HUT Catch 22
Went on the PS5 today to try out the 10-hour timed trial through EA Play. What kind of crap is this that you have to win games with a trash team before they let you spend your earned coins to actually upgrade your team? Like you can't even access the auction house to improve your team until you jump through hoops first. It's bad enough that you get matched up with everybody's day-one stacked teams and cannot possibly compete because your 75 overall players don't follow your controller's input correctly. You can't skate, turn, pass, shoot, or anything because your ratings don't let you, but you are forced to win games against stacked teams in order to have the right to use the WHOLE game that you paid for.
I bet ya that EA wants you to spend money on packs to remedy this, don't they? I'm sure if you hand over your credit card every day you'd probably have a better time. Everything about this franchise has become a dumpster fire with the greed and laziness. NHL 24 roster update 70 dollars please. If you want some "free" packs to get you started 100 dollars please.
I will be refunding my EA Play and PS Plus subscription and they can stick this game somewhere dark. I am so disappointed in the path EA has taken since NHL 15. The old games were so much better with the better gameplay and actual REAL lobbies.
RIP NHL