**NHL 16 Thread** Part II

[Sun God Nika]

You would think the update would fix the passing, but noooo just made the ****ing pokecheck worse.

 

[KingSizeKirby]

I'm so happy I got my money back for this game. After seeing these complaints.

 

[Leafs87]

I liked the game play when it first came out iI have no idea what they did to the game but not it feels exactly like nhl 15.most of their new movements are also gone in the new update. Hitting was actually decent and now wtf

 

[SlapshotTheMovie]

This new tuner is trash

 

[The Kessel Run]

I guess I'm one of the only ones who likes the new update. I took one tripping penalty in 4 games last night. It forces players to use the poke check smart and strategically. Also, I had no problem getting the puck from the other team by stick lifting/hitting/poking.

I think it's an improvement too.

 

[Pia8988]

Tuner has been reversed. Spam with no penalties is back. Long live the crying spammers.

 

[Anomie2029]

All I ever read on here is people *****ing.

Yes, NHL 16 it's harder to pass. It makes you play smarter with the puck.

***** about people spamming the poke check, so they tune it to be less successful, and they ***** about the penalties (even though it was designed to discourage poke check spamming).

I'm enjoying NHL 16. It's better than 13-15 IMO. Plays like hockey rather than an arcade game.

 

[Frank Booth]

I made it all the way through a season in the AHL. When you win, they give you the Calder Cup, but when it's presented, and the players skate around with it their hands aren't touching it. Because the Calder Cup is smaller than the Stanley Cup, it looks like they just replaced one smaller trophy for what would be the correct arm distance of the Stanley Cup. It just looks bizarre.

 

[soothsayer]

NBA 2k16 is why 2KSports should still be making hockey games. Now that's a game that is made by people who actually give a **** about what they are making.

 

[Anomie2029]

NBA 2k16 is why 2KSports should still be making hockey games. Now that's a game that is made by people who actually give a **** about what they are making.

Not to mention a much larger budget.

 

[soothsayer]

Not to mention a much larger budget.

No self-respecting human being thinks that EA has put out a half-decent NHL game in years. They are a joke of a company, the laughingstock of the gaming world.

 

[Virtanen18]

All I ever read on here is people *****ing.

Yes, NHL 16 it's harder to pass. It makes you play smarter with the puck.

***** about people spamming the poke check, so they tune it to be less successful, and they ***** about the penalties (even though it was designed to discourage poke check spamming).

I'm enjoying NHL 16. It's better than 13-15 IMO. Plays like hockey rather than an arcade game.

It doesn't have to be one extreme or the other. It doesn't have to be all errand passes or all crisp passes on the tape. It shouldn't be that you poke check and always get the puck or you never get it and just take 12 tripping penalties in a game. There's this thing called balance. EA can't find it. Bad game.

 

[Yung Rotini]

No self-respecting human being thinks that EA has put out a half-decent NHL game in years. They are a joke of a company, the laughingstock of the gaming world.

Nice.

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Not to mention a much larger budget.

The budget definitely sucks, but the developers are still totally lost. One of their big selling points was mascots... nobody gives a **** about mascots in the NHL, there's like two of them lol. Also the on-ice visual trainer is over the top and pointless. Meanwhile Crosby is still skating around right-handed in cut scenes, every single player skates the same, the majority of players have basic faces, not to mention all the gameplay issues.

I just really question where their heads are at with some of this stuff. I really think they need to stop adding to the game and just clean it up... there are so many little glitches and issues that somehow get past the dev team year after year. But I don't think that fits their goal of selling as many copies as possible.

 

[Virtanen18]

Who needs to put time into making the poke check work properly when you can use your time to put ear guards into the game

 

[Glennsoe]

Does anyone have a written text (or link to one) of the dekes in the game?

 

[Patrice Krejci*]

Does anyone have a written text (or link to one) of the dekes in the game?

They remove dekes every year. There are like 10 now. I miss the old Dangler class.

 

[Feed Me A Stray Cat]

I like the game. It has much more of a real hockey feel. Not all passes connect. Players skate over the puck. Things are a bit more haphazard.

What exactly is wrong with the passing in people's eyes? I think a lot of it is related to skill. I do very well online with passing but my opponents are typically terrible, especially when it comes to passing the point. It's clear the generic settings have reduced pass assist. I've always played the CPU with manual passing and no assist so it's not an issue, but I can see how there would be a learning curve for some.

 

[Feed Me A Stray Cat]

The budget definitely sucks, but the developers are still totally lost. One of their big selling points was mascots... nobody gives a **** about mascots in the NHL, there's like two of them lol. Also the on-ice visual trainer is over the top and pointless. Meanwhile Crosby is still skating around right-handed in cut scenes, every single player skates the same, the majority of players have basic faces, not to mention all the gameplay issues.

I just really question where their heads are at with some of this stuff. I really think they need to stop adding to the game and just clean it up... there are so many little glitches and issues that somehow get past the dev team year after year. But I don't think that fits their goal of selling as many copies as possible.

You should probably clarify the difference between producers and developers. The producers are the ones who direct the vision for the game and the new enhancements, and the code guys simply do what they're told.

Some of you are underrating the aspect that EA corporate plays in this. I'm sure all new features need to get approved by the big wigs at EA. And EA is concerned with making a profit above all else, not satisfying the gamers on this message board that really represent a small percentage of the people who buy the game. If EA identifies features that are cheap to implement but can attract casual gamers, they'll implement them (Mascots, etc.).

I don't doubt that the guys working day and night on NHL want to make the best hockey sim ever. I have a strong feeling they're constricted by 1) their budget and 2) corporate marketing for the game.

You guys should realize that the NHL series is an avenue for EA to make money first and foremost. It's sole purpose is not to appease hardcore gamers, even if you think it should be.

 

[Chaels Arms]

LOL at the people who told me in the Beta thread, "Stop whining bro, it's a Beta, EA will fix everything. A couple of months in and this game will be better then ever."

 

[ShadowDuck]

Did they really reverse the tuner?

 

[SmCurse]

Did they really reverse the tuner?

What did they do? I noticed the update pop up thingy minute ago.

 

[SAADfather]

Did they really reverse the tuner?

Yup, kids are back to spamming poke check all day. Worse than it was at launch, IMO.

 

[Dellstrom]

HUT is absolutely brutal. Unplayable.

You can't get one pass through anyone, all you have to do is spam poke check and it goes right to you. Chess has a faster pace than this game. ****ing awful. Game is slow, defensive garbage. Every game is 1-0 or 2-1. It's called an ARCADE game. This is closer to a turn-based strategy game.

 

[martz11]

I see after a couple weeks people have found the glitch goal. Drag the puck behind you so you can't poke it or you get called for a trip and slowly come in on the short side till the goalie drops then roof it short side. Lost 8-6 last night in club to it. Impossible to defend if you get caught deep in the zone to two cherry pickers. Now I remember why I hated club unless you have at least 4's.