Is this looking as great as I think it is or is disappointment looming?

[japinard]

I've read quite a bit on this and the changes and additions sound great. Does everyone/anyone have confidence in this year's release?

[TheWarmWind]

Re: Is this looking as great as I think it is or is disappointment looming?

EA's been suspiciously quite leading up to release, giving a lot of generic or vague answers to simple and direct questions. They keep on saying that it's going to be awesome, but honestly I got burned with last years purchase and this just seems like more of the same. I will, at the very least, wait until the reviews and some gameplay videos come out.

To put this in context, I only play offline, Be a GM.

[japinard]

Re: Is this looking as great as I think it is or is disappointment looming?

EA's been suspiciously quite leading up to release, giving a lot of generic or vague answers to simple and direct questions. They keep on saying that it's going to be awesome, but honestly I got burned with last years purchase and this just seems like more of the same. I will, at the very least, wait until the reviews and some gameplay videos come out.

To put this in context, I only play offline, Be a GM.

That's me too a lot too.

[SterlingArcher13]

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I think for the guys that only play the one mode exclusively you may not be overjoyed with the final product, but that is because they put a lot of time and effort into improving several modes, so I doubt there will be any groundbreaking features in the modes that you favour most. Though they should hopefully be fully playable again unlike last years version.

[HypoLuxa13]

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The initial looks at Be A Pro look promising. And honestly, I thought last year's game was decent after making a LOT of tweeks and adjustments to sliders. I mean a LOT. But still, I had quite a bit of enjoyable game play after getting the sliders to a good combination.

Be a Pro was a total waste with the ability to sim to next shift being removed last year. I think I played about 5 games of BaP and gave up on it. So just the fact that they added the sim to next shift back in is very appreciated. Obviously all of the other missing features were severely missed by a lot of people too.

[Turbojugend]

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I'm on the "looking great" side. 15 wasn't an awful hockey game by any stretch, I played a ton and enjoyed it even though it was lacking in modes and features. Based on what I've seen and played of 16, it's a step up both feature-wise and content-wise, so that's enough for me.

[The Visualizer]

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It looks like its shaping up to be a minor improvement overall compared to where the series left off last gen now that most of the game modes and features have been restored.

A.I. still isnt up to an acceptable standard and the lack of options in the corners and in front of the net still result in it being videogame hockey.

If you can get past that, or EASHL, Be A Pro or Be a GM interest you they all seem to be improved.

Im excited because I pretty much skipped NHL15 but imo we are far from this "looking great" at this point.

[aparks87]

Re: Is this looking as great as I think it is or is disappointment looming?

As long as Rammer is still in charge..the game will be garbage. The series was in much better hands when Dave Littman was in charge. The current crew continues to under-impress year after year and is still allowed to make the game. It's unfortunate.

Now, i know some of you will probably bash me for it, which is fine. Be a fanboy all you want. As long is these guys are in charge (and like most sports games...dont have a competitor game to push them) we will most likely get mediocre-at-best games.

There. I said it.

[wenkaz]

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After seeing the new dev diary of be a gm... I can't say that I'm impressed. I mean, the new morale system is nice I guess, but I'm afraid that it won't have a big effect on the actual gameplay. Everything else is already in the bareboned NHL 15, except for the wonderful return of my beloved AHL teams. I'm not impressed, however, if the gameplay(ai) has more variety it might be a buy for me anyway.

[thiel82]

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After skipping out last year (I was hyped for 15...and then the reviews came in), I really want to buy back in.

There's just no way I can justify a preorder and will have a tough time throwing anything more than $40 EA's way for it. I can't be alone in this, and kind of wonder if a quick price drop will happen to get people back in the game.

[fiddlerpaul]

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I'm just glad they put back Play a Friend in HUT plus offline seasons. Things I used to do a lot in NHL 14.
Not sure about EASHL this year....how much staying power it will have without player progression. Good for a few months maybe then will get boring I'm thinking.
If they've tweaked some gameplay stuff a bit I'll be happy overall.

[aaron777]

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Man I dunno I'm on the fence .I never bought last year's and it was tough. I want this new one to get good reviews but it just seems they either lack motivation or something. They are so gun-ho with this hut and that eshl ( whatever they call it ) they don't seem to put the effort in bagm. Someone mentioned it in another post they should just make 2 games. Have the gm mode then have the other modes as another release. probably would never happen . At the very least dedicate a full year to the gm aspect of it then it gets done properly .

[ComaFaction]

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I am underwhelmed. It doesn't seem like the Nhl team is able to produce a game that can meet the expectations of today's sports gamer. We constantly hear "This is something we are looking at for down the road....." for features that have no excuse to be absent in the game.


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[goillini03]

Re: Is this looking as great as I think it is or is disappointment looming?

I want to like what I am hearing, but I will wait for the reviews to come out before purchasing. There are a lot of games coming out soon, so there is competition for my hockey fix.

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[THESHAMISASHAME]

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I only play one mode and I think its looking Great !!!!!!!! and if you enjoyed gameplay from last year you will probably also enjoy this years game and I only hope the Defensive AI is improved position-ally .

Playoff beards that progress , mascots and tons more atmosphere looks pretty darn good IMO and hopefully more real player faces make it in the game .