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adayinthelife · 09-27-2024, 05:28 PM

I managed to get one game in, so these are very quick limited impressions.

+ The game overall does look better than it ever has. Brighter all around, ice looks great and player models are proportionately better.

+ The skating feels better than last year and the new LT/L2 functionality is great.

Having said that...

- Everything is as janky as ever. For every nice new skating/edge work animation there are a dozen in between that make players look like crash test dummies having seizures.

- None of gameplay improvements to mobility end up mattering because the AI is as bad as ever, and they don't even make use of the features. CPU defense flying out of the zone for a breakout pass, non-existent coverage, etc, etc, etc

- Horrible goal camera is still there.

- Replays all seem about the same. ******* spot light on big hit replays the same as the above mentioned goal camera. Awful.

- Cybulski needs to be launched into the sun.

Overall, I could copy/paste impressions for basically every EA NHL game from the last decade+. I truly, truly feel like I've been playing the same ****ing game for 18 years now. They need to blow it up and *actually* start fresh. I know they've claimed to have done this numerous times, but I'm sorry, that is utter bull****. We are playing a game that has been tweaked annually since 2006. I cannot do it anymore.

NHL 2004, 06, 2k3, 2k5, 2k6, 2k7, 2k8 and 2k10 are all superior games to this. Of all of the major sports franchises, NHL is the one they is least representative of the actual sport it's emulating, and IMO it's not close.

09-27-2024, 05:28 PM	#5
adayinthelife pissed, or parkinson's? OVR: 22 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,415	Re: NHL 25 Impressions Thread I managed to get one game in, so these are very quick limited impressions. + The game overall does look better than it ever has. Brighter all around, ice looks great and player models are proportionately better. + The skating feels better than last year and the new LT/L2 functionality is great. Having said that... - Everything is as janky as ever. For every nice new skating/edge work animation there are a dozen in between that make players look like crash test dummies having seizures. - None of gameplay improvements to mobility end up mattering because the AI is as bad as ever, and they don't even make use of the features. CPU defense flying out of the zone for a breakout pass, non-existent coverage, etc, etc, etc - Horrible goal camera is still there. - Replays all seem about the same. ***** spot light on big hit replays the same as the above mentioned goal camera. Awful. - Cybulski needs to be launched into the sun. Overall, I could copy/paste impressions for basically every EA NHL game from the last decade+. I truly, truly feel like I've been playing the same *ing game for 18 years now. They need to blow it up and actually* start fresh. I know they've claimed to have done this numerous times, but I'm sorry, that is utter bull****. We are playing a game that has been tweaked annually since 2006. I cannot do it anymore. NHL 2004, 06, 2k3, 2k5, 2k6, 2k7, 2k8 and 2k10 are all superior games to this. Of all of the major sports franchises, NHL is the one they is least representative of the actual sport it's emulating, and IMO it's not close.