EA's Priorities
Rather than taking the True Broadcast thread off topic, I thought it best to create a new thread for this. @EA_Aljoyou were talking about different teams within the NHL team working on different a...
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I would be willing to bet the largest proportion of the community would say the same thing as @EA_Aljo in that gameplay is priority 1. I actually had no idea presentation was so high on people’s list until it was removed this year. For some reason, EA obviously had no reason it was such a priority as well, even though that is something they should know.
The thing with prioritizing gameplay is that there are so many different views on what gameplay should be prioritized. Between offline/online, WOC/HUT, defence/offence, human/AI, that splits gameplay priorities into many possibilities. Based on where the gameplay has gone recently, it seems EA has put all of their eggs into one basket which is the online offensive forward that wants to score highlight reel goals and the core of the gameplay is based around that.
I’ve heard many say this years gameplay is the best it’s ever been, but the majority of gameplay changes online players see each year are just tuners. Offline players are usually adjusting sliders to their liking and very rarely even notice the changes made to gameplay like online would. So while I completely understand the statement and idea that gameplay should be prioritized, to many users that doesn’t even appear to be accomplished. Combine that with features being removed, ignored, not working or poorly implemented and it’s easy to see why many are disappointed with not only this game, but the direction of the franchise as well.
@Beauts90 yeah they try to cater for offensive highlight reel stuff for sure (which make gameplay very hollow), but same time remove presentation to the point you can’t even see those highlight reels. It’s so nice to have that 3sec goal replay showing quality paint job of arena ceiling with some xfactor icons hovering on air…
I'm sure that there is a lot more the actual EA NHL team could do to improve the game and react to the feedback people are giving them, but at the end of the day the team is limited to whatever EA as a company let's them do. I can assure you the company doesn't give a damn about offline players and how they feel about stuff like presentation etc. All they care about is HUT and microtransactions, things that print money for them. So whatever you do do not give them your money. Stop buying HUT coins and special edition versions of the game. Never pay full price for the game, you can always find the game on sale somewhere almost immediately after launch. Vote with your wallet. I play multiple other EA titles and it's the same in every game. @EA_Aljo keep up the great work sharing the community's feedback with the team. While i don't agree with your personal opinions about the presentation stuff etc (i'm sure there are very passionate people in the NHL team who do care about the different aspects of the game) i just wanted to let you know many of us do appreciate your work here.
We all need to get together and drum up noise outside of these forums.
I mean creating a petition or PSA on NHL 23 and spreading it like wild fire.
- @Redw91 I did that over a month ago. Feel free to spread it like wildfire.
https://yttribune.com/2022/10/14/nhl-23-review-a-disaster/ - EA_Aljo
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Locking this thread as it's not going anywhere constructive.
