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RaychelSnr · 12-01-2011, 11:03 AM

Sports games, sadly, no longer come with instruction manuals. While ratings like "Slap Shot Power" need no written explanation, figuring out what attributes like "Aggressiveness" actually do on the ice can be confusing.

Buried deep within NHL 12's maze of menus, players can find detailed explanations for most of the game's attributes. Consider this ratings guide as part of the "written manual" that NHL 12 should have come with.

Read More - Explaining NHL 12's Attribute System

bubs3141 · 12-01-2011, 12:07 PM

this was great. Now can someone do one for sliders just like this. Please

bigbob · 12-01-2011, 02:27 PM

Great stuff Jayson Young. Definitely something that will answer a lot of questions a lot of people had.

wankman69 · 12-01-2011, 05:06 PM

helpful post.

Rogie Vachon · 12-01-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bubs3141


	this was great. Now can someone do one for sliders just like this. Please

Yes.

As well,....GOALIES!

Why not an explaination for the goalie attributes such as the skater`s is broken down?

savoie2006 · 12-01-2011, 06:28 PM

All these are in the game under the help menu and have been the last couple years FYI.

plaidchuck · 12-02-2011, 09:43 AM

So this pretty much confirms what people have thought for a while about strength, balance and offensive awareness. The question is though, what wins out when you have someone with a 99 passing up against a Dman with 99 defensive awareness, pure 50% chance or what? And also is high aggression really worth it or is the intimidation effect trivial compared to points you could spend elsewhere?

AllJuicedUp · 12-02-2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by savoie2006


	All these are in the game under the help menu and have been the last couple years FYI.

lol yeah, this is literally word for word out of the in game help menu.

Personally, I'm a little disappointed this didn't go into more depth regarding what ratings, how they interact, and what else they appear to do outside of EA's few descriptions. Heck, if I could just take EA's little blurbs at face value, sliders would be a hell of a lot easier to adjust in all EA games than they currently are :P

12-01-2011, 11:03 AM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	Explaining NHL 12's Attribute System Sports games, sadly, no longer come with instruction manuals. While ratings like "Slap Shot Power" need no written explanation, figuring out what attributes like "Aggressiveness" actually do on the ice can be confusing. Buried deep within NHL 12's maze of menus, players can find detailed explanations for most of the game's attributes. Consider this ratings guide as part of the "written manual" that NHL 12 should have come with. Read More - Explaining NHL 12's Attribute System Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3

12-01-2011, 05:06 PM	#4
wankman69 Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: Explaining NHL 12's Attribute System helpful post.

12-01-2011, 06:28 PM	#6
savoie2006 R.I.P 2KHockey 2000-2011 OVR: 29 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 4,659	All these are in the game under the help menu and have been the last couple years FYI. TDKing likes this.

12-02-2011, 09:43 AM	#7
plaidchuck Pro OVR: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	So this pretty much confirms what people have thought for a while about strength, balance and offensive awareness. The question is though, what wins out when you have someone with a 99 passing up against a Dman with 99 defensive awareness, pure 50% chance or what? And also is high aggression really worth it or is the intimidation effect trivial compared to points you could spend elsewhere? Last edited by plaidchuck; 12-02-2011 at 09:49 AM.

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12-01-2011, 12:07 PM	#2
bubs3141 Pro OVR: 5 Join Date: Aug 2002	this was great. Now can someone do one for sliders just like this. Please

12-01-2011, 02:27 PM	#3
bigbob MVP OVR: 28 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Inwood, West Virginia Posts: 10,474	Great stuff Jayson Young. Definitely something that will answer a lot of questions a lot of people had.