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Re: NHL 13 Early Release Impressions (Season Ticket goes live at 6pm ET)
I played 10 min period, and adjusted the things I said I would(such as shot/hit power and stuff like that)
Sens:
1 goal
23 shots
9 hits
65% passing
1/2 on PP
8 faceoffs won
Leafs: (me)
4 goals(1 empty net)
23 shots
5 hits
53% passing
0 powerplays!
18 faceoffs won
Faceoff thing is surprising, since the demo was only 1 tick higher than what I'm playing on now, and in the demo, I could win maybe 10% of faceoffs
Still not many penalties! Don't know how EA isn't fixing this.
Home win music is STILL broken
They DIDN'T update the banners at the top of the arenas. They talk about updating the "power rings" and scoreboards, but I went to a game in the Canes arena(cause I noticed it in NHL12) and Thrashers banner is STILL there(NHL13 and it's still there). No Jets banner!Last edited by Majingir; 09-07-2012, 04:38 PM.Comment
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Game 2, same settings but with true broadcast cam:
- Same deal with penalties, one per team.
- Loving the puck physics! Maybe not perfect, but it's great to see it flip and flutter when it should. Lots of good bounces all around.
- I'm convinced that this camera with "always up" controls is the way to go this year. I don't know if it's just because it's a different view than what I'm used to in this game or what, but it just feels like it affects the way I play so much that it opens up a lot of different animations and in game situations. I could be crazy, I just feel like I'm noticing a lot more of the improvements when playing this way.
- One thing I loved, I had a D man in the box and when his penalty expired he jumped out of the box and made a bee line for the bench, in full on hustle mode and everything. This is great, no more random d man trying to play wing until a line change or stoppage in play.
Now, graphically speaking I have to say that I think I did notice a little bit of blur happening on the players in my Ice cam game. I was NOT seeing this in the demo as some others were, but I noticed it here. In my game with the true broadcast cam the problem seemed like it was solved. I don't know if it perhaps has something to do with the previously mentioned motion blur/fog combined with the distance of the camera from ice level or what, just a quick observation from my first two games.
EDIT: Just to add to that last paragraph: another reason I feel like the blur might have something to do with the camera distance is because replays and the real time cutscenes both look sharp regardless of camera. Also when in Ice cam, everything that isn't moving seems to be at normal sharpness.Last edited by adayinthelife; 09-07-2012, 04:59 PM.Comment
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Random visual stuff:
- New lighting is awesome.
- It's small, but visors looks great. I think this in turn makes a lot of the player faces of those guys who wear them look even better/more realistic.
- The more pronounced snow spray is great, and I really love the way it gets on the boards and glass. It's really nest to see it on the goalies as well when it works.
- Both the replay selection and angles throughout the game are excellent and much improved.
- Same goes for the in between period stuff, big big improvement here which gives the illusion of perhaps a more revamped presentation package than actually exists.
- Net cam is still a little jaggy/pixelated as it was in the demo, but it's still really great. Is a treat when they show a goal using it, but it's also neat when the net gets knocked off. So far I've been going into instant replay and watching every goal in it.Comment
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Re: NHL 13 Early Release Impressions (Season Ticket goes live at 6pm ET)
Just got a game in with early release. I just wanted to first say that the "action tracker" in the in-game menu is really cool. I sat and watched it after my game, and the camera angles it gave on the replays were sweet.Comment
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Re: NHL 13 Early Release Impressions (Season Ticket goes live at 6pm ET)
How long did it take to download? for XboxComment
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Re: NHL 13 Early Release Impressions (Season Ticket goes live at 6pm ET)
No more stuttering with custom cam. No more fram rate dips during play with custom camComment
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Re: NHL 13 Early Release Impressions (Season Ticket goes live at 6pm ET)
That was your download speed? I download at 20/mb and it took 2 hours, but I am on PS3 so I don't download as fast as Xbox does. It's over 7gb and with 2.68 that might take awhile, but not sure as I use PS3.Comment
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Re: NHL 13 Early Release Impressions (Season Ticket goes live at 6pm ET)
The thing I'm interested in is if there is a full on "coach" mode as advertised in the CC's, and how the mode plays. I understand most aren't interested in this mode, and more care about the overall gameplay. But if anyone tried or tries this, mode I'd be MOST interested in how it went.Comment
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