EA's NHL Developers Answer More Community Questions

[13whitebread]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwolchock1689

They seem like the laziest group of developers of any of the major spots titles. Correct me if I'm wrong but even Madden has group TD celebrations now. As does MLB to a lesser extent with walk off wins.

I thought next gen would eliminate the codeing problem for the extra. I guess we will have to wait for next next gen.

[djhallberg38]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake19ny

As much as I'm disappointed by the lack of 5 man celebration I can kind of see what he's talking about. To create 5 man celebrations to include every single player in the game could be time consuming I suppose. The more real faces they add to the harder it gets. If we can't get the five man celebrations this year I wish at least they could do something about the other two players skating away from the celebration like nothing just happened. That makes the whole thing look even worse. At least skate towards the celebration or raise their sticks or something. Even much older versions had all players raise their arms and sticks when a goal was scored

I don't care what they say. How was this not an issue in NHL '11?? How is this not an issue in any iteration of FIFA for as long as I can remember?? There should be no excuse acceptable for not including something so fundamentally a part of hockey. So ridiculous!! It just makes goals seem that much more generic when you see the aftermath. Just drives me crazy! I would be fine with them delaying the launch for a month or 2, just to get it right...or better yet, why can't it be patched in, if they are that hard pressed for development time?

[BearishRiggs]

lol, delay the release a month or two just to fit in the all-important 5 man celebrations. I love it.

[jake19ny]

Quote: Originally Posted by BearishRiggs

lol, delay the release a month or two just to fit in the all-important 5 man celebrations. I love it.

It's not that funny....while I'm quite sure they would never delay the release it is insane, the more I think about, that they cannot get this into the game. Look at a walk off home run in MLB the show....the entire team crowds the hitter at the plate. The celebrations after a goal are a big part of the game and I'm not talking about the idiotic stick riding or dabbing. I think EA has done a pretty good job with some things in this series and maybe they don't want to come out and say, "hey we're doing this with a skeleton crew" but it is stupid that scoring a goal in game one of the season looks and feels the same as scoring a game seven overtime goal. It's just something they don't understand or don't get

[Splitter77]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake19ny

It's not that funny....while I'm quite sure they would never delay the release it is insane, the more I think about, that they cannot get this into the game. Look at a walk off home run in MLB the show....the entire team crowds the hitter at the plate. The celebrations after a goal are a big part of the game and I'm not talking about the idiotic stick riding or dabbing. I think EA has done a pretty good job with some things in this series and maybe they don't want to come out and say, "hey we're doing this with a skeleton crew" but it is stupid that scoring a goal in game one of the season looks and feels the same as scoring a game seven overtime goal. It's just something they don't understand or don't get

the show is also choppy as hell.
the nhl game plays silky smooth 60fps .
the show not so much. especially on cutscenes like the walkoff

[Caniac94]

I've had a much more immersive experience with games like The Show and FIFA as opposed to NHL. I just can't get immersed in NHL.