NHL 26 Gameplay - Impressions and Negatives
First of all,
Hats off to the EA Team on their hard work and dedication to NHL 26, it really seems they put a lot of effort into developing NHL 26. The things that impressed me the most of the Gameplay deep dive was how realistic the players overalls are. For example, in NHL 25 there wasn’t a realistic visual of how highly skilled a certain NHL player is. In the deep dive, it showed how McDavid’s speed was portrayed in the game and it looks very realistic because we’ve all seen him burn someone on the outside with his speed. I also liked how the X Factors came into play such as Bouchard’s slap shot pinging one top shelf. So far, looks good on my end.
The negative aspect of the gameplay trailer was very small and simple for me. I really, really wish we could make the “Full Pressure” red boards optional. Since we have passing indicators, one time indicators, pressure meter circle all optional, why can’t we make the “Full Pressure” red boards an option? We have been asking this to be optional since NHL 24 and we all hope it is optional in NHL 26.
Other than that, great job EA! This game looks like it was well worked through and let’s hope for a good season!
