NHL 13

[killgod]

Ask whatever you want to know..

 

[Boss AZ]

Can you send me a PS3 copy of the game?

 

[killgod]

:nope:

 

[killgod]

First impressions

-Skating really changes the game, love it online.
-Won 4-1 and lost 4-3 so far, I blame the ps3 sticks cause it just feels weird to me. Goalies are better and will make some great saves though.
-GM Connected looks great.

 

[leaffan]

Almost every guy I've talked to at this point has said the game is god awful or broken as hell. They all hate the new skating and say its just a slower pace with the same bs that hasn't been fixed from last year.

I still haven't given the demo a whirl yet since I've been busy but ill have to check it put before buying this year.

Really how bad is the gameplay?

 

[dave]

I have the game via EA early release .... and it drives me crazy to say this, but I'm sorry .... other than a few cosmetic changes, it feels like a DLC release. Nothing about this game makes me wanna rush out and spend $60 for it.
Wow ... fast skaters skate faster than slower ones.
Shouldn't that have already been happening?

 

[killgod]

Almost every guy I've talked to at this point has said the game is god awful or broken as hell. They all hate the new skating and say its just a slower pace with the same bs that hasn't been fixed from last year.

I still haven't given the demo a whirl yet since I've been busy but ill have to check it put before buying this year.

Really how bad is the gameplay?

Well people hate change and the new skating is a relatively noticeable one. I'm for it. It's not perfect and oddities happen, but makes for a better playing game.

I don't think the gameplay is bad at all, I played a playoff mode this weekend, at 8 min periods and played 16 games before getting eliminated in 5 in the East final. To sit and play 16 games vs the CPU from Sat night through Sun night is not something I would have done in NHL in years.

I have the game via EA early release .... and it drives me crazy to say this, but I'm sorry .... other than a few cosmetic changes, it feels like a DLC release. Nothing about this game makes me wanna rush out and spend $60 for it.
Wow ... fast skaters skate faster than slower ones.
Shouldn't that have already been happening?

lol ok.







There's things I like, things I don't and some things that don't seem to work right but I find the game to play quite well. Complainers gonna complain.

 

[Leftwich]

I think im gonna break down and get it. Not a hockey fan but from years past playing with friends led to some very good games. An experience i cant compare to madden

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[dave]

lol ok.

There's things I like, things I don't and some things that don't seem to work right but I find the game to play quite well. Complainers gonna complain.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna buy the game.

 

[Ravin]

So who has it so far? This is the first year I haven't got up and got it by 10am.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

So who has it so far? This is the first year I haven't got up and got it by 10am.

It's out? I didn't even know it was coming out yet. I don't think I'll be getting it any time soon.

 

[killgod]

Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna buy the game.

It's not about that, just the lack of notice in skating is surprising. It's rather significant and a pretty big adjustment.

Many posters who had Season Ticket on OS claimed the game was too hard and were struggling on Pro being outshot 30-10 by the CPU, unheard of in previous NHL. Probably because they are trying to play it like years past, you really have to change how you play or you'll fail and get frustrated.

It's funny how you pointed out "fast players are now fast" cause literally there was not much difference in speed last year..or any year. It's not so much speed now as it is the skating. Catch a defender flat footed or facing the wrong way and you can blow by him...previous NHL you could unrealistically turn around and cut him off.

This kind of change and stuff will rage people, have them claim the game sucks and what not....most people just don't do change. I say fuck em and just embrace it. Plays way more like hockey.


Another huge thing I've come to like is stick checking. Players are so much better at using their sticks on loose pucks, defending and on the forecheck. You can really harass defenders on a strong forecheck by getting your stick out there. In years past poke check was over powered, but it's not like that. The offence just has to take better care of the puck, as well as use tools like stickhandling with the RS or protect puck to manage.


The biggest killer, and it really needs a fix from EA, is vision control. L2 has become backskate/vision control...but backskate is whack and can be used cheesy if you want. EA is trying to patch it...but I don't care for that. It's vision control that's ruined....cause it doesn't fucking work.

You can't square up for a one timer shot, can't position well as a defender...if you use L2, your player will twist around like a fucking retard and end up backwards to the play. Shit is aggravating...you just can't use it as you used to anymore. Literally don't press it.


