of videogame hockey is in full bloom.

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        • onlybygrace
          MVP
          • Jan 2009
          • 3784

          #19
          Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

          Originally posted by bukktown
          Incredible stuff! The new golden age of videogame hockey is in full bloom.
          Truth.

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          • Vikes1
            Proctor, MN. Go Rails!
            • May 2008
            • 4102

            #20
            Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

            Everything looks and sounds so good for this years game. I can't wait to give the hardcore style a try.

            The one thing that caught my attention was how you increase the speed of your pass..."by holding down longer on the right trigger to power up your pass." I don't know if it would make any difference...but I was kinda hoping the speed would be determined by how far in you pulled the trigger. But anyway...I'm sure it'll be fine.

            Ahhh...Christmas in September!
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            • onlybygrace
              MVP
              • Jan 2009
              • 3784

              #21
              Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

              Originally posted by Vikes1
              Everything looks and sounds so good for this years game. I can't wait to give the hardcore style a try.

              The one thing that caught my attention was how you increase the speed of your pass..."by holding down longer on the right trigger to power up your pass." I don't know if it would make any difference...but I was kinda hoping the speed would be determined by how far in you pulled the trigger. But anyway...I'm sure it'll be fine.

              Ahhh...Christmas in September!
              Yeah...after the release I'll have nothing to look forward to...

              except playing a load of NHL 10 BABY!!!

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              • Ovie
                Rookie
                • Mar 2009
                • 45

                #22
                Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                Originally posted by sroz39
                I agree with this 100%. Can't express how impressed I am with this team and how far this game has come in 4 short years, like bad_philantropy mentioned.

                Now if they could only reverse their ill-advised decision on the stupid attribute-boosting equipment for the EASHL...
                I don't really have a problem with the attribute-boosting equipment. It's all a matter of the way it's implemented. I'll reserve judgment until I experience it.

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                • Nickflyers
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 1858

                  #23
                  Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                  ......sweet!!!!! Well i know what i'm doing when i'm out to sea this fall/winter!!!!!!(US Navy)
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                  • tabulaRasa
                    Pro
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 641

                    #24
                    Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                    Awesome! Especially the penalties in start stops. ANd the new physics.

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                    • Qb
                      All Star
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 8798

                      #25
                      Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                      So much good stuff. I hope we can play hardcore mode in custom unranked online games. If there was a hardcore-only mandatory 6v6 EASHL subdivision, I would weep tears of joy...

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                      • RealmK
                        Banned
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 4198

                        #26
                        Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                        Now this is hockey. Guys losing control of the puck when turning too quick or an unskilled player trying to deke, total control of passing off the boards, the puck not automatically sucked to a player's stick when it goes near them. That little clip of a scrum along the boards was teh awesome as well. Very very impressed.

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                        • akula
                          Rookie
                          • May 2007
                          • 409

                          #27
                          Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                          Originally posted by Nickflyers
                          ......sweet!!!!! Well i know what i'm doing when i'm out to sea this fall/winter!!!!!!(US Navy)
                          do you have high speed Internet on board?

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                          • akula
                            Rookie
                            • May 2007
                            • 409

                            #28
                            Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                            Originally posted by Qb
                            So much good stuff. I hope we can play hardcore mode in custom unranked online games. If there was a hardcore-only mandatory 6v6 EASHL subdivision, I would weep tears of joy...

                            i would hope and assume the "pro" division of EASHL IS hardcore and casual is regular.. please EA!

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                            • Redshirt_EA
                              NHL 13 Developer
                              • Jan 2009
                              • 575

                              #29
                              Re: Hardcore Mode Blog Up

                              Originally posted by onlybygrace
                              My biggest concern about hardcore passing is that it seems like one-timer passing seems like it is going to be difficult if the strength of a pass is determined by how long you hold down the R-trigger.

                              Also...how accurate to you need to be with the R-stick to get a pass directly to a guy??? Seems like a lot of room for error....which is realistic.

                              Oh...and with the obvious amount of human error on hardcore mode passing, is the CPU just as likely to make errors???

                              Maybe Flyermania, Redshirt or Chase can say something about this???
                              It'll be interesting to see what the learning curve is like for the hardcore passing. For myself I learned it as the tuning of the system was being done, so it was changing day to day (and I got to tune it to my liking ) so I can't say how that will correspond to what most people experience. At first I was skeptical that it would be at all possible to play, but after a while I got used to it and now I can get into a flow where I'm hitting passes almost as well as with the assisted passing (which is quite a bit less forgiving too for NHL10 by default).

                              I don't think hardcore passing will appeal to everyone, which is why it isn't the default, but I think those who want the extra control will love it.

                              The CPU passing is no different if you turn on hardcore passing, however you can increase CPU pass error if you like to level the playing field.

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                              • Redshirt_EA
                                NHL 13 Developer
                                • Jan 2009
                                • 575

                                #30
                                Re: NHL 10 Blog: So You Think You're Hardcore?

                                Originally posted by akula
                                i would hope and assume the "pro" division of EASHL IS hardcore and casual is regular.. please EA!
                                For online games the passing is not the full hardcore passing, but it is MUCH less assisted than 09's passing was. You will see a lot more passes go astray (at least until people master it) and have more ability to play the puck into space. I think you'll understand why when you see what the learning curve for hardcore passing is like.

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