NHL25 AI TOTAL GARBAGE
I have not played an NHL game since NHL14, I decided to try out NHL25 and went out on a whim and purchased at full price. This game is annoying as heck to get back into playing and relearning game mechanics. Rookie is too easy, Semi-Pro is too, Pro is a step-up from those two but the game completely bends you over and pulls your hair at All-Star and Superstar modes. There have been instances where the CPU attack is non-stop, not missing any sort of deke on me or my CPU and getting 100% passing for an offensive attack and even skating faster than all my players. It seems like the AI just upscales the hell out if itself on my attacking zone, I can defend well in the neutral zone and can even defend well in beginning portion of the attacking zone but once the AI gets going in the heart of the O-Zone, neither me nor any of my CPU players able to get a stick lift, poke OR body check. It may be a bug but there have been times (only on All-Star and Superstar) where I am change my lines manually and the skaters refuse to leave the ice, even after stoppage in play, even with zero stamina and multiple attempts to change to different lines. I am not new to NHL games but I have been out of the game for a while and I am close to breaking a controller with how frustrating it is trying to learn to get better at the game and getting this sort of gameplay when playing solo. I can already tell what kind of responses I may get and people may point out that the sliders are there to help with the difficulty. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE DIFFICULTY SETTING IN THE FIRST PLACE????
Has this been addressed by EA? Will it be addressed? What sliders do you all use to help me out with the AI being obnoxious?