NHL 13 Demo Video - True Performance Skating Tutorial

[Reiny09]

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I wouldn't mind the puck being glued to the stick on vanilla settings... but bumping it to hardcore should result in a loose puck when going top speed, something like the old push puck mechanic.


But I don't know if that causes problems, because it has done so earlier. Using the push puck feature made your player push the puck... then, as someone already mentioned here, kinda slowed you down, because your player went into "recieve the puck animation" when catching up the puck.


Hopefully with the new skating all this should change... I really hope that if I'm going top speed without the puck, and gets a pass, but still pushing full throttle on the left stick that my guy tries to receive the puck a bit uncontrolled, one-handed, or anyway without losing momentum, but at the risk of missing the reception.
If however I want to receive the puck in a more controlled way, let go of the left stick and gliiide. Lose momentum, but control the reception.




Anyway, can't wait until Tuesday.
I've bought every NHL since 07 on PS3, but I've kept my Xbox just for a case like this. NHL demo one day earlier

I agree that it would be nice to have a lot looser puck but there does have to be some sort of happy medium. We all know how the game currently plays but at the other end of the spectrum, if you take it too far, the game can get too sloppy and that can take the fun out of it even for people looking for a true sim.

And I can't agree more about being able to catch a pass without losing all of your momentum. Just about every animation in 12 for catching a pass causes the guy to nearly come to a complete stop. Same thing goes for poke checks and lifting the stick. They should be able to keep their feet moving and turn instead of gliding straight and taking themselves completely out of position if they miss.

[jonapaloma]

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One solution is to try and make the puck control similar to the one in NHL 2004 on PC. First when you receive the pass you have lower puck control and the more you have to puck on your stick the more control you get. So its easier to loose the puck when you first get it.

[JezFranco]

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I agree that it would be nice to have a lot looser puck but there does have to be some sort of happy medium. We all know how the game currently plays but at the other end of the spectrum, if you take it too far, the game can get too sloppy and that can take the fun out of it even for people looking for a true sim.

I absolutely agree with that, and understand that it's easy for us to sit here and wish for things, without even knowing how it would affect the actual flow of the game.


It's just that there is... the sliders.


It just feels weird, that we have the option to create millions (yes!) of unique game settings, but none offers a loose puck.

[canucksss]

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Intern: "Hey, don't you guys think that puck looks a bit too magnetized to the stick? Seems pretty obvious to me."

EA Person of Importance: "Apparently you don't know how we do things around here. You're fired."

(Cue the graphic... "EA Sports - It's In The Game")

Well, sorta.....

welcome back!!! hahahahah.

[RealmK]

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welcome back!!! hahahahah.

Don't feed the trolls.

[mkharsh33]

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I'm not a troll...far from it. I give a LOT back to this community, and to this title (slider sets). I understand that EA is trying to show off their new component to this game, but come on, that magnetized puck is a bit comical.

What I would have LIKED EA to shows us is a guy with LOW puck handling ability, stating, "And let us show you what happens when a player with lesser puck handling skills will do in this same scenario."

[gopher_guy]

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I'm not a troll...far from it. I give a LOT back to this community, and to this title (slider sets). I understand that EA is trying to show off their new component to this game, but come on, that magnetized puck is a bit comical.

What I would have LIKED EA to shows us is a guy with LOW puck handling ability, stating, "And let us show you what happens when a player with lesser puck handling skills will do in this same scenario."

Did you watch the gameplay vid mk? Magnet puck does not look as obvious in game, IMO.

[bwiggy33]

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I'm not a troll...far from it. I give a LOT back to this community, and to this title (slider sets). I understand that EA is trying to show off their new component to this game, but come on, that magnetized puck is a bit comical.

What I would have LIKED EA to shows us is a guy with LOW puck handling ability, stating, "And let us show you what happens when a player with lesser puck handling skills will do in this same scenario."

MK you are fine sir. Hell don't even worry about what some people say. People who follow these forums (not just NHL) will know you are not a troll in any way. Hell I have no affiliation with MLB 2k anymore now that I got a PS3 just for The Show, but what you do with MLB 2k seems to make the game that much better. I'm also using your NCAA sliders.

Anyhow just as you I am thinking the same thing about NHL. However, after watching some of that 8 min gameplay clip you can't really tell it's going on during gameplay. During the video it looks pretty ridiculous though. Just as you said though, I wish they would show a 4th line guy handling the puck to see if he ever loses it while stick handling or trying to skate full speed. That's going to make the difference in this game. If 3rd and 4th liners can still dangle with the best of them then these new player ratings probably won't make a difference unless it has to do with speed.

[mkharsh33]

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There's a workaround on this (to some degree). They don't have to pick on a guy by name. That probably wouldn't be cool to say "This guy (insert name) really sucks handling the puck..."

But just use some generic created-player to show how this feature will work both ways. I'm not being overly critical, as I appreciate what EA is trying to do with this year's title. But they have to know that one of the issues / complaints is the lack of player separation. Just show us this, and watch yet another area of concern wash away...

[CupCrazyManiac]

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MK you are fine sir. Hell don't even worry about what some people say. People who follow these forums (not just NHL) will know you are not a troll in any way. Hell I have no affiliation with MLB 2k anymore now that I got a PS3 just for The Show, but what you do with MLB 2k seems to make the game that much better. I'm also using your NCAA sliders.

Anyhow just as you I am thinking the same thing about NHL. However, after watching some of that 8 min gameplay clip you can't really tell it's going on during gameplay. During the video it looks pretty ridiculous though. Just as you said though, I wish they would show a 4th line guy handling the puck to see if he ever loses it while stick handling or trying to skate full speed. That's going to make the difference in this game. If 3rd and 4th liners can still dangle with the best of them then these new player ratings probably won't make a difference unless it has to do with speed.

i agree! And again MK you are fine sir!

[RealmK]

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I'm not a troll...far from it. I give a LOT back to this community, and to this title (slider sets). I understand that EA is trying to show off their new component to this game, but come on, that magnetized puck is a bit comical.

What I would have LIKED EA to shows us is a guy with LOW puck handling ability, stating, "And let us show you what happens when a player with lesser puck handling skills will do in this same scenario."

While I appreciate you doing slider sets and the like let's be honest harshy, posting one liners and just dumping on the game on a regular basis is pretty much trolling.

This post however is constructive, I would have liked to have seen that as well. The thing is however, from gameplay vids on default sliders it pretty obvious that separating players from the puck is far easier this year. If the pass reception ease slider does indeed work again and we tweak sliders, it's safe to say that it'll make the game even sloppier than on default no?

I really would love to know what those complaining about the "magnet puck" while skating untouched wanted EA to do to not only keep the flow of the gameplay, but prevent it from being a back and forth turnover fest all game long. Let's keep in mind, NHL players can handle hard passes, most of them especially those who are good puck handlers can make breakout passes accurately under pressure.