NHL 12 - Player Ratings

[ChaseB]

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[Donovan]

Re: NHL 12 - Player Ratings

Man these are crap. Nearly everyone on the Oilers, the last place team, are above 80. Basically everyone but goons are 80, and even the goons are high 70s.

Time for a change EA. I would be all for the ratings that are extremely wide apart (cant think of any specific games I've played that have this, but recall it in a couple basketball games). Make the 4th line guys as low as 50-60 overall, and only the absolute best above 90. CHL players could be in the 20s and 30s, but have drastic improvements from year to year.

Whats the point of a 1-99 scale when every player is above 60? Madden is just as bad.

Sigh.

[adayinthelife]

Re: NHL 12 - Player Ratings

Man these are crap. Nearly everyone on the Oilers, the last place team, are above 80. Basically everyone but goons are 80, and even the goons are high 70s.

Time for a change EA. I would be all for the ratings that are extremely wide apart (cant think of any specific games I've played that have this, but recall it in a couple basketball games). Make the 4th line guys as low as 50-60 overall, and only the absolute best above 90. CHL players could be in the 20s and 30s, but have drastic improvements from year to year.

Whats the point of a 1-99 scale when every player is above 60? Madden is just as bad.

Sigh.

I hear ya. I wouldn't say Madden is just as bad though, there's a wider scale in that game it seems. No, it's not as wide as I'd like it, but it beats this one by far.

[Donovan]

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I hear ya. I wouldn't say Madden is just as bad though, there's a wider scale in that game it seems. No, it's not as wide as I'd like it, but it beats this one by far.

You're right about Madden, I only got 12 couple days ago and haven't had a Madden since 10.

Anyway, just horrible. Would be nice to see a title like NHL, who have been on the forefront of improvement among EA sports titles, continue to be a step ahead and do a revamped player rating that totally goes in another direction, ANY DIRECTION!
Look at Football Manager or the sports sims for a cue on how to spread player ratings.

[adayinthelife]

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You're right about Madden, I only got 12 couple days ago and haven't had a Madden since 10.

Anyway, just horrible. Would be nice to see a title like NHL, who have been on the forefront of improvement among EA sports titles, continue to be a step ahead and do a revamped player rating that totally goes in another direction, ANY DIRECTION!
Look at Football Manager or the sports sims for a cue on how to spread player ratings.

Hell, look at NHL 94 with some players being rated in the 40's...

[JsMcbain]

If I remeber well in NHLPA '93 all the ratings were in the book and Shawn Chambers was rated 3.... THREE!!!

[JsMcbain]

http://nhlpa93.nhl94.com/teams/tb.php

LOL even worst.... ONE overall

[SGMRock]

I hope those rosters have an update very soon. Lots of players out of place on there and the rating seem the exact same as last year.

[Scarbro73]

Get rid of the overall ratings altogether! They're completely arbitrary and mean absolutely nothing. Individual skill attributes are what actually describes a player...

[Simple Mathematics]

Get rid of the overall ratings altogether! They're completely arbitrary and mean absolutely nothing. Individual skill attributes are what actually describes a player...

This!!! This would make the game much better.

[Simple Mathematics]

Quick question... why does Ryan Getzlaf look like he's balding in his picture???

[ChaseB]

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Quick question... why does Ryan Getzlaf look like he's balding in his picture???

Have you seen Getzlaf? He is balding.

[ruddamucker]

Get rid of the overall ratings altogether! They're completely arbitrary and mean absolutely nothing. Individual skill attributes are what actually describes a player...

What you're talking about there is exactly the direction this franchise needs to take.

Every hockey game is different, every game of NHL is the exact same. Hockey is a game of a million individual decisions. Those individual decisions are based off of that players natural skill "attributes" and tendencies. That's why this game is complete **** because everybody tries to do the exact same thing with every player in the game regardless of their attributes.

[bwiggy33]

Re: NHL 12 - Player Ratings

Man these are crap. Nearly everyone on the Oilers, the last place team, are above 80. Basically everyone but goons are 80, and even the goons are high 70s.

Time for a change EA. I would be all for the ratings that are extremely wide apart (cant think of any specific games I've played that have this, but recall it in a couple basketball games). Make the 4th line guys as low as 50-60 overall, and only the absolute best above 90. CHL players could be in the 20s and 30s, but have drastic improvements from year to year.

Whats the point of a 1-99 scale when every player is above 60? Madden is just as bad.

Sigh.

Spoken from a true hockey fan!!!! I'm very happy you said that. I actually don't know if I've ever heard someone say that the players on their favorite team should be rated lower. You obviously know the game. My jaw dropped when I saw that the Oil were an 88 OVR on Offense. This has got to be a joke. No wonder why we don't see enough team separation in this game. The ratings are so rigged it's not even funny. I really want to know how they determine these. I'm actually tempted to edit every players ratings to see if I can find a little more separation between the teams and players.

[bwiggy33]

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Get rid of the overall ratings altogether! They're completely arbitrary and mean absolutely nothing. Individual skill attributes are what actually describes a player...

Great point! I hate to keep bringing up The Show in every single thread but they have it 100% correct. A players OVR bar could be half full but they can still be great at hitting, pitching, defense. For example Jim Thome. He's a great hitter, obviously not a fielder. So his OVR bar is just above half way due to his terrible defense. That doesn't affect his hitting though. Each part to the game plays a different role. If they did this for NHL this game would be that much better. All most people worry about is OVR. That shouldn't be the case.