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BigCastle00's avatar
BigCastle00
New Novice
4 days ago

NHL 25 Feedback

Decided to pick this game up for $35 dollars on a Black Friday Deal, knowing the game is going to be complete garbage but hoping I would be wrong. After playing about 20-25 games I’ve quickly realized that this is the same game as last year with a few minor touch up’s. The physics of this game are broken, the graphics are the same, goal scoring is the same old crap, 2 on 1 slap shots past the goalie. It’s really a shame that a company can release the same thing year after year and charge $70 bucks. 

 

Edit: Modified the subject to better reflect the content of the thread. -CM

    1. Amount of one timer goals is insane, or the 2 on 1 pass over where either you score 95% of the time or the other opponent online rams you out of the way with no interference penalty.
    2. Super speed. Couldn’t get back on D with a fresh Cale Makar, blown out of the water by Jason Zucker in speed, just crazy. It’s like guys randomly just get turbo boosts on here out of nowhere.
    3. Goaltending is atrocious, basically like a fish out of water is the only way I can describe it.
    4. Passing does not function correctly. Players are wide open and pass will go in a completely different direction.
    5. Just completely outplaying an opponent to be burned by garbage over and over again.

    I could continue on with this list but this game is primarily the same as last year and should have never even been offered for $70 bucks. I don’t even think this game was worth it for the $35. It’s honestly really sad seeing what EA sports has become. The NHL game is the new NBA Live. The difference though is that there is no competition. When Live became the same repetitive thing year after year with minor tweaks, EA lost their remaining gameplay fans to NBA 2K. Until another competitor comes along we are stuck with the same old crap year after year.

    • KidShowtime1867's avatar
      KidShowtime1867
      Hero
      BigCastle00 wrote:

      Amount of one timer goals is insane

      Skill issue. 

      BigCastle00 wrote:

      Super speed. Couldn’t get back on D with a fresh Cale Makar, blown out of the water by Jason Zucker in speed, just crazy

      Skill issue. Allowing your opponent to generate speed through the neutral zone is a rookie mistake.

      BigCastle00 wrote:

      Goaltending is atrocious, basically like a fish out of water is the only way I can describe it.

      Goaltending can only react to the opportunities you allow your opponent to have. There's no doubt there is the odd goalie glitch, but in 25 games you'd have likely only encountered 2-3 times where the goalie was actually making an unintended motion, save, etc. So again, sill issue.

      BigCastle00 wrote:

      Passing does not function correctly

      Yes it does. This is 100% a skill issue. 

      BigCastle00 wrote:

      Just completely outplaying an opponent to be burned by garbage over and over again.

      Can't capitalize on your chances and can't stop an opponent from beating you? Skil issue.

       

       

      • Greyinsi's avatar
        Greyinsi
        Seasoned Adventurer

        Kid, please with the skill issue… There are clear bugs in the game.. Passing is online very buggy, so it’s not 100% skill issue. They broke something this year. You can charge pass and point up and it goes to 9 o’clock. Heck even the icon passes won’t go where pointed them. Then theres issue if you have two players lined up, the first player is wide open to receive the pass but the decided that i must have wanted to pass the guy far behind whose guarded by two opponents.

        These issues are less clear offline, but they are there.

    • MasterB89's avatar
      MasterB89
      Rising Adventurer

      Speaking for the offline experience and at a high difficulty a lot of these issue don't persist. Goaltending is actually a bit better then last year, is it perfect, no it is not. There is still some weird animations but at least this year at high difficulty goalies make you work for goals (user controlled teams and AI). Most of my games are close in average shots (24-20 as an example) and scores reflect that style of game (depending on how each goalie plays), average scores are 3-2, 2-1, 4-3. The boost by a defenseman and cross crease goal is not frequent at all, the spin in the corner and in front of the net is still there but defense will cover it better so its not guaranteed either. 

      The green Tee one timers in offline were never OP to start with and with the last nerf they are even more rare. Now I can go 4-5 games without one going in even if I green it. I need to make sure there is some kind of screen in front of the net to have a chance on most. 

      The skater movement is better overall, allowing more movement and helping to set up actual powerplay in zone plays. 

      AI is still hit or miss but overall is better then NHL 24. I find that if there is a player alone it usually comes down to my mistake or placement or going for a hit instead of playing the puck. 

      There isn't much to anything for super speed offline - higher speed players can beat some defense men but they catch up 90% of the time if you go behind the net. Also, its more common if you use stamina strategically (which was something that was non existent in NHL 23 and 24 - where speed and stamina were OP and non realistic). 

      I'd say the graphics are better and worse at the same time. Some of the player models and faces look better but other parts have not changed or worse (missing the ice show while skating and to some degree show build up). 

      NBA isn't a great comparable as it does offer a lot more but also monetizes 1000 times more. So you said paying $70 but if this had the same format of 2K it would $70 + upwards to $50 to $200+ depending on which modes you play online ( I do agree that competition would be ideal for NHL as a whole)

  • thegarden94's avatar
    thegarden94
    Rising Adventurer

    There is absolutely ZERO skill involved when taking one timers,get rid of that stupid bullseye 

    • KidShowtime1867's avatar
      KidShowtime1867
      Hero

      Then why not take one-timers all day to climb up the leaderboards to establish dominance? Those of you who claim things are 'so easy' for your opponent to do yet you can't seem to do it with the same efficacy... what does that tell you?

  • Kid are you writing this seriously or because you maybe get some HUT Card packs from EA?

    • phomi99's avatar
      phomi99
      New Vanguard

      He's just someone who enjoys disagreeing with people. You can show him a blue sky and he would argue why it's yellow. 

  • lol.. 35$. Game is 2 months old. Game does not sell. No buyers. We all know why but EA is probably suprised.

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager

    Thread locked since it's devolved into calling each other out. In the future, I recommend adding video along with your claims that back up these are bugs and not skill issues.