NHL 24 Presentation Deep Dive

@Rigu7 

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.

As far as the flex cam goes, we're trying some new presentation features. Again, one of the big pieces of feedback we get is that the game is a copy and paste with updated rosters. Leaving everything the same as it's been previously doesn't help with that. I agree we should highlight the milestone goals better though. 

Appreciate the feedback. Thank you.

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@coolspot777 wrote:
@EA_Aljo

Full and condensed presentation was the option in NHL 22 that was fine but in NHL 23 the intros is about 6 SEC wit only condensed option.And i se no difference in NHL 24!i do not understand why NHL has this cheap intro solution?EA Fifa and Madden has TOTALLY different intros before the game and why do we NHL fans not get this to?I thought after all the feedback 100 page ++ about this for NHL 23 the team had fixed this and for NHL 24 they would bring back the intros with goalie presentation.This is a example intro how it should be but it is NHL 14!in NHL 24 they should have built from this and have much better intros but instead they are worse.NHL games with NBC package was also really nice with outside shots of the city.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOq8Xzt2kKM

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This is what we mean when we say we want full presentation. The intros in 24 look great but they need to be longer/give us the option of longer ones. I know there were technical issues with other elements that were cut from 23, but there's no reason intros can't be as long as they used to be, with team/goalie stats. Personally I think there should be options to turn on/off all of this--the spotlight goals, pressure meter, etc. and the Full/Condensed presentation option too. You're never going to please everyone but having a choice helps!!

Honestly what gets me on the Flex Moments is not the closeups, it's the lighting. Why can't the lighting just be regular as if you were watching on TV? Isn't that the point? The dim lighting is what takes you out of the immersion.

I personally really like the flex moment goals , I feel the problem it has is the teammates just clutter around and follow the goal scorer with no emotion , if the other players were giving each other fist bumps and pats on the helmets while skating backwards then 1 player turns and another skating straight type a thing it would look alot better, but overall I think it's a really cool feature , maybe if possible you can let the dev team know and see if they can add some emotion to the other 4 teammates on the ice? Just a suggestion,  overall 5 stars 

I an happy to see new face scans (the more the better) and the new ice projections look great too. I also like the new co-commentator Cheryl, she sounds good. Glad to see the goal replays again in offline modes. And I am also excited about the new customization, sounds promising tough.

Somehow the intros could be longer. Well, the pressure meter circle is still present, an option to toggle it on/off would be nice.

Appreciate the reply Aljo,  I don't want to sound overly negative, I get the need to freshen things up, I just think the main issue that has plagued the series for the few years is the lack of choice and certainly from an offline perspective it's that the new features or design decisions often clobber things that weren't broken or even in need of freshening up. When teams have had the same two goalie masks for 5 years and more with exactly the same scoreboard since 20 but we're getting animated sweaters, the hockey guy mind boggles and just exacerbates C and P accusation.

Back to choice though. The big issues the last few cycles have been the removal of presentation, the strategy issue and Broadcast cam. If players could have chosen to keep all three, then things would be a whole lot more positive. The Flex moment falls into this zone immediately. It's divisive and the best way to solve that is choice.

If the trailers had shown everything they have shown thus far but also clearly stated: don't like the pressure meter on ice? you can turn it off. Don't like the flex moment? You can turn it off... well, I think the reception would be overwhelmingly positive.

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@Rigu7 wrote:

Appreciate the reply Aljo,  I don't want to sound overly negative, I get the need to freshen things up, I just think the main issue that has plagued the series for the few years is the lack of choice and certainly from an offline perspective it's that the new features or design decisions often clobber things that weren't broken or even in need of freshening up. When teams have had the same two goalie masks for 5 years and more with exactly the same scoreboard since 20 but we're getting animated sweaters, the hockey guy mind boggles and just exacerbates C and P accusation.

Back to choice though. The big issues the last few cycles have been the removal of presentation, the strategy issue and Broadcast cam. If players could have chosen to keep all three, then things would be a whole lot more positive. The Flex moment falls into this zone immediately. It's divisive and the best way to solve that is choice.

If the trailers had shown everything they have shown thus far but also clearly stated: don't like the pressure meter on ice? you can turn it off. Don't like the flex moment? You can turn it off... well, I think the reception would be overwhelmingly positive.

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Many of the goalie masks are still in from NHL 06! It's only when teams change logos/colors that they are updated.

Also, agree with all of this. More choice = better experience for more people.

@EA_Aljo any answers or feedback on my reply ? Page 2. 

Thank you!