not sure i can really. It's just when you play moments, or most offline modes, but moments in particular, you experience the game like you never do otherwise. Most of my effort is put in to online play. For me, that's always been the place to compete with fellow NHL'ers. I've played 1000's of games over the last 5-6 years. Literally, i can count on 1 hand how many times an oppoent ties me up against the boards. Yet, in offline HUT play the cpu does it at nauseum. Body checks by the cpu are unlike anything we can reproduce ourselves. The computer AI is programmed in such a way to just mirror your movements, very unrealistic as it's bascially matching your controller movement, atleast vs a human you have a bit of a chance of escaping a forecheck. It's just very "not like we play the game". There are words on the screen that suggest a certain difficulty. I.e., Rookie, Semi-Pro, Pro, and so on. These are simply words. They do not really reflect the actual gameplay. I've mentioned, since inception, that Moments is obnoxioulsy difficult for what it is. And i'm not suggesting that i'm struggling with it, yes some are very difficutly, and some are really easy. Its just a matter of enjoyment. We play these modes, well a lot of us i'm sure, gripping our controller like it's going to fall out of our hands if we don't try harder. I, literally, spent $300 on a controller and it feels like these offline modes are just taking the life out of my fancy controller, due to the effort required lol. It feels like i'm wasting the life of my controller playing some of these modes. Anyways, i know you play HUT, tho this year it sounds like more WOC for you. Anyways, i'm rambling. I'll see what i can do for video.
Community ManagerHi there. AI players are not programmed to mirror controller inputs. The Moments are very challenging and that is the intent. I have passed on the feedback previously that people feel the difficulty doesn't reflect how the AI players are performing. We'll have to see if any changes are made.
