Aggrivated and completly fed up with NHL 15
I know nobody cares and Im being just another frustrated internet troll but does anybody want to answer why I cant win a single **bleep** game of NHL 15?!?!?!
And I know what youre thinking and this has nothing to do with my skill level or experience. I actually play real Ice Hockey and although I was never close to being pro I am a former AAA and Div 3 Defensemen so I would say that I at least know the game of hockey better than most I am also an experienced gamer and have enjoyed many previous NHL titles in the past so this has nothing to do with me being a "noob" but the fact of the matter is that the overall gameplay of NHL 15 is not only frustrating but perhaps amusing at best .
Ok the graphics are incredible...theres no disputing that. Definately best the best looking video games ever. BUT, the gameplay is sooo rediculously uncooridnated and uncontrolable that its makes it not even fun to play. You have absolutely no contol of what happens in most situations every single game. Granted this is very much like the real game of hockey in that you never know how the puck is going to react and it may bounce in the opposite direction every now and again but the amount of "unlucky" computer generated errors that have occored to contribute to my losing streak has completely taken away from the "realness" factor of the game.
Most games I domiate the ice. I spend significantly .more time on attack then my opponent, more shots, more hits, more faceoff wins etc. and yet, I STILL LOSE EVERY **bleep** GAME!!! Its gotten SO out of hand thats its driven me to write this post so if you are reading then thanks for hearing me out.
So how do you make the game better? one word: CONTROL.
First off, why cant you customize your own controls? you have 3 preset settings to choose from and to be honest none of them really work efficiently. The Passing system is so discombobilated that it makes the gameplay nearly impossible. Regardless of what control setting your in, you have to to almost stop the skater mid-stride in order to aim to make a pass or shoot and more often than not, it still isnt acurate!!! The problem again is CONTROL.
In real hockey, when you have the puck on the tape of your stick you can literally do whatever you want with it, especially pass it while your moving in the opposite direction but aside from that if you want to dump the puck, you can choose literlally wherever you want to fire that bisquit! In NHL15, if youre in the defensive zone and want to dump the puck, all you can do is aimlessly lob the puck right down the middle of the ice right into the opposing defensemen at the blueline. ARE YOU KIDDING? what happened to firing the puck up the boards or even over the defensemens head???
....ok so whats the alternatitve strategy? passing right? HA GOOD **bleep** LUCK!!!
This is the same issue with shooting and I cannot stress this enough: How can I be aiming where i want to shoot the puck with the SAME CONTROL STICK that is guiding which way the player is skating in?!?!?! THAT RIGHT THERE KILLS THE WHOLE GAME!!!!! **bleep** IMPOSSIBLE TO SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so you mean to tell me that I cant quick cut left on a breakaway attempt while simulatniously firirng the puck towards the right post!?!?! OF COURSE THE GOALIE WILL STOP YOU everytime because again, like a robot you can only shoot in the same direction you are skating in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how can an NHL pro not be able to cut to the left or right while sending the puck in the opposite direction! or any direction he wants for that matter?!?! IT'S STUPID!!!! That is what real "dekeing" is, not 3 preset little moves that do the same damn thing every single time with every skater on the ice......every player in possession always has to be over exageratedly facing in the direction in which you want to send the puck which makes gameplay feel more like table hockey than the real thing.
So thats all I got for now..... It would be such an easy fix for EA to:
1. let players calibrate their own controls.
2. Give players more realistic control over what they can do with the puck . Meaning being able to pass, shoot, or dump in ANY direction you want, REGARDLESS of which direction the player is skating in. this is hockey. Your hands should be able to do the opposite of what your feet are doing...actually this is just basic human physics.
This would make gameplay not only more realistic and enjoyable but will actually add a more competive skill level that will give real hockey players a more satisfying edge.
THATS IT! so please EA fix this nonsense imediately
-pissed off hockey player