Is NHL 17 Still Worth the Full Price of Entry?

[brandon27]

Re: Is NHL 17 Still Worth the Full Price of Entry?

Very slim chance NHL gets frostbite next year. More like NHL 19 will be the year

Didn't they say all EA sports titles are moving to Frostbite next year? That's what I thought anyways.


As for the question, is it worth it? Maybe if you're hardcore into hockey you'll see the value at that price point. Personally, I think the price point on all games has gotten too high, but that's another issue altogether.


NHL17 for me, felt different out the box, after some updates and tuners, it doesn't feel like the same NHL 17 as before. The addition of owner mode to franchise was, nice I guess, but the fact I can't simply build my team a new arena is a bit mind boggling. Or the fact that it doesn't have me moving into a new arena as the Wings actually are next year in year 2 similar to how Madden does is questionable to me as well. Why they didn't allow the ability to just replace your arena without moving the team though is a bit odd.


That being said, the gameplay is the usual to me. I'd say if you're a diehard hockey fan, you'll think it's worthwhile especially at a sale price like it is presently, but if you aren't. I'd wait until it gets a bit cheaper.

[MizzouRah]

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I think it is, but hockey is my favorite sport.

NHL 17 is much harder for me this year on the new 4/4 full sim, which is great. The franchise mode, which I thought I wouldn't like the owner stuff.. is actually pretty fun. The menus are much faster to navigate and cleaned up nicely. Presentation is much better with total goals shown and more popups like next 3 games on the schedule, milestones, etc.. commentary has some extra lines. Sliders for most of them now go from 0-100.

Overall, I'm having a blast as an offline only player.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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xbox one guys, EA access has all EA sports titles on sale now, NHL17 38.99, so you don't have to pay full price right now if you want it.

[slickdtc]

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39 bucks digitally on both PSN and Xbox box live, now thru the 8th. Might look at picking it up. Loved 16 and only usually do hockey games every other year but might give it a go.

Kinda salty now, I just paid $60 for it on Monday.

Eh, I'm having fun.

[mikeq672]

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If youre a legit hockey fan and/or dont enjoy only playing against the CPU, no its not worth 60 bucks. Game is hot garbage again.

The game is completely unsure of the direction it wants to go, whether its a fun arcadey type, or realistic sim type. This leads to a broken mess of a game where its more effective to figure skate around and flick the puck from the blue line than it is to play a real hockey style game. I have a good record in vs and eashl, most of the time the game is not fun, even when winning. You constantly feel like someone is getting screwed over(whether thats you or your opponent) thanks to the ridiculously high percentage of absolute garbage that goes into the net.

If youre not a real hockey fan, you probably wont notice all the broken parts of the game, unless of course youre playing eashl as the away team and the home team has an entrance prop. Then youll quickly realize how broken the game is because the prop covers half of your defensive zone and you cant see, while your opponent can see just fine. Almost 2 month from release and this hasnt been patched, shows you slow and inaffective this dev team is.

[Södy]

Re: Is NHL 17 Still Worth the Full Price of Entry?

I think it is, but hockey is my favorite sport.

NHL 17 is much harder for me this year on the new 4/4 full sim, which is great. The franchise mode, which I thought I wouldn't like the owner stuff.. is actually pretty fun. The menus are much faster to navigate and cleaned up nicely. Presentation is much better with total goals shown and more popups like next 3 games on the schedule, milestones, etc.. commentary has some extra lines. Sliders for most of them now go from 0-100.

Overall, I'm having a blast as an offline only player.

Yep. Far from perfect. After playing the Beta, I actually sold my PS4 because I thought it sucked. Played a lot of NHL 04 at that time. When hockey season (and the WC) came back and I read about how great the game is offline... I couldn't resist and got an XBOX One with NHL 17. Really enjoying it so far, best entry so far as an offline player. Challenging but not unfair.

[GlennN]

I can't say with regard to NHL 17, but, having purchased every year's version up to NHL 16 and having buyer's regret (on every version after NHL 10), I finally had the backbone to draw the line. I have no intention of buying NHL 17 even on sale. I think EA has given us a product that should be purchased every few years or so.

[BuckTurbo]

They need to add a bit more to the game. NHL games are repetitive and don't offer very much. That being said, they are fun and I would recommend to hockey lovers.

[mlbshower15]

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38.99 on sale now, probably worth it

[Mad Habber]

I am a hardcore hockey fan, but I haven't yet bought an NHL game on PS4. For me the skill stick completely ruins the game, it makes fourth liner muckers look like the games elite. It is way to immersion breaking to see guys like Matt Martin dangle like he was Evgeni Malkin. The puck acts like it is a magnet on the stick, and not sliding on ice like it has a flat surface. I never see it bouncing unless it hits the goal and bounces over his head. In all my years watching hockey I have never seen many goals where the puck bounces off the goalie like it does on Montreal's first goal here..https://youtu.be/za1gk3yTkF4?t=242 but I know this is a common goal, as it was when I last bought an NHL game.

[MavsUCCB]

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I just wish that with this full price we would get some more support with the game, I know it's a big hockey world they cover but comparing how much MLB and 2k update the rosters and tuners I always felt that the NHL series lacks that.
Sure HUT always has updated promotions but a weekly roster update is too much to ask for?

[DirectFX]

Just got it at $38.99 . So far it's been great . No idea why people are complaining about not having enough content?
Seriously you have GM/Franchise Mode very in depth this year, Be a Pro career offline, Season, Playoffs, WC of Hockey, EASHL , HUT, and Dynasty Draft Mode...
Really don't see any modes lacking vs any other sports game as it has some mode for everyone.

[ericromain]

I'm having fun this year. A bit of a superficial observation but I love the goalie posture update. I've seen some amazingly realistic saves this year.

Menus are feeling fresher. Passing is trending right. Goal variety seems to be improving.

I'm a little bummed about HUT, I loved it so much the year it was unveiled when players retired and you started with OHL kids on your roster. Part of the point of the mode was to slowly grind your way to AHL guys than NHL guys. Every year they seem to trend toward gift wrapping you more and more NHLers.