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D1SCOFEVER's avatar
2 years ago

NHL 25 ADD THESE FEATURES!

NHL 25 MUCH NEEDED FEATURES!


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Realistic broadcasting package and overhaul is very much needed at this point! We want to see more realism in this game. A hockey simulator. Plain and simple. Broadcast camera view post game highlights. Pregame warm ups and player features like you see on ESPN and TNT. Realistic cut scenes. Add zambonis during intermission. Add features similar to how FC 24 does it during halftime. Scrap the action tracker and use the broadcast camera for the highlights. Realistic post game highlights and please please please fix all your replays they are absolutely terrible at the moment. 

Remove all the cheesy player intros and cellys. Have players in locker rooms taping their sticks or simply just getting warmed up before skating onto the ice.  Either during pregame or intermissions.

Goal celebrations. Make it so that all players can skate and hug after a goal or get rid of the NHL 24 goal celebration cut scene. People just want to see and experience realistic cellys the same way you would see it on TV.

Referee breaking up fights and improve player scrums after whistles the same way you would see it on TV. We want the refs to get involved! 

PLEASE fix the auto shot animation. You can’t cancel a shot and it’s very frustrating!! 

Player jerseys moving up and down the ice

Have the option to unlock NHL Arenas in WOC clubs

Add more player customization options for WOC. 

VERY IMPORTANT and NEEDED:

1. If a player lags out in WOC there should be an option to return back into the game using a PIN code during private games and the player would rejoin on next whistle. This will help improve leagues and better the experience. 

2. If a game is still tied. There should be an option or a vote to either a) Continuous OT b) 5 min OT then shootout if still tied. This would also help improve leagues and user experience. 

3. I’ll say it again. Cancel auto shot animation!! 

4. Option to shoot pucks around with other players in lobby while waiting for others to join. Somewhat like free skate but how you would see it in a real pregame using multiple pucks and empty net.

Guys, this is all eye candy but it’s SUPER important to add the little things and bring out the realism that you would see watching a real game on TV. People want a simulator not an arcade game and sadly to say it feels like a broken arcade game atm. User experience is key and the only way to drive more demand is to make this game come true to life. Realism! 

If doing this I can guarantee you it will change the outlook of the franchise moving forward and help improve the user experience.

Thanks EA! 

7 Replies

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hi there, @D1SCOFEVER 

    Thanks for all the feedback. Regarding cancelling the shot animation, can you give me some more details on this? It's pretty uncommon that I have a shot go off that I wasn't intending. This was a much bigger issue in previous games, but changes were made with 24 to make this a lot less likely. How frequently is this happening to you?

  • hiperay's avatar
    hiperay
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 years ago
    @EA_Aljo I think as far as cancelling shot animations, they mean when you go to hit a rebound but it ricochets into a different direction. As you go to skate towards it, the game remembered you were trying to shoot and as soon as you pick the puck up it shoots a backhand shovel shot from behind the net.

    For me, cancelling shots would be more along the lines of faking slapshots into short range passes. Currently the slap pass has to be very far distance away for the player to pick up and cannot be corralled within an offensive zone pass. You can also try the one touch pass which sometimes makes the animation but it seems to be random or at least very situational. This is something often used in the NHL within the powerplay to fake a shot and pass it back door or back to the point for a One timer. It would be nice to see a slap pass that you don't only have the option of redirecting, but one that could be passed to another player for the finish.
  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    2 years ago

    @hiperay 

    That's what I thought about canceling shot animations. In 24, I've rarely had an issue with it. It was very annoying in previous games though. Regardless, I'll pass on your feedback.

    I also use one touch passes very frequently. Although, I prefer how they worked in previous games. I like the new slap pass-ish version of them, but obviously, these need to be aimed very well. I've also had them accidentally go off when I don't intend them to. I'd love to see this improved, but it's very possibly more an issue with me. 

    For slap passes in general, I agree it would be good to have one that didn't always result in a redirect.

    Thanks for the feedback.

  • 10026436's avatar
    10026436
    Seasoned Traveler
    2 years ago

    I would also want to see footage of fans outside the arena during the playoffs cheering for their teams reacting to a goal, win or loss. Like CF25, I'd like to see some sponsor logos. Like Ford, Amazon, Discover, or Pepsi.

  • It doesn’t happen frequently but often when a player is behind the net and moves the right analog stick up it just goes into a shooting animation and there’s no way to cancel it. So if you accidentally trigger the right analog stick upwards there’s no way to cancel a shot just the same way you can cancel a pass. That’s basically all it needs and that will solve the problem…

    That alone is just a small fix … besides gameplay improvements, what’s most importantly needed in NHL 25 and future titles is a major innovative presentation overhaul and/or innovative broadcast package with realistic highlights and cut scenes. Realistic intros and goal celebrations. Improving the fighting animations with refs breaking up fights. Arena atmospheres that come to life. Better commentary. Throw hats instead of fish, bears, aliens or whatever it is now… add zambonis…. etc etc etc …Make this game feel more like a hockey simulator or if you’re watching a hockey game on TV… the community would love to see a change in this …

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    2 years ago

    @D1SCOFEVER 

    Yes. Hitting up on the stick initiates a shot. That's intended. With how quickly it would happen in that situation, even if there were a way to cancel a shot, I don't think you could do that fast enough to avoid it. Unless you're talking about queuing up a one timer. It would be great to have that even though it's far less of an issue than it was in the past.

    Thanks for all the feedback!

  • I’ve played a lot of WOC games and it has happened on a few occasions where it goes into an auto shot animation and have had time to cancel a shot but unfortunately there’s no option to  do so… 


    I know it doesn’t happen frequently but it does happen on some occasions… 

    I just hope we get to see an innovative presentation rehaul and/or new broadcast package … 

    Thanks again and look forward to NHL 25 

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