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  • GTheorenHobbes
    Banned
    • Jul 2002
    • 2572

    #31
    Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

    Are there any new camera angles to choose from, or any differences to the camera angles used in past games (particularly the broadcast or side view)? Thanks!

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    • Qb
      All Star
      • Mar 2003
      • 8798

      #32
      Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

      Hot damn! I love being wrong about stuff like this...

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      • The Visualizer
        Rookie
        • Jul 2009
        • 419

        #33
        Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

        FIRST IMPRESSIONS

        Just played 3 Battle for the Cup games (All-Star/Hardcore). I pretty much echo everyone else's impressions.

        Hardcore Passing is great, gonna take some getting used to to get the speed to the pass down pat. One thing that kind of bothers me is that you can't hold down the pass button for as long as you want like you could for saucer passes last year. Seen a good number of passes that I thought I aimed pretty good not received by my teammates, I think you gotta really take into account which side of your teammate you want to pass it to, not just right at them.

        A.I. did some nice one-on-one dekes when I got a little aggressive with my checking similar to the one shown by Littman in the latest blog videos. I like how you can miss checks/pin to the boards because the warping is gone.

        Seen some new goalie animations that looked cool. CPU goalie (Osgood) seemed to have some difficulty handling the puck on more than one occasion.

        I like the improvements they made to the dump pass mechanics, gotta play around with it a little more as it seemed I could not float one high once I crossed center ice.

        The after the play stuff is cool, teams go a little wild when you mess with them. I wish they separated the buttons for face-washing & slashing/cross-checking so I didnt do some heinous stuff by accident. Gonna start targeting star players and see if I can get them off the ice. I really like the fighting, its pretty well done, theres some room for improvement as its still a little wide open, needs to be more clutching/grabbing at least in some of them.

        Loving the new placement of the push-puck button (LT), wont be doing accidental saucer passes no more now. I tried skating towards guys using the pass block button (LB) and my guy didnt face up correctly like Litty said they would in the latest blog video. Will have to play around with this more to see if maybe Im doing something wrong. Like someone said already stick-lifts dont seem automatic anymore which is great news as it was abused last year.

        I noticed my CPU defenders did a poor job of defending the cross crease passes, they seemed to react like they did in 09 despite what the blog videos showed. Gotta play a little more and see if this is really the case. Like someone else said they act weird in the neutral zone, constantly turning around when you dont let them carry over the blue line. They do this at least twice before trying to dump it if you have everything defended well. On a good note, CPU D did do a good job of pinching me as soon as I crossed the blue line on a lot of occasions causing turnovers that wouldn't have happened last year.

        Board play is everything its cracked up to be. Littman talked about it like it was 1 option you could use to play a dump & chase style. Well he is a damn liar, because its gonna be absolutely essential to master this and use it often if you want to win this year no matter what strategies you use.

        Lastly, the puck physics are awesome, lots of strange redirections of skates and sticks like they showed in the blog videos.



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        • Ridgeberg
          Pro
          • Apr 2003
          • 716

          #34
          Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

          Originally posted by GTheorenHobbes
          Are there any new camera angles to choose from, or any differences to the camera angles used in past games (particularly the broadcast or side view)? Thanks!
          Camera angles are:

          Ice
          Classic
          Overhead
          Broadcast
          Action

          So far, I've only played using Ice. It seems the same to me.

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          • DragonDemonico
            Rookie
            • Jul 2009
            • 79

            #35
            Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

            Ugh, owning a PS3 means I shall go insane before it's released....

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            • davep
              Pro
              • May 2003
              • 892

              #36
              Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

              Originally posted by The Visualizer
              FIRST IMPRESSIONS

              Just played 3 Battle for the Cup games (All-Star/Hardcore). I pretty much echo everyone else's impressions.

              Hardcore Passing is great, gonna take some getting used to to get the speed to the pass down pat. One thing that kind of bothers me is that you can't hold down the pass button for as long as you want like you could for saucer passes last year. Seen a good number of passes that I thought I aimed pretty good not received by my teammates, I think you gotta really take into account which side of your teammate you want to pass it to, not just right at them.

              A.I. did some nice one-on-one dekes when I got a little aggressive with my checking similar to the one shown by Littman in the latest blog videos. I like how you can miss checks/pin to the boards because the warping is gone.

              Seen some new goalie animations that looked cool. CPU goalie (Osgood) seemed to have some difficulty handling the puck on more than one occasion.

              I like the improvements they made to the dump pass mechanics, gotta play around with it a little more as it seemed I could not float one high once I crossed center ice.

