NHL® 20 FEATURES OVERVIEW
Speed and Shooting Fueled by RPM Tech
NHL® 20 introduces the next major innovation in RPM Tech-powered gameplay with Superstar Signature Shots. Your favorite NHL stars now look and feel truly authentic with the trademark shooting-styles you recognize from the real world. Additionally, over 45 new contextual shot animations make shooting more lifelike as players use new tools to get the puck on net.
RPM Tech also ignites more speed to gameplay through revamped animation blending that allows players to execute shots, passes, and puck pickups without slowing a skater’s pace; creating faster, more skilled and more fluid plays up and down the ice.
Finally, new goaltender A.I. includes full offensive threat analysis, allowing goalies to read the positioning and threat level of every attack before actively controlling rebounds and redirecting pucks away from danger.
A New Generation of Hockey Broadcasting
A revamped broadcast package delivers fresh new play-by-play and color commentary to NHL 20, paired with overhauled scoreboards, overlays and motion graphics; all built to put you at the center of the game’s biggest moments. See your most memorable plays come to life in new Play Of The Game highlights designed to put your best skills on a pedestal for your teammates and your opponents.
New Mode and Icons in Hockey Ultimate Team™
Hockey Ultimate Team™ introduces a new way to play in Squad Battles, the fan-favorite mode from EA SPORTS™ FIFA that allows you to compete and earn big rewards in offline battles. New opponents are refreshed every day, including weekly Featured Squads assembled by NHL players, hot musical artists, hockey influencers, and superstar athletes from other major sports. Squad Battles introduces a brand new way to compete, earn and collect your dream team as you take on the best teams assembled by the biggest names in sports and entertainment.
Hockey Ultimate Team also welcomes a new roster of playable hockey Icons, bringing the total number of collectible and playable Icons to over 400.
New Ways to Play With Friends
NHL 20 adds an all-new competitive game mode: Eliminator. Inspired by the winner-take-all competition in battle royale, Eliminator is a new way to compete in NHL ONES and NHL THREES that pits up to 81 players against each other in a survival tournament bracket to be crowned the ultimate winner. Compete solo in ONES Eliminator, or squad up with friends in THREES Eliminator as you attempt to win three back-to-back elimination rounds against increasingly competitive opponents for ultimate bragging rights.
Also new to NHL 20, last year’s fan-favorite outdoor free-for-all mode, ONES, is now available to play in local multiplayer. You and two friends can select from an elite roster of your favorite NHL players, each with a unique class-based playstyle, and compete on eight outdoor ponds from the comfort of your couch in the ultimate party mode.
An Ever-Expanding World of CHEL
New to World of CHEL are CHEL Challenges, weekly in-game events across all of your favorite modes that unlock unique customization rewards, character XP and more. Adding to the robust character customization options introduced in NHL 19, World of CHEL now offers over 2,000 unique customization items to craft your look and your playstyle - from gear and equipment, to lifestyle apparel from hockey’s biggest brands. Four new outdoor locations bring the game to never-before-seen ponds in remote wilderness and city landmarks inspired by iconic locations.
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How the heck do we STILL not have GM Connected, but we got more of this Ones and Threes and BR garbage? Where the [expletive] is GM Connected?
I think I’m done with this series....
Everyone is losing their minds over it...
It's just a tournament people. Like literally that's all it is. Brackets and Eliminations...
Everyone is going to harp on their use of buzz words like Battle Royale like EA is legit trying to make a BR for hockey
I think you nailed it. I was hoping they would unlock the hockey this year. I'm really hoping they made a ton of fixes/changes that aren't of the put them in the trailer variety. They better make the demo even more fun this year to trick us into a purchase. It might be time for a break measured in years.
https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2019/06/19/breaking-down-the-16-biggest-changes-coming-to-nhl-20
Yikes. Going to be a hard pass on NHL 20. That list of "features" is flat out embarrassing. GM, roster share, Be A Pro get zero love.
wowza
GM got some love, the trade finder and coaching thing add a couple nice features. I'm particularly interested in the coaches stuff which hopefully will have a sustained risk/reward factor to it.
The presentation sounds pretty promising. I can't wait to see it in action. Anything is better than NBC Sports again.
Someone else mentioned it on OS but notice anything about the city? St Louis, Michigan?
So, it's the same game with a few more stupid gimmick modes. The only interesting thing is the revamped broadcasting, but that will get old within a few weeks so might as well wait until it becomes free on Games with Gold.
New shooting animations sound ok, maybe they've got rid of the excessive whiffing? Likewise, new goalie AI sounds good, maybe they've got rid of the short side wrister bug?
The rest of it, meh. Frigging battle royale... you know, we were joking this would be EA's next new thing for NHL. The joke's on us I guess?
As for the other announcements. You guys know me already, I didn't expect much, but this is just embarrassing. It's sad how far the game can get in few years, in a wrong direction.
This hockey game now is looking more like basketball, not sure how they did it yet.
Meh. I'm seriously angry