NHL 13 Season Ticket Impressions

[savoie2006]

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No doubt EA has a certain formula to their games, Im a huge Fifa player too and its true a mirror image of each other.
Its such a shame that there is always something there that takes away the longevity to their games whether its AI not enough separation from players,teams and styles.
If you break down both games on a whole they are brilliant pieces of work the control is second to none in both.
The stuff in the NHL game is mind boggling, broken sticks,goal reviews, chop puck, incredible features and it all gets glossed over by many people because of some niggly thing with their games.
They should seriously look at some of this stuff and complaints as their games could get more credit than they even do now.

Ive relaxed on the annoying things and tried to focus on the enjoyment of the whole package, thats easier to do with NHL than Fifa right now.

Id say both products are top notch and deserve anyones money when you break them down.

I agree to an extent. The NHL series has come A LONG WAYS over the years and honestly is probably the deepest NHL game ever for console. HOWEVER, the nagging issues do wear thin on ya after so many years. Epsecially when it's something like penalties, which were once done to perfection almost and now for two years straight been poor. The AI is something that I've grown use to and can live with. At least this year, there is a noticable improvement in that area.

[JimmyDeicide]

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I agree Savoie. I did take a year off from NHL for 12 and the same for fifa in 10. it does a world of good.

[bwiggy33]

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100% agreed guys. Savoie as you said they had everything perfect back in 11 and the previous iterations as far as penalties, offsides, and the overall flow of the game. All they truly needed to do was add what they just added for NHL 13 to NHL 11 and bam we would have a great hockey game. To me NHL 12 and so far with my time playing 13, are steps backward from NHL 11. This stuff we are talking about is what makes the NHL, the NHL. I just don't understand how one year with NHL 11 we had penalties, offsides, and things you see every game done extremely well. Then for 12 it all disappeared. It's a mystery to me. I'm wondering what they did with the gameplay to make it play out this way. I really just can't describe how frustrating it is.

Another point I want to add is that penalties and offsides are things that people want in a game whether you're casual or not. Hell if you don't want that stuff you just turn it off in the settings. That to me is why offsides and penalties barely being in the game is inexcusable. I remember back in 10 and 11 players were pretty dumb going offsides, but honestly I would take dumb AI offsides rather than barely having any right now.

[DJ]

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After playing through the Blackhawks/Yotes moment again I noticed the lower right boards FPS hit was actually on the left side in Phoenix.

I started investigating other arenas but realized this is the exact same trash as NHL 12 with a new skating system and different glitches then deleted it. Since it did improve a little I'll give it a -29.99/30 whereas NHL 12 was a -30.

Why do even bother playing these games?

[jyoung]

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Goh, you can fix the stuttering issues by making a custom camera that crops out the crowd from the image.

When a lot of the crowd is on-screen, that's what causes the stutter.

If you zoom the camera in tight enough, the crowd won't ever appear on-screen and the game will run smoothly.

[skrody]

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k. maybe it's just me. but i've watched a bunch of videos of cpu-cpu / cpu-human, and there have been penalties called?

i'll take 1-2 PP/PK in a 5 minute period game any days. too many and the games drag on and on.

[nVschultz1325]

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In EASHL games interference is non existint, hooking is never called, clear penalty shots are just penalties

[lhslancers]

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Goh, you can fix the stuttering issues by making a custom camera that crops out the crowd from the image.

When a lot of the crowd is on-screen, that's what causes the stutter.

If you zoom the camera in tight enough, the crowd won't ever appear on-screen and the game will run smoothly.

Custom 2 with settings at 45-45 works great except for some international rinks.

[18 eighty 5]

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Man I can't wait to get a go with the retail version. For me, after playing the demo heaps and reading all these impressions I am expecting lots of same old issues but with the addition of much improved skating. I can't wait for my copy.

It does get tedious offline when all teams play the same. Its just like playing the one.team over and over alternating their jerseys each time.

Again, really looking forward to getting mine. The skating engine at least brings something well worth it, plus the true broadcast cam and the lighting.

[bwiggy33]

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k. maybe it's just me. but i've watched a bunch of videos of cpu-cpu / cpu-human, and there have been penalties called?

i'll take 1-2 PP/PK in a 5 minute period game any days. too many and the games drag on and on.

That's the difference between a casual hockey gamer like yourself and someone like me who wants a better replication of the sport. I'm seeing 1-2 penalties total in 10 minute games. For someone who wants a good replication of the sport I want something close to 3-4 per team which is the around the league average. Some games having more and some less because that's hockey. Games are normally won based off who has the better special teams, not in NHL 12 or 13. Overall they just need to find a way to make the slider more effective. The amount of penalties seen in the game now should honestly be the first tick on the penalty slider.

[skrody]

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That's the difference between a casual hockey gamer like yourself and someone like me who wants a better replication of the sport. I'm seeing 1-2 penalties total in 10 minute games. For someone who wants a good replication of the sport I want something close to 3-4 per team which is the around the league average. Some games having more and some less because that's hockey. Games are normally won based off who has the better special teams, not in NHL 12 or 13. Overall they just need to find a way to make the slider more effective. The amount of penalties seen in the game now should honestly be the first tick on the penalty slider.

not a casual gamer by any means, but i do like to *try* and play all 82 games + playoffs. i have more beef with lack of injuries that occur, but at least the slider works for that.

i get what you mean about the slider actually having a purpose and i agree 100%.

if you're looking for a better representation of the sport just play as the canucks, the refs dont like to give them PP's

[Nomah5]

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I keep trying to play online and I find it to be very slow. The skating is definitely turned down and lots of loose pucks just sit there while people skate around it. Lack of control.

I played my first game and won 8-0 online and since I have played 4 games and scored 1 goal. Brutal. I feel like a rookie.

[bwiggy33]

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not a casual gamer by any means, but i do like to *try* and play all 82 games + playoffs. i have more beef with lack of injuries that occur, but at least the slider works for that.

i get what you mean about the slider actually having a purpose and i agree 100%.

if you're looking for a better representation of the sport just play as the canucks, the refs dont like to give them PP's

By casual I'm not meaning that you play the game on occasion. I didn't really say that correctly. I'm more saying that it seems like you don't necessarily care if certain aspects in the game such as penalties actually match up to the way they are called in the real NHL.

[skrody]

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By casual I'm not meaning that you play the game on occasion. I didn't really say that correctly. I'm more saying that it seems like you don't necessarily care if certain aspects in the game such as penalties actually match up to the way they are called in the real NHL.

i do care. but, maybe because playing the CPU in previous games always felt like playing the same team over and over and over again, i accepted defeat. im just saying that with the videos posted, id take 2 over 0 any days.

[SlyBelle]

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i do care. but, maybe because playing the CPU in previous games always felt like playing the same team over and over and over again, i accepted defeat. im just saying that with the videos posted, id take 2 over 0 any days.

The game should be able to serve both type of players since there are sliders but because they don't work it isn't possible right now. I can see how you might want to play that way but for people like myself who want it to be realistic, 2 penalties per game won't cut it. Power plays are a critical element of hockey and for ea not to model reasonably correctly and make the sliders work is an oversight on their part. If sliders worked you could turn it down while other people could turn up to be real.