The Biggest Sports Game Failure: EA SPORTS NHL
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- This is my short video essay explaining my thoughts on what I believe is the biggest failing sports game franchise at the moment, NHL, and the recent direction the game is headed towards.
I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think. I couldn't cover absolutely everything in this video because it would be 2 hours long, but if people are interested I am down to periodically go over my thoughts on it.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:51 Ultimate Team
2:04 NHL 14
3:04 NHL 15
4:07 NHL 24
5:15 GWC
7:35 My Final Thoughts
9:18 Outro
#nhl24 #hockey #nhl - Ігри
Ultimate team ruined sports games.
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100% fax
No lies told
To an extent. I think you're grossly oversimplifying some of it
i think ultimate team is a cool concept, but microtransactions ruined games in general
The downfall started when they stopped using pre-game intros
also when they stopped releasing nhl on pc back in like 2007 lol
Facts
@@supergoodtimes1 no nhl 12 was superior to every game before it just because of player development and drafting alone
Downfall started when they decided to release a new gme every year instead of delivering updates for yearly squad changes. Back in the days 2000-2010 i would totally understand to release a new game because there was huge jumps in technology and graphics etc. but noawadays its just not justifiable anymore
@@supergoodtimes1I think it was more like 2009 or 2010 but I agree on that
The issue is they have no idea what a nhl game is actually like.
It’s Indians making the game. And they don’t work with any NHL players at all.
exactly
NHL hitz was my favorite got a NHL game for ps4 and never got another one
They do they just dont care
Oh they do. They aren't making some NHL game like they do because they don't know what the NHL is like.
They are making a game because they only care about one thing: The Ultimate Team game mode. All of the changes and additions are meant to appeal to the younger audience who is willing to keep spending on their ultimate team and loves the stuff like hot pink visors, neon green skate holders and the big hits. They stopped caring about stuff like the offline GM mode probably a decade ago, which is about when I stopped buying it.
Man playing NHL games have become such a grind, and not the good kind. The kind that makes you ask yourself : why are you wasting time with this unfun mess of a game.
🖨
Skill issued
They really need to pay more attention to franchise/Be a Pro modes, the modes I actually enjoyed playing and want to see more and more changes to. I used to invest so much time trying to build the best no money spent HUT team I could in NHL 19 up to 22, but it just feels pointless at the end of the day, it requires so much time just to not be able to go that far thanks to people spending fortunes on packs and players, and it all resets with each yearly new release of the next game. So I pretty much gave up on that front.
It feels like this years game punishes you for making creative plays… X factors gotta go they’re so broken
Agreed. It definitely feels harder to make cool plays like you could even a couple of year ago, let alone on the old games
Xfactors are the only way to make cards different other than height and weight. What's the difference between 2 cards if they are roughly the same height and weight like 6" 200 lbs
Funny all I do is creative plays and they seem to workout for me, X Factors seem to not work with an Above Average goalie, skill issue pal
I agree to an extent but at the competitive level especially, if you look back at NHL 21, the passing was way faster/crispier. Xfactors definitely add variety but it rewards certain plays that shouldn’t/wouldn’t normally work if they didnt have an xfactor. Which IMO is cheese and adds to the rng of the game
@@ryleyblakney1751the difference would he how the individual in control of the player plays them. Just like how irl two guys of the same size will have different play styles
As an offline player, my biggest complaint is the AI logic. The devs need to study hockey more and see how teams cycle the puck, breakout on PPs, and get in position for scoring chances. I’m so tired of taking a point shot when my ai teammates aren’t there to tip the puck or screen the goalie. And the times where I’m trying to look for a center pass in front of the net but my teammate is off to the side not in a scoring position has made me irate…
6v6 is by far the best way to play
I am so glad you commented this because I think this is one of the biggest problems with EA NHL today. My AI teammates are never in the right position anymore when it comes to cycling the puck. It’s not enjoyable at all
The thing is, is that developers are coders not hockey fans. They’re given a task to do and they do it. For money.
