My Issues With NHL 24
Hello, lovelies, it's that time of year again where I rant about in-game stuff that bugs me. Can't believe the series is 5 years old already; time sure flies.
0:00-0:21 - Yes, we deserved a penalty there but as you can plainly see, I wasn't the one who got it. I enjoy destroying people and getting funny penalties but don't blame me for something I didn't do.
0:22-0:30 - Ehh I had a step on the guy and that whistle was late; This definitely shouldn't have been an icing in my books.
0:31-0:40 - Double hits like this have been happening for at least 3 years now - It's cool but you need to decide already if these are penalties or not; I never know if I can bait or hang back.
Also, the hit un-injurified me, while I'm not complaining, someone should probably look into that...
0:41-0:57 - Why does the AI do this? So undisciplined with 13 seconds left in the game to give them a chance to tie it up! No bueno
0:58-1:15 - First off, I don't know how I survived any of those shoves since my guy is short and weighed less than them but that's fine - My biggest issue is with how the goalie lazily poked at me and just stood there for an easy goal. I want to feel like I've earned these goals.
A wider stance or option to push forward would go a long way (though I will admit, you did a good job nerfing 94 styled goals overall).
1:16-1:23 - I can't remember if I had vision control or not but why does this happen? Defense is already hard enough, especially for a Sniper build, so I wanna learn all the tricks. I find myself rushing towards a sermingly easy pickuo and I just don't snag it for whatever reason.
1:24-1:43 - On a breakaway and passes backwards! All the people defending the AI need to stop and watch that - It happens SO often, it's bonkers.
His botch makes us scramble and it led to my buddy taking a penalty because vision control doesn't stop shoves/interference. That close to the net you shouldn't even have the option to hit - at least let us remap controls or make vision control work.
1:44-1:51 - Look at this idiot just stand there. I've been begging you for years now: PLEASE FIX THE FACEOFFS! Positioning of all players after the drop, reaction time to initial drop and subsequent push to the sides/back, loose pucks, strategies, all of it! Especially with tie-ups everyone just bum rushes the Centers and the collision physics have us just skating in place like Scooby Doo and its completely random who snags it.
1:52-2:08 - I literally just stopped to gain stamina and he goes and takes the dumbest penalty ever - Look, if the AI can take penalties, we shouldn't have automatic penalty shots - Either give them the man advantage until it reaches 5 and then give one or just keep sending players to the box.
2:09-2:21 - Two examples of useless AI D men. If a literal pylon would be better than them, just give us a 2v2 mode please. They need to be adjusted to take new mechanics into account.
2:22-2:34 - Another example of us thinking we have the puck only to hit a guy and give them a chance at a free goal. We need safeties in place for this exact scenario.
2:35-end - AI just going nuts on the guy on the right, almost nets us an interference penalty. He then does a loop around the net because we have 0 strategies to keep him from doing so, and then the goalie is flopping around for absolutely no reason and we get scored on. It's just so frustrating.
