Offline player only.
For now playing games on play now until season starts and the roster comes out to start franchise mode.
Playing on all star this year with sliders adjusted to as close to full sim as possible.
The new skating is really nice feels good, thank you for letting us turn off the pressure meter.
Graphics seem nicer for the players but the ice was better last year. For instance for the first minute of the period the ice had that wet look before it became scratched up in 24, there also had more shine to it. Maybe then can patch it
During gameplay there is no ice snow coming up from the players skates when you turn or stop hard , 24 had it not sure why 25 doesn't , hopefully this gets patched.
Gameplay is fun I've had lots of fun playing the AI as they seem to play better.
Goalies perform better as well.
Overall I hope those things gets patched but 24 was a 7 imo and 25 for me is an 8