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Seasoned Traveler

4 months ago

NHL 26 Feedback and Rating

First thing is first, Hats off to the EA NHL Team on a good game they built this year. There’s definitely some changes with the gameplay and different modes they diligently worked on this past year...

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Sgt_Kelso

New Adventurer

3 months ago

alexxxer456 wrote:
Hats off to the EA NHL Team on a good game they built this year. There’s definitely some changes with the gameplay and different modes they diligently worked on this past year. Some of the impressions of the game was the speed, this years game is faster and there is better skating. Second, there is better defending. I have noticed it is really easy playing defence this year than last year as there is more enhanced backwards skating.

I am not sure if you are being sarcastic or not? In my humble opinion this year's game is worst game in ages, I'd honestly play NHL25 rather than this travesty. Of course, I am talking mainly only about EASHL, I've tried single player modes like BaP, but quickly quit.

How is the defence better? Can you post some videos? I am just despairing how useless defence is this year, opponents just waltz through you or around you, and if you manage to poke the puck, it just flops back to opponent. You need to be seriously good d-man to achieve anything, whereas offensive players just LT around you like it was the premiere of the Swan Lake.

It's precisely the improved speed and agility that's ruining the game. That and the LT and Truculence.

There's been many posts about the poor defensive tools, OP xfactors, lack of penalties, stupid pressure system, or the arcade troll fest that is the threes mode. In summary, I think this game is a hot mess, beyond repair. Unless the devs pull out a miracle out of their orifice...

KidShowtime1867

Hero

13 hours ago

Sgt_Kelso wrote:
opponents just waltz through you or around you

That's a you problem, my dude.

Sgt_Kelso wrote:
if you manage to poke the puck, it just flops back to opponent.

Again, a fundamental misunderstanding of how poke check has changed this year. It's not a possession changer. It's a disrupter. As such, if you execute the mechanic in poor position, you will not get the same result you would have in NHL 25.

Sgt_Kelso wrote:
offensive players just LT around you like it was the premiere of the Swan Lake.

If players can LT you at will, then you are defensively deficient. Take note of your gap control and how quickly it diminishes, especially up against WHEELS and adjust. People aren't doing this and getting burned. Rather than actually take the time to see what's changed and how to adapt, people resort to blaming the game and taking zero responsibility.

Sgt_Kelso wrote:
It's precisely the improved speed and agility that's ruining the game. That and the LT and Truculence.

Truculence is 100% OP and needs to be taken out. Clubs who abuse this have zero skill. They think they're insanely gifted because Truculence typically means, in 3s, that it's always a 3-on-1. They pump their little one timers, yuck it up in the chat and think they're amazing. The reality is they're knowingly abusing the mechanic. The good thing is when these teams face actually good opponents rather than fishing for low-skilled teams, they get absolutely smoked because a lot of us have figured out how to adapt in the face of wheels and truculence.

Sgt_Kelso wrote:
There's been many posts about the poor defensive tools

Yes and most of those complaints come down to a lack of accepting responsibility. People want mechanics that bail them out rather than mechanics that keep them honest.