So I'm not doing the review for NHL 12, so I don't want this to be too official or anything, but I just figured I'll use this as my thoughts/info thread.
Ultimate Team notes
EASHL and this mode are closest to my heart, so I have to start here.
Once you get welcomed back into the fold, you receive an initial allotment of EA Pucks (you buy stuff with these) depending on how much you played HUT last year. I received over 25,000 pucks (I played this mode a TON last year so that's probably on the high end of things if the pucks are weighted by time played etc.)
I also received an EA Season Ticket pack of cards, a Demo Tourney pack of cards for beating the tourney in the demo, a Welcome Back pack, and there's also a Draft/FA pack, which you can pick one of. I wonder if the Draft/FA pack will stick around this year because I believe these beginning-of-the-month packs sort of vanished as the year went on (although it's possible I just didn't notice them).
Basically, I feel a little more prepared to start a team because of these initial bonuses. A couple other things that immediately stick out is the Consumables you can hold onto has been up from (I believe it was 50 last year) to 80, most likely to incorporate the injury cards. The cards themselves have also been re-designed obviously, but I think it's a bit harder to pick out the "rare" and "legend" cards from the regular cards on first glance.
The prices for card packs are the same, and the new additions to these packs are the "stars of the week and legends" that will be available. The stars of the week will be players who tear it up in real life and therefore get limited-edition versions of them added to the NHL 12 HUT mode. As for legends, I actually did get a Salming in one of my first packs, but the servers reset and so he's gone and I had to re-buy everything -- don't read too far into this in terms of losing your cards, it's just because I'm playing the game so early I'm sure they are still tweaking and resetting the servers before launch.
Be a Pro
Just wanted to point out a couple specifics here:
-Your player's name, weight and bio is transferred over from NHL 11.
-It is just great being able to set all six positions now. EVERYTHING is adjustable besides your name and I think hometown. So weight, height, handedness, your number, your attributes, your equipment, etc. can all be changed depending on the position you play.
Ultimate Team notes
EASHL and this mode are closest to my heart, so I have to start here.
Once you get welcomed back into the fold, you receive an initial allotment of EA Pucks (you buy stuff with these) depending on how much you played HUT last year. I received over 25,000 pucks (I played this mode a TON last year so that's probably on the high end of things if the pucks are weighted by time played etc.)
I also received an EA Season Ticket pack of cards, a Demo Tourney pack of cards for beating the tourney in the demo, a Welcome Back pack, and there's also a Draft/FA pack, which you can pick one of. I wonder if the Draft/FA pack will stick around this year because I believe these beginning-of-the-month packs sort of vanished as the year went on (although it's possible I just didn't notice them).
Basically, I feel a little more prepared to start a team because of these initial bonuses. A couple other things that immediately stick out is the Consumables you can hold onto has been up from (I believe it was 50 last year) to 80, most likely to incorporate the injury cards. The cards themselves have also been re-designed obviously, but I think it's a bit harder to pick out the "rare" and "legend" cards from the regular cards on first glance.
The prices for card packs are the same, and the new additions to these packs are the "stars of the week and legends" that will be available. The stars of the week will be players who tear it up in real life and therefore get limited-edition versions of them added to the NHL 12 HUT mode. As for legends, I actually did get a Salming in one of my first packs, but the servers reset and so he's gone and I had to re-buy everything -- don't read too far into this in terms of losing your cards, it's just because I'm playing the game so early I'm sure they are still tweaking and resetting the servers before launch.
Be a Pro
Just wanted to point out a couple specifics here:
-Your player's name, weight and bio is transferred over from NHL 11.
-It is just great being able to set all six positions now. EVERYTHING is adjustable besides your name and I think hometown. So weight, height, handedness, your number, your attributes, your equipment, etc. can all be changed depending on the position you play.
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