EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerNHL 25 Reveal Trailer
Hey, NHL Fans! Here's your first look at NHL 25! Features and pre-order details can be found on the official website. See you all on the ice October 4th!
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You could turn your back to the play with LT-ing which was heavily frowned upon and considered a cheap tactic. This new method I believe will be a game changer when it comes to making the defense look silly at times.
Watch Makar in this video and you will see what it's more or like going to be like with the 1 skate pointing one way and the other another way while keeping more of a focus towards the net.
Yes, I remember which is why I knew it wasn't good for the game at the time. The "revamped" method I'm hoping it is better but from the trailer it doesn't look a whole lot different (also, does not show if the original issue has been corrected either). Maybe it would be better to see how it works in actual gameplay when the deep dive releases and not a pre-designed cutscene/trailer.
I guess that is where I'm confused when its comes to the "new" part as this was a previously existing feature.
The original issue with LT-ing was that you could turn your back to the play and still keep speed and make great movement. This new method will definitely help movement wise and staying square to the play. It even looks like the AI will take advantage of the movement. It's definitely going to be one of those things you will have to play to get a feel for imo.
I'll wait and see with the gameplay deep dive to see for sure. Still, it seems a bit weird how they removed the movement option, just to rework it and add it back in as something that is new.
Sadly, for the AI part, unless there is major overhaul with it (which maybe possible with "Ice Q").. I can not see this happening (AI players don't seem to understand how to utilize the tools they have). In an offline franchise for NHL 24 (2 seasons - playing all games), I have not seen one player ever attempt "the Michigan" and maybe a handful of the other dekes at most.
- EA_Aljo
This is highly inaccurate. LT'ing was stopped due to not being able to protect the puck when backskating. This caused you to turn your back to the defender and where the puck was better protected. Now, you're opening your hips and facing the net better so you have more precise lateral movement.
