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Madwolf · 08-01-2015, 03:45 PM

Defense (3 games played): Joined a random club and played RD (TWD) for my first 3 games ever. The game is definitely slower and feels a lot different from PS4 NHL15 as far as skating goes. Only 1 guy had a mic, and that was in the 3rd game. So communication was bad, and Teal was always off-sides (DAMNIT TEAL!).

Passing and picking up the puck definitely felt different and more realistic. It can certainly be frustrating at times though.

I over-skated the puck a bit, and still do. It's definitely an adjustment.

Defense overall was a lot better. You could get in the way of pucks, stick lift felt good, and poke check was rewarding for smart play, and spam-fests would get you penalties.

I think checking was improved and more realistic, but there are times when I'd hit a guy with my TWD and not knock him off the puck, or effect him at all despite having good momentum. That was incredibly frustrating.

The thing that was impressed on me the most during the first 3 games, all loses, was that spreading the ice, and cycling the puck was crucial.

Goalies are both better, and the same. I feel like they don't let in shots as easily for the most part, but in Game 3 we basically had a guy just top cheese the goalie twice in a row on a slap shot. Goalie was square and everything.

Center (1 game): Playing center was pretty fun. I was winning 2/3rds of our face offs, and I felt like that was one of the reasons we were able to win. The other team had a human goalie who was definitely struggling, and quit after 2 or 3 goals.

I wasn't able to score, but I was able to get an assist.

Goalie (1 game): I was honestly a little worried about playing Goalie from everything I had heard on the boards thus far. On top of that I hadn't played it since NHL 14, and I never played a lot of EASHL then.

Honestly I came away really impressed playing a Butterfly goalie. As long as I stayed square to the puck, and didn't just drop down to butterfly for no reason I was stopping pucks. I stopped 30 of 33 goals, and was very happy to get the win 4-3.

Out of the 3 times I got scored on, 2 of them I was badly out of position thanks sliding in the butterfly too far across the crease and ending up way out of position.

The right stick for quick pushes across the crease is pretty awesome, and it saved my bacon a few times. It really helps with those teams that just want to cross crease 24/7.

My only major complaint was that the hug the post button or action was incredibly borked. You'd get stuck on the post at times, and other times you couldn't get it to activate at all. I just stayed off the post for the most part, which is one of the reasons I ended up getting scored on.

A minor complaint would be needing to use precision movement so often that it felt like the button should actually be for quick movements, rather than tiny ones. It made no sense that I was holding the button 95% of the time, when I could have only been holding it 5% of the time.

Overall I really liked playing goalie.

08-01-2015, 03:45 PM	#22
Madwolf MVP OVR: 9 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Louisville, KY	Re: Your Thoughts on the EASHL Beta Defense (3 games played): Joined a random club and played RD (TWD) for my first 3 games ever. The game is definitely slower and feels a lot different from PS4 NHL15 as far as skating goes. Only 1 guy had a mic, and that was in the 3rd game. So communication was bad, and Teal was always off-sides (DAMNIT TEAL!). Passing and picking up the puck definitely felt different and more realistic. It can certainly be frustrating at times though. I over-skated the puck a bit, and still do. It's definitely an adjustment. Defense overall was a lot better. You could get in the way of pucks, stick lift felt good, and poke check was rewarding for smart play, and spam-fests would get you penalties. I think checking was improved and more realistic, but there are times when I'd hit a guy with my TWD and not knock him off the puck, or effect him at all despite having good momentum. That was incredibly frustrating. The thing that was impressed on me the most during the first 3 games, all loses, was that spreading the ice, and cycling the puck was crucial. Goalies are both better, and the same. I feel like they don't let in shots as easily for the most part, but in Game 3 we basically had a guy just top cheese the goalie twice in a row on a slap shot. Goalie was square and everything. Center (1 game): Playing center was pretty fun. I was winning 2/3rds of our face offs, and I felt like that was one of the reasons we were able to win. The other team had a human goalie who was definitely struggling, and quit after 2 or 3 goals. I wasn't able to score, but I was able to get an assist. Goalie (1 game): I was honestly a little worried about playing Goalie from everything I had heard on the boards thus far. On top of that I hadn't played it since NHL 14, and I never played a lot of EASHL then. Honestly I came away really impressed playing a Butterfly goalie. As long as I stayed square to the puck, and didn't just drop down to butterfly for no reason I was stopping pucks. I stopped 30 of 33 goals, and was very happy to get the win 4-3. Out of the 3 times I got scored on, 2 of them I was badly out of position thanks sliding in the butterfly too far across the crease and ending up way out of position. The right stick for quick pushes across the crease is pretty awesome, and it saved my bacon a few times. It really helps with those teams that just want to cross crease 24/7. My only major complaint was that the hug the post button or action was incredibly borked. You'd get stuck on the post at times, and other times you couldn't get it to activate at all. I just stayed off the post for the most part, which is one of the reasons I ended up getting scored on. A minor complaint would be needing to use precision movement so often that it felt like the button should actually be for quick movements, rather than tiny ones. It made no sense that I was holding the button 95% of the time, when I could have only been holding it 5% of the time. Overall I really liked playing goalie.