Classic NHL94 Controls
I see others have posted separate threads on basic game requirements, so here's another. Will Nhl25 bring back the classic controls that were removed in the 24 edition? Many of us require/enjoy t...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerWhat controls would you change specifically?
See last year's forum. It's all there. Cheers.
- EA_Aljo
Here is what you said previously:
"Well, I deleted NHL24 so I can't do a detailed comparison for you, but as an example, in NHL24 I recall I couldn't win a faceoff or make hits. I know intuitively what all of the NHL94 buttons were. With small tweaks some years, I could feel them out pretty quickly and they made sense. With NHL24 I had to take time to go back into settings to see what did what as it wasn't intuitive. I shouldn't have to guess or learn what shoot, pass, hit, speed buttons are. EA had it right in NHL22/23 and really had a good game that those like me who like good, fast, arcade style hockey enjoyed. I don't use modifiers or button combos and don't want to. Those of us who've been playing for decades enjoy a simple and fun game. NHL24 is neither simple nor fun."
Hitting uses the B/O button. I don't recall what hitting was before, but I think it was on the same button. Except now you have to hold it down for a shoulder check and just tap for a bump. Slapshots are the B/O button and wrist shots are the X/Square button. Passing uses A/X. What about this is different from the NHL 94 controls that you don't like?Faceoffs did change. You have to use the right stick for that instead of one of the face buttons. Flicking down on the right stick when the ref moves their hand should have the same effect.
While you quote my initial feedback, there were many others in other threads and around the internet who had the same issue with the new controls (and for different reasons). Your responses lead me to believe that you (and perhaps by extension the dev team) have little appreciation for and understanding of the original controls. The development team would do well to take feedback from those former users who had issues as well. Don't just ask people to document them in forums. Frankly that's lazy. Maybe even engage a few of these directly to do some detailed user experience studies. It would serve the franchise well and generate some goodwill that was spoiled last year. You might even expand your user base as a result.
As it appears that these negatively impacted segments of players were not part of the requirements gathering and little or no attention was paid to our user experiences (was any real UX study even done on this?), this will be my final comment here. I do wonder if the decision to remove the original control system would have been done so flippantly and without communication if there was a competing franchise. EA would never have axed the original control system in FIFA, (or whatever it's called now) as they know that many users would just move on to the competition (that smartly has the original FIFA system built in).
I'll continue to enjoy 22 and 23 for some casual fun, arcade style hockey; and leave the new controls to you and those that appreciate them.
- EA_Aljo
You have your chance here to provide feedback on why the Hybrid controls won't work. I have asked this several times now on different threads and nobody seems to be able to answer this, yet they keep saying those controls won't work. Can you please give examples of how the near identical controls are not working?
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