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jacobbscott
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4 days ago

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I just “played” about 20 games after being called up from the AHL, in those 20 games, I sat on the bench and simmed about 10-15 of them. In the games I did get put in, I played one shift a game, or one shift a period. (Usually one per game and on 10 minute periods). 
You guys then ask us to maintain a 75 form score during those games, yet do not get played…. I mean does EA not grasp the concept that the way they have their game set up is that you have to be the chosen one, gods greatest gift to hockey, scoring 2 points a game. (Oh and on one shift a game if you play at all!)

this is genuinely shocking, that an established company such as EA can put out a mainstream game like this and it be LITERALLY unplayable.

i mean FFS, your guys whole advertisement was that be a pro was focused on and a big thing for NHL26…. Like I would love to see what goes on in the studios at EA because there’s gotta be something we as a community simply aren’t understanding at this point, because it’s like they don’t even test the game before they release it, or that anyone that actually works on this game doesn’t watch or care at all about hockey, it’s so funny to me, yet so aggravating at the same time😂 like it’s 2025 guys this is an issue id expect from a new game putting out a new game mode you guys have been around for decades working on these kind of games, figure it out.

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  • Been there, playing on superstar, one game can ruin the entire chapter. You know what's even funnier? There are discussion traits (5 + 7 trait points to spend) there which say "avoid being put on 4th line", "stay in NHL / avoid being sent down" ...  well got those perks in NHL pre-season of my 2nd BaP season, and at the end of preseason got sent down due to form score, LOL. What is the trait for then? I am now getting through the 8 games in AHL to see if I'll be called up and on what line I'll be put on, one would assume it will be 3rd line with that trait active but I don't have high hopes :D

    Btw anybody else being screwed constantly by simulation goals? Somehow at the end of a second period in one of my chapter games the Devils scored 5 goals 2 seconds apart each, game loss 5:0, form score down :D Best player on the ice, nah bro, not good enough, down to AHL with ya, no matter you are 83 overall after your first season leading the team in points and +/- 

  • I loved the 2k nhl's back in the day, all the cool stuff that they put in there. The sky box was one of my favorite things, but as much as I would love to have those games back, people say that it would probably just be treated with how they make the NBA games. They complain about the vc, but even though I don't play NBA, I see YouTubers that play the career mode and the neighborhood that they have is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in a sports game. Its like the sims meets a sports game and that's what you get. Also does it occur to anyone else that if ea actually cared about be a pro they would give it a better name. Its the laziest name for a sports career mode that you can have, even nfls is face of the franchise and college football is road to glory. 

  • Honestly, having online has ruined video games because that's all they care about now. Why improve offline modes when you don't make any money through those modes. Unfortunately its all about micro transactions now, that's why we don't get those classic well polished nhl games anymore. Now the standard is to put out a half finished game and "improve" it through patches.

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