Community ManagerGood stuff. I’ll have to test it out soon.
some things that weren’t addressed
-poke check still seems too slow and weak
-pass interceptions don’t work right in the slot and near the goalie.
-offensive players are still abusing the twitchy puck control. For example weaving their stick left and right constantly and skating in circles. Is there a way to make it so they can’t turn or so they get tired more turning? And they if you are weaving it back and forth it’s easier to lose the puck after awhile or when poked?
-maybe make it so you can’t force passes through traffic as much around the goalie.
-too many times you can poke it off someone’s stick and it barely nudges the puck. Any fix for that?
-what about dump outs?
-what about fixing defensive load outs. They’re too slow. All people do is do 95 speed builds forward but got defense the speed can only be that high on puck moving d. Make 2 way defensemen faster
-you need to make it so more puck's bounce to open areas. Right now it seems like everything always bounces to a stick and it glues to it. Seems like when you play defense it happens.
Still nothing about making the new celebrations optional for offline modes.
At this point I would be happy if they came out and said authentic celebrations will not come back so I can stop hoping for this game to be fun and just move on.
Community ManagerI know there are plans to address the celebrations. I don't know when that's going to happen though. Out of curiosity, are celebrations normally the main thing that makes the game fun for you?
i actually like the celebrations. I don’t have to press anything and I think it looks cool focusing on my player but am I the only one?
@EA_AljoScoring a goal is the culmination of the gameplay and your effort. I want that moment to be a moment of fun and celebration. Now it feel like a youtube ad starts to play just at the wrong moment.
There are of course a lot of other elements that makes the game fun. NHL24 does a lot of good things and I like it very much otherwise. I like for example the pressure system and the improved sound with licenced music for faceoffs. Really gets you pumped up.
But it all falls apart when you finally score and all you feel is annoyed by the silly cutscene that takes you right out of the moment and kill all immersion. That is why I keep asking for it to be optional.
I have been playing NHL games since 1992 and it is one of the games I look forward to the most every year. So your comment is encouraging and I will keep playing👍
