NHL 24 Feedback

I actually disagree with all of this. I like the changes. It actually feels like hockey again. There are bugs that need to be fixed, but I haven’t experienced one “glitch goal” yet. In fact, I feel that the few losses my club has experienced were 100% our fault. We’ve dominated games and fought back from deficits and won by pulling together and playing solid hockey. Changes were made, we have to adapt, and when you do, this game actually shines. 

@DEDLYGOD  And yet, there is indeed a new glitch goal already, I won't tell what it is here but it's sadly rather easy to find how already. Hope it get noticed by the team and patched.

Well if that is the case I hope it’s addressed but I haven’t really seen one yet. I know there are for sure ways to score on break always, but as for the old school load up a toe drag and rip it back across to the opposite shoulder glitch goals, haven’t seen them yet. 

The biggest problem with the game is Ai generated momentum. The amount of times we’ve absolutely dominated a team just to be met with a Ai goaltender who saves EVERY shot even while under pressure with zero energy. Then, opposing team gets every puck in the back of the net with no effort, our goalie practically moves out of the way for them.

Pressure System and Ai players are all synced to EA’s exhaust engine that’s clearly unfinished and is ridiculously incapable of being consistent. The game decides who wins and who doesn’t. 

Worst NHL game ever made bro trust me, you’ll see later on how bad it truly is. 

Are u experiencing interference calls off of the face off of u switch your player immediately after losing a face off??? It’s absurd

The interference calls are a disgrace. Pass the puck away and get called before the puck even arrives on target. Because the reticle moved, you can’t even avoid it. 

What was a good game has become unplayable because the designers tweak it every year. Each time for the worse. 

I blame it on 30 year olds who were never told how dumb they are as kids. Now they think their product is good.  What’s worse is that they could make more money selling seasons than selling progressively crazier games. But they won’t because they can’t handle the criticism. 

What I wrote in the survey:

I was surprised to see changes to the presentation. You didn't explain it well leading up to the release. It's much better than NHL 23 because in 23 you took away so much. The removal of opposition goal replays was very confusing. But it's back this year, good. We need the true broadcast experience to be back though. When it comes to presentation there are some things that need improvements:

* Highlight angles need to be more focused. A replay angle where you see the whole ice isn't good for obvious reasons. Watch a broadcast of NHL and you will see that this angle is NEVER used in a goal replay.
* X-factor replays and sound fx feel way too much and poorly executed. Please remove them.
* Audio/immersion is better in NHL 24 but a bit too much treble in the high frequencies. Makes my ears bleed after playing for a long time.
* The celebration angle is a bit too much (Flex Moments). But the team celebrating after that inital sequence is really good. Personally, I preferred how it worked in 23.
* The player indicator is a step backward. You should have an option to display the old triangle over the heads. It looks way more realistic.
* The pressure system is nice but tone it down like 50%. The player's stamina drain is a bit too much. But you should be able to turn off the meter in the center of the ice and have it show up in the score overlay and in the board graphics.

For controls, you should include the old skill stick controls with the ability to hit and protect the puck like in the older games. This can be hard to reverse but it would be nice to see, at least in offline modes. Player face scans should be a focus for next year and animations. I feel like NHL 23 has better animations in the gameplay. A bit more stale now.

I did only play the test version this year and it's the first year I didn't buy the game since 2009. I want it to feel like playing and watching real hockey. I didn't get the feeling at all of it this year. Also, the modes I played the most didn't receive much love.

@GrimReignXthat comment about hits all being the same is not brought up enough. Last year the hits looked a lot more realistic and varied. This year it looks like a perfect MMA takedown every time.

You are 100% correct man.  I play online vs every night and this is the worst release in 15 years i swear.  I buy the new release every year.  Everything you stated is accurate.  The glitch goals you speak of are more than 75% of the goals and I blame this ridiculous pressure system that makes the ai go bananas and you can expect a goal coming guaranteed.  They stupified all of the more difficult moves.  You can't protect the puck or drive the net. You can't skate backwards sometimes or its delayed and its too late. You can't do a proper wraparound anymore. You can't saucer the puck over anything. You can't dump the puck down the ice  The action tracker replays after the game are more glitched out than ever.  The replays are still terrible.  Just so disappointed.  Take it from a guy who plays about 900 online vs games a year.  This version is awful.  Last year it was stick lift penalties every time.  Xfactor is useless.  Now they have made the ai take over the game with low skilled players with seeing eye "pressure system" fluke goals lol.