The crows sounds so much more immersed in the game which is awesome. They don't just randomly cheer; it seems much more purposeful. Especially when one team would line up a big check and miss, the crowd would gasp and it seems much better than NHL 23. I also think the announcing sounds much more like a tag team effort rather than james cybulski constantly talking and cutting over to his partner like one tiem all period. They seem to be going back and forth and the lady is filling the air time between the whistles which hopefully won't get annoying but also seems good.
Could you please tell the presentation team that we definitely need the full presentation back for NHL 24 as an option it wouldn't be a bad option if it were available again, especially at the beginning so that you can at least see the goalie statistics again
The fact that the presentation mode was entirely removed from the game and never commented on by EA is wildly frustrating. Would I kill them to not have crappy one angle goal replays and a warm up?
Presentation is a tough sell now days. I'm pro presentation but the game in modern times caters only to the online community who don't want cutscenes and want to get through games as quick as possible because that's where the money comes from
@@mattyork7625 I get what you mean, but that’s why you have the ability to skip cutscenes. 2K has an enormous online community, yet they found the time to actually incorporate 2 entirely different broadcast teams, along with the rest of their amazing in game presentation features.
6:20 The Ai is still very obviously in need of an upgrade. This specific moment where the fastest player in the world Connor McDavid curls off on a breakaway. There’s other things too I notice like when players just stop moving their feet with the puck in the neutral zone and almost pause which is evident at 6:39.
The thing with stopping feet movement on the border of neutral zone is a good thing. Real players often use this to create space from defender, defenseman has to keep up with them and then the player on the puck slows down which creates separation from the defender.
@@radekkubica6089 In theory it makes sense, but in execution the player just turns over the puck from the back pressure of another player like 75% of the time it seems.
Honestly the AI isn't worth freaking out about. We all need to realize that the game can only look and feel good as long as the other human(s) play appropriately.. I would hate to see what the EA team could do if they put all their efforts in upgrading the ai. You can easily control it in a versus match as long as you know how to use the playbooks.
@@Chronic-ASAP105-cx4gmI would rather see the goalies actually make a save. If my opponent forces 90 cross crease passes and scores 8 of rhem..... do the same play over amd over and over but my cpu can't read the play....
The graphics looks so much better than i thought. They didnt even mention a huge graphical change and all the animations and textures look so much cleaner.
The graphics are much improved imo. I've played the beta and it was the first obvious improvement to me. I thought it was gonna look exactly the same but the improvements to ice/lighting and models are noticably improved. It's hard to tell by these videos but you'll see it on your screen
Say what you want man. If you don't wanna believe all these content creators word for it then don't. We can see the creators tried their best to make this game feel different. There's only so much you can do in like 250 days. And it will always. "Look" the same. They didnt completely revamp the game. They made a few really cool new features to make the game be played differently.
Can you ask them if there is an option to remove the on ice pressure display? We should be able to tell a team is tired by pinning them in their own zone for a period of time, all of that stuff on the ice looks goofy to me.
What do you mean? what did they change on that? Also, did they remove the stupidity on when you accidentally call for the pass, but pressed the button twice, so when you get the pass he passes it away down the ice? Please tell me they finally removed that????
@@johnkap5740 It allows you to choose which player you're passing to by clicking a button that appears over their head. I'm not sure about that feature I didn't see it mentioned but I hope they fixed it.
Ah man, I’m definitely not a hater but I do not like those celly animations. Makes the game look sloppy/cheesy. Nothing better then gaining speed then doing a nice sweep of the ice when you score a big goal
@@skrappy3oh6gaming I turned mine off. Then I used a soundboard app bluetoothed to a separate sound bar with authentic organ, music, goal horns, and goal songs.😂
@JMKGalaxy2 yea I didn't understand that part but I know s** like this would happen when i saw the interview with the devs & the guy literally said "We've made additions without changing our A.I" and I'm looking like why tf wouldn't you change what people complain the most about yearly. But that's why I'm most likely gone buy the game on black Friday or skip this year all together because I don't think this year is worth especially due to the fact the made no changes to offline modes
@@noslipups3657 If I buy it I always buy it around black Friday or sometimes into the next year. I just cant justify paying $90 CAD for the same game every year. I want NHL to be good but quite frankly its been the same thing for like 8 years and only minor improvements since then. Game ships with bugs all the time. New glitches every year. They need to do better for me to pay full price.
I was hoping to see them let us do more post whistle shoving & roughing. It always help set the tone & they even had the old announcer's get into it.. They should have added the refs blowing their whistles a couple times in a row for post play.
I wish they would have gone with an all new commentary but James Cyulski’s commentary seems to be somewhat improved than it was in NHL 20. The color commentary is great and I really like the crowd noise upgrades!
I think they should of kept ray & fired James. Also if they were gonna keep him they should of had him record new lines. He's literally saying the exact same thing fron 3 years ago. They just added a women to chime in on what he's saying that's it 🤷🏾
@@noslipups3657James has some new voice lines I heard. Its like fresh air. But some are probably the same. My best option would be to let you choose your commentators in the settings. Ea is a multi billiom dollar compamy. They can afford it.
1. Too much focus on Arcade-tackling. Very unrealistic. 2. Goalies diving WAY too much. That will be a big problem if not tuned correctly. 3. Even during full CPU - McDavid with a breakaway and didn’t even try to finish. 6:21 Positives - graphics look nice.
