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kasc854hhgwa
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5 months ago

Hyper agressive UI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear EA,

Can one of the developers please explain one thing to me? Where have you seen hockey where an average of 30 hits per third (or even 90 hits per game) were scored by an AI-controlled team? Don't get mad at me... maybe I'm being a little harsher now, but getting this game to a state where it's practically unplayable is really the pinnacle. I understand and I'm used to you laughing at us customers and players every year with a supposedly "new" game with "new" features and improvements and ignoring old problems that most of the community points out and still being able to charge full price for a defacto roster update + a few new problems.... as I say, I'm used to you making us idiots. But for you to be able to make me (us) hate playing hockey like this by constantly being chased by AI players the entire game, who have only one goal and that is to destroy me, is really the pinnacle. Does anyone test the game before releasing it, or before you patch it? Do you even take into account the feedback of fans and therefore customers or do you just ignore it? (I think I can answer that myself...). As someone pointed out here, adjusting the aggression sliders to 0, I repeat to 0, doesn't solve anything, maybe it reduces it a little, but it's still unrealistic and frustrating. The funny thing is that you still force us to balance the game ourselves by adjusting the sliders, as if it's not your problem :D :D. I think I'll speak for most of us offline players, that we don't care if we can create a hockey player in excessive detail, adjust the colors of the jerseys, etc. The most important thing for us is that the game is balanced and, above all, playable. I recently came across a similar post in the community that is 6 months old and one of you replied that it's being worked on.... 6 months and nothing, are you serious? Are you kidding me?

In case you didn't understand what I'm talking about, I'll write down here in points the main problem that makes the game an unplayable battle (I won't mention the other problems that the game has and are no less frustrating, because as I wrote, you're screwed if these mistakes are still the same for several years)

Hyper aggressive AI - the only intention of the AI ​​is to take down those players. It's common that when I have the puck, three AI players are able to chase me all over the field until they just completely take me down... Even on my own half, when I want to give my teammates a moment to offer themselves well for a pass, I'm constantly being chased by an AI opponent who simply wants to "kill" me. But we don't stop there... the AI ​​is hyper-aggressive even towards my teammates who don't hold the puck at all... in other words, if I want to create something and lock the opponent in his third, and try to create a chance to shoot and score with passes, I defacto have no chance, because within a few seconds the AI ​​opponent will pointlessly take down all my teammates and finally the only player who is still standing is me with the puck (not for long, because in a while the whole AI five will come after me again to take me down too).

Since I don't expect to get an explanation, it is quite possible that you will delete this post, but I would like to at least return to my original question, which you could perhaps answer, which is: "Where have you seen such hyper-aggressive hockey?" 

Aren't you really stupid to release a game in such a state and not even fix it after more than half a year? Don't you have any conscience or self-preservation instinct? Probably not... especially since sheep buy the game every year and the rest is not our problem.

Maybe the fault is ours and when developing the game you are inspired by some matches that we ordinary fans don't watch... suffice it to say... in the end the fault is ours. But I've never seen a hockey match like that before.

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  • Hi there, one of the herd for sure. I am addicted to Hockey and love playing it as a video game since my body does not work like that :)

    I bought a PS5 just for this game, just because you cannot play this version of the game on a PS4, had to buy the new system...

    I am also curious if there are any sliders setup that really just works and makes the game enjoyable and believable? I am actively looking for a different "hobby" as this game is so frustrating, I have to take time outs just to calm down like a toddler.

    Every game you can see the issues that make you hate it even more. But this version of the game, WOW there is always one guy on every team who races across the ice like a rocket and dry humps you all the way across the blue line. Sometime you get knocked down, sometimes you can just let it happen but then you skate slowly. Again the unreal is unreal.

    There are a few things I do not get as well like this invisible bubble that shields the CPU players, when trying to hit or take the puck or do anything, they move in ways where it is not believable. My guys are dead on for a hit, then all of a sudden, they are "bounced off" (nothing) and steered out of the hitting path. I can even have 2 guys hit a single guy into the boards and he just brushes it off and keeps skating while my guys are blocked by each other. Or have you ever seen the CPU have 1 player block 2-3 of your players coming down the ice?

    When getting hit by the CPU, which appears like a bump or a brush or a sneeze, will not only knock my players down but then they slide 15 feet away from the puck or target. What is that about?

    When hitting the CPU, it is as if my guys are not even on the ice. The same guy I crushed into the boards, not only gets up faster AND actually gets the puck back, but my guys are still moving in slow motion to get the puck, like drunk little babies.

    I have tried changing the sliders too and even going to zero for certain ones and it is surprising when you expect it to change the game, but it does not. I do not like doing this, as I feel changing all these settings makes it feel like cheating. This is just how I feel, I am not calling you or anyone a cheater.

    I play franchise mode only, always have, always will. And with all these little nuances that exist and still need to be addressed and fixed, somehow there was time to work on coach cut scenes. Let me tell you - these are riveting and I feel like I am in the game! EA at the Oscars? LOL no I am kidding.

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