Love it!
I’m getting pissed at the OT nonsense. So now we get like a few minutes of OT designed to just end right away, and then a heavily lopsided shootout that benefits teams with only 2 or 3 superstar players on them (shootouts should be five players each, not three). Fuck right off. At least they didn’t fuck over fighting again, this year.
that NHL 16 cover looks like ass.
NHL 15 was fucked because they made two versions. A normal for last gen fuckheads, and then the superior version on next gen consoles. Too bad they rushed the next gen version, and missed all the key modes, and features (can’t get knocked on the bench, Be A Pro got fucked over hard, shitty AI, awful ref’s calling goalie interference cuz your stick touched the goalie AFTER YOU SCORED, all that nonsense)…The game was good, but I’ve ragequit NHL 15 more than any other game in history.
I’m still waiting for an individual penalty slider, rather than the 80’s settings they have in the game. Perhaps some definitions would help, as well. Oh, my options for penalties are either call way too many, or don’t call any of them, or continue being completely random about when you’re going to ignore a blatant goalie interference or hit from behind, for an easy free goal. Oh a slider for how you want my players to deal with dump ins, and it goes from 0 to 10. Ummmm ok, what does 0 and 10 even mean? Will they chase the puck more? Are they going to anticipate a 2 on 1?
Speaking of which, how about when I go into their zone, my wingers don’t suddenly change sides, and skate right the fuck into me. Really, why is my right winger suddenly in my fucking left winger’s way?
At least it looks like defence won’t accidentally go offside (or wait outside the blue line all the time, thus negating the fact they’re FUCKING DEFENDING THE PUCK LEAVING THE OFFENSIVE ZONE)…
Now if only goalies knew how to deal with pucks that haven’t been shot (trip or hit a guy on a breakaway, watch the puck trickle to the goalie, then watch him fail tremendously because they’ve never programmed goalies to deal with pucks that weren’t shot by a player).
I think EA gave up on NHL games a while ago.
That’s why the new ones end up with less features than more.
Reminds me of how they’ve treated FIFA on the PC for several years. They just stopped updating the engine, slapped new menu and HUD graphics, and sold it as a new game. Just need Tecmo Bowl to return and send EA packin’.
I think they got happy with what (little) they had. Or did their traditional “Roster Update 20XX” bullshit again, and people got pissed they were spending full price for just a roster update, one new deke, and different songs during the menu. They started getting all those awards for best sports game, then you look at what was getting changed each year, and it was trivial nonsense. Oh boy, you made GM mode slightly different, now I can change the colour of the seats. Meanwhile you can still run into a goalie and it’s not a fucking penalty. Yeah, thanks for fixing what needed to be fixed, with that ONE FUCKING YEAR between titles.
Seriously, they haven’t updated defence, or goalies, since probably bringing the skill stick into the game.
They try to find new ideas for the games, and come up with mother fucking zamboni racing, but ignore bonified hits like Free For All mode, and it took them like 5 years of people bitching about Ultimate Teams to realize that yes, if people are going to be spending money on their ultimate teams, then fucking be logical and let me play my fucking friends.
And I STILL can’t play online with a custom team? Why? Why can’t I draft teams with some buddies, and we can play each other with our drafted teams? Instead, I gotta hold draft parties at my place, and we all need my console to play in the future, because that’s where they’re saved to.
One of the main reasons why I dislike the irrelevancy of memory cards.
Wanna play wrestling with your own wrestlers? BRING ALONG YOUR CONSOLE
like, whatever happened to the cloud? Why can’t I save some of my shit on my phone to bring to a buddies house? Like, why are these things so difficult?
One thing I absolutely can’t stand about consoles, is the fact that they’re basically tied to wherever you live.
I heard that.
Fuck I miss memory cards.
I was so mad when I couldn’t transfer data on a USB from one Ps3 to another… Like why not?
Fuckers.
ANYWAY… Hockey talk!
Uhh hello GMs! Can we trade?
Hockey noob question, why don’t they just do ties after 1 or 2 over times?
I know the players go through alotta shit throught the season so they want games decided without running teams into the ground, but isn’t a 3 on 3 kinda lopsided for like 1/4 the NHL? I would really hate to play against alotta teams that were in this years playoffs using this format. Hawks are going to kill. Even the 2nd line seems a lil OP in this format.
Cause they got sick of ties and removed them in 2005.
They wanted a definite winner and loser.
It’s funner for fans if you ask me.
3 v 3 shinny OT followed by a shootout. I love it!
There won’t be many shootouts. When they were trying this out in Juniors, it just ended up being suicide pass after suicide pass, and back and forth crazy chances. Not exactly boring hockey, but shootouts will go down dramatically.
I honestly can’t wait. Sounds exciting as fuck.
You going with? I would put JvR instead of Tyler, but who would win faceoffs?!
Bozak - Kessel - Rielly?
Reduced Shootouts? Wish the Kings had that going for them last season
Depends who makes the team this year, and if Kessel is still around. I think Bozak might get the boot. At best, he’s a second or third line centre. I still think him and Kessel are gay. Who the fuck lives in an apartment with another dude when they’re rich, and in their late 20’s/early 30’s?
I’m hoping Kessel gets traded before the draft.
It does sound exciting AF, but can you really put on a decent defensive front with just 3 players? Sounds like, if you don’t have 2 or 3 stars, you’re fucked. I can definitely be wrong, tho.
How’d they handle penalties? Especially ones that carry into OT.
3 on 2, just like normal 
Hey sovi3t…
What did you guys do to move down to the 8th spot? lol
That’s a lot of ice to cover.