Wishlist for 2023
Here are some of my thoughts on what needs to happen/improve/change for NHL 2023: Bring the game to PC Add connected franchise with a decent amount of customization options but at the very minimum...
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- Make body checks drain a ton of energy and have lingering effects for the rest of the game. Far too often I see people willing to let their player get absolutely destroyed just to make a pass up the boards with the hope of a breakaway. Let there be some consequences for making this decision."
There should also be some consequences for laying the body check if the checker makes that decision to get out of position and make that play; the person being checked should be able to use that as a strategy and take the hit to set up a play like a pass for a 2-1 or 2-0. Sounds like you should just defensively play for the poke/pass rather than the body and/or less aggressive on the forecheck/backcheck so you have more bodies coming back on the rush.
Things like that won't really ever matter because it just promotes you to go around hitting people like crazy knowing you weaken them. Checking is effective when you use it in the right times. So no to the checking idea.
As for the only wishlist features i care about.
1.) 120fps mode 1080 or whatever
2.) Crossplay PS5 to XS and PS4 to XB!
3.) PC version (which would require Crossplay to be a thing)
In my opinion, we need to consolodate modes and leagues, not add more - The base game has been in dire need of ground-up changes for years now.
Hitting absolutely needs an overhaul - In its current state, you can totally smash and a guy and they'll still pick the puck back up. People who only know how to hit are easy to play against since they are normally slow and predictible - Make the risk/reward worth it for both players attempting to out maneuver the other.
If the team doesn't want to ditch last gen, we aboslutley need cross generational play in addition to console crossplay. I highly doubt we'll see a PC version but if, by chance, it happens, I would prefer if there was an option to turn crossplay with them off so I don't need to worry about any mods/glitches.
Does the game even run at 60fps? I'd assume they'd need to completely overhaul the animations to accomodate up to 120 - If you're going that far, might as well opt for 1440p resolution because everyone and their dog apparently has to have that with their new competitive monitors.Hitting needs revamped. You can destroy someone and they still get the puck like what was mentioned earlier in the thread. Id like to see hitting into the bench or even through the glass again like the old NHL days. Also why are you allowed to go fight someone on a clean check? I see it happen all the time.. clean check to cause a breakaway and the team hits the fight so there is no breakaway now. If thats the case the person should get an instigator penalty.
remove the crazy flashing loading screens.. also remove the banner scoreboard at the bottom and put it back up in corner. Atleast give the option to do that and not just completely remove it.
allow clubs with less than 5 skaters to pick the player type of their ai skaters/dmen. Let me choose the play styles of the ai that will work with my play style. maybe a pool of different ai players to put into the positions you need.
I agree..make the body check have legit effect on knocking the puck loose. Many times i or opponent will bump into an opposing player and knock the puck loose like a check..and then when checking a player they skate through it like the terminator never loosing momentum, or the puck.
This game is beautiful and fun to play, especially for people that play hockey. The HUT is wrecked. It is no fun any more. I saw a comment earlier that majority of us that play aren't sitting there 24/7 playing it, and upgrading or purchasing ever 93+ players that comes out. I don't remember which version it was but there were 2 options in HUT. 1 was to play HUT champions and the other was to just build your teams and play earn coins etc. I even spend a little to build a good team, but I as many others dont have time to play all day and night and learn all of these glitchy moves etc, that would never ever work in an actual game.
I get it..it is a video game. However with the fantastic job EA has done making it as realistic as you have, you have to make the actual game play realistic. Or as close as possible. Have the designers actually watch hockey. These players are elite on BOTH side of the puck. Players aren't catching Nathan McKinnon on a breakaway. When a 6'5 Norris Trophy winning defenseman pins a player to the boards they aren't wiggling loose with the puck. and THEY DONT MISS PASSES in the NHL. Sure there are bad passes, but most of the passes aren't perfect, they move their feet and position them selves to catch it. The real game is open, fast and fluid. I believe you have done a fantastic job with offline modes.
HUT Suggestions..They may be on other threads so apologies if I am repeating.
1) Go back to 2 options. HUT Champions should be a separate thing for those more serious. If that is not an options please stop pairing my team with 3 players that are 90(2 were the free ones) against teams that have played or paid enough to have every player at 95. Or allow us 2 teams if we want to do both? Or if we have a high power team for HUT Champions and want to play regular HUT, we have to adjust or match make based on the rating of your team.
2) You have to fix the goalie moving Post to Post. I think I give up and score 5 -6 from stepping out behind the net and pulling the puck across the crease. That type of goal may happen 2 times a season and would typically be poked away by the goalie due to the play being so close. It is definitely a glitch or design miss on the goalies.
3) The poke checking is absurd. Which has been blasted on here several times.
4) The AI seems to struggle with positioning, and hockey IQ. Team mates run into each other quite a lot, and run into opponents which is technically inference. Not sure of a solid suggestion here but I haven't noticed it in other versions. No player ever jumps off for a change when a pass is coming to them..the receive it and make a pass, dump it then get off, I think I have had 100 icing penalties because I pass to an open forward and they hop on the bench as the puck gets there. Again NHL players dont miss passes. They will move or move and position their body and stick to receive passes, they dont just keep looking forward, and it hit them in the feet or go flying past them. Maybe that could be on us as players to control in the next version?
5) AI on Offside is awful. Players are skating over the blue line 30 feet ahead of the play.
6) Charging penalty is too sensitive. Too many charges on big hits..lol
7) I really like the option like X-factor to build up your players. I also like the idea of the EVO players. Could we have a combo? As they play and perform we can improve them? Like Start at 75-80, and based on position they can improve based on G/A/P, add in blocked shots for D men, Goalies have their own..once they get to say 84, we have to "upgrade with a power up" or use coins at that point to be able to go to 85. If I want to max out some of my X factor players it will cost me 250k in coins if not more.. maybe kind of like be a pro for HUT but we use current players and we can pick guys we like, well based on what EA makes available. At least have a couple of popular guys a team.
8) The ability to hold down A and keep control of the puck while gliding with every player on the opposing team hitting, poking and stick lifting is lame, and again move that stuff to the gamers hockey league, as well as all of these X factor that add another level of control knowledge to pull off is probably better spent in gamer hockey.
9) Could we see some of the outdoor stadiums(not necessarily the real versions) but outdoor options as our home arenas?
10) Also once the team reveals the jersey can it be updated to the game vs waiting for them to wear it? Unless that is licensing issue.
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