HELP
hey I need help, I pre ordered nhl 25 deluxe on the 11th, last night they attempted to take out the money (I have enough) and right now it says payment failed and then I try it again and it says problem on our part try again later. Does any one know what to do? When I go on my xbox I can click on the game and it says You own this game come back later for when it releases or smth like that
Why you should lower your expectations for NHL 25
I’ve seen a lot of people saying things like “I think NHL 25 could really be a good game”. For your own sake, please lower your expectation. If you think about it, what do we even know about NHL 25? We do know we’re getting new game presentations, but only in rivalry games. Also, these presentations won’t be realistic, which is the only thing the community asks for. We do know player AI is getting an improvement. However, as seen in the gameplay deep dive, the AI players are still just skating around with no plan on the ice and it’s all just a big mess. Some people want an updated franchise mode, which actually will be coming this year, allegedly. We are less than two weeks from release day and still no news about the “new” franchise mode, which probably will just be a slight change in the menu. I don’t know what you think, but I’m pretty sure we can expect the same cutscenes in Be A Pro. For how long have they used these cutscenes? 5 years in a row maybe? These are just some of the reasons why you should lower your expectations on NHL 25. Myself, I won’t be buying the game. If we all don’t buy it, EA will get the wake-up call necessary to develop a game that is actually ok to play.
Some "good" X-Factors do literally nothing. (Proof)
Ankle Breaker and Puck On a String animation comparisons. Linked above is a quick short I made comparing two animations that you would expect to work with the respective abilities, based on the ability descriptions. A loose puck deke with and without Ankle Breaker, and a Toe Drag with and without Puck on a String. For the comparisons, both builds have 90 deking, the clip on the top screen has no deking Superstar or Zone abilities, and the bottom screen has the Zone ability. I then overlay them as best as I could to show that the animations start and stop at the same time. This isn't the only test I've done, it's just the only easy to consume comparison I've created, but I went through and counted frames for multiple different animations with multiple different deking attribute breakpoints and it was consistent that the only thing that seemed to affect animation speeds was the deking attribute itself, and not the X-Factors. With Puck on a String I tested just simply moving the puck from backhand to forehand, same frame values regardless of X-Factors. My assumption for a while now about Ankle Breaker is that if it does have an affect, it only has an affect on CPU Players, but I'm not really sure how to test that. If that is the case, it being included in World of Chel is pointless for like 99% of scenarios. As for Puck on a String, I have no idea if this does anything online or offline, in both the online Free Skate and the offline Team Practice I saw zero difference in deking speeds with or without the abilities, this seems like it's probably a bug. One more thing I noticed about another ability some people think is really good, Shutdown, is that it doesn't seem to behave how you'd expect based on the World of Chel Description. The World of Chel Description says it helps in 1-on-1 situations. However, if you go into the Create-a-Player it says it helps defend rush chances. I tested in Free Skate and in the Pro Am (I haven't tested this in actual online games yet), but it seems how it works is that Shutdown will pretty much always activate if the puck is NOT in your Defensive Zone. Once the puck is carried into your Defensive Zone, it will continue to activate for a few seconds, regardless of how many players are near you or in your own zone, but after that few seconds pass, it doesn't seem to activate again until the puck is cleared. This leads me to think it was designed with the Create-a-player description in mind, to defend rush chances. If that's the case, a simple update of the description in World of Chel would at least fix any confusion. Anyway, hope this helps shed some light on some things that I think might be bugs that could have gone under the radar and can lead to some tweaks and confirmation that abilities are at least helping in some way/doing something akin to what their description says.
So when are we getting any trailers?
The hype and information available for NHL 25 is the worst I've seen in 5 years. No beta and no trailers except for 1. What we have been shown in these trailers is terrible, especially regarding the new graphics 'overhaul'. In the small clip they showed of the new players they couldn't even showcase it correctly, stamkos didn't even have half his visor rendered in! ( I'll attach a Screenshot) I don't even know why this is a marketing point anyway, the game is played at a overhead angle and we can't even see the players face. If presentation is going to be a big seeling point (for the 3rd time in 5 years mind you) you may as well show us something. EA_Aljo told us we were getting a trailer but it looks like we're just getting a blog. 1 period of gameplay that's it. That's all I want to see. So far we are paying 70 dollars for a scoreboard and some new animations which could be an update by the way. This is genuinely a slap in the face to the NHL community from a billion dollar company. For the love of God please wait till this on sale for 20 bucks during the holiday. This is not a 70 dollar game.
