[CupCrazyManiac]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

Savoie, I admire your optimism, but this isn't the first time EA bragged about some new AI feature that would revolutionize the game and make it uber realistic. Remember NHL2005? Where they spoke about watching video of each team and studied how each club flowed through the neutral zone? Apparently that was going to give each game a unique feel based on the team you faced. How did it work out? It sucked. Really, really bad. Last year they spoke about advanced AI. How guys like Ovie would split from the defensive zone faster, or how some guys would hang back longer. They said we'd see clearly defined player types and roles. It made no difference. Everyone still played the same. Or how about the time they talked about the all new 'attribute slider'. Hahaha! They might as well have added a sugar placebo in every case. So when I hear EA tout "EA SPORTS Hockey IQ " I just laugh. Does anyone here seriously think that this bullet point is for casual fans or guys like to deke up and down the ice with anyone and everyone? No. It's for guys like us here on OS. They know their offline game is beyond pathetic so they throw out catchy phrases like "Hockey IQ" and "Player Roles", etc, etc, that translate into absolutely nothing but smoke and mirrors. I would have been excited about this prior to NHL08 or 09's release, but not anymore. I'll be extremely shocked if this new IQ has a big impact on an offline game. What I anticipate is that all these new 'features' will work against the user, but have no affect on the CPU. The CPU will still snipe goals from Hall Gill, Mike Brown will deke like Datsyuk, the berzerker mode will still exist, and your CPU-controlled teammates will continue to play as passively as a kitten laying on a window sill flooded with warm sunlight. Again, I warn everyone here to stop holding your breath. Any major changes to the NHL series will be for online gamers alone. And they know full well that a HUGE majority of their sales come from casual fans that wouldn't know hockey if they slept with Bobby Orr. So the first time Joe Fratboy can't go end to end with a 6th defenseman, there will be blood and EA will patch to ensure that they appease their largest consumer base. I will eat a truckload of crow if I'm wrong, and I really, really hope that I am. But I've seen EA's track record and considering NHL12 is barely any different than NHL09, I seriously doubt we're going to see any major changes for 13.

agree! ill just wait and see...the NHL13 DEMO has to be AAAAAAAAAWESOME then i ll think bout to buy or not.... otherwise its a NO BUY!!!