NHL 16 E3 Gameplay Trailer

[csamuelsvt]

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They've been giving away a ton of information over the last few weeks, so I'm not surprised they haven't shown much in the trailer or at the EA presser. Just can't wait to get my hands on it

After last years debacle, they've had to do that because no one would even come close to thinking of buying another game from them with what they released.

They need to release gameplay, which I think they are going to do. On their last snapchat they showed they were "recording gameplay for E3".....I am hoping that a blog/gameplay trailer is released that shows nothing but 5 minutes of gameplay

[Moose24x]

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So in addition to the way Tarasenko reached for the pass I liked the way Ovechkin kind of gathered up his legs and took a few crossovers to build speed as he got the puck in that brief little glimpse. Too little to tell much, but looked pretty good. Overall I agree with whoever said the players still look pretty rigid though.

It's because everyone still skates the same so everyone on the ice looks stiff and unnatural. In real life no two players really are moving the same at any given time. Some guys are crouched low, some are upright, some swing their arms a lot, some lead with their stick way out in front, some stick handle close, some stick handle out in front, some with tight little forward and backward motions, some with wider side to side sweeps. That variation still is not in the game. They talk a lot about presentation but variation in the way players move is probably one of the absolute biggest presentation points there is and they always ignore it.

[hawley088]

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another year and another awful rendering of giroux, somehow it got worse in 16 lol

[Vikes1]

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Yep, trailers are kinda fun to watch. But to echo others, gameplay vids will help much more to see what's in store for '16'. How i hope we see some solid defensive ai in coming vids. To actually see a 1-4 really work, would be fantastic.

[Moose24x]

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A mix of encouraging and disappointing news here. Lots of info: http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nh...ut-nhl-16.aspx

[canucksss]

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A mix of encouraging and disappointing news here. Lots of info: http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nh...ut-nhl-16.aspx

I only browse Gameplay and BaGM

"Player ratings are still sky high, which gives the game very little in terms of player differentiation." (under gameplay)

I dont know how the "edit player" that EA allows will have an affect on this game. This player and team differentiation is one the biggest "MUST" for me and I have the notion that it will still not be there.


"The big addition to Be A GM this year is the player morale system like those found in NBA 2K." (under BaGM)

The last time EA copy from nba 2k was the MyCareer in 14, but poor implementation (ex. text base!). I just hope this could work well as they intend it to be, or else BaGM is just the same old thing, except in 16 they brought back the features that should be in the game at the very first place.

With the player edit announcement from RAMJ brought hopes in me that 16 could be different. But I just learn that you cannot d/l roster or share with someone (unlike in 360, where modio could be used) in the NG brings me back to my original state: very highly skeptic of this game and in EA's ability to produce NHL.

[bigwill33]

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A mix of encouraging and disappointing news here. Lots of info: http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nh...ut-nhl-16.aspx

"The same scoring tactics from last year – wraparounds, screens, high slot shots – all seemed to still work."

"Board play, face-offs, and passing feel largely the same as NHL 15"

"Player ratings are still sky high, which gives the game very little in terms of player differentiation."

These 3 things are essentially the core of how the game plays. If these aspects of the game are not fixed then nothing anyone else says should really matter.

[brandon27]

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Looks good so far. Features are building up nicely as well.

[13whitebread]

Wow not much fanfare at the presser maybe I missed did they even show it at the EA presser?

[Vikes1]

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NZ play and improved defensive ai? I sure hope so.

[actionhank]

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"The same scoring tactics from last year – wraparounds, screens, high slot shots – all seemed to still work."

"Board play, face-offs, and passing feel largely the same as NHL 15"

"Player ratings are still sky high, which gives the game very little in terms of player differentiation."

These 3 things are essentially the core of how the game plays. If these aspects of the game are not fixed then nothing anyone else says should really matter.

Yeah, that one was a bummer for me too. The player editing not being shareable kind of put a damped on the roster party, but now that's definitely not helping matters. EA, why you do dis?

