Make NHL games great again (NHL 27 wishlist)
Although nhl 25 and 26 are good games, they arent necessarily at great level yet.
these are some additions i would add to lean towards greatness again
Gameplay:
-Bring back + add presentation(Team entrance, consistent national anthem, goalie warmups,commentators recap during intermission not just seeing replays. maybe have a panel like we see on tv)
- In game highlights recap (during wihistles, add realistic presentation)
- More realistic collision, hits, physics
-Graphix improvement, more shadow, better cloth movement, make players look more realistic than they are. Some players really do not look like themsleves.
-More realistic skating and movement (though this has been a step up already)
-Better fighting engine, it is literally more than 10 years old now.
-Score board should add series tracker (when playing playoffs in any mode)
Customization:
- I asked this in the last few NHLs, but being able to change glove colors in any mode as well as stick color. NHL 2k had this, and it just added to the element of customization.
- more stick tape options ( being able to actualy customize how long we want the stick shaft tape lenght to be and how much tape we want on the blade ) not just preset options. (Zibanejad for example has super long stick shaft tape and we cant replicate this anymore like we used to in 2k)
- Custom goalie masks or at least able to change colors of the designs
- create a team: cutomize logo for more freely (size, add layers, sponsors etc..) able to customize jersey entirely additional to the preset jerseys we can choose.
Franchise:
- Able to sign PTO's
- more flexibility to trade for NMC players. (have a conversation with GM and player to see if there is a fit) rather than just not able to offer a trade for the player.
-Activity feed to be more interactive
-draft day floor with team, players being called up to stand for round 1 and then simpler draft style for round 2 to 7.
-Being able to edit the draft class
-Players with generic faces should be able to change the faces to what we want to match the realism of how they look, this should not be locked unless it is a face scan player.
-ERA's mode (nba 2k has this) it would be more expansive when using legend players and teams
-CBA to vote on changes in the league (NBA 2k has this)
-Being able to edit generic coaches/assistants. able to also create your own GM avatar.
- Bring back style similar to dynasty mode from nhl 2004.
- Awards being more interactive and not just a list of who won
- Stanley cup banners raised cut scene either when cup is won or first home game of the next season
