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[Al_Tito13]

Updated impressions after playing the full game for some time now...

Likes:
- Puck physics are way way better than before
- Graphics are great
- Presentation is good
- Hockey atmosphere is definitely there
- Slower game pace for a more realistic gameplay
- Interceptions and deflections on players, which result in more loose pucks
- Toned down deking for a more realistic gameplay
- Shot release feels and looks better

Dislikes:
- Not possible to edit players, change jersey numbers or save custom strategies
- Unbalanced gameplay, with offense overpowered compared to defense
- Sticks go through things (players, other sticks, nets, boards)
- Hitting and collisions detection isn’t good at all
- Poke checking is too restrictive, not effective enough and with no left to right control on the stick
- Even if it's better, general AI still needs work and AI players still don't use their sticks enough
- Goalies are weak in some situations and would definitely need an overhaul next year
- Even if I saw the CPU missing sometimes, there are still way too many tape to tape passes
- No new gameplay sliders and still only with a 0 to 6 scale

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by lockjaw333

Yeah they do seem to have a distinct impact. For me even on hardcore the game plays too docile. There is way too much open space and the puck is possessed way too much. I found that lowering things like puck control and passing accuracy and increasing things like aggression, poke effectivess and interceptions made a huge difference in terms of making the game play a more "chippy" game of hockey. I also turned down wrist, one-timer and slapshot accuracy, and you see a lot more shots going wide and ripping off the back boards. This also helps decrease shot totals for the CPU (they really spam shots, especially on cross-crease one-timers). I also upped goalie screen effect and saw some point shot goals. The actual on-ice gameplay is better than it has been in (although fairly similar).

Good stuff. You hit almost every slider I earmarked after playing the demo. Hardcore style is closer to what I'd like to see, but it's not quite there.

[Gagnon39]

Quote: Originally Posted by Al_Tito13

- Not possible to edit players, change jersey numbers or save custom strategies

I thought we could edit our own players jersey numbers. At least in Be A GM.

[hradekbr]

I know this has probably been answered but I havent been keeping up as much as I usually do, is there any form of NHL Be a Pro or Live the Life? If not that might be the final straw for me

[Yzerman101]

Can you create a player and put him in a team in the menu screen and use him in Be a gm?

[Drakar]

My biggest issue with the gameplay is that passes only goes from tape to tape. Its like we are back to NHL 06 all over again. You can't pass using the board. It's a step backward compare to where we were. This is the game breaking mechanic to me.

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by Drakar

My biggest issue with the gameplay is that passes only goes from tape to tape. Its like we are back to NHL 06 all over again. You can't pass using the board. It's a step backward compare to where we were. This is the game breaking mechanic to me.

You can pass using the boards.. I do it all the time.

[MizzouRah]

This is what happens when you mess with Backes!

Crappy phone picture alert!