NHL 24 Tunnel of Doom Goal Celebration?

@TigidoohIf you don't hit an appropriate button (those that are linked with celebrations), the player will do the celebration you have slotted as your default in the creation zone.

The only one I do (and it works every time) is to quickly skate away and hit the A button for a slide. The pllayer won't do it on the normal angle but he will do it within the cutscene. If I don't hit that, then he does the default.

Either way, the whole thing is ridiculous and has no place in 6v6 modes, in my opinion. This is ok for 3s Eliminator or Ones

I'm not one to care about presentation much, I've played these games so long that I tend to smash "x" to skip to the next faceoff, but these goal celebrations are brutal. 

They are so  inauthentic to the NHL experience, it is unfathomble how they thought this was a good idea. 

The only time I could see this being appropriate is in EASHL type modes for big goals in the last minutes of the game or in overtime or something. But to have this big dramatic celebration for a rebound tap in to make it 3-1 in the 2nd period playing against the Coyotes in November is cringe worthy.

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@RelentlessJ69 wrote:
@JagavekovIt's still a game at the end of the day though, so its supposed to toe the line of arcade and simulation, I don't have an issue with the celebration cutscene. I actually enjoy seeing the celebrations from people. I feel like there are some bigger issues with the game than celebration cutscenes.

I'm still not a fan of the hitting system which is why I abuse the heck out of the easy one button hip check,

I also don't think it should be a single button to be able to do the Michigan goal, I've seen more Michigan goal attempts in the first weekend release than ALL of last year.

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@RelentlessJ69 

Yes at the end of the day it’s still a HOCKEY game and this has NO place in hockey… A self centred celly with 4 zombies following you in a dark tunnel of doom ! Come on… This is not FORTNITE !

In the trial I was playing the Coyotes and we were leading 7-3 in the 3rd. Period, we scored the 8th and 9th goal late to make it 9-3. And every freakin time you see that cut scene and the player slides face first on the ice while it’s 9-3 ! So CRINGE worthy it’s unbelievable. There’s other reasons, but for this reason alone I’m not buying the game that I bought since 91…

When they are testing these new things, who are they showing this to ? The DEVS 7 year old's child ?

At the very least, make it OPTIONAL.

Have the devs said anything about making the new celebrations optional in the future via a patch?

The unrealistic celebrations are my main complaint this year. The presentation during gameplay is pretty nice otherwise. Scoring a goal isnt fun this year when they throw this goofy cutscene in your face the second the puck hit the net….

Please make it optional!

@KidShowtime1867it's not a huge deal but you could say that about a bunch of smaller components of the game. These little things matter when they start to pile up.

The new "darkness becomes me" celebration serves no purpose. It takes control OUT of the players' hands AND is unsatisfying for the people that want a more NHL-like experience. It's a lose-lose.

@Tigidooh  they're either random or tied to the player you're using. It sucks.

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@PernellKarl027 wrote:

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@RelentlessJ69 wrote:
@JagavekovIt's still a game at the end of the day though, so its supposed to toe the line of arcade and simulation, I don't have an issue with the celebration cutscene. I actually enjoy seeing the celebrations from people. I feel like there are some bigger issues with the game than celebration cutscenes.

I'm still not a fan of the hitting system which is why I abuse the heck out of the easy one button hip check,

I also don't think it should be a single button to be able to do the Michigan goal, I've seen more Michigan goal attempts in the first weekend release than ALL of last year.

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@RelentlessJ69 

Yes at the end of the day it’s still a HOCKEY game and this has NO place in hockey… A self centred celly with 4 zombies following you in a dark tunnel of doom ! Come on… This is not FORTNITE !

In the trial I was playing the Coyotes and we were leading 7-3 in the 3rd. Period, we scored the 8th and 9th goal late to make it 9-3. And every freakin time you see that cut scene and the player slides face first on the ice while it’s 9-3 ! So CRINGE worthy it’s unbelievable. There’s other reasons, but for this reason alone I’m not buying the game that I bought since 91…

When they are testing these new things, who are they showing this to ? The DEVS 7 year old's child ?

At the very least, make it OPTIONAL.

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THIS is the answer. If you actually like the tunnel of doom you can have it, but for those of us who don't (and there seem to be a lot), let us turn it off! Every presentation element should have an ON and OFF slider like gameplay does. There's no reason we should be given less options to customize every year, this is not how modern video games work.

I have to echo the points made here and elsewhere in this topic.  The new flex moment celebrations are a hard block to me purchasing this year's game. and I've purchased every NHL game since '94.  

Now that I've dated myself, I'd like to add that I think it would be a cool feature for the online modes.  I've dabbled in 3's and 1's eliminator in the past, so I can see a place where a hyper-focused jump cut to a personalized, cartoonish celebration could contribute to a really rewarding experience.  However, in offline modes that are, by design, hockey simulators, this feature is so immersion breaking I can't help but wonder how it got past the alpha testers. 

I'm an offline franchise player, and have been since the introduction of the mode.  I've seen the EA community manager, whom I believe is doing a good job of providing cover for the dev team, context for decisions, and ingesting community feedback, reference the decision to make an authentic "player" experience - effectively, what it's like to play a game of hockey.  Perfectly, understandable, and through that lens, I can see why this feature would be added.  The issue is that offline modes, like franchise, are not exclusively experienced from the viewpoint of a player, they're mostly from the perspective of a GM.  Through this lens and almost any other besides a player (fan, coach, etc.), the authentic simulation design should take higher precedence, and as such, we should be trying to achieve something close to an authentic hockey broadcast.  By taking the other approach we can start to ask questions like, why do we need score overlays, play-by-play commentary, replays, etc.  If that's the direction we're going, then fine, this is my stop, I'll get off the bus.  It would be a curious (and courageous) direction to take, because literally none of the other major sports franchises seem to be doing that.

So, I think the acceptable workaround for '24 has been stated - add an option to turn off flex celebrations, or disable for offline modes, or make the option only available to offline modes.  I simply can't believe that this team would stand by this decision as being a net positive for the offline player.  I know gameplay and online modes took precedence this cycle, so it simply has to have been an oversight for how this would look in offline games, or in the context of franchise mode.  Some players have referenced being down 5-1, late 3rd, middle of December, you score and the goal-scorer acts like a helicopter with full arena spotlight.  Or more simply, the fact that you're getting full arena spotlight effects as an away team.  Like let's be real, this idea wasn't fully thought out.  Going forward, would it be cool to see something similar, albeit somewhat better implemented for special moments?  Totally!  A rookie's first goal, a late 3rd period goal against a rival, something momentum shifting.

Lastly, I'd like to add that I am historically, pretty easy to please when it comes to this game.  I've gotten a ton of mileage out of NHL 23 with the proper sliders.  I found that I could score from more varied areas in '22, and that offensive AI found space a bit better.  I enjoy franchise mode, as it is, would really like it to get more love, but the additions this year addressed some of my biggest complaints.  Namely, the development of X-Factor abilities.  I was incredibly excited to try out the new gameplay features; one touch passes and the pressure system. 

Overall, this release looked like a step in the right direction and I'm tempted to buy it just out of support for the franchise, but I'm not sure I could fully enjoy it, being forced to watch a giant cringe-fest for every goal scored.  So, right now, I'm a year 30 buyer that'll wait for the patch that fixes this and then play the absolute crap out of it.  If it stays in, then I'll stick with '23 and the goon-squad I've turned the expansion Quebec Nordiques into.

Can you no longer do the jump into the boards celly? If not that's a huge bummer