NHL 16: Official Gameplay Balance Video, Trailer and Blog

[Steve_OS]

The NHL team stated two videos would be available today, and we have now received them. For many folks, this will be their first look at real gameplay in NHL 16.

You can take a look at both videos above (NHL 16 Gameplay Balance Trailer, NHL 16 Overhead Gameplay) and talk about what you like or don't like in each video.

On a personal level, I find the trailer to be more impressive just because you get a closer look at some of the actual improvements up close. In the gameplay video, even with the time stamps provided by EA, it's harder to appreciate some of the new stuff. I am a bit biased though because as someone who has played the game, I have found it's easier to get a feel for these new changes rather than watching them on screen.

Source: NHL 16 - Gameplay Balance (EA Sports)

[spidertour02]

I think I'm going to stay away from these boards for a day or two, knowing the reaction that this will surely generate.

[Don Jon]

Glad they showed us unedited gameplay. For me, the trailer did a better job on showing off the nice footwork that they implemented. It looks good, and so does the new defensive awareness. That being said I really hope the puck pickups and skating improvements are much more noticeable when your holding the controller, because you'd have a hard time convincing most of the public that the second video wasn't nhl 15 gameplay.

[adayinthelife]

Quote: Originally Posted by Don Jon

Glad they showed us unedited gameplay. That being said I really hope the puck pickups and skating improvements are much more noticeable when your holding the controller, because you'd have a hard time convincing most of the public that that wasn't nhl 15 gameplay.

Agreed. Hopefully there's a level of feel to those modifications, because the first video looked great, while the second looked a lot like NHL __.

[The Visualizer]

The strafe and seamless puck pickup animations look really good.

Lots of good stuff in these videos that should bode well for EASHL with mostly human controlled players.

Neutral zone A.I. on both sides of the ice still looks unnatural with their decision making and im still waiting to see if they made big strides with goalies or else all of these other changes will be meaningless as games will still be 5-4 affairs again this year where any decent chance finds the back of the net.

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by spidertour02

I think I'm going to stay away from these boards for a day or two, knowing the reaction that this will surely generate.

If anyone goes major clown shoes and doesn't just talk about the content of the trailer and gameplay video, they will have to deal with the results. You shouldn't feel afraid to talk about what's here if you want.

[shogunofharlem3]

Oh boy. I'm going to stay positive but didn't see any neutral zone pressure.

The goalies still can slide in the butterfly to follow the puck without any push, magical magnet under the ice glide. And the goalie made a glove save at the end and finished on hit butt again. Too many saves in 13-15 have the goalies finishing on their backsides. Was hoping that'd be addressed

That being said. The strafing and seemless puck pickup is nice addition. I like the way the players reacted to pucks near them on defense by blocking lanes.

[nordiques1995]

The skating is sweet !

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