NHL 13 Delivers Major Innovations That Will Change the Way You Play the Game

[Fiddy]

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So far its only word. So many times I've heard this and the results have been far from good. Its easy to say this and that but hard to really deliver. Well well its just to wait and see.

i hear ya..

but, when has the EA NHL Dev's dropped info like this on us before? if i can recall, never. even when the skill stick dropped and even new physics based checking etc, never was this much info out there. strats, skating, online gm, etc etc..

[Money99]

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i hear ya..

but, when has the EA NHL Dev's dropped info like this on us before? if i can recall, never. even when the skill stick dropped and even new physics based checking etc, never was this much info out there. strats, skating, online gm, etc etc..

I'm curious about this as well.
Were sales poor for NHL12?

[mercalnd]

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I'm curious about this as well.
Were sales poor for NHL12?

As substantial as much of what they are touting seems, I actually think most or all of these items have been worked on for more than just this year and it was more of a "when will we get all this done" situation as opposed to a "what can we do this year to gain fans back".

This is speculation of course but it might also explain the whole revolution that was supposed to be announced last year and turned out to just be legends. They may very well have thought until fairly late that they'd get the new skating ironed out for NHL 12 only to have to madly scramble for something to tout as the back-of-the-box big feature when they figured out it wouldn't be ready in time.

[jaiman]

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Looking at the images, it seems as though the graphics have slightly improved as well. They look a little different. A little sharper.

[Qb]

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As substantial as much of what they are touting seems, I actually think most or all of these items have been worked on for more than just this year and it was more of a "when will we get all this done" situation as opposed to a "what can we do this year to gain fans back".

This is speculation of course but it might also explain the whole revolution that was supposed to be announced last year and turned out to just be legends. They may very well have thought until fairly late that they'd get the new skating ironed out for NHL 12 only to have to madly scramble for something to tout as the back-of-the-box big feature when they figured out it wouldn't be ready in time.

I suspect your first paragraph is fairly accurate. Who knows about the second, but they did use the "it will change the way you play the game" line, didn't they? It still seems like a stretch to suggest they scrapped the new skating from the game that late in production. Once again, who knows...

Looking at the images, it seems as though the graphics have slightly improved as well. They look a little different. A little sharper.

I believe one of the previews mentioned a lighting upgrade. Hopefully it has a big impact on the overall look of the game, as it can look somewhat "cartoonish" when compared to some other sports titles.

[The_Kid77]

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Looking at the images, it seems as though the graphics have slightly improved as well. They look a little different. A little sharper.

While the graphics have probably improved I wouldn't read too much into the current screen shots as they generally have all types of editing done to them to give them that real WOW factor.

While it's hard not to get hyped about the features/improvements they have listed given the let down in previous years I am probably looking forward to this years game much more than previous years...let's just hope it all comes together in-game as well!!

[JezFranco]

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I wonder... Me and a couple of mates has been hoping to make a private league, where we can set the rules/sliders and play against each other.
Thought it would happen last year, but think EA scrapped it.
However... Could the online BaGM be our hope for playing online against each other, without using the crappy default game settings, which is the only reason I don't play online today.

[gopher_guy]

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I think one of my favorite things about all this news is how you can tailor all of your lines to play how you want them to play. If implemented well it will be fun to have that much control over how your team plays.

[hollywood_cpm]

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I think one of my favorite things about all this news is how you can tailor all of your lines to play how you want them to play. If implemented well it will be fun to have that much control over how your team plays.

For me equally exciting (if it works) will be tailoring how individual teams play. I'd love to have to change my gameplan depending on the opponent.

[Therion7]

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I'm curious about this as well.
Were sales poor for NHL12?

I think the core sales, i.e those who buy the game every year, were probably as strong as ever, but NHL 12 was something of a disaster.

Massive stability problems on PS3, slower loading times, the penalty issue, weird cutscenes, in many ways it was a backwards step for the series.

Some pretty big improvements need to be hinted at to at least get the core fans off the "wait and see" fence.

[Vikes1]

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I think the core sales, i.e those who buy the game every year, were probably as strong as ever, but NHL 12 was something of a disaster.

Massive stability problems on PS3, slower loading times, the penalty issue, weird cutscenes, in many ways it was a backwards step for the series.

Some pretty big improvements need to be hinted at to at least get the core fans off the "wait and see" fence.

If I remember right, Therion...they set sales records for the first month with NHL '12'. Not sure though how they did overall.

As far as the issues go, imo...the freezing problems alone must have many gamers a bit leery of buying '13' right away. And yep, there were some other things that did go backwards for '12'. Ie....penalties, ineffective sliders, etc... It will be kinda interesting to see just what EAC brings to the table this year. And how their sales go.

[engine59]

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Hope they didnt destroy the franchise mode like madden did this year.
offline drafts and games with my brothers and friends is something i need just as much as the online stuff.

[FinnishRaider]

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Hope they didnt destroy the franchise mode like madden did this year.
offline drafts and games with my brothers and friends is something i need just as much as the online stuff.

Yea, i hope we are able to play offline BEAGM mode co-op on a same team. They removed that possibility from Madden. I can't understand why and why they would remove that from NHL. Is it really a way for them to make more money forcing people to play online? because i don't buy Madden this year and i know lot of people who doesn't buy Madden because they've removed lot of important features for offline players. And if NHL does the same thing i wont buy NHL either.