[JezFranco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

I can't say for certain about some of the other big items, but it stands to reason things like GM Connected, Hockey IQ, and the skating overhaul were (at least to some degree) developed over more than just the past nine or so months. My theory, and it is very much conjecture, is that they wanted to introduce True Performance Skating for NHL12, but weren't satisfied with it and ultimately decided to hold off on it. They used the same "it will change the way you play the game" line briefly to hype an upcoming announcement, revealing only the legends after that.

This! That's what I've been thinking all along.
Well I didn't know about "True perfromance skating" until they announced it this year, but I've always felt that something was scrapped last year, in the last minute.
Not only was 12 a very small step forwards in terms of... well, everything. But it was also full of unexplainable bugs on things that wasn't broken in 11... like the hip check, penalties and multiple sliders.
Typical signs of last minute decisions and changes in the coding of the final product.


And this give me hopes, that EA C has had some extra time polishing the product this year, since it was almost ready last year.