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

[Mikey88]

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The other huge improvement along the lines of CPU AI, is they're not afraid to shoot and shoot alot when scoring chances present themselves. I routinely would out shoot the AI in 10, often they out shoot me in the demo, granted one period isn't a great indication of how a full game would go on SS but still. I actually get a challenge now and have to be far more active defensively now that the CPU utilizes walk around dekes and is just genuinely better at moving the puck around.

And don't forget, i think the CPU Difficulty slider is turned all the way down in the demo.. so imagine when you crank it up a few notches! Hopefully it translates into more difficult, but realistic game play. This game can't come out soon enough!

[RealmK]

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And don't forget, i think the CPU Difficulty slider is turned all the way down in the demo.. so imagine when you crank it up a few notches! Hopefully it translates into more difficult, but realistic game play. This game can't come out soon enough!

hehe hopefully I won't have to touch that slider this year, as I believe I had it at 3 towards the end of my time with 10 and still wasn't getting much of a challenge. I don't even think I'm going to need major tweaks this year to get the game to play well to be honest.

[meep316]

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Oh man. Playing with Authentic puck size and authentic shadow, and auto back skate off, awesome, awesome stuff. Just looks so much realer when you fire off a shot, the default puck size is wayyyy too big.

Plus I've now mastered the between the legs deke.

Hopefully in online unranked you can change the puck size and shadow.

[ColdForged]

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Wow nice goal but the play was offside!

You guys have better eyes than me. Looks pretty clean from my perspective .

[Super Glock]

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I am greatly improving in this game with practice but can someone give me some tips on being a more accurate passer. The computer passes so much better than me.

[DJ]

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I am greatly improving in this game with practice but can someone give me some tips on being a more accurate passer. The computer passes so much better than me.

Make sure you are aiming the L-stick where you want the pass to go, and be aware of the amount of pressure you are putting on the R-trigger. The longer you hold it down, the harder the pass will be.

I am an old-school player in the sense that I don't try a lot of flashy stuff; I won't force passes into tight spots and am content moving the puck back and forth between my defensemen for a bit until something opens up. If you try and pass into a crowd, more often than not, that pass is either going to be deflected or intercepted.

It takes time, but once you get the hang of it, you will begin to really enjoy Manual passing; I changed early this year in NHL 10 to manual passing and now I can't go back to Assisted.

[Segagendude]

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Btw guys, have any of you noticed 5-hole goals? This was 1 that was very hard to score on in NHL10 unless in shootout mode but i seem to be able to do it more often in NHL11 demo during regular play.

More hockey lingo. What is a 5-hole goal?

[DJ]

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More hockey lingo. What is a 5-hole goal?

Scoring between the goalie's legs.

How are you liking the demo, Sega? I hope you are enjoying it. I stopped watching hockey for a while but just got back into the sport the last 2 years, thanks in large part to the NHL series. It really is a joy to play.

[bill2451]

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5-hole = between the legs

[CallCenterZombie]

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Hi there, anyone extremely happy about the user celebrations this year?

It is one of the best features they added this year. Very subtle but very nice! The spot shadow is great too!

[Segagendude]

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Scoring between the goalie's legs.

How are you liking the demo, Sega? I hope you are enjoying it. I stopped watching hockey for a while but just got back into the sport the last 2 years, thanks in large part to the NHL series. It really is a joy to play.

You all know where I can go with this, right!? Must.........resist.........temptation.... (To myself)


I'm lovin the demo.Still toying around with all the controls and practicing my a$$ off. Cannot wait til release day!

I've never been this excited for an NHL release. In fact, I always stayed out of these threads before, just because I never followed the sport. That's all changed now, thank you EA Canada!

[crobert0247]

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Hi there, anyone extremely happy about the user celebrations this year?

It is one of the best features they added this year. Very subtle but very nice! The spot shadow is great too!

I'm happy about them. I take it that you've seen the one-handed fist pump celebration mapped to RB.

[CallCenterZombie]

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I'm happy about them. I take it that you've seen the one-handed fist pump celebration mapped to RB.

Yeah, love that one! The challenging thing is linking them together to see some ultra awesome celebrations.

[savoie2006]

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One gripe I have is the players ridiculous puck control and stick handling skills. Hopefully this can be toned down somehow because it's unrealistic even for the superstars.

[crobert0247]

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Yeah, love that one! The challenging thing is linking them together to see some ultra awesome celebrations.

Indeed. I still can't get off from using the face button celebrations. It's hard to adjust and hit a shoulder button.

One thing I'll mention which is pretty cool. When activating a deke with LB+stick, it can be cancelled mid-way through with a defenders poke or strange bounce, only to be picked up again or, in my case, get a loose puck one-timer on goal. I think that is awesome. Not only that, but it is really fun to pull off several dekes in succession for a highlight reel chance or a goal. This demo is crazy. Only a week to go, eh.