And the PPs don't work in the game! It's doesn't look PP at all just regular 5v5 play
Can be behind the net and 10/10 times there's no one to pass to in the slot or the crease and no one open at the circles for a one timer. All 4 AI players are standing in the corners or at the poing motionless not even trying to open up a passing lane. Queue wrap around goal number 10,000 for my player. 150 point seasons and 90 of those points are goals because the AI is useless. 2 on 1 breakaway? Pass it over to the AI and they shoot it at the literal back of the net after skating the puck behind the goal line.
I'd also throw in the egregious EA paid influencers like DontBeSaad20 who almost exclusively make cringe ass pack opening videos year after year. Then others like TacTix and Nasher who wouldn't dare say anything negative about the game.
I'll give credit to Nasher tho cause he straight up tells his audience to not spend money on packs. I believe he didn't even spend any money on HUT packs this year. Funny how quickly he moved on from those types of videos though.
Who? Hockeys irrelvent no one watches it or plays the games when you compare it to relvent sports
@AlexBigShid I didn't watch the video . Ncaa trailer just dropped a few hours ago and already has more views than any hockey video
You're here yapping for no reason @@tombradyshow1222
I know nasher is getting paid by sponsors but I genuinely like his positivity. I love Johhny superbman but his constant negativity gets grating at some point. Nasher feels like he's making the most out of a bad situation.
the true problem is that EA has no competition on the grounds of hockey, when 2K was still around they challenged each other to produce the better game, want to force EA to actually make a new hockey game... then we need a challenger, and I'd also add that EA ruined NHL games long before 2014
no. 12-13-14 were masterpieces that got better. NHL14 is by far the best hockey game of all time
People need to come together and agree to stop buying the game. But it'll never happen
@hurricane3033 well, if it's any consolation to you, I alone represent $60 extra they didn't make this year. I didn't buy the game and I have no plans to.
Fact!! 100% same with FIFA before they "won the marked." Back in the day there was Winning Eleven/PES, This is Football and a few more. They made people in EA work harder. Old FIFA games has so much amazing content that got deleted in future games. I feel I've seen the same with NHL games. Good content gets deleted, next games has no growth. It just keeps the game the same size with replaced content.
I have not bought a fifa game since 2015, but I have played the newer games at my friends house. I am so glad I've saved all that money to be honest. Last NHL game I bought was 2022. I only bought it because I wanted to test the IIHF world championship modes. It was cool, but I was mad when the game did not allow me to customize my own groups.
Even NHL 11 has better customize options for a similar gamemode. All EA did was to add a logo, team kits and remove the playoff round (you played a final 16 instead of going directly to quarterfinals). Basicly they added glitter bullshit and avoided giving gamers customize/game/tournament format options. It is incredible how much detalis are lacking in a time with all this technology.
I'm pretty sure 2K could make an NHL game if they wanted. I don't think EA has an exclusive contract with the NHL like they did with the NFL for years.
Be a Pro and Franchise mode are only two game modes that I play and both are completely boring. Be a Pro is completely unplayable with the cutscenes mid game completely breaks the immersion and what kind of fun there is.
I bet you paid 80$ . So funny
@@Samlevine111 I didn't pay jack, I played the trial and that's all I needed to try.
@@ZacharyDarkes who is jack ? Is this a term from you dmb North Americans ? I don’t get it
@@Samlevine111you are a clown
Yes and you cant even start your be a pro career from Europe. The CHL playoffs don't count
The core of the problem with every NHL game is the gameplay... if the gameplay is good ill play the game simply because I love hockey. But when the countless issues with gameplay are never ever ever fixed, and then they add in new stupid shit like x factors and zone pressure with a gigantic eyesore in the middle of the screen that i cant make go away, its just awful
I agree with you. Stupid circle in the middle of the zone. It's also so unrealistic and boring. EA sports is falling apart
My biggest grip is how they moved protect puck on L3 + right stick. EVERY time you hustle now, you are forced in protect puck and you can't just stick handles like it has ever been before. I absolutely hate it. and the protect puck animation look really awkward, particularly when you switch hand or drop a pass. Just unnacceptable that they screwed up with the controls...just like the forced reverse hit on the R3 for the total controls.
