Why? What Happened To The Game?
Thought I would post because I’m curious as to why the series releases games that aren’t fully functional? I play mostly Franchise mode and have had numerous issues with the game randomly freezing and dashboarding me. All that time wasted for nothing? Many other bugs in this game that probably won’t be fixed until like NHL 29…
As of now the QOL features are sustainable and I find myself losing interest. BAP would be great if it wasn’t all about scoring goals and the form score is quite annoying. Other problems we can’t play a full junior season like back in NHL 20 and previous games. Drop-in 6’s have turned into a waiting simulator and it’s boring having to play outdoors and use casual same generic clothing not being able to select teams.
Hut has turned into an LT pressure exploiting gong show and it’s getting worse.
I was curious as to why gameplay and these features are so minimal. I heard EA NHL team was small like 20-30 people. So after reviewing credits of this game there were over 200 development members working on this? I know bigger games that use way more development which are release earlier than the NHL series who have less team members? So question is why are we given such a low grade half finished game for such an expensive price? Heck this game isn’t even on Gamepass yet which sadly it should be.
It feels like a scam and the fact Microsoft won’t give me a refund really makes me feel duped.
Hoping NHL 27 is better but I don’t understand why NHL 26 can’t be fixed? Who cares if devs have to put servers offline for a couple days or a week even. At least the game would be playable!
