NHL 26 - PC (yet another thread asking for it)
Firstly, I'd like to start with mentioning that I've played this franchise since I was a kid. My first one was '07 back on PS2. I loved hopping on and playing every chance I could. I was an every-other-year buyer of these games up until NHL 21, and it wasn't because I stopped enjoying them. It was because I, along with more and more gamers every year, made the move to PC. One of the only things I miss about my Playstation is the NHL games. If a new NHL game were to come out on PC - even better, on Steam? Instant wishlist. Instant buy on release day. I wanna play Be a Pro again. Make more expansion teams in Franchise mode again. Find some people to play in an EASHL club with again. It's not as if there's no market. PC grows year over year. Look at Capcom's recent earnings report, for example. Capcom has been a console-first developer/publisher for as long as it's been around. Their most recent huge title, "Monster Hunter: Wilds", actually ended up having more PC players than console players - a first for that series. And that's just one concrete example of the numbers supporting PC's meteoric growth. Streaming the game through Gamepass isn't a solution (though it's better than nothing). A lot of gamers, including myself, don't have an internet connection reliable enough to stream games. More still don't have one strong enough to stream games and play online modes. We need a real PC version of these games going forward.
World Juniors and other International improvements
Sadly another World Junior tournament has come and gone with little improvement to the World Jr. Tournament mode in NHL 25. Not only the World Junior mode but International modes altogether. So I thought I'd call out some opportunities for improvements in future releases. Of course, having a up to date World Jr roster in the game before the real tournament begins would be welcomed but we have to understand a release over Christmas is asking a lot of the NHL team as they certainly deserve time off during the holidays like everyone else. But a more robust update post holidays would be appreciated. Items to be included in annual updates: Updated rosters Updated uniforms The January Roster update did not include correct uniforms for Canada, USA, Czechia or Kazakhstan Updated equipment The January Roster updated did not include the correct equipments sponsors (Gloves/Helmets) for USA (now CCM), Finalnd (now CCM) and Slovakia (now Bauer). Also would make more sense for stick and skate defaults to follow team equipment sponsor for each country. Updated Arena/Host City Branding Use appropriate sized arenas or actual arena if already in game. This year could have used the Canadian Tire Centre as the arena for the World Junior tournament Multiple arenas would also be nice when host cities have more than one location used for each pool in the group. This year Group A used a NHL sized arena and Group B used a CHL sized arena. Items to be added that would not require annual updates: The ability to chose different ice sizes and the default to reflect the current tournament This is an absolute must have. Most World Junior tournaments are played on North American sized ice. National anthem played at end of game for winning team, not before the game country that is the home team Enhanced ice and board branding. It's very basic compared to other modes More intense atmosphere for all games of host country, regardless if they are home or away team for that specific game. More intense atmosphere for medal round games Medal presentations A playable Bronze Medal Game The ability to create your own international tournament (call it EA Cup or whatever) and ability to choose tournament participant size, amount of round robin games, include whatever countries (or teams) you would like to including any created teams *updated with feedback from another postBe A Pro One Timer from Call for Pass
I'm having issues with executing one timers in Be a pro when I am open but the AI doesn't decide to pass it to me. What I typically do is holding L2, pull the right stick back to call for pass, then push right stick up to shoot. Every time this happens my player just ends up catching the pass first and then snap shotting. What is the process for one timers when calling for a pass? Am I supposed to R2 for the call or right stick back? Here's a GIF of it happening, it's kind of hard to see my stick raising but you can definitely see him only catching the pass then snap shotting.Be a Pro Agent Discussion Freezes Game
I’m in 3rd season of be a pro, and when “SIMing to next game” one of my perks expire that starts a conversation with the agent to renew the perk. When the game goes to this visual of the player speaking to the agent, the game freezes and I must quit the game to exit. I’ve tried every way to work around the issue, but I can’t get past initiating the conversation. I’ve hard restarted my Xbox, cleared the cache, uninstalled and reinstalled the game with no effect. I’m guessing it needs a patch of some sort?Skill Based Matchmaking?
We are a team of silvers in WOC and routinely get matched against platinum/blues or purples, both in 6s and 3s. No surprise we get smoked. We should NOT be matched up against these kinds of teams with 25,000+ RP when we’re barely hanging onto 17,000. Can we get some skill based matchmaking in here? Here’s ONE example in the pic… unreal. We’ve been paired against two different teams with the top rankings possible tonight.NHL 26 Kickstarters for PC & Switch 2
This yearly debate is tiresome - we want it - EA says they don’t believe it will be profitable or profitable enough. There is an easy answer - put it on Kickstarter and EA gets to decide what the magic sales number is. Your customers get to prove their commitment with pre-sales - win/win at putting this frustrating argument to bed right (and costs EA nothing but a few mins of time)? Either way, the proof is measurable and not an arbitrary argument about theoretical estimates and if the kickstarters fail - the customers are to blame, not EA Management/Leadership. This can be revisited the same way every few years and it puts NHL’s platform future in the supporters’ hands. Please present this to the right internal people - the fans will thanks you for the opportunity to make our request a reality.
