What happened to NHL25?
I can't be the only one to think this years game started great but is now seemingly heading slowly back toward feeling like NHL 24 gameplay/sliders, etc. Especially after the latest patch that dropp...
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Viewership on twitch is down 60% compared to last year's NHL at this moment.
Goalies save insane shots from up close but for some reason a flick up on the stick from the point goes in everytime. I've scored more goals with a slap shot that bounces of the goalies arm and in.
Poke checking is awful and if I speed boost LT and face the boards I can bait a tripping call 90% of the time so basically automatic entry into the opponents zone or he gets a tripping call.
Hitting barely connects so we got ballerinas dancing in our zone untouched. We can't take the body away defending our zone so right now it's just block shots to defend.
Casual players are dead right now in online play because they have given up going against Meta abusers. It takes so long to find a game in HUT champs you would think it's end of the year.
The better player doesn't even win anymore. Take a shot from anywhere on the ice at an impossible angle and the shot will bounce off the goalies arm or shoulder and he spins backwards and it goes in. It's a 50% chance you win even if you dominate the game.
It's such a boring game to play that has killed off casual fan base and just kept the players that love to abuse broken mechanics, you even got the twitch streamers that can't even say anything positive about it. I haven't even touched how bad the passing and player switching is.
Worst NHL game ever.
A lot of your complaints are skill issues.
Goalies save insane shots from up close but for some reason a flick up on the stick from the point goes in everytime.
This is not true
Poke checking is awful
It works just fine if you take the time to master it.
if I speed boost LT and face the boards I can bait a tripping call 90% of the time
Sounds like you're playing against players who don't understand this and are below your skill level. Try playing stiffer competition against players who know you're trying to bait them.
Hitting barely connects so we got ballerinas dancing in our zone untouched
Skill issue.
The better player doesn't even win anymore.
Skill Issue.
Take a shot from anywhere on the ice at an impossible angle and the shot will bounce off the goalies arm or shoulder and he spins backwards and it goes in. It's a 50% chance you win even if you dominate the game.
Not true and again, points to a skill issue.
It's such a boring game to play that has killed off casual fan base and just kept the players that love to abuse broken mechanics, you even got the twitch streamers that can't even say anything positive about it. I haven't even touched how bad the passing and player switching is.
Player switching is great once you master RS player switching. But, this takes time and practice and if you're out to be dominant the instant you open the game, then this skillset isn't for you.
If anything, the drop in Twitch viewership has more to do with the streamers themselves. You ever tune into a stream these days? A kid sitting in a dark room with the glow of his monitor showing his expressionless face while periodically checking their phone like they're Jack Bauer waiting for a call from The President.
Naw, that's a 'nope' for me dawg and I suspect the Twitch user-base is growing up a little and has less time for cringey, over the top 'streamers' trying to farm engagement rather than produce quality content.
