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BIGRlTCHY's avatar
2 years ago

We Deserve Better Quality Than This! Unacceptable To Us Consumers

Quality for NHL 24 is coming to an end already and way before GWC. I myself find it boring because the offline game modes got no love really and the online modes are full of toxic E-sports kids who exploit the game to their advantage. Played a known contender in Rivals who kept going for Michigan's which I stopped. His highest overall was a 90 but everything else under 80 overall and he was faster, could hit my players without penalty by charging at them... This has happened so many times in this game I just accept it and move on because there is no point in playing a video game I paid over $100 that is so poorly made...

Played hockey all my life and to call this NHL 24 is a joke! If EA NHL is going with the whole Fortnite mentality they might as well break ties with the NHL licensing and go all Arcade because clearly it is furthering itself away from the NHL brand... Watch or play a competitive game of hockey and see where the players position themselves... In no way does a goalie start flopping around like a fish when exhausted they try their very best to regain energy. I play this position once in awhile myself and being fairly new to IRL goalie, NHL 24 makes it look like goalies are useless! Might as well put an empty net in instead...All because the whiny E-sports exploiter kids cried wolf and wanted goalies to become swiss cheese so they could exploit the game more as they become the priority catering group and the rest of the community gets ignored, especially the offline.

We have asked for decent quality content and we get a gimmicky arcade gong show. There comes a time where EA NHL needs to stop focusing on microtransactions and instead put focus on the community and consumer purchases. More players would come to improve population if we had something enjoyable to play...

What bothers me is at the start communication was flawless and now there is no engagement other than Aljo doing all the work, which is highly appreciated. Even Clappy is posting way more than normal despite the community roasting the series because well this game isn't good! Mike might think so but truthfully it is worst than the Buffalo Sabres hockey team...

For what we pay, we deserve better and this isn't acceptable. 

EA NHL will continue to lose its population if they keep going on this track of disappointment. Kids aren't even interested in this game. Only ones who think the game is good are the exploiters who never touch grass and have no life outside of this game...

Cheers!

13 Replies

  • Stubo_NHL24's avatar
    Stubo_NHL24
    New Ace
    2 years ago

    Gave up on the game 2 weeks ago. That's after playing the series religiously  for over 30 years. 

    I'll give the trial a go when 25 comes out but I definitely won't be pre ordering it like I usually would.

    I agree with everything the OP said 100%. So much wrong with the game that it would take me half the night to type it out and I really can't be arsed. 

  • NeonSkyline21's avatar
    NeonSkyline21
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @BIGRlTCHY Can you expand on that "In NHL24 you can literally cause the D-man whether human or AI controlled to slow themselves down due to if they go into a back skate by the blueline they lose energy" comment?

    I just made a thread about this happening and I thought it was a bug but you're saying players can make this happen on PURPOSE? How? How do you do this? I want to know so that I'm on a level playing field with the abusers out there. I know it happens when you make somewhat of a stretch pass to the far-side winger but is that all it takes? Or is there some other factor?
  • KidShowtime1867's avatar
    KidShowtime1867
    Hero
    2 years ago

    @NeonSkyline21 wrote:
    @BIGRlTCHYCan you expand on that "In NHL24 you can literally cause the D-man whether human or AI controlled to slow themselves down due to if they go into a back skate by the blueline they lose energy" comment?

    I just made a thread about this happening and I thought it was a bug but you're saying players can make this happen on PURPOSE? How? How do you do this? I want to know so that I'm on a level playing field with the abusers out there. I know it happens when you make somewhat of a stretch pass to the far-side winger but is that all it takes? Or is there some other factor?

    I would wait for this claim to be backed up by video before giving it any credence. I'm not saying it's untrue - when you can recognize the strategies your opponent is using and you can zone-in on how they switch players when defending, it's easy to expose a novice player into taking control of a d-man at the wrong time in order to get a step on them. It's why you often see players complain about top-level players just circling and waiting to bait them into making a mistake like that. 

    But I don't buy the claim that you can actually decrease the speed of an already human controlled player by forcing them to enter a backskate at the blue line. 

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