EA_Aljo
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Here it is, everyone! The NHL 24 Reveal Trailer
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EA_AljoCommunity Manager
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@de4c0nfr05t wrote:
@EA_Aljo
"The skating was less realistic in NHL 14. Moving laterally had your skates staying on the ice. Which is physically impossible. NHL 14 also had more assistance from the game. Pucks weren't so loose. The puck was glued to your stick when taking slapshots. Passes her more on target as well. You're certainly entitled to your opinion that gameplay mechanics are less realistic now, but that really isn't the case. I'm also not saying it's a 1:1 recreation of the real-world sport. This is a video game after all."
Whatever they did in NHL14 they should be striving to get back to, because it was a better, funner video game to play.
This is why I've always said that while people ask for realism, that's not really want they want. They want a game that is more fun than real. We try to create a balance of fun and realism, but this is subjective as not everyone has the same idea of what makes the game fun.
The problem is nhl 14 worked better because it was more balanced and things seemed to actually work based on user input. In nhl 23 everything just seems way too random and every game plays differently. You could poke check the puck 5 times off a guys stick and nothing happens and then the next game every poke world. I never had that issue on nhl 14.. there were less animations which was better and the game played more simple which allowed us to play and not let the games X factors or randomness decide things. I also remember much more balance between d and o and passing was better along with it being harder to score which was better too. Not sure why defense always gets the crappy builds
- @TasteofChicago91 But you see back then people complained about puck on a string and the same results always happening on situations. Now we get the randomness that happens in real hockey and people can't stand it.
Puck-Moving Defensemen is probably one of the best builds int he game. So many wingers even use that build and it bothers me they even allow that and says it needs balanced/toned down. I use puck moving defenseman too but all the D builds are way too slow except that one.. hockey isn’t random though. Sure the puck can bounce on the ice one way but in real life if you skate into traffic the other team will just take the puck easily.. in this game it’s such a chore and then you have X factors which are ruining the game. They should never be in eashl. So tired of being in good position and making the right play and getting punished for it . It takes no skill to offense
