Game is poor, It's too easy to score, the game is too fast paced, everything feels clunky and clustered constantly. The ice feels small, the goalies feel poor. The movement is horrible doesn't feel like real skating at all and it all seems delayed.
Customisation is just annoying to experience. (The new running animations are a nice touch.) The hitting feels trash hip-checks are once again absolutely useless. (Seen a nice goalie recovery animation) you can still easily score left right left on AI goalies.
Player customisation: THE ENTIRE REASON FOR BE A PRO/CHEL IS ONCE AGAIN TRASH AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2014. I Fail to understand why you would remove and continue to leave out Legend 3 to this day it was a great innovation to the game and continues to be the most missed part of the game WE DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT want to play as ready made Trashy Pre-set players with very few heights and weights to choose from players with 3 possible traits!
Allow people to create and play with players the way they want to play. Make players have to earn the ability to rank there player up. If someone is trash at the game and can't reach Legend 3 then okay too bad that's reality in sports, some people just are not as good as others. The best players should be rewarded with legend 3 the fact of the matter is the highest you could really be on EASHL L3 was a 92 overall that's more than acceptable. (Playing 350 games while maintaining an overall grade of A- for those 350 games is easily achievable by absolutely everyone who plays the game. (Especially if they are as good as everyone makes themselves out to be) rant over about legend 3.
Stick checking is nice and should stay roughly the way it is well almost it needs to be cleaner and the game sharper when going for a poke check/stick lifts are also the same in this sense.
AI defence and goalies seem pretty much non-existent I just played a game and lost 9-5 scored a hat-trick and set up 2 and never once felt close to a come back or a win because our AI's were useless (this was the same no matter the setting we used.
(An ability to play as NHL teams (the jerseys I mean) like NHL 13 and 14 would be better too instead of the trash white and black kits on Chel drop in (also playing in real arenas in those jerseys would be better) EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE GAME knows that Pro Clubs feels cleaner sharper and more fun to play than Chel. Glass smashing, hitting into benches, hitting off the glass/post at the side of the bench team collisions etc should all be back into the game please add it back in, The game also never feels like you're ever really in control of the puck. Everyone is still abusing the cut inside and tap l2 to get a trip or easily go by someone by completely changing momentum unrealistically.
I personally really like the new Chel menu its clean tidy and looks smart as well as being easy to use and navigate. I'm doing my best to try to point out good things as well as what clearly needs to be changed and fixed to make this the great game it once was.
(one personally for me) As someone who is British we do not use the same measurements as people in Europe do. I don't have a clue what height 186 cm is No one with a brain uses that system allow us to change our measurement and such in preferences. I want to use feet and inches for height and stones for weight or lbs ( I know North American's don't have this problem) so why should I.
Auto Back skate should never be on automatically every smart/good player turns it off.
Fighting needs revamped. Make it more like IDK fight night or UFC whatever you have 2 fighting games use those controls you're controls are trash and stupid.
OH I also like the new free skate when you're making your new builds that's smart but also still L3 should be in the game. Which would make the feature even better.
The fact you finally added Practice mode for teams in Pro Clubs is great and Finally a good welcomed RE-introduction that should have been done a long time ago tbh it never should have been took out
Add communities and Lobbies again.
Okay not sure what else to add thanks for reading anyone who did and also let me know what you think ( don't bother arguing with me about legend 3 because your wrong and you literally couldn't give me a single reason otherwise)