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I'm working to gain access, as I downloaded the alpha on my brother's gamertag.
That said, I do find the menus to be slow to load. This has been an issue for several years and is a gripe that I have heard from everyone I have discussed the games with. It prevents quick transitions from one mode to another. Loading into the player customization menu took 14 seconds.
The physics engine can also be a bit clunky. In Pro-Am, I drilled Texier into the boards, but my player ended up falling as well, Texier ended up on top of him in what looked like a glitched animation and essentially held my player down until Texier covered and started skating away, at which point my player started to get up.
Coming out of the Pro-Am challenges, there was also some crazy movements from the character animation.
I also did not see an option too adjust difficulty. While I'm sure this isn't an issue in the full game, I wanted to play on the various difficulties as there can sometimes be a disproportionate jump in skill level.
Playing defense in this game gotta be the most unrewarding position. Stick lift connects, opponent still has the puck, get another “successful” stick left, opponent still has the puck, well ok poke check him I guess, gets a successful poke check, wow! The opponent still has the puck and your poke check passed it to another player on his team! It’s so frustrating.
