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Quote: Originally Posted by phillyfan23

^^^ great impressions Hank...... agree with most things you said except the loose puck issue. I think it's pretty much 50-50 to me. maybe I am wrong. the thing that's huge for this game is the cpu passing. If this thing can be fixed via sliders, this game will be "MONEY" (pun intended) .....but if it's basically like the demo, I feel the offline portion of the game is wasted. Such a shame because the rest of the gameplay is soo tight. Just imagine you're playing as the Redwings ( supremely good passing team) against the lightning. Playing on hardcore SS you see your team doing well making 70 percent pass connect but then your opponent , a much less talented team connect 88 percent. It will bother me greatly. Also Zetterberg/Crosby will pass the exact same way as Donald Brashear.... My gut feeling is that this is unfixable via sliders, I REALLY hope I'm dead wrong, but if that's the case, what a shame. Maybe a patch could fix it.

Thats what the player attribute slider is for, its half way in the demo if that, while I have managed to lose the puck on one too many dekes with an unskilled player it doesn't happen enough at half way. That in combination with lowering both CPU passing and CPU speed should make a huge difference in what the AI decides to do with the puck and how effective on the whole its passing is.

When it comes to 50/50 pucks, you really need to get into a good position and box out the other guy this year as with alot less "suction" its much harder to gain control of a rolling puck. Which to me is great personally.