Anybody like this game so far?
I'm curious to get people's appreciation about NHL 23. The review on Xbox is 1.6 Stars and I see a lot of people quitting the game on the Forum. Personally I think this the worst version of the game...
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Cross-play was a big addition this year, but the gameplay is in a worse state than last year and people are giving up on the game or not playing much. I only play EASHL and the broken and unforgiving stick lifts are terrible. The goalie save frequency for cross-crease and one-timers is ridiculous and sucks the fun out of the game. High scoring chances like that should be rewarded more often like in previous years. Those chances are happening because mistakes were made by the other team. Punish the mistakes and reward the nice plays. The goalie should not be bailing out the team on those kinds of chances often.
It is very frustrating being a fan of this series as EA never seem to get it right. Things that should be obvious for them to fix/tune are left unattended. There are always major issues from year to year that keep people from playing. If they fixed these issues, people would play more and more players would return and recommend the game to new players.
Such a shame that cross-play has been wasted this year on a poor effort of a game. This could have been the year that the community really started to grow again. Now the excitement is gone and more people continue to give up on the game. EA messed up.
@BassMan_PC I keep saying this but it's clearly all in who's making the big decisions, and the guys spending the money. This dev team has shown what they can do and I believe they are just being hung out to dry because so long as HUT packs sell, the investors tell the managers they can't spend, and then since littman left, whoever is making the final decisions is just not making any good ones. It seems he's making decisions to please his bosses, not the customers or fans. That's a problem.
EASHL 6s only player. I enjoy the game for the most part. Stick Lift needs addressed for being a penalty button is my only real gripe when it comes to EASHL.