BTW, you should add to your list the new dump. It's so ridiculously weak..is there still a point in using it?.
The gameplay in this year's game was shockingly bad
The gameplay is the worst part imo. When the gameplay is bad there is really no point in playing. Every goalie in the game is equally bad. Every thing else with the gameplay is just inconsistent. You don’t know if you are gonna get good bot teammates or bad ones. Some games your opponent will try and some games they won’t. I only play against computer btw because playing online is not fun.
@@BobbyWithDaMoney that's a great point. Imagination can make up for lack of features at times but when the gameplay is broken people stop playing
ALL sports game franchises suck. The mid 2010s made Ultimate Team the prominent game mode, and money matters more than opinions. EA, 2K, and SDS have monopolies on sports games that the leagues are complicit in because they want to have "the official game of ___". The past decade has done irreversible damage to this market, competition is the only way to get things moving in a positive direction for the consumer.
Only EA can make a football game with the NFL. They canceled their NBA Live game because EA where pussyfooting around, and I don't hear about the NBA giving 2K the rights, nor MLB giving SDS the rights either.
Any gaming company can make a sports game, if they can ask for permission. Can't do that to the NFL only.
Idk man SDS isn’t that micro transaction heavy like yeah I get people wanna mainly play DD but I had a full diamond squad within less than 2 hours of playing ranked not even touching programs or nothing, I think the show does a great job at it I wish EA NHL would take some of their queues from DD, way less pay to win than HUT if at all, everything in the show is easily grindable
There's a difference. The Show games are actually fairly decent and playable.
Gaming sucks in general pretty much since games started having in game purchases. Only playable games have a 1 player offline story mode now
NHL 98 was the goat. Im still chasing that high decades later.
The real start of the downfall for the NHL series was when EA Vancouver got the UFC licence. They ended up splitting the NHL dev team in half right around 2012/2013, assigning those guys to UFC development. The reason why 12/13/14 on 360/PS3 was great was mostly due to the foundation being set. Not much had to change, and more people were focusing on trying to figure out the ignite engine.
It's insane to see what's taking almost a decade for NHL to get anywhere close to what they used to push as an annually released product, with a small developmenty team as well. Not to mention how presentation for GWC this year was absolutely terrible. Great video, just scratches the surface as to what has been going on with the rocky development over the past decade.
For sure, I definitely could’ve gone more in depth, which i might do in the future, but I just wanted to give some general insight
And they're terrible at making UFC games now too. Haven't been good since UFC 2
@@codymachado that's what happens when you have half the development team and resources. They're basically the size of a indie development team
@@EndoranceMA third of the team. Cause it's split between UFC/NHL/FC
@@aftershock4253 the EAFC team has it's own entire wing of EA Burnaby. The EANHL/ UFC development studios are in the same office space.
I’m so glad that everyone seems to agree it was 14. It was still that perfect mix of arcade and simulation.
2014? The last time 2k had there hands on it? EA snatched it up in 2015 and u could feel the company had started gutting. And tbh I’ve played the 2k NBA and I’m not impressed so it’s hard to say if the current NHL’s would be any better if 2k had kept it
@@therealten8090 ea nhl 14 is what I was referring to. It was the best.
@@commentarywithconnor 💯 agree. It’s been a decade and I just want connected franchise back.
star system was garbage compared to the letter system for potential in nhl 12
Actually 15 on 360/ps3 was better, it was the same game with better tuning and I beleive there was a dump glytch in offensive zone that was patched for 15. I guess peoples refer to 14 first because it's essentially the same game and to avoid any confusion with the next gen NHL15 atrocity.
EA NHL's downfall was when they stopped releasing the game on PC.
And I wanna that back
This
nope it was after nhl 12 nhl was better than every game before it i cant have fun in franchise mode if i cant rebuild through the draft and have decent player development nhl 12 is by far the best nhl game just because of franchise mode
Not only that, the last version (09) they released was an ultra rush job that was missing all flare. Went from having team logos in the in-game scores to a plain box with white text. Looked like someones first CSS project. Slapped us on the way out.
