More Issues With NHL - 26 Edition

New year same problems

http://youtu.be/XWD4hbE1GAk?si=jvn4rRETsRdtuSl6

1. AI is dumb and always trying to score on itself. Before anyone tries to give any credit by saying they somehow know it's gonna be called back, they don't; this has been happening since NHL 10.

2. Sudden light show out of nowhere - we don't have any of that stuff unlocked either (and why the heck can't we get all that arena customization nonsense out of the way early instead of being forced to play a few hundred games?).

3. Another awkward save by the goalie and the play going on too long. If my friend managed to hit the puck and score, it would have counted - That blatant of stick phasing should not be able to lead to goals.

4. Annoying as all heck to have the goalie just skate out of his net to launch the puck to the right side like that (never ever goes left so it's an intentional and unavoidable/scripted event). I haven't seen him flip it over the glass (yet) but if it ever happens...

Another example  at the end of how Truculence and Spark Plug completely changes how 3's is played. You can just deck the halls with anybody and be left to do whatever you want.

Hey that's fun, I yet again can't use my 'Eagle' emote after scoring. Shows this is a grudge match too when we've never seen these people in our life. It doesn't show for some reason but I get Big Tipper or something I don't use and the other guy gets Quick release? How is that fair?

5. Look how fast my buddy gets up from his hit and look how long the other guy is taken out for. I get the whole rock paper scissors x factor and stat calculations nonsense at work here but it's getting out of hand.

I proceed to cream the guy and of course the stupid AI gets caught up on his corpse not once, but twice! This happens so often its painful. Why can't/don't you guys make them just a teeny tiny itty bitty pretty please with sugar on top ever so slightly smarter?

I casually do my bread and butter move (it's called the Liquorice Whip), knowing full well the goalie "just can't even". I've brought up this kind of move for years now - I understand it's a relatively normal move but there's gotta be better awareness/learning/positioning/*something*

6. Another one to emphasize my point because I can. Also, I can't do my chosen emote again. (yes, I made sure to equip it for all characters.)

7. People will shout "play better D' from the mountaintops but oho, you'd be surprised to know there is a fantastically stupid reason why they were able to get the breakaway but I messed up editing and shaved too much off the beginning of the clip. Not that it matters; I want y'all to witness the amazing defensive plays by our AI guy here and the subsequent cheff kiss of goaltending prowess thereafter.

Also, I don't particularly enjoy seeing so many Jordan NHL's out there, especially on the same team. I'd go as far as to say at least 10% of players don't even care enough to name their players and that should be quite telling of something. Like, I understand interest waning over time, but this is a "competitive" league with custom teams and stats, weird.

8. I kill the man with what should be an illegal check and skate off with 0 consequence. Lee could have chosen the obvious and smart play and just banked the puck up to Jeffrey but decides to give it to me? OK thanks for that man, I guess I'll do your job and pass it up - NOPE. No look swats it away?

We go back up and the goalie is again swimming to make a save when he didn't need to but then just emotes on me like he's playing Fortnite? Well, jokes on you buddy - musta overcast his mana on that one because he just let me waltz in for the goal without trying. 

9. Can't use my emote again. Way too many hats being thrown onto the ice - I understand we're hot and the kids love TTZ, but I don't see that many fans constantly following us on the road.

10.  I don't know about others but I personally find this super ugly on the ice. I'm a Samsung guy and hate seeing anything Apple, especially a void black logo that can sometimes stick to your screen like a regular ticker or song notification. You already have Discovery stuff on the boards, please keep it there. 
Also, what is up with the placement? It switches every time and you can sometimes see the same things on the same sides which shows a lack of polish. Hard cam orientation isn't an issue but would be aesthetically pleasing if the logos could face away from eachother when using different camera settings.

11. The goalie has 0 stamina and this idiot AI not only makes a horrible shot decision, but still manages to miss the net lol. How are people defending this? How am I the bad guy for pointing this out?

12. This should have been goaltender interference.

13.  EA_Aljo​  Just look at the abysmal  state of interference in this game; I don't think I could have been any more blatant if I tried.

14. I'll admit, I love this goal celebration but c'mon now, honestly, what the heck are we doing? We are straying way too far from an authentic experience.

15. Didn't even move. How can anyone look at that and think goalies are in a good spot?

16. Goalie actually made a poke save, congrats but look how easy it is to get to him off the faceoff. I've been bringing this up for years now and nothing ever gets done. We need more animations, more physics/geometry, and positions and strategies for faceoffs, especially with how fast everyone is now and the AI's inability to defend.

17. Another goaltender guffaw. Who does that?

18. My Liquorice Whip failed me but it doesn't matter since a cross is all you need. This clip is mainly to show just how easy it is for offense - Missing a 95% guaranteed goal isn't in the least bit upsetting because I know i'll immediately get another chance at one but on defense, you need be play 100% perfect 100% of the time.

19. Here's some raw footage, tell me what you think.

 Look at me become completely unable to hit people. I don't care if I get interference; I want to troll them at this point - give me what I want!
Bumping off players like they're superman, bad passes are leading to entire teams getting completely obliterated by hits and taken out of the play (many times by a single person),
You have Ai not doing anything to defend, goalies giving up super telegraphed moves - since we're playing a bad team stat wise of course we see an uptick in posts and then the goalie starts standing on his head..
Hits start doing nothing to other people, even when fully connecting, you get bad puck pickups but its ok because the puck just magically bounces right back to you, then people are missing passes because they cant see or are trying to hit which makes them incorporeal, bad animations then lead to broken passes, people slipping - what a total cluster of bumper ball hockey. I honestly can't recommend this to anyone new.

Of course my hair has a mind of it's own like that one Halloween episode of The Simpsons and did the other team seriously exhume a corpse to act as their coach? I enjoy Weekend at Bernie's as much as the next person but this is a family sport.

20. EA_Aljo​ please send this and 21 to the team. I was trolling a hit and we still got a goal - This completely negated their attempt at a penalty shot. It used to be that the puck would stop on the goal line (at 1 single second left if need be). Of course, this counted as my friends 100th goal so the cutscene got all messed up.

21. Same thing here. Both sides trolling eachother, I got rewarded for bad play, and they didn't get their penalty shot. Why did my Warrior activate? That should only be for hits unless the description is wrong again.