NHL 11 Video: Interview with Gameplay Footage

[MizzouRah]

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i love how the puck breaks boyntons stick when he tried to get in the way of the shot; then madden hands him his stick. Looks awesome.

I read somewhere that there is a stick breaking frequency slider. I think i read that on the ea boards.

I hope so.. would hate to see that happen all the time like it looked like even in that short video.

[RealmK]

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I hope so.. would hate to see that happen all the time like it looked like even in that short video.

They prolly have the stick breaking jacked up for presentation reasons just like the hitting to show off the physics. I firmly believe they know it'd be silly to have 20 sticks breaking per game. A frequency slider would be the ideal way to go about it though imo.

[Redshirt_EA]

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They prolly have the stick breaking jacked up for presentation reasons just like the hitting to show off the physics. I firmly believe they know it'd be silly to have 20 sticks breaking per game. A frequency slider would be the ideal way to go about it though imo.

They had it rigged up with a button combination so it could be triggered on demand, sort of a necessity for demoing something that happens infrequently.

[RealmK]

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They had it rigged up with a button combination so it could be triggered on demand, sort of a necessity for demoing something that happens infrequently.

Yeah I figured it was something like that just to show off the new features. Especially since NHL11 isn't on the show floor in the first place. Thanks for the clarification Redshirt.

[onlybygrace]

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They had it rigged up with a button combination so it could be triggered on demand, sort of a necessity for demoing something that happens infrequently.

But it can still happen from blocking shots right??? Or did that happen solely because of the command???

Well, it looks like it breaks from the impact of the puck anyway.

Also...since its the rabbit is outta the bag on the user-celebrations, can you tell us whether or not there are realistic options for celebrations and that the CPU uses them appropriately so all the chicken littles can set their minds and hearts at ease???

Please???

[Redshirt_EA]

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But it can still happen from blocking shots right??? Or did that happen solely because of the command???

Well, it looks like it breaks from the impact of the puck anyway.

Also...since its the rabbit is outta the bag on the user-celebrations, can you tell us whether or not there are realistic options for celebrations and that the CPU uses them appropriately so all the chicken littles can set their minds and hearts at ease???

Please???

Yes, we added sticks breaking from high velocity puck impacts after someone asked about it on Community Day.

The CPU uses generic celebrations.

[Scottdau]

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Some day it would be cool to have them just do the five man hug and that is it.

[Redshirt_EA]

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Some day it would be cool to have them just do the five man hug and that is it.

I think they do hug in the cut-scenes. Doing hugs right in real-time requires physics... but we haven't got that far yet.

[RealmK]

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Some day it would be cool to have them just do the five man hug and that is it.

Looks like you may have to wait another year or two for real time man on man action. :wink:

[sharks]

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Do sticks maintain their size and handedness when a teammate passes it off? Please say yes.

[Scottdau]

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Looks like you may have to wait another year or two for real time man on man action. :wink:

When that time comes; I am coming to your town, and giving you a great big huge my friend.

[Scottdau]

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I think they do hug in the cut-scenes. Doing hugs right in real-time requires physics... but we haven't got that far yet.

Cool, that is all I want. I don't need real time.

[ianlast]

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So they've got the physics of bone-jarring, Campbell on Umberger style hits...but have neglected basic things like at 2:58. Harrold skates right in to the guy, and it's like nothing happens. Skating still looks off, like there's zero weight and momentum, and too much agility as a consequence.

When real-time physics is introduced to properly capture skating, then I'll get excited. But for the time being, NHL 11 doesn't look like a first-day purchase for me...and its been at least 5 years since I've said that.

[Redshirt_EA]

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Do sticks maintain their size and handedness when a teammate passes it off? Please say yes.

As of yesterday, yes. Any video from E3 won't show that.

[UwantRadie]

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Looks very interesting.

Looking forward to some presentation news already. Gameplay was already great so there is a lot of fresh additions to keep it that way.

This is an exciting time of year.

I agree about wanting some presentation news.. The score overlay already looks better.

I do however have to disagree that this is an awesome time of year... This month is just a giant "rhymes-with-rock"-tease.

NEXT month is the really exciting time of the year because the news is coming fast and furious on NHL and Madden and we will already have NCAA in our hands.

Then again, some people liked to be teased a bit before the pay off... play on.