I love how smooth it is. Feels like a new game. Played 5 games today in Chel and see a huge problem already and it is going to be abused to no end. Hitting is too hard. Opposing players are just ragging and dodging as we try to even dislodge the puck from player with not success... With a Power forward. I know there is a learning curve... but this may be a huge issue. Let keep Hockey real.

I thought 23 was bad, 24 is a whole other level of terrible. Hitting is absolutely horrendous, lots of visual glitches.

I’ve only been playing offline and I feel like I can’t really connect on a hit to save my life. Even when I line it up it just bounces off like nothing

@Riktorious wrote:Hitting is too hard. Opposing players are just ragging and dodging as we try to even dislodge the puck from player with not success... With a Power forward. I know there is a learning curve... but this may be a huge issue. Let keep Hockey real.This. I lined someone up for a hit and it barely budged him.

@BoredJason13 Yeah, I was playing EASHL and I thought to myself "Alright, maybe its because I don't have X Factors or abilities yet" But then I started doing a franchise and Jacob Trouba lined a hit, bounced right off him. Jacob...Trouba...

NHL 24 Early review. | EA Forums

18 Replies

RelentlessJ69
New Hotshot
2 years ago
@Riktorious wrote:
Hitting is too hard. Opposing players are just ragging and dodging as we try to even dislodge the puck from player with not success... With a Power forward. I know there is a learning curve... but this may be a huge issue. Let keep Hockey real.
This. I lined someone up for a hit and it barely budged him.
BoredJason13
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
I’ve only been playing offline and I feel like I can’t really connect on a hit to save my life. Even when I line it up it just bounces off like nothing
RelentlessJ69
New Hotshot
2 years ago
@BoredJason13 Yeah, I was playing EASHL and I thought to myself "Alright, maybe its because I don't have X Factors or abilities yet" But then I started doing a franchise and Jacob Trouba lined a hit, bounced right off him. Jacob...Trouba...
GizzyGremlin
2 years ago
I thought 23 was bad, 24 is a whole other level of terrible. Hitting is absolutely horrendous, lots of visual glitches.
wardsac
2 years ago
@RelentlessJ69 We said the same thing last night. "Maybe it's because we don't have X factors etc" even though we were playing with PFs.

Then we unlocked the 3 builds on Gamepass, that have strength and checking in the mid 90s or 99, and we still couldn't hit anyone.

CHEL is ruined without the checking.
Camekrug
2 years ago
This feels just like Nhl 15(the previous worst instalment of the franchise) but this IS the worst chel ever now.
Shepdawg5884
2 years ago
Hitting is more realistic. It's now like a slapshot, you have to pull back and then forward instead of just pushing forward like previous years.
RelentlessJ69
New Hotshot
2 years ago
@wardsac So the hitting, I found out you have to pull back on the right trigger and then move it forward, hopefully they change that in a future update, but it'll take some getting used to, I sort of figured it out.
RelentlessJ69
New Hotshot
2 years ago
@GizzyGremlin Aside from hitting taking some getting used to, I actually like this game WAY better than 23. I like most of the new features they added, I'm actually a big fan of the icon passing.
a1xFREAKx13
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
@Riktorious vision control is terrible in front of the net too you cant hold lt and hold up anymore, now you hit guys in front, terrible .. by far the absolute worse EA NHL ever. the game changers should all be fired as well as the devs.. bring back littman ..