Grudge Match Deep Dive Blog

No Full Presentation is a joke.

Depending on the x-factor given for EASHL grudge matches this could be horribly unbalanced.

This looks like a really cool feature, unfortunately the immersion you are looking to create is impossible without full presentation. That should be the bare minimum, with this being a fun addition on top of it. Considering the demand for bringing full presentation back, I don't understand the logic behind it still not being in the game. Especially now that we are next-gen only.

I do not even play with X factors on i wonder how it is going to be when those are turned off.

Yes without proper AUTENTHIC presentation before the game this Grudge match graphics not get the full effect.

It seems odd that this 'grudge match' is being touted as a primary feature. If we're going to see the same old presentation albeit with some new shoehorned camera cuts to the coach and maybe a player who's been tracked as scoring goals against a rival, what's the point? 

We were told 'new dynamic camera angles' were coming in '20 or '19 and it ended up being these quick, 2-second camera angles that were injected into the pre-faceoff flow. They're still there to this day - a jarring, seemingly unnecessary camera cut, right before the faceoff. 

I just think if they've done this again - simply added a new angle into the regular off-play flow along with a few new graphics to showcase a 'grudge match' - it's going to fall flat and those of us who've been begging for quality-of-life improvements to the rest of the game will wonder why. 

From the blog:

As clubs and players come back year after year, history comes with you, so a Grudge 2-3 years from now will have more history, substance, and emotion.

This seems to imply clubs are going to be brought forward to new games instead of needing to be re-created with each release.  Can that be confirmed?   Or is the grudge tracking at the player level?  Or both?

EA_Aljocan you confirm if we will be seeing goalie stats at all? Also how is it possible that full presentation was not put into this game after it has been requested since it was removed after nhl 22 last had it?

Still no Full presentation this is a Joke 

Full presentation ain't coming back, quite sadly. EA has made it clear the main exposition style is HUT/online focused - no buildup or "wasting time" pregame or otherwise, just straight to the action, arcade style, so the kids don't get bored and the micro transactions keep flowing. 

I'm in favor of a full presentation, but what is a full presentation? If the goalkeepers intro were returned. Is the presentation complete? Last year they brought back repeated shots of the goals, even the goalkeeper's interventions (3x replay) as well as the record of the hits. This year the coaches should be seen as well. So with ena the full presentation works and gradually goes back.