What exactly is NHL 25s selling point?
My nhl friends ask me, what is the selling point? Does anyone have any idea? Ice Q? Better AI positioning, the ability to open up your hips while using vision control? With the news of no GM Connecte...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerI can see why those focused on presentation and wanting the game to look like an NHL broadcast would feel this way. Hopefully, we'll see some positivity for the gameplay when early release starts in a couple weeks.
EA did this to themself. I suspect the reason there is no beta this year is because you know it would generate poor PR and would hurt on the preorder side of things.
The thing about the technical tests is that they aren't meant as a showcase of the game. They were meant for the hardcore members of the community to test things out, test server stability, etc.
What happened was people who had no business taking part in the tech test were given codes, they played for 2 minutes and lost a game... then proceeded to berate EA on social media about how the 'game sucks' etc etc.
If I was EA, I wouldn't give the cynical haters any fuel for their addiction to social media attention.
EA needs closed betas and invite only those who understand what Alpha means in terms of builds, and not open it up to people who think it's a full representation of the final code.
It's tough but they HAVE to playtest their game in some way. They should have long-time players of the game sign NDAs and test the game.
I know an NDA can't stop every leak but it should scare most people away. Also, put age restrictions on it. Not for nothing but younger adults and kids are much more likely to leak due to frustration.
