Something changed in the gameplay...
I've seen a few post here and on Reddit that I couldn't agree more with. Since the last update about a week ago something definitely changed in the gameplay. I've seen your awnser on a thread ...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerAgain, gameplay has not changed since launch. This happens every year. People are adapting to the new gameplay. So, what was working at launch, isn't working now since people have adapted and adjusted.
Let's ask this way: Why does the game speed need to be so fast? A big part of the community likes real ice hockey, not speed skating.
- EA_Aljo
We've seen a lot of feedback since launch on how the game speed is slower. Which, is accurate. The speed was slowed down for 25. The recent claims that we secretly sped it up are not true. You're welcome to provide video of instances where you feel it's too fast. I'll send that over to the team for review.
If you want feedback on how trash the pro difficulty is go see your twitter post about the panarin moments. Yes those moments are way too difficult, but pro difficulty is also way overpowered. And as I said, the overall aggressiveness of CPU is off the chart. All they do is charging and ragdolling you all day long starting on pro and beyond.
You wanted videos. Here's 2 for the moment.
1: Why is that impossible to get that puck? It happens way too often. The player you hit doesn't get separated enough from the puck and those CPU are so freaking perfect/never tired/never injured/never suffer from winded getups that of course they stand up before you successfully take the puck and take it themselves...
2: Here's what happened at least 5 times tonight when I quit the Panarin top shelf moment, infinite loading screen. I had to close my game and start the whole game again 5 times.
1: https://youtu.be/ZhCDCkW3t_k
2: https://youtu.be/WJFG0UJvliI
I'll send you some more videos when I get more.
Here's another video about the aggressiveness of the CPU.
How is that not a cross-check? Like what game are we playing here? Nhl?
Also why are the CPU never affected by full pressure? They never run out of energy, they do the same play, this hit as hard, they skate as fast, they're still super aggressive but always full of energy..
Here is definitive proof that the game speed in NHL 25 is as close to real life as possible:
It was... There was another test after patches which didn’t align well with that of launch test.
I’m not even sure what the heck’s going on with the game. One game is nice and slow and then most of the time everything feels fast forwarded nhl 24 style, all with same builds in 6s. It’s definitely not consistent anymore. Probably the decade long slider issue still…do you have definitive proof the rink is the same size?
