Here it is, everyone! The NHL 24 Reveal Trailer

The "exhaust engine" is really bothering me.It is very arcadey. The "power meter" on the ice is very obnoxious and not the least bit authentic or realistic. I feel like this sort of mechanic belongs in Street Fighter, not NHL 24.More importantly, this "issue" could easily be addressed by just making fatigue more prominent. Your line is caught out there hemmed in your zone, the other team gets change and fresh players, and then you're in trouble because your line is tired and theirs isn't. Make the speed penalty for fatigue way higher - especially when it's in the "red", wherever that is determined to be - and maybe even add in some hunched over/barely moving skating animations. It will be hard to get the puck out of the zone, you will try to get a cover with your goalie or an off-the-glass and out. You arrive at the same outcome as the "exhaust" engine, without the gimmicky, arcadey stuff. And it requires the offensive team to get fresh legs, which the "exhaust engine" is completely missing.Likewise, goalies could have a fatigue bar too, that goes down with lots of shots/movement, goes up between faceoffs and between periods.Again, same outcome, done more authentically/realistically, no gimmicky/arcadey stuff. I guess "improved fatigue engine" isn't as marketable as "exhaust engine". Its kind of insulting that EA thinks hockey as a sport is so boring that we need "special move power bars" in the game.

@EA_Aljo wrote:@Beauts90 One-touch passes have been in the game, but they have been improved for 24 with the vision passing system. Glass breaking and hitting players in to the bench were in previous games as well, but we also aren't advertising them as brand new and never before in the game. I believe that was with the transition to Xbox One/PS4 so it's been quite a while since we saw them last. Not to split hairs too finely, but the VO did say, "you can NOW hit your opponent into..." rather than, "you can ONCE AGAIN hit your opponent into..." What was actually said does heavily imply that it's a new feature. That said, it's a welcome (return) addition either way.

@Beauts90 I am absolutely flabbergasted, that Clappy tweets this, and the Mike guy says what he did.At least it’s a quick decision for me.NOT BUYING NHL 24.

@EA_Aljo wrote:@kyl_35 wrote:@007hockeyI buy it second hand off marketplace. That way I still get my roster update and I don’t give EA any money. Everyone wins!I've certainly bought my fair share of games second hand over the years, but keep in mind, the more legit sales of the game there are, the bigger the budget for new additions and improvements. Buying the game second hand doesn't help in this case, but I understand not wanting to spend your money on a game that you feel isn't worth it.I promise I’ll buy the game brand new once any effort gets put in to offline player/team customization and franchise mode.

@Forizeal wrote:ea might be worth billions of dollars but the nhl team is small compared to madden and fifa. gotta remember madden and fifa sell more copies day one than nhl does the whole year combined No excuse for what they have done to this game. They have wasted their limited (according to you) resources on levitating player intros, trick shots, power up meters, etc., Instead of making the gameplay better for about a decade. They have actually made the skating far worse since NHL 14, doesn't take a large team to not make things worse.

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Froommey
2 years ago
First noticed the same old boring goalie masks. The most are in since many years.
PlayoffError
Hero
2 years ago
There's a lot of potentially good stuff there. The last couple of releases have left me gun-shy though so I'll reserve judgment on most of it until we can get out hands on the game.
I still think the "exhaust" system will be ripe for abuse, but I'll be happy if I'm wrong.
Nice to see you can put people into the bench again. Not terribly realistic if it happens a lot, but I've missed it.
Being able to pass specifically to who you want and one-touch passing working again are potentially game changers.
Not a fan of glass breaking as I dislike random stoppages of play. Frequency will matter.
I'm also not sure about everyone being able to essentially have the 'back-at-ya' x-factor. It's not terribly useful right now, but if it's a new 'feature' I wonder if it's use will be exaggerated. Again, depends on implementation.
I guess we'll find out more next week.
Beauts90
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
Once again, the trailer looks awesome. It’s promising that they are trying to create other ways to score with the fatigue meter, I think it’s a great idea, hopefully it plays out as well as it sounds.

About the only thing I don’t personally like is that some dekes are now tied to buttons instead of solely relying on the skill stick to pull off these moves.

Also, it wouldn’t be an official NHL trailer without reintroducing some old features lol. Aren’t one touch passes already in the game? Hitting into the bench and breaking class weren’t removed that long ago were they?
PlayoffError
Hero
2 years ago
@Beauts90 I don't think glass breaking or hitting into the bench have been in the game since the PS3 generation of games. But yeah, old stuff brought back as 'new'.
PadrinoVI
New Rookie
2 years ago
Will there be a deep dive of every mode before launch?
Bahamuta
New Ace
2 years ago
@PadrinoVI There usually is yes. You just wont find out everything that got removed until after you buy it. Thats how the Presentation was in NHL 23.
KennyN1220
2 years ago
This was a very promising trailer and I like the way the gameplay is come by along! For the presentation side please tell me there is new play by play voices 🙏🏻
PadrinoVI
New Rookie
2 years ago
@Bahamuta loll thanks a lot!
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
2 years ago
@Beauts90

One-touch passes have been in the game, but they have been improved for 24 with the vision passing system. Glass breaking and hitting players in to the bench were in previous games as well, but we also aren't advertising them as brand new and never before in the game. I believe that was with the transition to Xbox One/PS4 so it's been quite a while since we saw them last.
FaustOrFamine76
2 years ago
@EA_Aljo wrote:
@Beauts90
One-touch passes have been in the game, but they have been improved for 24 with the vision passing system. Glass breaking and hitting players in to the bench were in previous games as well, but we also aren't advertising them as brand new and never before in the game. I believe that was with the transition to Xbox One/PS4 so it's been quite a while since we saw them last.
Not to split hairs too finely, but the VO did say, "you can NOW hit your opponent into..." rather than, "you can ONCE AGAIN hit your opponent into..." What was actually said does heavily imply that it's a new feature. That said, it's a welcome (return) addition either way.