EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerNHL 25 Gameplay First Look
Hey, NHL Fans! Check out some NHL 25 Gameplay with Nasher and the Hughes Brothers.
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The only hint this was not NHL '24 or '23 was the score clock. I did see a few reaction animations and noticed the skill-based one-timer shadow appearing under players.... but presentation, lighting, textures.. everything looks identical.
So it wasn't just me.
That was really underwhelming and didn't really highlight any of the new features at all. And it looks like the goalies are still going to be giving up terrible squeakers if that NJ goal is anything to go by.
I get that it's a marketing stunt and not a proper gameplay demonstration, but I'm at a loss for how anyone could look at that and think it was something that would get people excited about the game.
- EA_Aljo
The game looks similar to previous versions. That happens pretty much every year. I think the changes with gameplay are going to be where it feels like a new game though. I'm looking forward to you all getting your hands on it Friday.
Even the NHL stars you guys showed off were complaining about the game. It's already over before it started
That was brutal. I noticed maybe one instance where the skating and gameplay looked any different at all. In all fairness, that could be due to the fact that the Hughes brothers don't play this game.
But, that makes me question the decision to have a bunch of athletes who don't have time to play these games to be the ones to showcase the first real look at gameplay. Why not have guys like Sleeveless, TacTixHD, etc., guys who actually know how to play EA NHL, play the game? That would've given us a much better idea of what the gameplay is like.
Same presentation, same goals going in, sameish gameplay. Are we buying this for the updated cover art?
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Why not have guys like Sleeveless, TacTixHD, etc., guys who actually know how to play EA NHL, play the game? That would've given us a much better idea of what the gameplay is like.
You're right, but after seeing this gameplay footage, I think it's obvious why they didn't want hardcore players dissecting it.
I'm still holding out hope that this was filmed when the game was still in alpha or beta and there've been a ton of additions since this build. But if so, it begs the question as to why this was our first look at raw gameplay.
That's a good point. I also understand that it's better for marketing purposes to have 3 superstar NHLers playing the game than a few streamers.
I would imagine this footage has been in the can for a while. How long that's been, though? Who knows.
It was def filmed before August, because at one point they are asked about the photo shoot and how it went. Luke responds with, "I am not sure, I will tell you in August when it comes out." 5:50 in the video if you want to check that out. Which says this was still during the development stages.
Lmao Quinn was criticizing hard. Dude was talking about how bad the swimming was and they just cut it off mid sentence and fast forwarded the game. My favorite part was when he was calling out a formation and looked so disappointed when the AI were so out of place.
On another note, this year genuinely looks the same. I know it's hockey but every other year at least had some noticable change. This "ice Q" BS is no where to be found. Looks like EA took a year off. Just give the NHL rights to a indie dev
Our first look at extended gameplay and it’s a clip from at latest, July? Something that was at least 2 months pre-release?
Ive never seen such little time or effort put into marketing a new game. Such a weird release year.
The first look at the game could not be worse. The visitors are playing in the NHL for the first time in their lives. The animation after the goal is insanely dark. Cut out footage when the game is interrupted.
Another thing I noticed in the gameplay were multiple instances of players just skating into each other. What happened to that fancy new avoidance technology we were shown in the deep dive?
Can we PLEASE turn the flex celebrations off, put an on/off switch? Please?? These are so dumb and no one asked for them.
I’m kind of bummed out that the “flex cam” is still a thing after a goal. Wasn’t cool last year and it looks even more annoying now. Hoping there’s a way we can turn it off
Also wondering if we can turn off the flex celebrations?
Honest question; Can someone please put in times where there is actual usage of ICE-Q cause gameplay wise this looked the same as the NHL 24 game I played just before (where was the players shifting between opposing players? AI didn't seem to do it and already saw players bump into each other? Also, where did Sapien technology play into the player looks? Cause movement wise they look mainly the same and player models don't really look different either from what has been shown so far, aside from the fact that most of the players seem to not be wearing shoulder pads..
Please add team logos to the scoreboard. You had those in the updated scoreboard video and it looked million times better than the EA logo. The EA logo is already all over the ice we don't need it in the scoreboard.