@@islicenr1 Electronic Arts has become a real $h!+ company overall, at least since the 90's. The last EA game I actually bought was MLB '06 the show on PS3, which was a steaming pile of dog excrement, replete with gimmicky motion controls that made the game objectively worse. Not that I wanted to play their NHL series on PC, but I did kinda lament it's absence for a minute, during the pandemic lock down.
I'm 48, I bought nhl94 on release day for super nes. It was all bound to go downhill once you could play someone you couldn't punch for being a dick.
That's why I loved nhl 94 on the megadrive..... Getting into a scrap and being put in the bin for it was all part of the game
I'm a woman and I'm actually so annoyed that I can't fight as a female character. Like I can get hit so hard that I snap my neck from six feet in the air but I can't try to square up with Tom Wilson? Come on, LET ME get KO'd if I want to, give me a chance.
@seikoshinohara3084 Exactly. Why even limit women from fighting in a VIDEO GAME haha it's so ridiculous. It's like they're scared it'll hurt their image because they think people will be offended by it.
@tonybleau6219 right lol but I guess my 16 year old girl playing in the European league against 35 year old men and getting cross checked in the teeth is totally fine by EA standards
It was bad when each year was a copy-paste version of each other just with new unis, but NHL 24 made the game almost unplayable. In the attempt to create a flashier playstyle, they ended up destroying the controls and gameplay.
Rushing the net results in a goalie interference penalty 1000% of the time; hits are awkward as hell, when just a couple years ago they were fluid and fun; every minor incidental contact throws you completely off the puck and ends the play.
It was a nightly ritual to kill a couple games in BAP before turning in, but now I might play a few games each month.
Why would u play Be A Pro when u could play Chel online with other people
One of the major problems for me is the video game not really being able to emulate an actual game, stuff happens in games that just can't really be included in a way that makes sense.
Goalies for example with their kryptonite being a simple backhand forehand off the rush, their reaching back animation batting pucks in rather than scooping them away, its just frusterating when the last line of defense plays like a beer leaguer even if they are like 99overall.
Nhl 2k was the greatest to do it. Better commentstors and gameplay. Sucks that ea sports is the only developer. I haven't bought a game since '17. Sega needs to make games again.
facts nhl 2k11 was the best
I won the regional champs in 2010 for nhl 10, got flown to NYC for global finals. I LOVED this game, it was the only game I played as a hockey nut. I haven't played since 2017. I tried 21 hoping for a good game but refunded in under 24 hours. HUT and stat driven game play RUINED it all. Even EASHL is stat driven now. They turned it from a skill game to a grind and spend game. Sports and Competition IS NOT about spend levels, it is about ability. Until that balance is fixed, I will never play again.
The only thing i want back is the zamboni mini game in between periods like in NHL2k10. Underrated game mode
Fr NHL 2k10 was my favorite 2k game ever
thats not bringing something back are u dumb 2k doesnt make the game
These aren't sports games anymore, these are casino simulators disguised as a hockey game.
Been playing Franchise hockey manager 9 for PC lately, the amount of depth in it compared to EA makes me not even care if there is minimal on-ice gameplay. I'll take simulation over whatever EA is pooping out.
I'm mainly an eashl player (been playing since 09) and for me it's how they've been trying to lower the skill gap every year. Adding x factors that basically play the game for you, poke checking slowing you down, random penalties, etc. I know the game has a massive skill gap and that's bad for casuals and new players but it's a sports game, it's supposed to be competitive.
I know it’s not a popular take, but I really miss Drop-in games from ‘14. You didn’t need packs and bs to play with other players just looking to have a bit of fun and try to smash the short speedster with the tinted visor :P
Great video. Ive coined the last 2 nhl games the “worst gaming experience” on the planet. The RNG has trounced all logic and the skill gap continually shrinks, making the overall experience a nightmare fr.
Killer Video!!! Great historical breakdown with just the facts!
