Had enough!
From AI generated offside. Interference calls, and goals called back for taking an extra shot at the goalie. Game just is no longer enjoyable. Packs WAY OVER PRICED. Content of packs abysmal. The ha...
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@Stubo_NHL24 Which commenter here is the "YouTube fella above?" I didn't know Sleeveless was a commenter on these forums.
Anyway. Skill-zoning is the right way to play defense in this game. You can not rely on any AI to cover the backdoor nor can you rely on them to stop the far-side wrist shot. Therefore, you MUST control one guy and match the movements of your 1-dimensional opponent that is circling in your corner/at the half-boards in the most un-hockey way imaginable until they finally commit to a direction and then steal the puck from them.
Is it boring? Yes. Are they forcing you to play that way? Also yes.
As @EA_Aljo said, programming AI is difficult. It's a real conundrum because you can't make it so that your off-puck AI defenders are consistently shutting down pass options, right? Idk what the solution is but what we have now isn't great.
Anyway. Skill-zoning is the right way to play defense in this game. You can not rely on any AI to cover the backdoor nor can you rely on them to stop the far-side wrist shot. Therefore, you MUST control one guy and match the movements of your 1-dimensional opponent that is circling in your corner/at the half-boards in the most un-hockey way imaginable until they finally commit to a direction and then steal the puck from them.
Is it boring? Yes. Are they forcing you to play that way? Also yes.
As @EA_Aljo said, programming AI is difficult. It's a real conundrum because you can't make it so that your off-puck AI defenders are consistently shutting down pass options, right? Idk what the solution is but what we have now isn't great.
O my god this game is so bad in every single way i just cant believe how they could do this to us . It is totally unplayable. Go in and play Nhl 23 or Nhl 22 or some of older and you will see how much better games they are
This isn't broken, it does work on some levels and there is fun to be had with it too (as long as you can look past the glitches and AI deficiencies).
But if I could put one specific thing out there to signify my overall experience with this game if would be this clip.
- LOL. Now that's a first. Have not ever seen that before. But it isn't any surprise. Thanks for the clip.
@MasterB89 wrote:https://www.xbox.com/play/media/c42yh29jL6
took a little too long on the wind-up. The puck continued to move outside of the shooting animation radius, so when the user went to push forward on the shot - the context had already changed to "non-possession" actions, so the body check played out.
It would be more realistic to have the shot animation play out resulting in a wildly inaccurate shot - or even better - a possible high-stick penalty with the opponent being so close in proximity.
- @KidShowtime1867 The wind up and miss isn't the issue (mind you I'm not sure how far a puck will move on its own after being set).
It's the well known and documented penalty that comes after, due the game thinking there is a need to throw a body check instead of an actual shot through as you stated, I could take a high stick, even a double minor compared to interference.
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