“Flex cam” Goal Celebrations

New to the forum,EA_Aljo what’s your response to this?

I cannot agree more. Doing your own controlled goal celebrations were the best part of the game. The only thing I wanted more was to have team goal celebrations where you cellyd with your teammates. The whole Fortnite type celebrations are so immersion breaking. 

He is aware, and the devs are aware, The devs just dont care. They are trying to lure in fortnite players that will never play hockey into HUT. Franchise mode just gets screwed in the process. Full presentation gone b/c its takes to long. Everything is about grabbing a fad for a few extra bucks maybe but pissing off the actual long term buyers of the Franchise. I dont know anyone who likes the fortnite cellys, no matter what mode they play 

This really isn't the case. First, we all care. That can't be said enough. As far as the design choice goes, I know there are many of you unhappy with it. There's also a very large part of the community the does like it. This franchise is 30 years old at this point. We can't just release the same looking game every year. That's something we regularly see comments on. That it's copied and pasted, looks like NHL 15, etc. Which, doesn't make sense since the complaints actually stem from the changes that were made. 

We're not trying to upset the long term buyers. I'm one of them. I've been playing this game since the 90s myself. My hockey video game playing goes back before that. I'm not a fan of the design choices as well, but they don't take away from the game for me. I don't mind that we have them because my focus is on the actual gameplay. That's what matters most. Presentation is at the bottom of my list. The reason I'm saying this is to help drive the point home that we have a very diverse playerbase. Many want a game that represents what they see on TV while many others like the current design. Every single game I play in WoC has people using the intro animations and over the top cellys. If they truly were despised by everyone, I don't think we'd be seeing them get so much use. 

If we only made a game that satisfied the hardcore crowd, you wouldn't see the changes that we have year to year as we have to also try to meet the needs of the newer generation of players. Hockey is a niche sport. Limiting ourselves to only the hardcore sim community that demands the game look authentic to a TV broadcast would most likely mean less changes each year.

It’s a hockey game . Not Fortnite. 

Yep. And it's still a hockey game. Not like we're running around shooting each other. 

This is the dumbest answer I've ever read

your logic would mean that fifa will have such pointless repetitions that look like something out of a blizzard. but it's not like that. so please, if you don't know the answer, it's better to keep quiet. it's a very dishonorable way to treat people who spend money on games that you can live off of.

Love yaEA_Aljo and thank you for taking the time out for answering all of us daily. I just wish EA gave the crew more resources for that there can be just a switch between the online group that wants to be in game right away and for the offline group the immersive broadcast style that the hardcore offline community (myself included) prefers

My logic applies to NHL, not FC. All I'm saying is that some like the flex cam, some don't. 

I think this is the answer to make "everyone happy" (yes I know its impossible).  Just let players pick it in the options what they want to see.  The assets for a broadcast intro, more traditional goal celebrations, etc exist already as they were created for previous versions.  I know its not a priority against fixing gameplay, but it would be nice if the game was customizable enough where you could set the presentation elements you want to see.