NHL 13 Video - Sean Ramjagsingh Talks About Presentation, Gameplay, Strategies & More

[Steve_OS]

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The Producer of NHL 13, Sean Ramjagsingh talks about presentation, gameplay, strategies and more.

[Feldman011teen]

The intro is exactly the same, nothing has changed. I understand new lighting effects, but it's lacking.

[gopher_guy]

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The intro is exactly the same, nothing has changed. I understand new lighting effects, but it's lacking.

Agreed. They've taken a major step forward in gameplay, but the presentation needs an overhaul.

This year the tagline has been "We've spent more time on our AI than in the last 3 years combined". Next year (IMO) it has to be "We've spent more time working on presentation/commentary than we have in the last 3 years combined".

[jonapaloma]

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one thing I dont understand, as I start to watch the video is how chara end up getting behind voracek deep into the zone even though rammer says chara has control over voracek as he has nowhere to go. wouldn't the best thing to do for chara to cut off voraceks path into the slot. As it is now chara does a big defensive mistake by follow voracek behind the net.

To me this doesnt look to good.

[Broncos86]

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I didn't find myself saying "NHL 12 would be perfect if it weren't for presentation!"

And thank goodness for the cut scene business.

And yeah, Chara DID play good positional hockey until he decided to follow the back side of the puck carrier into the corner and didn't maintain his position on the inside.

[JG1986]

Been a long time Rangers fan but never played the series since NHL 94 on Sega, lol. Just downloaded the demo. For someone like me its awesome. Anyway, the controls all make sense but how the hell do you win a faceoff? The instructions just say "R," which I'm assuming is the right stick. I flick it around but can't seem to win a faceoff. Is there some technique??

[gopher_guy]

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Been a long time Rangers fan but never played the series since NHL 94 on Sega, lol. Just downloaded the demo. For someone like me its awesome. Anyway, the controls all make sense but how the hell do you win a faceoff? The instructions just say "R," which I'm assuming is the right stick. I flick it around but can't seem to win a faceoff. Is there some technique??

faceoffs are very hard in the demo. Seems everyone is having trouble winning them.

[canucksss]

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one thing I dont understand, as I start to watch the video is how chara end up getting behind voracek deep into the zone even though rammer says chara has control over voracek as he has nowhere to go. wouldn't the best thing to do for chara to cut off voraceks path into the slot. As it is now chara does a big defensive mistake by follow voracek behind the net.

To me this doesnt look to good.

same thing for me...Sean said at the beginning about improve presentations...and after the introduction of 2 teams...i said whats new???? same introduction, players circulating the ice, goalie doing his thing. i guess the only new presentation is the lighting to the players on ice.

but i hate to say this is a small improvement..coz most of the players are still in generic faces.

Agreed. They've taken a major step forward in gameplay, but the presentation needs an overhaul.

This year the tagline has been "We've spent more time on our AI than in the last 3 years combined". Next year (IMO) it has to be "We've spent more time working on presentation/commentary than we have in the last 3 years combined".

you beat me to it but at least they did SOMETHING about the gameplay, based on the demo so good so far. but let see if this will translate to the final product.

The intro is exactly the same, nothing has changed. I understand new lighting effects, but it's lacking.

i agree.

[gator3guy]

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Ok I can understand not going full out on presentation this year, but for God's sake change the on screen graphics. Seeing the same scoreboard as 12 makes me SMH. I played 12 a lot. I don't want to see the same scoreboard in 13.

I see the puck hitting the net and bouncing out still doesn't count as a goal. If the puck doesn't hit the post it has to be a goal. Did anyone notice Rammer's awkward silence after that one?

Still like the game, but there's just some things that have been problematic with the game the last few years that haven't been fixed. Board play is one of my biggest gripes.

[RealmK]

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"We didn't want to put all these controls on multiple different buttons, we wanted to make it extremely accessible to everybody, so players are doing the right thing when you expect them to do it, and you don't need crazy button combinations"

There's a subtle little potshot at 2k if I've ever heard one.

[Fiddy]

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"We didn't want to put all these controls on multiple different buttons, we wanted to make it extremely accessible to everybody, so players are doing the right thing when you expect them to do it, and you don't need crazy button combinations"

There's a subtle little potshot at 2k if I've ever heard one.

you're reaching big time..

[ericromain]

Hmm, rammer needs to diversify his game. He puck hogs it up the boards every time. It's ok to pass it to the center once in a while!

[Vikes1]

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Agreed. They've taken a major step forward in gameplay, but the presentation needs an overhaul.

This year the tagline has been "We've spent more time on our AI than in the last 3 years combined". Next year (IMO) it has to be "We've spent more time working on presentation/commentary than we have in the last 3 years combined".

Well said, Gopher.

Yep, the gameplay for '13' has taken a very nice jump. And I do really like the RTP. Of course I'm sure we all want the gameplay to continue to be refined every year. But it is time now for '14' to have presentation be a major focus.

[RealmK]

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you're reaching big time..

How so? Holding 2 shoulder buttons to do a slap shot, while trying to aim with an analog while the AI is buzzing all over the zone like a hive of angry bees was oh so intuitive.

[gator3guy]

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Hmm, rammer needs to diversify his game. He puck hogs it up the boards every time. It's ok to pass it to the center once in a while!

Because its so easy to enter the zone that way. No matter what defenseman you use, you can lug the puck into the zone untouched. I thought the new defensive strategies would make it tough but it doesn't look like it.