I remember playing NHL 95, 02, 06,07...so damn good
First off great video! Secondly, it’s not just the NHL series and it’s not just EA. People are bashing MLB The Show from SDS for the exact same reason. People play these games because they are fans of the sport who want realism. There needs to be more focus on franchise modes and gameplay
The thing that pisses me off the most, is that I can't play an nhl game on pc.
Great video, haven't played a nhl game since nhl 13 on the 360. Swapped over to pc and realized their last pc port was nhl 09. Sucks there's no pc port yet for any of the recent nhl games and I doubt EA will do anything about it.
Lack of PC is shocking to me. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
NHL 24 is the end for me. Hated just about every aspect of the game. It's hilarious when I see people defend it saying it's more realistic. I play hockey. It's not. It's the furthest thing from real hockey that we've had. 21 was the last realistic hockey game. It still sucked, but it was leagues better than what they've put out since the frostbite switch.
NHL95 was my favourite game as a kid on PC. I've never had a console, only played PC games (and still do). The fact that there is no good PC NHL game is still shocking to me. I would still play NHL95 if there was a way to buy it today!
This is straight facts! Love this video! Great job!
I remember my first game was NHL 2K9 on the original Wii and that game absolutely shits on the modern EA NHL games
Been playing every EA NHL game since 97. It just absolutely sickens me that they have the gall to charge 69,99 every year for a copy/paste. Something that has bothered me a loooong time and I think is not too much ask for is to give a little more authenticity to other leagues except NHL and I've always thought the things we could do with a PC release...
Remember playing NHL slapshot on the WIi
Online gaming Destroyed the video game industry. Period.
I miss the teams goal songs (zombie nation in particular). It added to the immersion
The soul of the sport is gone. Playing franchise mode- theres settings i have to do every single game because you cant save them, theres no imtro when you start a game, theres 1, most likely shitty goal replay. You just lose the feeling of hockey completely. It sucks
I’ve only seen the first 10 seconds of the vid and you summed up already a big part of my childhood. The similarities are awesome
NHL '14 was the last title I bought in the NHL series... everything else has been a back alley abortion with a broken glass bottle and a rusty fishhook... Hot garbage ever since, which is a damn shame, because the games were fun to play, and didnt have all the micro-transactions.
EA ruins everything they touch. Look at Madden, for example. They took an iconic NFL franchise and ran it into the ground. And now they've done the exact same thing with the NHL series.
Instead of actually making a playable, realistic game with actual hockey situations and gameplay and good AI, they waste money and resources on worthless crap like HUT and "World of CHEL", and paying celebrities like Snoop Dogg to do guest commentary in the game. Which is fine, because I'm a big Snoop fan and he's a big hockey fan. However, maybe addressing the endless glaring problems with the game would be the first and most logical route to go before adding money grab "extras".
I'm still here playing the Genesis version of _NHL 96_ on an emulator
ESPN NHL Hockey 2K4 was the peak NHL game!
Anyone who plays ultimate team on nba or nhl even fifa is the problem why micro transactions are prevalent
Just how games are nowadays
@@Perellzy nah, just how you choose to play them
If I ever become president… I’m putting EA games on war crime charges for what they did to sports games.
The culture, UI and gameplay of 09-14 will never be topped
During the PS2 days, either NHL '98 or '99, I'd always loved pulling off what I called the "Hate-Trick". Basically, once the whistle blew and play ended, you have to try and knock down three opposing players to the ice. Totally fun when playing against a friend.
RIP NHL
I was done with consoles (besides Nintendo) after my 3rd Xbox 360 got a RROD. After that I switched back to PC....haven't got to play NHL since then and it's something I want to play daily still over a decade later. I've been on the verge of buying a PS4 for years just to play NHL, but it's not worth it for one game. EA Sports shot themselves in the foot with the franchise and they blame the fans for not being there to support it.
