NHL 10 * The Little Things * Thread

[VanCitySportsGuy]

- If you win the Stanley Cup in GM Mode, the announcers will mention it the next season in the regular season opening game

- Rick DiPietro is really active in coming out of his crease and playing the puck like he is in real life

- Players will shake their wrist/hand if they get slashed in that area

- Fans waving towels in the Playoffs

[nyisles16]

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- Rick DiPietro is really active in coming out of his crease and playing the puck like he is in real life

Does he also let in bad goals, and have surgery every year?

[VanCitySportsGuy]

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Does he also let in bad goals, and have surgery every year?

I don't know about surgery but he isn't that good in the game so it's pretty authentic.

[aLmighty]

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Had a fight using Komisarek vs Avery. I lost the fight but realized Komisarek was shaking his wrist after the fight and also had a bruised eye afterwards. He's out 2 weeks with an injured wrist.

[nyisles16]

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Had a fight using Komisarek vs Avery. I lost the fight but realized Komisarek was shaking his wrist after the fight and also had a bruised eye afterwards. He's out 2 weeks with an injured wrist.

Yeah, I like the fact players get injured during fights, trying to come back, and are out for a period of time..

also like that they have ejections on penalties as well..

[SchruteFarms]

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Players shaking their foot after they block a shot.

[CarryTheWeight]

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-Crowds. I love seeing a lone Sabre fan going nuts in the midst of an entire section of angry Columbus fans during away games. Stuff like that makes me crack up, makes for some good in-game photos. Fans banging on the glass, fans wearing every variety of team jersey imaginable...THIS is something EA went all out for this year, and it impresses me to no end.

-Black eyes after rougher fights, helmet accessories after facial injuries...never before seen in a hockey title and I'm glad they were able to be included this year.

-One of my "wishlist features" from last year, commentary is a lot more detailed and packed with anecdotes during stoppages. More player and team-specific information per game than I saw from 07-09, and this is a very good thing. Gary and Bill talk about the Sabres missing the playoffs two years in a row after making the Conference Finals two years in a row and how Steve Mason has brought swagger back to the Columbus organization, just to name a few. Also nice to hear Bill Clement say something along the lines of "What an amazing goal by the ex-Minnesota Golden Gopher, from Austria, the always-reliable Thomas Vanek" as a replay of his goal was playing. Commentary hasn't been overhauled but it's the best it's ever been.

-Play a game in a "European Elite League" arena and you'll hear PA announcements in the team's native language. This was a feature in NHL 05-06 last gen and it has made a comeback. Pretty interesting to hear NHL teams and players announced by a Swedish or Finnish announcer.

-Unsportsmanlike minors, double-minors, five minute majors, game misconducts, "three fight ejection" rule...love the penalty variety.

Despite all this, the game needs many more "little things"...such as better arena models and authenticity, specific arena sounds and "signature PA announcements". If this rumored "presentation overhaul" happens next year then we're going to be in for a treat in this department. The work EA Canada is doing on NBA Live 10 should be a good sign that this stuff should be coming soon for the NHL series. And please, EA, bring back the amazing banner raising ceremonies and trophy presentations we saw in NHL 06...this should make the awards you win in Be A GM even sweeter.

[aLmighty]

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Despite all this, the game needs many more "little things"...such as better arena models and authenticity, specific arena sounds and "signature PA announcements". If this rumored "presentation overhaul" happens next year then we're going to be in for a treat in this department. The work EA Canada is doing on NBA Live 10 should be a good sign that this stuff should be coming soon for the NHL series. And please, EA, bring back the amazing banner raising ceremonies and trophy presentations we saw in NHL 06...this should make the awards you win in Be A GM even sweeter.

One thing they really need to fix is player models. Completely get rid of the generic face models. I'm tired of seeing Komisarek, David Booth, etc all bald and not being able to recognize role players' faces cause they look nothing like their real-life counterparts.

Also tired of seeing player profile photos from 07 and some even 06 season, altho they did update some.

[Scottdau]

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Does he also let in bad goals, and have surgery every year?

If this is true sim, they will have that build in to his player model.

[Azamien]

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Does he also let in bad goals, and have surgery every year?

The last game I played against the Isles, he came way out of the net and made a sloppy pass attempt that I intercepted and put into the vacant net. So... "yep" to half of that.

[shakeable]

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The last game I played against the Isles, he came way out of the net and made a sloppy pass attempt that I intercepted and put into the vacant net. So... "yep" to half of that.

He did that when i met the Islanders too

[nyisles16]

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The last game I played against the Isles, he came way out of the net and made a sloppy pass attempt that I intercepted and put into the vacant net. So... "yep" to half of that.

He is known for that..

[Eski33]

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Little things I like and have noticed:

1) The helmet accessories when a player has a facial injury (previously noted)

2) Players reacting in pain when slashed in sensitive areas (wrist, face)

3) Penalty variety

4) Goalie animations (rolling, swatting, sprawling)

5) Tipped puck animations

6) Players grabbing puck out of the air

7) Home crowd's reaction to a goal...When they stand up it just looks awesome...

Things I hope they add next year:

1) Better ice degradation and zamboni (I don't care if they bite off of 2K...2K's ice looks more realistic)

2) Broken glass on hard checks and shots (but have it happen rarely OR have an option to turn it off)

3) TeamBuilder use for EASHL teams and the ability to create own goalie mask graphics

4) Spray snow at goalie causes scrums

5) Improve faceoffs -- Again, 2K's faceoffs look much better

6) Better screening (Holmstrom from Detroit comes to mind)...Haven't seen anyone actually stand in front of the goalie trying to screen and looking for shot re-direct opportunities

[BleacherCreature]

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Little things I like and have noticed:

1) The helmet accessories when a player has a facial injury (previously noted)

2) Players reacting in pain when slashed in sensitive areas (wrist, face)

3) Penalty variety

4) Goalie animations (rolling, swatting, sprawling)

5) Tipped puck animations

6) Players grabbing puck out of the air

7) Home crowd's reaction to a goal...When they stand up it just looks awesome...

Things I hope they add next year:

1) Better ice degradation and zamboni (I don't care if they bite off of 2K...2K's ice looks more realistic)

2) Broken glass on hard checks and shots (but have it happen rarely OR have an option to turn it off)

3) TeamBuilder use for EASHL teams and the ability to create own goalie mask graphics

4) Spray snow at goalie causes scrums

5) Improve faceoffs -- Again, 2K's faceoffs look much better

6) Better screening (Holmstrom from Detroit comes to mind)...Haven't seen anyone actually stand in front of the goalie trying to screen and looking for shot re-direct opportunities

I had Ryan Callahan fracture his jaw in a fight and next game he had a football helmet facemask covering his jaw.

I skated towards a goalie once and, not sure if I saw it correctly, but when I tried stopping to spray him with a snow shower it loked like he ducked his head. Didn't lead to anything but it looked cool.

[aj719887]

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i had a cool thing happen in the game but not cool at the same time.

well i did a fantasy draft with the florida panthers and i have sheldon soury as one of my defenders. i was playing the lightning and they had pavel datsyuk as there captain. of course in the game datsyuk had already scored twice in the 1st period. i was getting killed(obg's sliders). then in the second period i see datsyuk slash soury in the wrist and a penalty gets called on him. the penalty was a game misconduct for slashing. the slash injured soury and it actually broke his wrist and he is out for a month and a half. it was nice to see something like this in the game.

lol even with datsyuk out i still lost 4-2.