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jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
By starting in the CHL, do you mean playing a season there or like last year, playing in the top prospects game, which after that was the draft?
jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
By starting in the CHL, do you mean playing a season there or like last year, playing in the top prospects game, which after that was the draft?
No you can play a full 4 years in the CHL and then move up to AHL and then NHL. I think you even get drafted into the CHL.
Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
By starting in the CHL, do you mean playing a season there or like last year, playing in the top prospects game, which after that was the draft?
No you can play a full 4 years in the CHL and then move up to AHL and then NHL. I think you even get drafted into the CHL.
Holy crap, so 4 years in the CHL, possibly a year or two in the AHL and then the NHL, so you are looking at a minimum 5 seasons (if you jump right away from the NHL from being drafted), to winning the cup. I don't have the time to play that many seasons in a year lol
jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
By starting in the CHL, do you mean playing a season there or like last year, playing in the top prospects game, which after that was the draft?
No you can play a full 4 years in the CHL and then move up to AHL and then NHL. I think you even get drafted into the CHL.
Holy crap, so 4 years in the CHL, possibly a year or two in the AHL and then the NHL, so you are looking at a minimum 5 seasons (if you jump right away from the NHL from being drafted), to winning the cup. I don't have the time to play that many seasons in a year lol
LOL. Ya, I rarely play more than 1 season in GM mode. I've maybe done 2. But it sound very interesting. Probably more geared towards kids who have all the time in the world to play video games.
Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
By starting in the CHL, do you mean playing a season there or like last year, playing in the top prospects game, which after that was the draft?
No you can play a full 4 years in the CHL and then move up to AHL and then NHL. I think you even get drafted into the CHL.
Holy crap, so 4 years in the CHL, possibly a year or two in the AHL and then the NHL, so you are looking at a minimum 5 seasons (if you jump right away from the NHL from being drafted), to winning the cup. I don't have the time to play that many seasons in a year lol
LOL. Ya, I rarely play more than 1 season in GM mode. I've maybe done 2. But it sound very interesting. Probably more geared towards kids who have all the time in the world to play video games.
Yea, most likely, in college (8 years ago) I would play at least a dozen games a night if nothing was going on against random people that walked by. I used to be really good at it and only lost twice to one guy, who I eventually learned how he played and he never beat me again, now I am lucky to score a few goals against most people I play.
jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:Leafaholic99 said:jonlleafs said:I went through some of the features and it looks interesting. If anything, I'd want to get this game for the upgraded roster to the Leafs. The last roster update for last season made this team a lot better versus when the season started.
But the things that I thought were nice improvements were the goalies are not interactive and can be knocked over and the weight of the players matter more now. You can also start your career from the CHL. All-in-all, it's more of an update I think. Nothing radical.
By starting in the CHL, do you mean playing a season there or like last year, playing in the top prospects game, which after that was the draft?
No you can play a full 4 years in the CHL and then move up to AHL and then NHL. I think you even get drafted into the CHL.
Holy crap, so 4 years in the CHL, possibly a year or two in the AHL and then the NHL, so you are looking at a minimum 5 seasons (if you jump right away from the NHL from being drafted), to winning the cup. I don't have the time to play that many seasons in a year lol
LOL. Ya, I rarely play more than 1 season in GM mode. I've maybe done 2. But it sound very interesting. Probably more geared towards kids who have all the time in the world to play video games.
Bender said:So I've finished playing an hour or so of the game.
Some thoughts:
1) The game is better than last year.
The transitions are much more polished, I like the presentation and music more.
Anticipation AI does work, players are actually ready for the outlet pass.
Opposing defenders use a stick sweep as you're coming at them to get you away from making the pass.
It's a lot harder to score. Exploits seem a lot harder to come by.
Goaltender animations are much, much better. There're far more realistic rebounds and saves.
Overall the game is more fluid and more enjoyable.
Opposing team does a great job of clearing the puck while you're on the PP.
Collision animations are a lot better.
Needs Improvement:
The opponent AI is still kind of dopey. They don't seem to have any semblence of strategy while playing against them.
Hits are waayyyy too exaggerated. Any player can lay out almost anyone else except for Chara and actually send them flying. The hits feel like NHL Hitz, it's just too much.
Players still don't skate to their respective sides when a faceoff is called, they just stop skating like idiots.
Pre-recorded animations for pretty much everything kinda sucks. I always felt it took some of the polish away from the game. It wouldn't be hard to code the players skating to the bench properly and having semi-randomized camera angles.
That's it for now![]()
McPwnage said:coming from a guy who doesn't buy much nhl games do you people see a point in buying it every year? Just wondering because I'm thinking of getting it but I might just get nhl11 for much cheaper and play that. Would the nhl11 have a roster update?