Regardless, I oddly, LOVE...playing the CPU and online. Both are a shit ton of fun and I will play 10x NHL than Madden this year. Easily.

 

[leaffan]

So literally none of my normal NHL buddies are getting the game today. The one guy who has it early pretty much said to stay away from it for a bit as its glitchy as hell and 1v1 is already overly frustrating thanks to EA not fixing most of the problems found last year. The back hand skating thing is as bad as we thought it was going to be apparantly.

I played the demo a bit last night and its just new skating but ignoring other problems.

Those OS guys your talking about must be absolute shit because even at all star difficulty it played "as hard" as last years did in the demo anyways.

I won't be able to pick it up till the weekend because I don't have any cash right now.

 

[Lanteri]

It's not about that, just the lack of notice in skating is surprising. It's rather significant and a pretty big adjustment.

Many posters who had Season Ticket on OS claimed the game was too hard and were struggling on Pro being outshot 30-10 by the CPU, unheard of in previous NHL. Probably because they are trying to play it like years past, you really have to change how you play or you'll fail and get frustrated.

It's funny how you pointed out "fast players are now fast" cause literally there was not much difference in speed last year..or any year. It's not so much speed now as it is the skating. Catch a defender flat footed or facing the wrong way and you can blow by him...previous NHL you could unrealistically turn around and cut him off.

This kind of change and stuff will rage people, have them claim the game sucks and what not....most people just don't do change. I say fuck em and just embrace it. Plays way more like hockey.


Another huge thing I've come to like is stick checking. Players are so much better at using their sticks on loose pucks, defending and on the forecheck. You can really harass defenders on a strong forecheck by getting your stick out there. In years past poke check was over powered, but it's not like that. The offence just has to take better care of the puck, as well as use tools like stickhandling with the RS or protect puck to manage.


The biggest killer, and it really needs a fix from EA, is vision control. L2 has become backskate/vision control...but backskate is whack and can be used cheesy if you want. EA is trying to patch it...but I don't care for that. It's vision control that's ruined....cause it doesn't fucking work.

You can't square up for a one timer shot, can't position well as a defender...if you use L2, your player will twist around like a fucking retard and end up backwards to the play. Shit is aggravating...you just can't use it as you used to anymore. Literally don't press it.


Regardless, I oddly, LOVE...playing the CPU and online. Both are a shit ton of fun and I will play 10x NHL than Madden this year. Easily.

Glad you pointed out the the vision control thing before I put the game in. I pretty much had that held down at all times playing defense and stuff last year. Does VC still work for offense? You know, so you shoot instead of throwing checks and getting called for interference and stuff like that? I know you said the one timers are janked up, but what about that?

edit: Also, does that mean you should leave auto back-skate on for now if you can't vision control on defense? I feel like that's gonna feel retarded either way...

 

[PP]

Playing the Season ticket I agree with KG about the vision control. Drove me apeshit.

 

[jms493]

What is "Vision Control"?

 

[ryne candy]

What is "Vision Control"?

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/8669597.page

The last thing I wanted to touch on was the revamped vision control. The left trigger/L2 is now your backskate, all the time. For those of you that play with Auto Backskate turned off, this might not be a huge switch, but for me, it certainly was. For forwards, this means an easier way to get to your forehand for a better shot, and less shovel-shot one-timers on the backhand. I was able to pull off some neat Datsyukian moves on the breakaway/penalty shot using this feature, though not many of them went in. On the defensive end, I found it was easier to get turned around when you wanted to, although there were still a few sticky moments where my skater couldn't decide which way he wanted to turn around when I let off the trigger. It's easier to angle yourself for a good poke or stick lift, however, and checking feels better with the ability to step sideways into a guy, rather than being forced to catch him with the alligator arms a la NHL 12.

The menu screens are from PS3, so I'm assuming the gameplay is on PS3 and it looks nice.

 

[Rip]

Disappointed thus far.

 

[Ravin]

This is making me really want to just skip the game this year. I think so far KG is the only one with something good to say about the game. I liked the skating and 'change' doesn't scare me, but it just seems like not enough of what was broken was fixed.

Plus when you add in no hockey this year, really hard to get into it, even more so with football now on 3 nights a week.

 

[Rip]

It's got a lot better now that i'm getting used to it.