Faces for AI-Generated Players

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In NHL 26, we need faces for AI-generated players. Games such as 2K, Madden, FIFA, and CFB 25 all have this, so it should be relatively easy. It just kills immersion in franchise mode and should have been fixed in NHL 25 with the franchise overhaul. It makes no sense why we don´t have this feature. The only hope is that it gets added next year with GM Connected, if that ever actually comes. 😞

bobemil_sw13 · Answer

I think the main reason why we don't have this yet is that the menus and game would slow down too much. It's still possible to optimize generating and loading these in, but that would require a very good dev team. I don't think EA Vancouver has the resources to optimize their game code that much. Based on the very laggy menus we have right now, even in 2025.

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