NHL 16 Q&A Day #3

[Caniac94]

Yeah I freaking hate how much effort is put into Ultimate Team. That's a game mode I wouldn't touch even if all the other game modes somehow broke on me. I miss the days when the NHL series used to be fun and I looked forward to getting the game each year. *sigh*

[datdoodiemane]

well here it is guys

https://twitter.com/MikeStrawWrites/...44729506160640

"SOURCE: The ability to edit current players IS NOT in the game. You can create/edit new ones, trade them, but NOT edit existing ones #NHL16"

[Don Jon]

Quote: Originally Posted by datdoodiemane

well here it is guys https://twitter.com/MikeStrawWrites/...44729506160640 "SOURCE: The ability to edit current players IS NOT in the game. You can create/edit new ones, trade them, but NOT edit existing ones #NHL16"

The fact that they wete silent on it told me it wasn't in the game. Trust me, if EA puts anything in the game, we'll know about it months in advance. They'll put it on the back of the box and post videos about how they finally put editing back in the game! What a joke smh I wish I could put my nhl video game money in another persons hands cause this is ridiculous

Watch, this is what they'll say when asked directly why its not in "while we're dissapointed not to have editing back in the game, we're happy to have all new skill stick and new GM features. Stay tuned for more!"

Lol like their video game is coded so much differently than all the other games on this site that they couldn't possibly prioritize putting in a staple feature that's been around for decades. Lol give me a break.

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caniac94

Yeah I freaking hate how much effort is put into Ultimate Team. That's a game mode I wouldn't touch even if all the other game modes somehow broke on me. I miss the days when the NHL series used to be fun and I looked forward to getting the game each year. *sigh*

You're preaching to the choir.

I used to snatch up any magazine and online article i could find detailing the NHL series. Just hoping to get a glimpse of some small new addition, or a sentence detailing how improved certain aspects had become.

Now i feel like I'm hoping the scraps from the HUT are enough to make me begrudgingly fork over $60, while i drove home hoping i don't hate it in a few months.

EA's NHL used to be a game that I played up until the day the demo came out, and then I would play the demo to death, before trying to finish up a season a few nights before release day. Now I hesitate to get it, because I just expect for it to get dusty on my shelf before winter even arrives. It's such a disappointment. Hockey's never been more popular, and the NHL series has never been worse...

[Moose24x]

Agree 100%. I used to play each year's NHL until the demo for the next and then play that until the day of release when I would rush to get the new game. Now I have to worry about freaking edit player being included.

[nddurst]

Welp. Lots of disappointing news out of this Q&A.

The biggest for me is a lack of a defensive skill stick, or any addition to the defense arsenal. I'm worried that offensive players will be able to skate right through well positioned defenseman again. Intercepting passes is one thing--but giving a Dman nothing to use in 1:1 situations, aside from the flat-out broken poke check in this game, means that defense is still going to be a joke. Very disappointing. And I'm also assuming that neutral zone pressure will still be absent, although I'm not sure if anyone has asked on the website...ugh.

EDIT: I just asked. Hopefully an answer shows up in the coming weeks.

[Moose24x]

Quote: Originally Posted by datdoodiemane

well here it is guys https://twitter.com/MikeStrawWrites/...44729506160640 "SOURCE: The ability to edit current players IS NOT in the game. You can create/edit new ones, trade them, but NOT edit existing ones #NHL16"

Honestly inexcusable. That's not hyperbole. It is inexcusable. There is no excuse that can possibly be made that would render it acceptable. Pathetic.

[jake19ny]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moose24x

Honestly inexcusable. That's not hyperbole. It is inexcusable. There is no excuse that can possibly be made that would render it acceptable. Pathetic.

I have an excuse but its one EA wont be giving us. Every so often the NHL series makes some changes or upgrades, sometimes as a result of a new platform then the next few releases are nothing more than a new cover, roster update, and a few minor insignificant upgrades. NHL 16 is going to be what NHL 15 was supposed to be and if it delivers on all fronts promised NHL 17 will just be an update release like I mentioned. Holding player edit out until next year will be a marketing feature for us to buy NHL 17. EA does this often, addition by subtraction. they don't have a whole lot left to sell us on so remove a feature, wait 2 years, add it back in and then market it as a new feature.