NHL 17 Hands-On Preview (Sportsnet)

[Simple Mathematics]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

The community has been very loud in their disappointment with the way EA's handled this series' rosters ever since the transition to the current generation of consoles. Because of user-created roster editing/sharing tools, EA's inaccurate ratings, small ratings scale, and infrequent updates weren't much of an issue on the previous generation of consoles. But once the community lost access to those user-created editing/sharing tools on PS4/XB1, EA's poor handling of the rosters has been magnified. Either EA needs to hire someone who can make good official rosters (like how NBA 2K hired Mike Stauffer), or EA needs to give the community tools that can correct their mistakes.

If the EA NHL team ever wants to hire someone to handle their rosters, I will gladly take that job.

And by the way, to all the people out there who are asking/pleading for roster sharing - thank you. I have seen either my name or the Revamped Rosters name thrown around a lot too and I am extremely grateful. I genuinely love editing rosters and I love getting every single rating accurate and it feels great to get a positive response from everybody.

[kariya05]

Of course they don't allow roster sharing. It's been the same game since NHL 09. If they allowed roster sharing no one would have a reason to buy it each year.

[DJ NEO]

Quote: Originally Posted by kariya05

Of course they don't allow roster sharing. It's been the same game since NHL 09. If they allowed roster sharing no one would have a reason to buy it each year.

yeah, there actually can be some truth in this statement.
Maybe a huge part of reason why there is no PC version of this game.

Imagine if community keeps adding rosters and visual updates (jerseys, ices etc) every year themselfs FOR FREE.

What (new) would left from the game?

[iam31yearsold]

Game looks like it will be a waste of time.

NHL13 + revamped for another year,

[Simple Mathematics]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ NEO

yeah, there actually can be some truth in this statement. Maybe a huge part of reason why there is no PC version of this game. Imagine if community keeps adding rosters and visual updates (jerseys, ices etc) every year themselfs FOR FREE. What (new) would left from the game?

If they innovate enough, people will still buy the new game.

[ozcore]

passing on this year as well. no roster sharing which has been asked for years and mlb the show has it already for 3-4 years. pathetic EA. I'm not dishing up more dough for just revamped rosters. EA should be ashamed of themselves for fooling peoples every year.

[Smirkin Dirk]

So as an offline franchise gamer these are the 3 improvements I can see.

1. Something about net battles.
2. New goalie animations.
3. Being able to control food prices that stopped being interesting in Madden at least 3 years ago.

There is no...
1. Improved board play
2. Shareable rosters.
3. Team and player differentiation.
4. Neutral zone improvements
5. Making playing defense more varied and interesting.

[DJ NEO]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simple Mathematics

If they innovate enough, people will still buy the new game.

The question is what is enough tho
If the game cost half, I would be okay with this "enough" we have now.

I would definitelly prefer if the devs get more resources to make much improved game for the full price.