NHL Is Not The Same
NHL games used to be very enjoyable, nowadays it seems like EA does not care about how the games they release play. NHL 25 has a ton of major issues (EASHL and I'm sure other game modes) including glitches and issues with the matchmaking. Players still have to deal with the loadout glitch which has been an issue for YEARS. Theres also glitches when trying to start an EASHL game like it just not loading the game at all until someone leaves the lobby, and the beginning face-off repeating over and over again. It takes forever to even find a match so when these glitches occur after trying to search for a game 3 separate times and after 10 minutes of searching, this can be very irritating.
Along with the matchmaking taking forever to even find a game, you are often put up against a team full of elites while your whole team is unranked. It's like watching an OHL team playing against the Florida Panthers. and even if you were to beat that team, you still only gain 200 points towards ranking up, while a loss against that same team would have you lose 400-600. The hitting in this game is atrocious, the AI and controlling a goalie is terrible. I used to play nothing but goalie and now it feels like a punishment all because of terrible animations which the goalie has no business doing for certain shots and the number of glitch goals there are within the game. I truly believe the last good NHL game was NHL 14-15. This series has gone downhill and the community has spoken out for so long and EA just ignores it and adds stupid stuff that no one asks nor cares about.
