Is it true that it is not really recommended to manually defend a cross crease?
Played a few online games now and whenever I stand between 2 opponent players trying to cross crease, it goes thru like butter. There is no animation of interception.
Also, just watched Sleeveless video and he said something similar too.
Anyone has tips for defending cross crease? Not manually using the defender between the cross crease? 😞
I dunno what happened in vid 2 but the player wasn't even looking at the puck in 3 and 4 and definitely shouldn't have stopped the puck.
I can't say for certain but I'm pretty sure the team didn't program eyes and heads to shift the way you want them to. Clearly, there is a lot to be desired when it comes to authenticity and overall gameplay but at the end of the day this is still a mish mash of 1's and 0's and we needa do they best we can with the tools (currently) given.
It's all about vision control. Hold LT/L2 between the puck carrier and receiver. It works 9/10
If it's an active 2 on 1. The best available option is either switching to goalie or dive block.
Plenty of the examples here also work when making your opponent double think their set up approach.
Who cares right... "it's just a game!"
What a response from people who spend their time discussing and defending said game on forums. It was right in years past, how hard can it be to make it right again? Paid 100$ for this.
This replay of my friend playing as a Defensive Defenseman:
