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Jig-Ai11's avatar
12 months ago

Bad goalie control in NHL 24!

Bad goalie control in NHL 24!
I wanted to send this message back in gold. I hope that it's not too late. We hope that the developers will come to their senses and improve.
I started playing as a goalie on PlayStation 3 in an outdated edition of NHL. I got used to the control that was there. I think it's the most convenient that there is now. With the release of NHL 17, you made a new control that was in the previous parts - alternative. But here you made it inconvenient even on alternative control, demonstrating animation with the "R1" buttons on the "⏹️" and "🔘" buttons. I haven't gotten used to these changes yet, because this does not happen, and you have to constantly hold down your thumb with the right stick to press "⏹️" or "🔘" to make a save. And when these animations were located on "R1", the right index finger was always on this button, and it was very convenient and fast. With the release of NHL 21, you will again make changes to the controls and again not to the side. Now you have replaced the animation "paddle down", which was assigned to "right stick down", assigning it "spread v", which is duplicated again on the new "⏹️ + left stick down". And for "row down" you made a generally inconvenient and unintuitive combination "L2 (hold) + ❎", which generally makes its use ineffective and long. And in the game you generally forget about it. Why do it so badly? Why assign one animation "spread v" each time to different buttons? Why not add a new animation? Recently decided to try NHL 24, because you changed the gate controls again. And again made it worse. You took and selected the "Precision Modifier" controls and the animation rotating for quick movements. Now it is impossible to quickly turn from one goalpost to another, quickly roll out of the goal or, conversely, instantly return to the goal. And in general, it was impossible to normally control movement before. This part of the control was very important. Without it, it is now impossible to work effectively in the goal. And what you added to the new part instead of the "Precision Modifier" is a complete disgrace. The animations are jerky, because of which the goalie moves implausibly. Now you have returned to the "R1" button again to what was before, but you could not do it normally here either. Now you have the "v turn" animation repeated three times on different combinations of the "RS down", "⏹️ + LS down, "R1 + LS down" buttons! Three times! What, can't you add new animations for these buttons? You removed the "paddle down" from the game, but you have the "pocket check" repeated twice. Why isn't "paddle down" assigned to "R3"? It would be very convenient. The computer now interferes with your goalie control even more and faster than in previous parts of the series. This is very thoughtful and it's bad. Why even play as a goalie if the computer does everything for the player?
I'll add one more thing! You, EA, in NHL 24 added absolutely no useful new behaviors to the goalie gameplay that no one gets. You still haven't added blocker deflection and manual glove! And you don't do it! The goalie game is 50/50! 50% of the goalie game is assisted by the AI! Why then even play as a goalie if the player doesn't control him 100%?! Get the computer to help you control the goalie and in other positions! It interferes with the game!
P.S. And one more thing! EA, remember! Your main NHL audience is men over 30! Who have been playing your games for ten years! And with each part of the series you focus on beginners and thus make the gameplay arcade. You go to the arcade mode, which is necessary for you to develop in the area of ​​direction. At the moment, hockey simulation.

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  • I mentioned it before and didn’t receive a justifiable response about why they removed “paddle down”.  Most likely because there isn’t one good reason why it should’ve been removed and was probably stupidly over looked when they remapped the controls and they didn’t want to admit it.  Now instead we have “desperation save” mapped to two buttons.  😏

    It NEEDS to be brought back for 25 as it’s an essential tool for every goalie.  If it isn’t then EA is definitely clueless and ignorant of their customers.  Here is a recent video showing the importance of this tool.  

    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/cQpywugMQg81pgNQ/?mibextid=gYSGZt

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