EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerNHL 24 Presentation Deep Dive
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EA_AljoCommunity Manager
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@Beauts90 wrote:
@EA_Aljo wrote:
I don't know that I'd call the return of the old True Broadcast camera being mentioned as a selling point. It's more being stated as part of our focus on listening to the community. We've been told many times that we're ignoring community feedback and are working to turn that around.
Part of the statement about “ignoring the community” includes making major changes just for the sake of making changes without any data proving it will result in a positive change and not having to deal with that backlash in the first place.
We make changes with the intent to improve the game for you all. Obviously, we're not going to make everyone happy. We have acted on a lot of the community feedback and we're also adding our own design presentation elements. I really don't think we're ever going to add everything that's being requested. In no way does that mean we're ignoring you. There are a ton of requests and it's impossible to make everyone happy. Gameplay is always going to take priority over presentation. As I mentioned before, with most people wanting to play the game rather than watch it, we have to have that as the bigger focus. That doesn't mean we can't achieve both, but it means those finer details with presentation have to wait.
Personally, what I am wondering about though is, do you want a game where everything looks the same as you see on TV? This is just a personal curiosity. For me, I already watch a ton of hockey on TV. I guess I want the game to offer something a bit different that gets me more immersed in an activity that I'll never play out in the real world such as playing hockey on TV, on the NHL level, being a superstar, etc. I already know what it's like to sit on the couch and watch a game. I'm more interested in trying to live out the on-ice action. Adding something like the flex cam amps up that excitement and adds another layer of immersion.
I'm not saying an authentic, true to life broadcast wouldn't be cool though. I really dug the intros with Doc and Eddie with the arena fly-bys. I'd love to see teams coming out of the tunnel and taking the ice as well as goalie stats, real on-ice projections, etc. We'll just have to wait and see what happens in the coming years.
"Personally, what I am wondering about though is, do you want a game where everything looks the same as you see on TV? This is just a personal curiosity. For me, I already watch a ton of hockey on TV. I guess I want the game to offer something a bit different that gets me more immersed in an activity that I'll never play out in the real world such as playing hockey on TV, on the NHL level, being a superstar, etc. I already know what it's like to sit on the couch and watch a game. I'm more interested in trying to live out the on-ice action. Adding something like the flex cam amps up that excitement and adds another layer of immersion."
This hits a lot of the nail on the head.
Its seen as the same game over and over because each one of our preferred views (however it is we like to play) has stayed the same. Sure we change around each year and see what the others have to offer, but ultimately choose how we each view "NHLxx", which in turn looks a lot like last years version. There may be a lot of different engine and gameplay tweaks under the hood, but if that core all looks the same each year... then really what's different? It's a more realistic version of the "TV mode" you describe.
There are elements in the Be a Pro mode that give a different angle of the game. More of a "From the bench, over the boards and back" view, that thousands of youth & adult recreational players experience each week/weekend, is what we want to see. Put me in that world and now those engine and gameplay tweaks are making THAT experience more realistic. Instead of tracking the player from the TV mode...How does the player track every spot in the arena as they skate up and down the ice? Dynamically. Which means a LOT of data.
Take that Flex Cam idea from both extremes... on one end is zoomed all the way out to "TV mode" and on the other is the view from the players eyes on the ice. Now give us the ability to dynamically zoom the view to any point we each like in between. Some may like it "10 ft above player head to see more of the ice". Some may like the player cam. Some may like seeing all three zones on the screen at the same time. To me that would make things more on par with the current EA line offering game experience champs (Madden/FIFA).
It will be a lot of work, but ultimately that's the game we've been hoping for each year since we hopped on board with NHL '93 back on Sega/SNES.
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