- Dec 12, 2001
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Didn't want to clutter up the XB1 thread with Hockey talk but I've been playing the trial on EA access and the amount of stuff you can do with a created player is great. You can choose your helmet brand and style, visors, tint on visors, stick brand and model, skates, even the color of stick tape. Being a hockey fan and having played in a league for a couple seasons I know the gear and the skates and sticks are all modeled accurately. Everything from the curve of the blade to the rocker profile of the skates is accurate. You can even set the name the play by play will use for your created player which is cool(the commentators will actually call you out by name during the game). I haven't seen that in other sports games.
Playing with the sliders is proving interesting. The game speed slider is all the way up and it feels...slow. Not super slow, but not as fast as hockey should be. Then I messed with player acceleration, that really helped. Turning that up and turning pass speed up really made the game seem faster. Also noticed that turning the puck size and glow to small made the game feel faster, but it was also more chaotic for me. I couldn't get hold of where the thing was lol. There are some minor framerate issues outside the gameplay, but the play is always smooth. I hate the fights. Using the analog stick to punch is just terrible IMO. They are also way too frequent even for players who never fight.
The crowds are great. I was playing away and there was a fan dressed in my team's colors with a gaudy mohawk helmet on and when I scored a goal he turned around to the home fans and did a little dance, taunting them. The guy sitting behind him was shaking his head, looking disgusted.
Love the game and for me it's a shame that it comes out this Tuesday. I'll be picking up my new PS4 and Destiny at that time and won't be playing much else for at least a week or so. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the ads for when I can grab this game during some holiday sale perhaps.
Playing with the sliders is proving interesting. The game speed slider is all the way up and it feels...slow. Not super slow, but not as fast as hockey should be. Then I messed with player acceleration, that really helped. Turning that up and turning pass speed up really made the game seem faster. Also noticed that turning the puck size and glow to small made the game feel faster, but it was also more chaotic for me. I couldn't get hold of where the thing was lol. There are some minor framerate issues outside the gameplay, but the play is always smooth. I hate the fights. Using the analog stick to punch is just terrible IMO. They are also way too frequent even for players who never fight.
The crowds are great. I was playing away and there was a fan dressed in my team's colors with a gaudy mohawk helmet on and when I scored a goal he turned around to the home fans and did a little dance, taunting them. The guy sitting behind him was shaking his head, looking disgusted.
Love the game and for me it's a shame that it comes out this Tuesday. I'll be picking up my new PS4 and Destiny at that time and won't be playing much else for at least a week or so. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the ads for when I can grab this game during some holiday sale perhaps.
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