This game's presentation is similar to watching a condensed game online! There's not production value in the games anymore! How did this change get approved? Hardly any stadium shots, instant replays etc. No opening for the start of a new game, straight to puck drop? What is this?! EA please add the broadcast production value back to the game!
For me its unplayable right now.
Another bug I have is that when I play, my faceoff lines are not displayed. The opponent's do. 😢
You are totally right because the game feels so empty without the saves or any replays. I hope they fix it soon. I might have to go back to NHL 22.
This is one of the biggest gags EA has ever pulled, and that's saying something for a dev team that recycles its own features after a few years and pitches them as "new".
The "all new", "revamped" presentation barely shows and EA *intentionally removed full broadcast settings*. Huh? How does the conversation into that decision even go?
Dev 1: "We're going to totally re-do presentation and make it more immersing than ever. And we're gonna never show it."
Dev 2: "Genius."
Dev 1: "Totally. I think we're nailing it here."
It's not even a copy and paste job either. The resolution is actually worse on Xbox One. Jersey numbers are fuzzy, colors are more mismatched, almost no goalies have updated pad colors. In Franchise, I've had to edit several teams already. Why am I doing this?
Aside from a couple "last chance" animations and new equipment, NHL 23 is less of a game than NHL 22. I feel stupid for buying it.
EA really needs to add this back to the game. They shouldn't be touching an NHL 24 until they give us what was promised this year. That said, I know and I think deep down everyone here knows, that EA will not listen to us, they do not care as long as the dollar bills are flying in through HUT packs.
