Flex Moments - A Constructive Critique
The campaign for choice starts here! Some players are enthused, others aren't. Whilst these could be fun for milestones, I believe they will quickly be resented. Even if community reviews are positiv...
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@Sega82mega Fifa/FC has hilarious glitches that happen more often than weird NHL ones do shockingly. I mean in WoC we can change our skaters stride and such. I use one that is completely ugly but I swear it helps protect the puck better when hustling down the side.
My guy bobs up and down and whips his arm(s) out like he's flapping his wings - It's hilariously stupid but I'll bet money it helps me
I hope it's a phase and, in the future, we return to a realistic approach to presenting the game in a way that pays tribute to the team aspect of the sport. It's weird because the developers have made great strides in in broadcast realism; improved lighting, shaders, models, textures - not to mention new camera angles and such. It's just a shame that a majority of this tech is now being used to shine a spotlight on individual players in some attempt to be like Fortnite.
The sad reality is this is the state of multiplayer gaming in 2023. Your average player needs to be able to 'express themself' and in turn, the presentation needs to be geared towards putting the user front-and-center because, unfortunately, that's the mental state of your average gamer these days. They need to be the center of attention, or they think any given game has no "replayability."
I don't lump fans of the NHL series into the 'average gamer' category though. I think the majority of NHL gamers aren't overly concerned with them being the focus of attention and this thread is a good example of how many users just want to feel a realistic broadcast experience that encompasses the entire team.
But EA SPORTS needs to make money. Most of their energy is spent trying to create, implement and streamline features that grab new players. And this day and age, new gamers need an individualistic approach to any new game they try because otherwise, they get bored.
Definitely spot on take. Let's be thankful it's not like NBA 2K24. They are literally hindering your experience to get you spending real money. Even in the offline parts of the game.
- @KidShowtime1867
I got extremly bored because of the individualistic approach which consisted of hustling down one of the side day in and day out.
Dont know if I am the strange one here, why I didn't settled for that..
If the game I choose to play represent the sport or what-ever in a great way, that's what keeps me going.
My love start with IRL hockey and then I like to take that same love and put it into our game.
But its hard to feel love when you face LTing Ballerinas, backskating, hook-passes, protect the puck 'half glitches', cross creases and hit bubble's on a daily basis.
Totally drain my passion for hockey, now im back loving real life hockey again, but I wont touch this game before I feel the time is right.
This Mike Inglehart, Creative Director at EA give me some hope, I think he knows that everything comes down to a great gameplay, but okey, what is a great gameplay may be diffrent depending who you ask..
But for me It's a no-brainer, It's a hockey game, then give me the feeling that I play hockey, on both good and bad, I like them all.
I dont need to do coast to coast goals every game, thats more a mockery of the game I love.
Highlight reel need to be rare for it to be a rush.. or else it looses It's power real fast.
It got to a stage were I started to love my 'ugly goals' more then my individualistic super bananza goals.
