Presentation Removed in NHL 23
A cont. of the previous thread which has now been locked: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-News/presentation-doesn-t-Work-For-Nhl-23/m-p/12089563#M6443 We have to keep this construct...
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@EA_Aljo wrote:
@ota_keksi wrote:
@Redw91Something constructive would be that the pace of the game is too intense all the time. Opposing team scores a 3-2 go ahead goal and I got a minute remaining to tie the game, I look at the lines thinking which one I should go with and- nevermind we're already taking the faceoff because there aren't breaks from the gameplay. The game is the most furthest from fun and chill if you like to play offline.I understand there's a short window of time to choose your line. When you're in the last minute, try taking a pause and calling a time out. That way you have full energy and a little more time to put in the line(s) you want.
Actually, pausing and calling a timeout reduces the time you have left to put lines out. Due to the presentation being so limited, the offplay scene where the coach is talking to a huddled group of players no longer happens. So when you return from the pause menu, the lineup is already on-ice and the faceoff sequence begins, meaning you have zero time to change the line before the puck drop.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerI'm still seeing the coach. In HUT at least. Regardless, I'll pass on the feedback. I wouldn't mind seeing the animation removed between scenes so lines can still be swapped. Personally, I'm very quick with my line changes so there's always been enough time to get the lines in that I want. It would still be nice to have that window extended by a few seconds though.
- @EA_Aljo In franchise mode, if you’re not quick enough with hitting pause to call said timeout, you do not have enough time to select what lines you want before or after calling timeout. I’m quick with line changes to the point I’ve turned the coach off but the lack of presentation gives you almost no time to set which lines you want to use
@EA_Aljo wrote:I'm still seeing the coach. In HUT at least. Regardless, I'll pass on the feedback. I wouldn't mind seeing the animation removed between scenes so lines can still be swapped. Personally, I'm very quick with my line changes so there's always been enough time to get the lines in that I want. It would still be nice to have that window extended by a few seconds though.
I think the timing of the pause also plays a role in whether you'll get the coach/huddle sequence.
It would be awesome if the timeframe for selecting lines was increased somewhat. Even an extra few seconds of a wide camera angle panning the arena or getting shots of fans in the stands allowing players to select lines.
Of course, once both teams are happy with their lines they can press A/X to skip the sequence as per usual, so this wouldn't be a huge interruption to gameplay. But I think this plays in to the whole broadcast situation. With those elements being shortened so much, you have to be very quick to change lines like you said - but in real life, a whistle gives your coaches time to select lines and allows the home team to match - which is still something EA hasn't worked in to their games yet.
- @EA_Aljo Is it me or are you only replying to those who mention the online side of the game. It’s very obvious going by the multiple threads that removing full broadcasts was a horrible idea as it’s now the most requested feature.
It maybe a good idea to reinstate it in the next patch as a goodwill gesture as the communities faith in EA is starting to buckle.- @DeMiGoD1988 It buckled soon after release. I don't trust EA for any of their games after this bait and switch followed by an expressed disinterest in correcting the issue. I don't know if it is EA as a company or if it is the team in Vancouver but if I buy anything from them it will have already been out for awhile and my anger at this will have to have subsided. I'm around in hope that they will provide what they advertised before the new year, but the chances of me purchasing NHL 24 after this debacle is pretty much nil. Maybe in 10 years I'll buy another NHL game if that isn't fixed soon, but still probably not. They really harmed the trust between the company and its customers this year and have yet to communicate remorse. Aljo can't tell us anything because they won't say anything above him.
I went from someone who bought this game every year and bought the Sims with almost every expansion in 3 and 4 to someone who is uncertain if they would ever buy another EA product again.
Who still has faith in the company? I haven't seen anything they have done to try to regain our trust other than make pre-game intros happen a bit more often - still generally not happen - and add some generic thing for the rest of the teams. No attempt to give what was promised; no attempt to explain themselves; just speaking down to us as if we are unruly for being dissatisfied.And I think a lot of the frustration has to do with the nature of buying in this series.
For example, with The Sims 4, it had all sorts of problems when it first came out. I went back to Sims 3 not long after and only found my way in after most of those problems had been fixed. It was going to be missing a lot of content that was already there in Sims 3, it might not compare at first, but it eventually got there. However, NHL 23 is $100 down the drain. This game will probably never be fixed - you have to buy a whole new game instead. That game may be missing all the things we were expecting in this game too even if we did buy it. It may have even more missing from it. We don't know. What we do know is that the team went off to work on that new game without ever making this game playable. It is not what was advertised and it is missing things that we assumed we could take for granted because it should be cut and paste. If EA was going back in and fixing this game so that it did work right we could think of forgiving them for a bad launch. Many games have bad launches. But when they just put the mess behind them and leave us with the bill it is something completely different. The trust is severed.
