Whoever picked this soundtrack has an awful taste in music.... why does ea think hockey fans would like this garbage.
To be fair, the NHL soundtracks in the 10-14 era are pretty universally loved. Heavy metal/classic rock is what people miss. 100 gecs is not what most NHL fans are looking for.
Aljo you guys used to be able to do that... for example do u think the song riot from last years game fits the right demographic for your typical hockey fan?? Me and all my buddies who play the game just laugh
Community ManagerI have no idea since I don't recall it. I turned off the soundtrack after sampling each song day 1. I do this every year so I can listen to what I want. I also turn off commentary, rink announcer, turn down goal horns, and turn down the crowd. Sometimes I listen to podcasts while I play. Just depends on the mood. We have an extremely diverse demographic so not everyone is going to like every song.
Aljo I think ea tries to convince themselves too much about having a diverse fanbase especially for NHL.. why are you guys so woke
The first thing I've done when loading the game for the first time is turn the menu music off - pretty much since EA introduced menu music.
I've given the arena music a chance in the past, but really found the songs irritating; I'm super fussy about music and the dev team will never please me.
I remember the PC versions in the late 90s opening with recent hit songs from bands like Garbage and Collective Soul over footage of actual NHL gameplay. It really felt like "Welcome to the Big Leagues, kid"
That being said, I feel the pain of the NHL dev team on this. Ever since Rockstar showed artists the value of their music in games, with the GTA series, artists aren't licensing their hit songs for peanuts anymore. If R* is being turned down by the likes of Heaven 17 for offering too little money for GTA 6, I'm really not sure how NHL devs are going to secure music that has proven, broad appeal - without sacrificing the budget for stuff we really want.
For the sake of throwing in something constructive, what I would find pretty cool is if we could select the arena songs to be "Classic Organ Only", which would be kind of a flashback to the Sega NHLs of the 90s. There are already some NHL 94 features in creation zone, and I think some of us older players and NHL fans would appreciate in-game music that harkens back to our youth.
Also, an organ music soundtrack for games seems pretty cost effective to me.