I’d definitely wait to play till its on PC. The whole thing is just a mess rn in my opinion
I wouldn't waste my money on either a PS4 or the NHL game.
nintendo is garbage lol u support a garbage company that gives u outdated consoles
I went back to 23 for a few reasons (stupid hip checks) it feels more balanced and fun against the AI. I also fire up 18 sometimes since that's the last version on the previous engine, there's some stuff that do way better then than they do now
I still to this day play NHL 2000 on PC. It’s my favorite game. I set up a separate tower with windows XP just to play it
If they just made NHL '94 with yearly roster updates, I'd be happy enough.
great video, rip nhl :
Shits dying before our eyes 😪
I agree with you. I loved EA NHL 2014. I have purchased EA NHL 21- 24. There are differences in play between them. HUT is not for me. I am not spending my hard earned money on virtual hockey cards. With the games being very much alike, I would hope they would have fixed the glitches that happen during game play.
I remember playing nhl 12 and nhl13 with my friends with xbox360 and the thought of buying new console over the years just to play new nhl games have been removed from my head thanks to this video 😄
Need a different studio to produce the next NHL
Need a new publisher that isn't awful.
are u dumb u think u have control nobody else wants to itd be so risky the market is so small and if they were to be a better game their would be no microtransactions which just means the market for $ to be made is even smaller for a good nhl game than it is for a bad one and the market ea has is small as it is
A game’s soundtrack is on the bottom of my list of priorities
Over 15 years since the last PC release. Beyond once or twice grabbing a free month trial of Xbox Gamepass and trying it on my aging Xbox One, I've not properly owned a EA NHL game since that last PC release. But when I revisit a NHL game, it's either EA NHL 94 (one of the modded ones with updated rosters) or 2K's NHL 2K5.
GM Connected was so good, and Be A Gm in general was great. NHL14 definitely felt like a high water mark
The Wayne Gretzky 64 game was a banger
I also think it’s sad that the NHl Arcade 3v3 thing was one of the most fun multiplayer hockey experiences I’ve ever had. It was like a comical, intense hockey version of old school NFL Blitz
Microtransactions quite literally ended me playing any mobile, computer or console games but it was already in a decline before that. Over complicated controls for simple activities that once upon a time could be done entertainigly and playably with 6-7 controls including the directional four were tossed out of the window for useless animations and so fotth. Lithanies of which games / genres were ruined this way is just way too extensive for me to begin writing here. Gaming industry can promote and advertise as much as they wish but with exception of few modern classics they lost my money a long time ago.
God NHL Powerplay 98, takes me back to spending weekends at my dad’s as a kid and staying up all night playing that game. It’s sad this is what the NHL series has become. I went from buying them every year to just never touching them anymore. The 360 days of NHL were spent online constantly, on game battles with my friends. It’ll never be the same
Valid video.
I fell in love with Nhl 2002 on PC as a kid, played 07 on PS2, and had 14 on the 360… sigh.
Lack of Licenses. I would love to have some real Stadiums / Goaltunes from Germany, or even have DEL2
2k was always SO much better than the EA Sports titles. I played 2k6 - 2k12 and loved it. Never felt the same on the EA games.
Great video man!
It's not just NHL - Madden, 2K, FIFA, The show, etc. are all equally bad nowadays
Nice vid. Spot on for so many points. One I'll add is the utter lack of development of the CPU AI players. FOR YEARS they go to the same spots on the ice that make no sense that you never see in real hockey.
I have NHL 19 from Games With Gold but I’ve been playing NHL 24. The glaring issue I saw was my goalie would spazz out for and against the team at random times.
My first (and favorite because of that) was NHL 06. I never bought a PS4 so the NHL 16 was the last one I was able to play.
It was much better before micro transactions when you bought the game and played for the year. Now it is like buy the game every year and keep spending if you want to be relevant in the game. Also, I grew up soo...
Nhl 01 is peak. I despise the over complicated mess of nhl games now. I just want to hit A to pass Y to special B to spin and X to shoot.
Nice video buddy hope you’ve been well !
You too teal my goat 🐐
I stopped playing ultimate team. Everyone else should too.
Just play the regular modes it's way more fun and you don't have to spend 8 hours a say flipping cards....which is awful.
I just want to play the game!