[bwiggy33]

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I'm beginning to think EA believes their gameplay is good, or have somehow ran out of ideas on how to improve it. If the IGN article is true, it's a major let down on what quite frankly sounds and looks like a very promising game. To still be able to score on the same exact dekes and shots at the same rate is just puzzling. This will be the 10th year that the right, left, right deke (or vice versa) will go in nearly every single time, and on breakaways you still won't be able to score by just straight up shooting the puck.

Don't get me wrong, I love some of the additions they have put in this game. The extra details with the arenas (glass netting, mascots, horns, team specific, etc) are stuff I absolutely love in video games. That's what sets games over the edge and boosts the playability of a game IMO. However, this isn't accomplished if the on ice play continues to have the same issues every single year. I am sick of playing what feels like the same game over and over. I don't want to play Be A GM and feel like every game will be the same, except the players names and jerseys will be different than the last team I played. The game is just too dang predictable at this point because everyone looks and plays the exact same, and the same goals are scored over and over. I know people will say they still have time to fix this stuff, but that's bogus. Some of the same issues have been prevalent for 10 years, so I can't imagine they will get fixed in the next 2 months. It's so frustrating because some of the additions sound quite nice.

[bigwill33]

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I'm beginning to think EA believes their gameplay is good, or have somehow ran out of ideas on how to improve it. If the IGN article is true, it's a major let down on what quite frankly sounds and looks like a very promising game. To still be able to score on the same exact dekes and shots at the same rate is just puzzling. This will be the 10th year that the right, left, right deke (or vice versa) will go in nearly every single time, and on breakaways you still won't be able to score by just straight up shooting the puck.

Don't get me wrong, I love some of the additions they have put in this game. The extra details with the arenas (glass netting, mascots, horns, team specific, etc) are stuff I absolutely love in video games. That's what sets games over the edge and boosts the playability of a game IMO. However, this isn't accomplished if the on ice play continues to have the same issues every single year. I am sick of playing what feels like the same game over and over. I don't want to play Be A GM and feel like every game will be the same, except the players names and jerseys will be different than the last team I played. The game is just too dang predictable at this point because everyone looks and plays the exact same, and the same goals are scored over and over. I know people will say they still have time to fix this stuff, but that's bogus. Some of the same issues have been prevalent for 10 years, so I can't imagine they will get fixed in the next 2 months. It's so frustrating because some of the additions sound quite nice.

EXACTLY! A million likes for this.

I have been saying this for years, too. Some time ago this game left the sport of hockey and became who could cheese the best vs who could defend the cheese the best. The game hasn't rewarded real hockey smarts and plays in quite some time.

Give any veteran player of the NHL series the controller and record them playing this game and tell them they have to score within the first 5 minutes, within 2 mins you will have seen 10 rushes up the boards with easy/uncontested entries into the zone, either a deke after crossing the blue line to get to the center of the ice/slot area, or slamming on the brakes on the half boards near the circles and an attempt to cut across to snipe top shelf short side.

If the puck is down low it is constant cross crease attempts that have only been nerfed and countered by dumbing down the passing and skill of the offense, rather than giving the defense the proper tools to defend.

Legacy issues will seemingly once again ruin an NHL game, unless EA has something hidden up their sleeves with gameplay fixes.

With everyone crying about player editing here what has been lost in all of this is that the core gameplay has been broken for a decade and continues to get passed over. Don't get me wrong, I am glad EA managed to get editing players into the game (something that is a staple and a given in every other sports game), but really it is just putting lipstick on a pig at this point. And player editing means absolutely nothing to a gamer such as myself, that plays 95%+ of his NHL online in Versus or Club/OTP.

Fix the gameplay, please!

[Devilsfan3026]

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AI looks stupid in videos, AGAIN. They STILL have that idiotic animation of being able to let go a slapper while moving backwards, which is impossible to get off a good shot. The game play looks like the same old garbage, and by the sounds of Game Informer's piece, it's still plagued by many of the same issues. But lets get excited because features that should have been in last year are back, and because of getting that back they totally blew the game play. They'll make more money again, and keep churning out roster updates every year.

Until I see the goalies tighten up, the defense play properly and correct animations, then I'll be happy.

[AdamJones113]

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Here's my (brief) take:

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