We Need Actual Gameplay Fixes For NHL 23...
So this happened tonight in a Rivals matchup https://youtu.be/TxQ3F7LyLzw . I was up 2-1 on my opponent and this tied the game just for me to have my forwards make a line change in OT leaving me defe...
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They have made it clear they won't be doing gameplay updates. No good reason was given as NOBODY is happy with the state of the game not even the previous "gamechangers". The devs/community mangers are either blind or just stubborn to admit all the issues that need fixing. It is actually embarassing to see one of the top NHL streamers post video after video of what is wrong with the game and then come into these forums and see community managers state they need more video proof. Play one single game and you will see issues. They either don't care (this is the way I am leaning) or are that blind. Add on all the ridiculous suspensions and bans it just makes the game unplayable.
EA_AljoCommunity Manager
The reason we need video is because we're not always able to reproduce what is reported. There are of course issues we have reproduced, but if we're asking for video, it means we still need it to help with the investigation. I personally have experienced many of the same issues as you all and have acknowledged when we're aware of them.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you've been living in Canada, over the last several years, and have seen what we've been dealing with, it's evidently clear that corporate corruption ru(i)ns everything that we've become accustomed to enjoying. And that's not just periodically, it's permanent.
Stop buying this game. That's a start.
It’s really quite simple: don’t buy NHL24. It’s the only message they understand.
There’s no point in reporting issues to the community managers because it’s abundantly clear that their entire remit is shush down the glaring problems and gaslight the community by denying glaring issues aren’t really because “we’ve investigated and can’t reproduce the problem” that everyone experiences every single game or “ your video isn’t quite from the right angle/right speed/ doesn’t show context”, or “ you didn’t minutely turn left/right/up/down and in this one single frame x happened” or simple outright locking the topic/deleting the post/banning you for reporting it
And here is why that is the case: they can’t fix the issues because EA is philosophically bought into the Frostbyte engine - every single game they produce - from RPGs to driving games to first person shooters to sports games are built on the same underlying architecture. there was a good article written two years ago detailing the difficulties they have in writing single player games on an engine that assumes a client-server architecture . So when the NHL team actually has physics problems, that has to get kicked up to the team in charge of the core Frostbyte engine and how high do you think NHL issues, a small franchise with a small community , ranks in their priority list compared to, say, Battlefield, or FIFA or NFL?
so it’s a lot easier to just keep regurgitating the same game, make a few minor tweaks, overpromise the handful of fixes they did , and then tell the community managers to keep a lid on things as best as they can. And as long as the addictive part of pack sales keeps players playing the game and spending money , where’s the issue? The fact that the gameplay is atrocious and the community is upset doesn’t show in the sales figures.
so again: don’t buy NHL24. It’s the only message they will understand. I won’t and I faithfully bought every game since 92. Enough is enough.
- @EA_Aljo What good has come of all these guys taking time out of their lives to upload videos if the EA Team fixes NOTHING since launch?
