Extended customization

Many gamers like me hope players appearance look more like the actual player. Obviously, everyone wants face scans! Players likeness is a MUST! Some facescan are old one, or just bad modeling. I’m thinking about Jordan Staal in NHL22 vs NHL23 the update was a much needed one. I really wish Erik Karlsson receives the same treatment! Long hair and old model from NHL13. 

As a roster creator Alumnis and Current players who don’t look the real life self are a bummer. 

For example generated players such as Bill Guerin, Maurice Richard, last game Travis Konecny was probably the furthest looking model within all the available templates.

There are good ones, but a lot of them are just off. Wrong hairstyle, color, eye color, just face that doesn’t match at all the real thing, Sedin twins have rock or cube instead of hair. Would it be hard to just choose another player short hair to replace it or add it over? 

I’m a man of solutions. I would propose these two :

Option 1 : unlock all template/generated players appearance just like create a player so we can edit players we feel would look like more actual players. 

Option 2 : I give you the list of all template numbers for every NHL players and Alumnis that I would choose instead of the current one. I don’t use Bill Guerin with his picture and name announced because I created a closer version of him myself…  That will be a long list but I don’t mind if at some point during the year they all get some time on.  

Any other options? For real, if I had access to the admin files, I would update throughout the year every player likeness for NHL, AHL, Alumnis as close as possible. Contracts, gear update every 2 weeks all year! Even rating if I have the chance. I know I’m not part of EA team and all I would do it for free because I’m dedicated. So instead of having to get hire by EA as a second job, any ways to get this done? Pleaseeeeee

Another suggestion/question is since we have old Patrick Laine, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel and few other hairstyle available in templates. Wouldn’t be possible to get allllllll the hairstyle created as part of face scans? I’m thinking about Ovechkin, Crosby, Carter Hart who have really different and complex hairstyle that I would love to have to create rosters. 

Finally the created players name!!!

1) I miss the old preview (square button on PS) to listen to the commentator saying the name. Roy/Roy is a good example! There a few that don’t sound right. Vitale is currently pronounced : Vi Tall instead of Ve Tal-e. Same goes for Patrik Elias that sounds Eh Lie As instead of E lee ash. Worst there are two Elias/Elias both sound exactly the same, really? Haha

2) MLB the Show, NBA 2K since 2K12 or maybe earlier has this first name/last name announcer preview. If I create a Chris Kunitz or a Bill Guerin or even a Connor Bedard. The announcer already has in the database Connor and Bedard why would created player not being called after a goal or penalty.

Also, some players like Jake Guentzel are simply : number (insert any). But you have more recent players entering the league who have it!? Any chances this get added in future patches ?