NHL 11 Gets the Ultimate Team Treatment with Video

[JayhawkerStL]

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Yeah, I'm not sure how you can call Ultimate Team a "gimmick" when it's as deep, if not deeper than offline BAP/BAGM.

Here's a hint. You can either buy cards for cash, or you earn them in game by running up the score and piling up statistics.

Tink about what that makes online play like. One set of gamers spend stupid money just so they can crush your piddly team, while another glitches you to death, and are REWARDED for it!

The only thing that could make UT worth playing would be playing matches against your friends. But that is not included, because it doesn't encourage you to spend money.

Seriously, I love Madden UT for a month. Then I saw what that time and effort resulted in. It could be a great mode, but not the way they are monetizing it.

[BooShay]

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Yeah, I'm not sure how you can call Ultimate Team a "gimmick" when it's as deep, if not deeper than offline BAP/BAGM.

Um... Thats not a good thing, if thats true we have a problem

[akula]

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I don't understand adding all these modes.. Battle for the cup, be a pro, GM/dynasty mode, ultimate team, play now, eashl, practice mode

IMPROVE THE EXISTING MODES, PRESENTATION AND GAMEPLAY

[BlueNGold]

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I don't understand adding all these modes.. Battle for the cup, be a pro, GM/dynasty mode, ultimate team, play now, eashl, practice mode

IMPROVE THE EXISTING MODES, PRESENTATION AND GAMEPLAY

What? All those modes were in last year.

[Raijin]

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Ya know, I'm starting to think some of the fans/players of this series are gettin a bit spoiled. The game has been improved upon and will continue to be in the future. But instead of people looking at the positives, they complain about the few negatives that exist in the game. Not everybody can be happy, I guess...

[onlybygrace]

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Okay...a couple questions about Ultimate Team. It says there are monthly seasons. Ok, cool.

Are the seasons a set length? For example, does every team in the 'league' play a set amount of games or what?

Then...are the stats from around the league trackable. Is it possible to see which player is leading the league in goals, etc???

If there is a set amount of games and an organized schedule + viewable league stats, this might be pretty damn cool actually. Also, can there be duplicate players in one league? Can two teams have Sydney Crosby, for example?

Any answers to these quesions would rock. Thanks.

Anybody have answers to these questions??? Luger, maybe???

[Bama83]

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IMPROVE THE EXISTING MODES, PRESENTATION AND GAMEPLAY

And you don't think by adding a layer of physics, new intros, new scoring celebrations, new overlays, etc is improvement?

I am also of the gameplay first mentality, but only so much can be worked on at a time when it comes to gameplay. Altering one area impacts another. So, they have to do it in chunks.

Further, NHL 2010 has the best gameplay of any major EA Sports release in my opinion. I'm not angry at them in this regard.

[JayhawkerStL]

Re: NHL 11 Gets the Ultimate Team Treatment with Video

Ya know, I'm starting to think some of the fans/players of this series are gettin a bit spoiled. The game has been improved upon and will continue to be in the future. But instead of people looking at the positives, they complain about the few negatives that exist in the game. Not everybody can be happy, I guess...

NHL 11 is a day one purchase for me, regardless.

But UT is kind of like the lottery. It's a tax on stupid people. I can't blame EA, as it seems like they have plenty of customers willing to spend a lot of money on this.

I'd love to see the numbers on what gamers ended up spending on this mode.

[onlybygrace]

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NHL 11 is a day one purchase for me, regardless.

But UT is kind of like the lottery. It's a tax on stupid people. I can't blame EA, as it seems like they have plenty of customers willing to spend a lot of money on this.

I'd love to see the numbers on what gamers ended up spending on this mode.

In a way, it sort of reflects real hockey. Gotta spend to win.

But I'm with you...we spent our 60 dollars already, now get out of our pockets.

There should be separate leagues for those who want to pay for cards and those who'd rather work their way up though playing the game.