The new controls are the devs trying to eliminate any skill gap. They will spend months arguing in a public forum and defending this years game, but privately in private messages conceding it’s a disaster. One button michigans and hip checks ???? Stooopid. People who play min height and weight we’re complaining about getting hit too much…. So they all but eliminated body checking unless your willing to learn new controls after decades. Betrayal of their core audience
the fact that they don't to PC when FIFA can is the worst thing and the reason why I didn't play NHL game for years
Not to mention, the average person just wants to play with their friends or brother at home. Online is trash. Pay for teams is trash. Best games for 1991-1995. The Internet and greed ruined everything. Multiplayer offline franchise is where it needs to go back to.
The thing about those microtransactions that piss me off is I'm a simmer guy.
I like sports games more to see what historic teams can do in matchups.
I know people don't like current NBA 2k games but to me at least I can set up historic teams or franchise modes. I haven't played a Madden game since 05 but I played 21 I think it was - so disappointed no historical teams.
i got my ps5 less than 5 months ago and i feel like whenever i play franchise or even scroll it always pauses for a few seconds or skips the animation in between it
nhl breakaway 98.
great memories on the n64.
still i think some of the best player development in a hockey game.
“So old it was beige” is so funny lmao
Proud to say I have never made an in-game purchase on chel
Similar story.
Easily played thousands of hours of NHL 2000 - NHL 14.
Game is just flat out bad now. It is 100x more frustrating to play than it is fun.
Me too! I played NHL 08 way more than I should of...
Last one I played was nhl 16. Can't imagine gameplay has changed.
No, it changed. it got much worse
Its crazy they still havent implemented winter classic... Or the multiple other outdoor games. Unreal. Custom league sucks too. Theres really just too many issues with this game. I could type a 3000 word essay and still just be scratching the surface. Not kidding.
Great video! Just facts! 💪
I would love a nice NHL game on PC again. Would spend 80$ just to be able to play some Ice Hockey. I wish some Dev Team would come up with a new take on the whole Sport Game (sim) situation.
Thanks for voicing what everyone’s thinking, they need a change like the thrashers going to Winnipeg
winnipeg is a bottom 5 team in terms of revenue their not a success the owner still hasn't see a profit from their initial investment . winnipeg is barely breaking even
@@TheBeatMakersGuild the franchise is easily worth double than when it was bought, the owners doing just fine
NHL 23 was so much fun. NHL 24 is unplayable. I hate the changes they added to the game.
I’m a casual player, career mode, franchise mode etc. My first nhl game was nhl 01 which used nhl 94 controls. I understand hardly anyone uses nhl 94 controls, but it’s all I’ve ever known, and I never play online anyway. It makes nhl 24 almost unplayable for me, been using the same controls since I was a kid and it’s confusing as hell even using skill stick or whatever it’s called. I get I should have got with the times and changed controls, but I’m just a casual player. It’s little things like that which I feel impact nhl as well as the much larger issues (they need to bring back winter classic mode 100%)
Even as a casual player wouldn't u want to use the skill stick? I mean it's not that complicated left and right to stick handle, up to shoot, down then up to slap shot, pretty basic, also they made nhl 24 noob friendly cuz u can do hip checks and Michigan deke and other moves with one button (which I don't like)
@@rossrobertson674 yep beacuse a hip checks needs more than one button so complicated right to bend over u should press 5 buttons fuck off
I’m a career only single player player, so FUT, HUT, MUT or whatever their top trumps gambling mode is doesn’t affect me.
Sadly though, career mode earns them nothing, so they spend zero time on it. Shame. Used to like it
Great honest video which I totally agree with
what video was that in 8:47 i cant find it anywhere
BRING BACK THE WINTER CLASSIC
4:20 osrs music moment
They also changed the way you hit, protect puck. Etc. they seem to be going downhill, and fast.
Welcome to EA, this is what they do with every sports game. Also it's weird how the beloved features and game modes seem to disappear from EA in Madden 14, FIFA 14, and Nba Live 14.
Nice video Mader! Long time no see
Thanks mader thats the goat right there
Whos video is at 6:25?
Great video BTW