How to Fix Be a Pro for NHL 25 and beyond
As a consumer who has owned every NHL game since 07, I have always hoped for an NHL game that would truly give the experience of living my dream of playing in the NHL. Be a Pro has always been my go to game mode, however the be a pro mode in NHL24 left a lot to be desired and at times became unplayable. Below you will find suggestions related to the game mode that I believe could fix Be a Pro. Its unrealistic to expect a full turn around in a game mode in a year, so for the sake of organization, this will be split into three categories; Immediate changes, near future changes, and far in the future changes.
IMMEDIATE CHANGES:
-Fix the freezing problems when obtaining X-Factors (Happened a couple times to me)
-Fix the Glitch where your player randomly ages 5 years.
Fix bug where challenge results are automatic failures despite completing them.
-I'm not a rookie in my 10th year, stop calling me a rookie.
-Return the request trade function ( Was literally in NHL 23)
-Make the secondary positioning an optional feature; if i want to play as a natural center, i should not have to play right wing for 6 years to be put in my wanted position.
-Custom rosters for the memorial cup or champions cup paths.
-make the enhanced celebration camera optional (takes away from the realism of the goal which in my opinion looks bad)
-settings to turn off select cut scenes (teammate challenges, etc....)
Near Future Changes:
-Create a secondary presentation that looks like how NHL games are broadcasts (doesn't need to be an exact replica or branded with TNT, etc..)
-Allow an All star game to take place, would mean more than just having your all star game selections increase by 1.
-Winter classic/stadium series games.
-Put the start in CHL option back in the game (baffling why it was removed)
-settings to turn off select cut scenes (teammate challenges, etc....)
- put message and news board back into game( i shouldn't have to wait 10 minutes for the overlay in the bottom to know what my teammates are traded for or who got injured)
-injury notices (like in NHL 20 when you get injured a popup appears telling you you injury and time you'll miss. get injured in 24 will i miss 2 games or 74, who knows?}
Future changes
-Full skills competition
-Draft combine/CHL will determine your potential rating
-Your potential will change based on your level of play.
-International tournaments (WJC, World cup, Olympics)
-changeable clothing for cut scenes
-clothing, equipment, stat boosts stores.
-Equipment upgrades are purchased with your in game salary (if you break a stick you must buy one unless you have an equipment sponsor)
-Negotiable contracts (negotiate contracts based on performance and potential, includes salary, signing bonus, incentives)
-Proper endorsements (equipment sponsors, casual wear, etc...) and images found within an endorsements tab which shows the image of say your character on the cover of of NHL 2X (similar to NHL 14)
-Story mode
-TNT Panel between periods
-licensed broadcast presentation similar to the old NBC one
Obviously many of these suggestions wont be done in the near future but i believe many of them would make the game mode much more immersive. and the immediate changes would be the bare minimum to make the game playable for me.