Can the NHL 25 pressure Meter icon be turned off?
Does anyone know if the pressure meter icon can be turned off this year? It totally kills the immersion and realism in franchise mode to have that arcade style icon in the middle of the zone, and then the boards flash when it goes “full pressure”. I don’t think I will buy the game this year if it isn’t possible to turn it off. Last year I played 3 games in my Franchise Mode and then came to the realization I couldn’t play anymore with that silly arcade look. Please EA make it an option to turn the icon off! Please!!!
Is full presentation back?
I know we have to wait for the presentation deep dive! With the game being on the newest consoles only now this seems like a perfect opportunity to have full presentation back! Are you able to give any details about maybe if we see the goalie stats again like the old games or even a tunnel runout or three stars of the game like nhl 14?
Hi everyone, just here to have a chat about franchise.
I run a GM Connected league through HUT and my league is looking for general managers, we're currently at 19/32 and would love to fill things out before the league starts. If you've never heard of a HUT Connected league before, I'll break it down for you. It's the same basic principle of any GM mode really. You manage your roster, make trades, draft players, go through free agency, and all of the other things that go along with managing a team. We run it through HUT, so you're required to collect all of the players for your roster, they don't have to be base cards, but we do have a salary cap that is based on overall points. Our cap right now is 1610, which means all of the player overalls on your team added together can't exceed that amount. The cap increases after every season to allow for teams to improve while keeping in line with the natural progression of the game. We use current real life rosters, not a fantasy draft format or anything like that. We run communications through discord to allow for easy communication. We play our games through 'play a friend' so you and your opponents are responsible for figuring out a time to play that works for the both of you. Our schedule is between 3-4 games a week, and seasons are generally between 30-32 games in total. After every 2 seasons, we have a complete roster reset and begin the team selection process over again. We also run various themed tournaments throughout the year. There is more to the league than that, but if the idea interests you and would like to join, or if you would just like to know more information, please don't hesitate to reach out, I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. We're all there to have fun and enjoy the game, and try to replicate something as close to an online franchise mode as possible. We like to cultivate an inclusive place for everyone who is as enthusiastic about the game as we are. We're looking forward to an eventual return of online franchise mode, but in the meantime, this definitely scratches the itch. Thanks for reading, take care, and lets all have a blast with '25!What exactly is NHL 25s selling point?
My nhl friends ask me, what is the selling point? Does anyone have any idea? Ice Q? Better AI positioning, the ability to open up your hips while using vision control? With the news of no GM Connected, because clearly 11 years of development time isn't enough , (yet somehow hut continues to get nonstop resources) during that time , what exactly is the selling point. I can't understand any reason to buy this game. The game releases in 2 weeks, ea keeps pushing preorders, and all they've done is released a 4 min video "deep dive" (last year's was over 15 minutes!) , and a blog post that took 5 minutes to write regarding minor presentation adjustments. Let's not forget about the revolutionary score bug update, sorry I forgot. This game has no identity, no life, no hype a mere 2 weeks before launch. At this point we have revamped franchise mode, which I guess will be another 5 minute blog post? Why even highlight revamped franchise mode if getting connected franchise wasn't going to happen? How do the other ea titles have it? Ea keeps asking saying they need to look into what fans want, just copy the other ea games! We just want an online franchise mode that isn't buggy with many commissioner settings to tinker with. NHL 25 is honestly appearing to be the most minimal effort, disappointing NHL game since NHL 15. Utterly disappointed
Presentation Deep Dive
Any news about upcoming Presentation Deep Dive trailer? Following initial schedule, was supposed to be reveal early september but, with postpone ofGameplay Deep Dive following tragic events of the Gaudreau's brothers, everthing else must be so, since we're already mid-september, do you have any news for the Presentation Deep Dive video? Thanks.