NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[beantownbruins]

Re: NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

umm what's stopping you from skating over to someone in front of the net and using the net presence stuff? plus the demo has been out for about an hour i don't understand how you've came to such negative conclusions especially without actually playing online.

Because the same moves that kids exploited in NHL 11 still work in the demo. I'm not trying to start an argument, just saying what I noticed. If those moves still work then there will be those who still exploit it, making OTP/Club less fun.

[TylerHowe]

Re: NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

umm what's stopping you from skating over to someone in front of the net and using the net presence stuff? plus the demo has been out for about an hour i don't understand how you've came to such negative conclusions especially without actually playing online.

When someone says something positive no one says anything. You say something bad about the demo, and you are too quick.

[Entiae]

Re: NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

Alright, I've played two games now and I like it more and more.

At first it felt an awful lot like NHL 11, but I'm really starting to love it.
The puck physics seems much better, which leads to more realistic goals. It looks great when the goalie just barely gets a piece of the puck, but not enough to make the save.
I scored on a beautiful wrister by Kesler, but guess what. It wasn't top corner. I kept it low and Thomas couldn't get enough of it to keep it out. It looked fantastic.
The physics overall are much better as well. Hitting looks way better and it's harder than in NHL 11. I had a funny moment where I hit a player from behind and both players fell to the ice. It looked very natural.

And one more thing that I wasn't expecting at all. The crowd is amazing! The sound is brilliant, and I definitely wasn't expecting that.

With that said, this game still doesn't play a very realistic game of hockey when it comes to stick-handling, but it's still fun to play.

[blinkfan77]

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Crushing, crushing disappointment- No face for Brad Marchand. Absolutely crushing. I'm so sick of the gigantic lack of real faces in this game. So pissed right now. For ****s sake, they still haven't changed Thomas's generic face either and he won the Vezine and he's STILL only rated an 89. Pathetic.

[blinkfan77]

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There's nothing I despise more than being FORCED to play with the awful Manual Passing. I'm not about to get into an argument over Manual Passing either. It's not that I suck at it, so save it. I just despise it. It feels so awful. If I want to pass, I want to pass it. I don't want to have to wait to "charge" it up.

[Money99]

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Nice impressions Sharp3500 - I feel the same way.

Granted, I only played 2 games (see two periods), but I've liked what I've seen.
First, the puck physics seem to be improved. It's a lot livelier.
Also, I'm really digging the body checking physics. Numerous times I've forced guys into a small stumble, or simply pushed them over, while players like Chara react to a hit from a smaller player like I would a mosquito.

The game seems to be a lot grittier with more puck battles and loose pucks.

I know it's a small sample, but after 2 periods of play, I'm more excited for the retail version than I was before.

[blinkfan77]

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Just saw a great new one-time animation where the receiving player releases the puck hard and low and it's perfectly timed and looks really good. Awesome.

[tgalv21]

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When someone says something positive no one says anything. You say something bad about the demo, and you are too quick.

there's a difference between posting criticism and making statements about how online play is gonna be based on playing a few games of an offline demo.

[FBeaule04]

Re: NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

Just a quick question since I won't play the demo until late tonight.

Is the AI D still back until running into the goalie so the opposite team can shoot at ease?

Is the AI D still go pin themselves on board without pressure?

*Assuming you can play the demo locked as a forward*

[Fiddy]

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Crushing, crushing disappointment- No face for Brad Marchand. Absolutely crushing. I'm so sick of the gigantic lack of real faces in this game. So pissed right now. For ****s sake, they still haven't changed Thomas's generic face either and he won the Vezine and he's STILL only rated an 89. Pathetic.

yeah, really stinks that the majority of the players in the game have generic faces. would be great one off season they can get a team to work on getting all players that have played a game in the league the past season face in the game. its 2011, no excuses IMO for this.

Like the puck physics. I actually scored a 5 hole above the the circles. AI is still pathetic though lol.
Just ran Raymond with Chara, Chara bounced off....

i scored a nice refreshing wrist shot goal, between the glove hand arm of Bobby Lou, looked solid..

there's a difference between posting criticism and making statements about how online play is gonna be based on playing a few games of an offline demo.

i understand what your saying, but he is correct. the same deke and dangle moves work still. the d just freezes and zip right around them. sigh. hopefully a tuner or patch can fix this issue? IMO this is why the deking etc needs tweaked.. if it freezes a d man over and over (same move etc), then they have to realize something needs done.

[Money99]

Re: NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

Just a quick question since I won't play the demo until late tonight.

Is the AI D still back until running into the goalie so the opposite team can shoot at ease?

Is the AI D still go pin themselves on board without pressure?

*Assuming you can play the demo locked as a forward*

Only 2 games so take it for what it's worth:

Q: Is the AI D still back until running into the goalie so the opposite team can shoot at ease?

Didn't appear like that to me. I had some difficulty breaking down the D in order to get a clean shot from in tight.

Q: Is the AI D still go pin themselves on board without pressure?

Didn't see it once.

[RealmK]

Re: NHL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

Keep em coming boys, good to hear the puck physics are improved and the shooting and passing feel "better". Shame about Marchant's cyber but eh, there's 750 players in the NHLPA that not every face is 100% doesn't bother me, its such a nitpicky thing. Looking forward to giving it a whirl this evening.

[Fiddy]

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my thoughts.. initial impression when playing a play now game, was wow, i like the slowed down feel to the game. wasnt expecting that at all.

just some quick hits here..

pros
- skating, seems like they added some new animations etc, looks better no doubt, feels the same as past games though
- like mentioned already, shots seem to have some extra omph behind them
- presentation pop ups for goals, stats in general, very slick looking
- seen some solid goal variety so far, more so than in NHL 11 (wrist shots going in clean in different spots on the goalie etc)
- goalies movement while following the play looks better and they seem to react better on shots as well
- brush off saves, pucks glancing off the goalie look very solid (at times look weird as well)
- Tim Thomas seemed to play like himself, tried some sprawling side to side saves
- knocking Thomas over lol
- auto stick movement while backing in on d, very nice
- didnt see the d auto pin for no reason or even when pressured a bit
- passing feels a bit better, but still way to easy
- checking feels more loose and free
- player reactions on bench a nice small addition
- goalies on the bench, have their helmets off, again nice small addition

cons
- skating feels very much the same, even though it looks a bit different
- same dekes (i know its a demo) work just like in games past (same dangle and deke move works, same back hand to forehand goal works, backhand to forehand etc on all levels. seems toned down more though on superstar which is good. hopefully sliders can fix this.)
- player faces, the generic ones, just disappointed we dont have all these guys cybers in the game yet
- Canucks overall goaltending rating a 97? huh? Bobby Lu is a 90, Schneider is an 83!! (was like this for past games as well)
- default passing, to much tape to tape still, hoping sliders fix that
- strategy's are all the same
- the cpu AI on your team still get in your way, just bc they going where they programed to be, sigh
- checking, while feels better, something feels off, like it doesnt feel like you hit the guy when you do
- same old rebound goals, goalies cant cover it even though its right there, sliders or patch fix this?

[MiNiDiTkA]

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Some crappy Gameplay I recorded

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[Tomba]

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When they add a real broadcast cam I'll be all over their gameplay. right now as it stands it's looked the same for years from their broadcast angle. Bothers me too much to play .