@Jammalammalam wrote:Once again, no one wants a 1:1 simulation of hockey. What most people want is more balance between the systems, maybe even a little more love on the presentation and offline modes of the game
IMO, the balance is there (although not perfect) and the majority of complaints are manifestations of just making bad decisions. (notice how I said majority and not all). Countless clips are posted that claim to show irrefutable evidence that the game is 'broken' only to be shown that the human decision-making resulted in a play that didn't go the way someone wanted.
@Jammalammalam wrote: I don't know how other sports games that don't have the EA brand on it seem to get it nearly right, but every year this game seems like a technical mess from the menus to the play.
There's no doubt that the menus, presentation etc have been a hot mess lately. But no single developer has released a sports game that was universally adored by the offline community while simultaneously being praised for balance by the online community. You're always going to have a subset of users who need to cope after taking a sweaty L in a competitive game. If you point to any game that 'nearly gets it right', I'll lead you to an online community rife with complaints, valid or not.
@KidShowtime1867 wrote:There's no doubt that the menus, presentation etc have been a hot mess lately. But no single developer has released a sports game that was universally adored by the offline community while simultaneously being praised for balance by the online community. You're always going to have a subset of users who need to cope after taking a sweaty L in a competitive game. If you point to any game that 'nearly gets it right', I'll lead you to an online community rife with complaints, valid or not.
MLB the SHOW. It’s smells like baseball, it plays like baseball and it does almost right out of the box. Not many games can do the same. And it’s been like that for many years.
@PernellKarl027 wrote:
@KidShowtime1867 wrote:There's no doubt that the menus, presentation etc have been a hot mess lately. But no single developer has released a sports game that was universally adored by the offline community while simultaneously being praised for balance by the online community. You're always going to have a subset of users who need to cope after taking a sweaty L in a competitive game. If you point to any game that 'nearly gets it right', I'll lead you to an online community rife with complaints, valid or not.
MLB the SHOW. It’s smells like baseball, it plays like baseball and it does almost right out of the box. Not many games can do the same. And it’s been like that for many years.
I'll agree with that. Not a baseball fan but have played MLB the Show the last couple of years it's been available on Gamepass. It's amazing. Obviously baseball is an easier game to develop than hockey, but outside of the gameplay (menus, presentation) MLB The Show is absolutely one of the best to ever do it.
However, a glance at the online communities show the same complaining we often see here:
@KidShowtime1867 wrote:
@PernellKarl027 wrote:
@KidShowtime1867 wrote:There's no doubt that the menus, presentation etc have been a hot mess lately. But no single developer has released a sports game that was universally adored by the offline community while simultaneously being praised for balance by the online community. You're always going to have a subset of users who need to cope after taking a sweaty L in a competitive game. If you point to any game that 'nearly gets it right', I'll lead you to an online community rife with complaints, valid or not.
MLB the SHOW. It’s smells like baseball, it plays like baseball and it does almost right out of the box. Not many games can do the same. And it’s been like that for many years.I'll agree with that. Not a baseball fan but have played MLB the Show the last couple of years it's been available on Gamepass. It's amazing. Obviously baseball is an easier game to develop than hockey, but outside of the gameplay (menus, presentation) MLB The Show is absolutely one of the best to ever do it.
However, a glance at the online communities show the same complaining we often see here:
If you look at a glance of any online games, you’ll see these types of posts.
And I know that baseball must be easier to replicate than the fastest sport on earth. But, as I always said, build/tweak the game to play like the real thing without artificial way of doing it and you’ll have a pretty happy community all around. Offline and Online.
Once you get the CORE mechanics right, after it would be a breeze turning it into a more arcade version for the desired online modes.
I know it’s feasible also without reprogramming the game from the ground up. My 23 setup is right there in both stats and gameplay wise. So KUDOS to EA for the great hockey base that’s hidden in there somewhere 😀
