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Old 12-07-2015, 08:32 AM   #7
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Re: Gamechanger event #1 (very early impressions)

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Originally Posted by Money99
This is me not holding my breath.
I don't doubt what you've seen and played.

But being a former Community guy for a different game (Fight Night) the build we played and the build that was released weren't even close to being the same.
And I've read from other community guys that their experiences were no different for many other EA games.

EA brings in the hardcore and they tweak the game to play for that small, minority, circle of gamers.
The Community guys, in turn, run back to their respective sites, message boards, blogs and praise the EA gods for building a hardcore sim we can all get behind.

But the minute those community guys leave, they change the game back to what the masses would like.

I can't express how excited I was for Fight Night when I first got my hands on it.
I came to these boards singing their praises.
Then the game was released and I had egg all over my face.

The game I played, the jabs and crosses were awesome. You couldn't just wade in and throw punches with abandon. A good jab could keep you at bay, and a flushly landed cross would put you on queer street or keep you honest.
But the retail version dumbed down both punches so they were essentially ineffectual.

I hope I'm wrong about NHL17.
But I've heard this song before.
I feel the same way... but the game wasn't even played. The first meet was a conceptual, "let's hear your thoughts... here are ours," meeting, not gameplay. From other GCs, I heard that there's some excellent stuff planned (obviously may not make it into the final product) and that the dev team really seems to be on board with all the feedback the GCs brought in.

I know that most GCs had a huge list of community wishes and feedback, and that not all of it was finished: that's how far in-depth discussions went. That, ot gameplay impressions, has me excited for 17.
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