NHL 11 Impressions

[Ravin]

Cross crease - no point in complaining about that. It is here to stay and has been since nhl09. It is not going anywhere, and well, by now if you don't know how to defend it, then sucks to be you.

'rocket' wrist shots - these are 50/50. Some can be glitch, some are goalie AI sucking. Again though, I have found when playing guys, they will pull this shit all the time in a game, and it because so easy to defend as you know that is all they do to score.

Wrap arounds - same as everything else. In the game, has been for while, but so easy to defend because people make it so obvious that they are going to do this to score.

Plus I will just say, you must be against a red hot goalie every game OR you are just firing the puck on net, because that many shots should get you more goals. Maybe what you need to work on is holding onto the puck. The longer you have it, the less they don't. What is your time on attack like?

 

[Irish]

My goals usually consist of a bunch of things. I like to slapshot with my D and either play a rebound with the forwards. Or I take my forwards and try to "juke" my defenders and get a nice opening in front of the goal. Most of these same guys chase around on D and I can get a nice pass to someone right in front of goal. Also break aways get me a good amount of goals cause I have a bunch of great "dekers" on my team. Will either get a goal and usually a penalty shot since these guys dive all over the place.

Ive never had a problem scoring goals this year. My time on attack is usually double their's as well. I remember a couple that I have played that stuck out are 11 min to 4 min. Usually I am double them as well.

I do fire on goal a lot. Not always a great scoring opportunity but when I used to struggle in NHL10, my first hockey game, I would try to only shoot on good opportunities. Now I shoot a lot because the more you shoot the more chances one will go in.

And regards to the tuner question, most were last night and two have been today.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

The more I play this game offline the more it pisses me off. I feel like I'm playing guys online that just hold the puck and do circles around my zone and constantly try to dangle/deke every where. My own computer players don't do shit for me, so I'm stuck trying to play all 5 guys at once while the opponent computer figure skates around my zone making these miracle passes through my players. I thought the passing was fine but again, playing it more offline it sucks. It feels like my player has to have the puck for more than a second before I can pass it again. The one touch passes are just weak and go about a foot before they are intercepted. I've noticed my own goalie doing stupid shit. About 3 times in one game when the puck was going behind my net the goalie would come out of the net and then it wouldn't try to stop the puck and then get stuck behind the net leaving me with an empty goal to defend. EASHL is the only thing I'm actually enjoying.

/rant.

 

[wingsfan77]

I've been getting the frozen load screen for drop-in and OTP games all day, anybody figure out how to circumvent that?

 

[Tailback U]

Is anyone else disappointed with this game?

I played the shit out of 09 and 10. Year to year with both of them.

I'm not digging this one. It's just whatever to me. It's kind of boring to be honest. I've played about 20 games and I don't even care about winning or losing.

And I don't even have anything to complain about. The game is far more realistic than last years. I think it's just too slow for my liking or something. I can't quite put my finger on what exactly I don't like about it, I just don't find it all that fun. I play a 2-3 games and I'm bored. I used to play 5-10 games a day on NHL 10 with ease.

Also, just played today with the new tuner and scoring seems easier. Dumb Niemi got beat 3 times on 3 shots from 3 weak ass deke moves. Bad defense on my part, but it feels like they've dumbed down the goaltending and defense a little bit.

One more thing - I hate the passing in this game. It is delayed. There is no such thing as one touch passing and it just slows down the game and makes it painful to cycle the puck or set something up. My only real complaint but it's a huge one.

 

[Ravin]

I'm kind of feeling the same way which isn't good for me, since I played NHL10 all year and didn't buy a new game. I think it may be because there really hasn't been anything new to the game in 3 years. EASHL is still there, but it is still the same shit, just with new physics. HUT is alright, but again, just like EASHL, it is who can buy the most shit that is winning. I can see myself playing a lot more Be a GM, but the computer seems to score the same one-two deke move all the time. Every goal is that in my chise.

As I said, I think it is gettng into that phase where its like, ok, you have the game where it needs to be, now add some more shit to it like online franchise, or other games to play because HUT and 1v1 are boring, and EASHL is still made for those who sit on the game all day long and have no life.

 

[dave]

One more thing - I hate the passing in this game. It is delayed. There is no such thing as one touch passing and it just slows down the game and makes it painful to cycle the puck or set something up. My only real complaint but it's a huge one.

Passing is horrid in this game.

And all the sports games now have the "meh" feeling.

Honestly, look at all of them - innovation has pretty much sucked.

 

[PP]

Passing is horrid in this game.

And all the sports games now have the "meh" feeling.

Honestly, look at all of them - innovation has pretty much sucked.

they dont need innovation. just gameplay that isnt glitched and blows and an online mode with no lag

mlb, madden and nhl dont fit that mold

 

[WalkMan]

All-Star difficulty is perfect for me at the moment.

 

[wr50l]

I've played 12 games, feels like I've played 120. Game is boring as fuck, not helped by people being so shit at it of course.

What really pisses me off is that defencemen have been handcuffed yet again. I'm getting sick of not having the proper tools to defend my slot especially considering all a guy has to do to get a tip is stand in position.

Maybe they should take their 22 sports game of the year awards, stick them up their arse, and quit being so pretentious that they think they can re-create an entire new game every fuckin year.

 

[Tailback U]

Glad I'm not the only one.

Sadly, I think I'm going to be trading this in once COD drops.

 

[leaffan]

Glad I'm not the only one.

Sadly, I think I'm going to be trading this in once COD drops.

:jonesy:

The next CoD looks like another shitfest of a game. lol @ trading it in for that.

 

[Krebs]

i got that way last year for 10, i really just stopped playing it after a month and didnt play for a while. starting to feel that way too

hopefully when hockey season starts ill get more into again

 

[Ravin]

i got that way last year for 10, i really just stopped playing it after a month and didnt play for a while. starting to feel that way too

hopefully when hockey season starts ill get more into again

I think thats the major thing for me. Hockey season isn't going yet, and everyone is all into football.

 

[Boucher]

told you guys

 

[Tailback U]

:jonesy:

The next CoD looks like another shitfest of a game. lol @ trading it in for that.

Does it? I haven't read/seen a single thing on it. Just kind of expected it to be good. Damn.

 

[killgod]

i like the game. most people prefer the game to remain a bit unrealistic, I don't.

so be it.

 

[WalkMan]

I think thats the major thing for me. Hockey season isn't going yet, and everyone is all into football.

Feel the same way as you do..

 

[Tailback U]

i like the game. most people prefer the game to remain a bit unrealistic, I don't.

so be it.

I like the realism of the player and puck physics. I just don't find the gameplay smooth or quick enough. Hockey is one of, if not the, fastest game on earth. I feel like this game is being played on sand rather than ice. As mentioned earlier, the passing sucks as well. It's anything but realistic.

 

[leaffan]

I dunno I am enjoying it a lot more now after this last tuner update. 1.01 was bad in so many ways that I literally stopped playing it for a few days.

I just wish the next roster update would come out so I can get going on my be a gm but the rosters won't be finalized till after the first game of the regular season.