CHEL wishlist for NHL 25
This is just for chel as thats all i really play and just my opinions:
1. Remove the total control system and go back to previous years control systems and functionality.
2. rework the net front battles or revert back to previous years because im sick of seeing or taking interference penalties trying to “battle” in front for position
3. remove or rework the pressure system. I dont think it works at all. Too many weak shots go in because the goalie is laying down from “fatigue” when my players cant dump the puck more than 3 feet to clear the zone, so please fix that puck dump nerf too. The patch really didnt fix this. The hitting is much worse so you can’t get possession that way and it handicaps defenders when players just rag the puck and easily stop clearing attempts.
4. Remove the “spotlight” celebrations completely, go back to leaving the camera angle the same for celebrations. Id rather be able to select 4 different celebrations for each button vs some cinematic camera for 1 celebration.
5. Remove or tone down replays. There are far too many replays of goals which is fairly pointless. Makes games longer and you sit and watch 3 replay angles of a simple goal that wasnt “special” or “spectacular”. 1 replay is plenty.
6. please do something with the AI players taking penalties and skating backwards into their own zone as soon as they get the puck. Maybe its just me but my cpu dmen players seem to always want to backtrack into their zone.
7. Would be cool to have a pool of cpu players to choose from if i dont have 5 human skaters online in my club. Let me select from a pool of cpu players that are different player type builds even if they are all just a set standard build.. ex: two way defenseman, offensive defenseman, enforcer defenseman. I get to choose what player type i want to fit my clubs playstyle.
8. rework the hitting and animations to mix with what NHL 23 did and NHL 24 animations. I think the animations were alot better for hits in NHL 23 and previous years. They seemed bigger and more fun. Reward players who are good physically to match the players who use a small fast build. There is far more reward for a player if i miss a hit vs when i make contact and hit them. They bounce right back up vs me missing and being completely out of the play.
9. Remove the automatic fight window for a good clean hit. I shouldnt have to fight if the hit i throw is not a penalty. Many times i see a hard hit, no penalty, and the team goes on a breakaway only to have someone push the fight button to eliminate the breakaway. If they do initiate a fight like this they should also get a 2 minute penalty for instigating to reward the team who has the breakaway and the other team just exploiting the system.
10. Id like to see more focus on the game play and bug resolutions vs all the extra presentation stuff(intro animations, cosmetic upgrades, new chel gloves/sticks/helmets, etc) that have no effect on gameplay. That stuff to me are nice to haves but they take focus away from devs creating good gameplay which is the main focus of a video game like this.
just a few things id like to see and just my opinions obviously.