[Whammer]

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Didn't even finish watching the video. No thanks. Only thing I care about is offline dynasty.

You don't have to play this feature online, you can play it offline. There are trophies to win, etc.
You don't need to spend anymore either, you can play it offline and just earn "pucks" for your teams performance.

[Whammer]

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I really can't believe all the whining that is going on about this. You don't want to play it, fine don't play it. Pretty simple really.

I enjoyed UT when it first came out for Fifa and played it quite a bit, didn't bother much with online, just played my team in the offline tourney's. It was fun trying to build up your squad. It was also fun going online to buy and sell various cards.
Didn't play UT in Fifa 10 or in Madden, but I'm looking forward to it in NHL 11.

This will be much better than GM mode, in UT you'll be able to play with players from EVERY league. You can get your favorite CHL player and develop him into a star player on your team. Lot's more options for team building than in GM mode.

[onlybygrace]

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Just found out from Luger that the 'seasons' in Ultimate Hockey League are not set amount of games but you can play as many games during the month as you want. This bears no semblance of a league at all.

What about this sounds right to any of you??? Seems to me like there should be a set schedule (20 games perhaps) and the season would have some structure.

For instance, in the 'standings' will a team thats 56-20-8 (.714) be ranked ahead of a team thats 17-3-0 (.750)???

Sort of kills my interest...unfortunately. Just seems so obvious.

[LuGer33]

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Um... Thats not a good thing, if thats true we have a problem

No we don't.

Contracts
Team Chemistry
Player chemistry
Drafting (random cards)
Training
Player progression
Standings
Seasons
Scouting
Trading
Retiring players
Championships
Tournaments
Prizes
Free agency
Preseason
Off seasons
Playoffs

Just found out from Luger that the 'seasons' in Ultimate Hockey League are not set amount of games but you can play as many games during the month as you want. This bears no semblance of a league at all.

It's a league in the exact same sense the EASHL is a league. Not sure what you're not getting really.

[onlybygrace]

Re: NHL 11 Gets the Ultimate Team Treatment with Video

No we don't.

Contracts
Team Chemistry
Player chemistry
Drafting (random cards)
Training
Player progression
Standings
Seasons
Scouting
Trading
Retiring players
Championships
Tournaments
Prizes
Free agency
Preseason
Off seasons
Playoffs


It's a league in the exact same sense the EASHL is a league. Not sure what you're not getting really.

I just don't like the lack of structure in terms of schedules. I think monthly seasons are great, but I just wish each team had a set amount of games to play. I think its a fair complaint...I'm not a big complainer, if you haven't noticed.

[Qb]

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I'm sure I'll check this mode out, but, for whatever reason seeing this has made me start to think that BAGM is going to be exactly the same this year as it was last year...

Be A GM IS NOT exactly the same as last year, take that to the bank. Can't wait to get the OK to share what I know about the improvements.

Aside from a token BAGM season, all i play is 1v1 online vs. and I hate how it's just a string of meaningless exhibition games. Ultimate team puts meaning into my 1v1 online play. All those game i'm playing are working toward something. I think i'll like tinkering with my roster and stuff.

I think you -- and countless others -- are the type of NHL gamers who will really enjoy HUT. I'm not much for online versus, but it's definitely a large portion of the NHL community and HUT will provide a great alternative to simple ranked versus games.

If online versus isn't your thing, you still have EASHL, BAP, and GM mode. One of my initial thoughts after the NHL11 overview presentation by Litty was, "man, this game is going to have something for everyone..."

I just don't like the lack of structure in terms of schedules. I think monthly seasons are great, but I just wish each team had a set amount of games to play. I think its a fair complaint...I'm not a big complainer, if you haven't noticed.

I can see your point. In much the same way that the EASHL can favor teams that play an inordinate amount of games, HUT could as well. But keep in mind EASHL standings weren't entirely based on total GP or wins, as our team was rather highly ranked at times despite having far fewer GPs than other teams. I suspect HUT will take a similar approach.