Haha okey so i average over 5000 hits in 500 games in nhl 23 eashl 6v6 division 1 as a defensman and my buddy playing forward also hit pretty much when needed so i think we know how to hit .
And we have been able to hit hard in Every other nhl game before So sadly this game is really Broken
NHL hockey games should be fast and physical
If this is how the game is going to be then this will be the last nhl game we buy .
People have such a false sense of security out there with the new controls I'd argue shoulder checks are even more powerful than they ever have been - caveat being you just need to learn to flick down then up - easy peasy.
Hip checks are fun - yeah they are a single button now but 1. they used to be a simple click on R3 back in the day and 2. you shouldn't complain about them if you abused a simple flick on a stick with Truculence/bruiser builds.
NHL 10-14 I probably spend more time in the box than on the ice with all the fighting and hitting I did so I can safely say these new controls are a skill-gap QoL tweak that should have happened ages ago.