              The after the play stuff is cool, teams go a little wild when you mess with them. I wish they separated the buttons for face-washing & slashing/cross-checking so I didnt do some heinous stuff by accident. Gonna start targeting star players and see if I can get them off the ice. I really like the fighting, its pretty well done, theres some room for improvement as its still a little wide open, needs to be more clutching/grabbing at least in some of them.

              Loving the new placement of the push-puck button (LT), wont be doing accidental saucer passes no more now. I tried skating towards guys using the pass block button (LB) and my guy didnt face up correctly like Litty said they would in the latest blog video. Will have to play around with this more to see if maybe Im doing something wrong. Like someone said already stick-lifts dont seem automatic anymore which is great news as it was abused last year.

              I noticed my CPU defenders did a poor job of defending the cross crease passes, they seemed to react like they did in 09 despite what the blog videos showed. Gotta play a little more and see if this is really the case. Like someone else said they act weird in the neutral zone, constantly turning around when you dont let them carry over the blue line. They do this at least twice before trying to dump it if you have everything defended well. On a good note, CPU D did do a good job of pinching me as soon as I crossed the blue line on a lot of occasions causing turnovers that wouldn't have happened last year.

              Board play is everything its cracked up to be. Littman talked about it like it was 1 option you could use to play a dump & chase style. Well he is a damn liar, because its gonna be absolutely essential to master this and use it often if you want to win this year no matter what strategies you use.

              Lastly, the puck physics are awesome, lots of strange redirections of skates and sticks like they showed in the blog videos.
              Nice write up, thanks! So the cpu D is aggressive in the neutral zone and there's not as much up and down?

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              • RealmK
                Banned
                • Sep 2003
                • 4198

                #37
                Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                Originally posted by davep
                Nice write up, thanks! So the cpu D is aggressive in the neutral zone and there's not as much up and down?
                Much more so. I'm having trouble just moving through the neutral zone on Allstar and Superstar. The Cpu AI actually forces you to dump and chase and use board play to get a forecheck going this year.

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                • dorismary
                  Banned
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 3794

                  #38
                  Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                  Hi,
                  Can anyone tell us who the other 2 teams are in the 2min game mode

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                  • davep
                    Pro
                    • May 2003
                    • 892

                    #39
                    Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                    Originally posted by RealmK
                    Much more so. I'm having trouble just moving through the neutral zone on Allstar and Superstar. The Cpu AI actually forces you to dump and chase and use board play to get a forecheck going this year.
                    Nice, thanks! As a casual hockey fan this makes me very happy!

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                    • RealmK
                      Banned
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 4198

                      #40
                      Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                      Originally posted by dorismary
                      Hi,
                      Can anyone tell us who the other 2 teams are in the 2min game mode
                      There isn't a 2 min game mode. Its Det vs Pit in battle for the cup game 7 SCF 3rd period. and The North American Juniors Vs the World Juniors in the 3rd period of the prospects game BAP.

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                      • GTheorenHobbes
                        Banned
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 2572

                        #41
                        Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                        Originally posted by Ridgeberg
                        Camera angles are:

                        Ice
                        Classic
                        Overhead
                        Broadcast
                        Action

                        So far, I've only played using Ice. It seems the same to me.
                        Thanks again for the response.

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                        • Bolts_26
                          MVP
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 2653

                          #42
                          Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                          Qb, I love how my thread came 1 hour before this one yet you felt the need to close mine.

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                          • Qb
                            All Star
                            • Mar 2003
                            • 8798

                            #43
                            Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                            Originally posted by Bolts_26
                            Qb, I love how my thread came 1 hour before this one yet you felt the need to close mine.
                            This one was stickied (not by me) and had multiple pages of replies. It should be tagged for the homepage shortly. I didn't even look at the time stamp.

                            EDIT: I just checked the time stamps. This thread was started at 5:45AM, the other at 8:42AM. We only need one impressions thread and this one was already off and running...
                            Last edited by Qb; 08-20-2009, 08:42 AM.

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                            • plaidchuck
                              Pro
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 893

                              #44
                              Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                              Ugh Stupid PS Store.. hasn't even been updated yet, well maybe they go by pacific time and something will happen around Noon EST...
                              Pittsburgh - 2009 City of Champions! YES WE DID!

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                              • Ridgeberg
                                Pro
                                • Apr 2003
                                • 716

                                #45
                                Re: NHL 10 Demo Impressions

                                Hey guys,

                                Has anyone figured out how to do a drop pass like Datsyuk made for Holmstrom in one of the first raw gameplay footage videos?

                                Also, how do you face wash?

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