NHL 16 Q&A Update - Updated Commentary, Defender Control, Goalie Fatigue & More

[brandon27]

Yeah... Look, I get it. I want player editing in too. I think we all would prefer it to be in the game. I'm getting tired of reading "It all doesn't matter, without player editing I wont be buying" over and over again. It's in every thread. Why come back to the NHL threads over and over to say the same things. It sucks it's not going to be in, and I hate it too, so I get it, but it's likely not changing at this point.


That being said... I wish goalie fatigue was in. I guess if the morale system though works as designed, it should be sufficient. Fatigue isn't a huge issue in NHL anyways. Most guys play almost every game of the season anyways, it's not like fatigue comes in to play. Most of the guys that rotate and miss games are from the bottom of the lineup anyways. It's often a decision made on matchups, or morale anyways. As long as it works and isn't overdone I'm happy with that decision.


Good to hear that season with full team control and playoff mode is there as well. Lots of people have wanted that.


I'm intrigued by the defender control stuff. Hopefully they've got it tuned to a point you can actually use a D-man out front to try and clear an opponent away from the front of your net, or tie them up somehow. It would really prevent a lot of those ridiculous CPU goals from crazy rebounds, or unrealistic passes to a guy standing right next to a D-man who apparently is content to just watch the offensive player score. If they can tighten that up, I'd be a lot happier with the gameplay.


Sounds like they've adjusted the player control stuff too in a way to stop onetimers even after you've defended the shooting player. Nothing bothers me more in NHL than not being able to hit/defend a guy because he's invincible in an animation. If they can fix that with board play too, it would be great. Got to get rid of those instances where you're chasing the puck behind your net, the CPU guy beats you to it, you throw a hit, but you just check the air because he's locked into a passing the puck animation. Hopefully those are the things they're referring to with the defender control stuff. I'd love to see them tighten that up.

[Södy]

Achievements... well thats important...

[Vikes1]

If some of this stuff adds up to much more of a balanced game offensive/defensive, minus some of the past craziness,i'll be very happy.

[King_B_Mack]

Minor cosmetic question I've been asking them for about 2 weeks now and getting no response. Trying to find out if the United Center is back in the game or at the very least a less ugly center ice. Guess it's too early to be asking about that?

[GrandMaster B]

I think the United Center still had a agreement with 2K. I thought it expired this year, so hopefully it's back in.

[actionhank]

It's kind of disappointing to see that most of these "updates" seem to be things that were working fine in NHL14 just being brought back after getting cut in 15.

[csamuelsvt]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

Minor cosmetic question I've been asking them for about 2 weeks now and getting no response. Trying to find out if the United Center is back in the game or at the very least a less ugly center ice. Guess it's too early to be asking about that?

Pretty certain I read on here or EA forums that United Center is not in again this year which sucks.

[brandon27]

Quote: Originally Posted by csamuelsvt

Pretty certain I read on here or EA forums that United Center is not in again this year which sucks.

Odd, I could have sworn one of the first few releases from EA about NHL16 showed off the new presentation/arena additions to show the United center was in, along with team mascots etc. I could have sworn it said all the arena's are now in? Think it showed pics too? Can't remember which thread it was. I could be wrong.