NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[ComaFaction]

Re: NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

I think the problem re: the line changes and strategy lag is the little graphic they added. When you bring up the menu, there is a quick "materialize" animation that really throws off the timing, IMO.

Played with authentic puck size & shadow. Shots really feel like you rip them now. I feel like Niemi is VERY tough to beat in this game though. Moreso than any of the goalies I've faced during HUT or Leighton (obviously)

One awesome feature (finally!) is that you can pull your goalie during a stoppage in play and he will already be out pre-faceoff. It was ludicrous that this took so long to implement but thankfully it's finally there.

[ComaFaction]

Re: NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Has anyone seen injuries yet or are they turned off?

[SinisterAlex]

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I refuse to turn it off of superstar until I score one goal. Just 1. Has anyone had an success on this difficulty setting? I can't seem to get any open ice to save my life. I played almost 2 seasons on NHL 10 on superstar (won the Cup and President's Trophy). I'm a little unsure what level I'll be playing on.

I managed to score 5. Two from the point (screened) one rebound goal, and two one timers (by the circles, top shelf). I agree though, once you see space, it's gone within seconds. Now if we could only change the sliders...

[Lordofthething]

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My impressions:

Good:

- authentic puck size
- physics on hitting is so much better
- broken, dropped sticks is just too cool
- cpu is much more aggressive on the attack
- been waiting a long time for face off strategy, and it's been done great
- nice to have more dekes
- am I crazy or is hustle done automatically? I'll be controlling my player and he's just going all out and I'm not clicking L3...

Not so good:

- scored a weird goal in OT where I hard slapped the puck into the offensive zone with Pronger and it somehow went off the back boards and into the net...it surprised me and happened too fast for me to see how it actually went in, too bad instant replays aren't accessible. Probably just an anomaly.

- was hoping the fighting engine would of been tweaked a little...but that's whatever

- line change options come up slower than last year

- hate manual passing but sliders will fix that

[RealmK]

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Has anyone seen injuries yet or are they turned off?

Saw one, same situation as last year, guy takes off down the tunnel.

[SinisterAlex]

Re: NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Has anyone seen injuries yet or are they turned off?

I injured one guy off of a slapper. The puck hit his leg, he went flying into air then fell to the ice. Play was stopped shortly after.

[Lordofthething]

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Anyone know if you can change the game speed? I looked in the settings but didn't see an option.

No, it's there but it's locked

[HipsterSudz]

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I put up my NHL 11 demo impressions on my website:

http://www.puckgamer.com/nhl-11-demo-impressions/

I like it. It feels like a significant upgrade over NHL 10.

It does seem WAY to early to be playing hockey though. (it was 100 here today!)

[ComaFaction]

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I injured one guy off of a slapper. The puck hit his leg, he went flying into air then fell to the ice. Play was stopped shortly after.

Thanks guys - that's reassuring. I've bombed slappers into guys, pounded guys into the boards and done anything possible to injure someone, but with no luck!

[SinisterAlex]

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Thanks guys - that's reassuring. I've bombed slappers into guys, pounded guys into the boards and done anything possible to injure someone, but with no luck!

Haha sucks to be you Nah, I'm guessing injuries happen and occur differently with the new physics engine than they did in NHL 10.

[Gagnon39]

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I can tell one thing for sure, I'll be bouncing back between All-Star and Super Star for a month or two when this game comes out.

[RealmK]

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I can tell one thing for sure, I'll be bouncing back between All-Star and Super Star for a month or two when this game comes out.

Sliders will make all the difference in the world no doubt. I'm starting to get the hang of things though, trying not to hit as much and being better at blocking passing lanes is the way to go. Personally I think the CPU AI even on the base sliders is improved 10 fold over NHL10 but maybe thats just me.

[06woz]

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Wow, insane disallowed goal. I was playing against Canada.

Richards took a shot, which took a hard bounce off the pads out to the point. Nash then attempted a wrist shot but due a poke check it hopped up to about head height, and Crosby deflected it down and five hole. Ref waived it off, and it stayed that way. No Goal!


The moments in this game that are so rare really immerse you in the gameplay.

[SinisterAlex]

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Sliders will make all the difference in the world no doubt. I'm starting to get the hang of things though, trying not to hit as much and being better at blocking passing lanes is the way to go. Personally I think the CPU AI even on the base sliders is improved 10 fold over NHL10 but maybe thats just me.

I started on Superstar and stayed on that for as long as I could, but without being able to change sliders, it was hard for me to setup plays because the CPU just took everything away. So now I'm on All-Star and I'm enjoying it alot, even though I miss Superstar...

But I am liking this Manual Passing setting, but it seems to be a delay in when I push/ hold the trigger to the time the puck leaves my stick. I like the soft and hard passes, really mix up the gameplay a lot.

[Gagnon39]

Re: NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Sliders will make all the difference in the world no doubt. I'm starting to get the hang of things though, trying not to hit as much and being better at blocking passing lanes is the way to go. Personally I think the CPU AI even on the base sliders is improved 10 fold over NHL10 but maybe thats just me.

Are you playing on Super Star?