Just got a great idea. What if you could do goalie mode. However once in the neutral zone you got control of the player and then when your team lost possession around the neutral zone in went back to goalie mode
I'll give credit where credit is due...I think graphically the game does look better & seems a lot smoother but even though the crowd is louder they seem lifeless at the same time. Like the game needs more in game cut scenes. Show the staff running to clean & replace the ice....she the crowd reactions to the glass breaking or pucks going into the crowd like previous titles show the players interacting with each other maybe putting together a strategy or something like that like the replays are good but after the replay of a hit or goal show both players the one that got hit & the one that hit the player maybe have him looking up at the score board.....as far as commentary ray ferro should of stayed & they should of got rid of the guy talking he's terrible...….EDIT: Also Id like to add the this A.I in this game is probably the worst we've seen in years like the plays and the thing's there doing out there as I've watched more and more of this video make absolutely no sense at all
@JM-qn3tf I agree....I think if ea took the time to make a "Flex Cam" then they of definitely invested the time into fixing the team celebrations,player,coach,bench, and crowd reactions. Like I said it does sound alot better and looks alot better but they're constantly skipping things year after year. Like the players don't even go down the line like they use to after a goal that's what should of been for the flex cam. Player scores brief solo celebration, brief team celebrations depending on when the goal was scored obviously more important goals get longer celebrations maybe 10 seconds then show the players gets fist bumps from the bench like the real nhl
I’ll be honest I’m not excited at all for nhl 24 and I don’t think I will buy. That being said I’m really excited to watch your franchise modes once this is released!!! I have more loyalty to my man Tac than EA who have disappointed me every year since chel 14
i hope they work on the crowd for home team goals, just the timing of when everyone jumps is key, and the post noise shouldn’t just be a ping, it should also make a deeper noise, like a “clunk” then a roar of fans. also a C-cut option for skating would be nice, like instead of coasting or full on skating, you can hold a button and your skater will make a more puck control skating animation with no lifting of the blades off the ice
I love the crowd intensity. But I dislike the initial goal celebration, and the contact collision is still off, I seen a stick go right threw the boards.
I wish the pre game intro was better, like in nhl 08 when youd see your team come out of the tunnel and sit on the bench or warm up, also the goalie warmups. And lastly can we PLEASE get the winter classics back!
Did they fix the issue where phantom controllers would be connected on Xbox? Like when the game thinks you're player 3 and there's no controller vibration.
I'm typing as I'm watching. First, the new commentator, don't know her name, but so far I like her. New commentators/lines alone freshen up part of the gameplay experience. The pressure system I think can maybe help those situations I've seen people post about where they have all the possession but lose like 4-3 because the opponent had 5 shots, four going in. It hopefully will reward keeping the puck, cycling, rather than only rush, rush, rush. Still iffy, but gameplay isn't terrible for sure.
New colour commentary is Cheryl pounder I met her in my city when we had the esso cup she was here for tsn televising it she works with tsn and knows a lot about hockey
@@connorandersonmusicKnows a lot about hockey? But of course, she happens to be a 2-time Olympic hockey champion - and also coaches in the youth level now.
The game itself looks really nice, it actually resembles next-gen this year, thank god. The new color commentary is also nice, I'm not even a Ray hater like a lot of people, but frankly I could've dealt with James being out with him too. Commentary's okay. Not thrilled with the scoreboard being the same, I don't really like it, never have, I feel like it's a bit too flashy and takes away from my concentration. The boards don't bug me so much in actual broadcasts but I find them pretty distracting here, maybe in-action it's not as bad but based off of this, my hopes aren't high. I hope it's togglable or something. The fighting engine looks pretty much identical, which I know most people aren't playing the game for, but it's still due for an overhaul, it's dated. Also it's still a little cruddy that you can't have multiple fights at once in the background, I feel like that'd help immersion in big games between rivals. The fact that it's still not there stinks, but eh. Gameplay looks fluid, the goaltending doesn't look like total garbage and actually seemed half fair. Normally the player goalie gets nerfed and CPU goalie gets buffed during gameplay, that's how it's been since early Gen 7 but it looks decent here. It's not obnoxious and unfair, at least. It buffs the CPU goalie but it buffs yours as well, that's just good all around. I also like the momentum thing coming back, early Gen 6 games had the Emotion Meter which is either similar or identical in function, I LOVE that it's here, what I don't love is how it's visually integrated, it's distracting as hell. Between it and the boards, I'm gonna have a damn seizure I feel like. The post-goal cellys are whatever, I think they're improved but still look awkward as hell compared to real life, they're good but very... video gamey, a little bit like the scoreboard/presentation. I don't like it much, but it's consistent I guess. It's one of those Christmas buys once it's on sale, I have NHL 23 so just by default 24 isn't a necessity, but it looks solid enough.
Im not sure what everyone means with these graphics, to me they look pretty much exactly like 23... All they did was add a female commentator, the rest looks like the exact same copy and paste. I like the pressure thing because it decreases the luck factor of getting lucky goals with no possession, but the UI is a bit annoying and kinda takes away from the game so I'm not sure how I feel about it.
Welp the game has completely buffed the CPU goalie and nerfed my goalie it’s ridiculous they take a half assed shot and it goes in instantly I take a shot I lined up almost perfectly and it gets deflected every time almost
@TheChosenone0822 no... not really surprised.was just hoping for a little change if I'm going to spend 90$.I can wait till it's on sale,but I don't like having to play late.if only 2k was still around.
i think this is the only sports sim game I've ever seen where the AI actually fight, not even in the NFL Madden series will you get that, and football is arguably the most common occurrence of it.
Hope you guys enjoy this video! Also I should mention the ratings shown are NOT FINAL 😅
Can you do a Islanders game
McDavid being a righty for the pre-game presentation is amazing 😂😂
first thing I noticed as well.
You can see he is holding his stick reverse side , look at the curve this is a left handed stick .
This was a problem in NHL 10-15
he’s not? he’s holding his stick backwards look more closely
Yeah me too I noticed that first heha
First shift is hilarious
Why was play stopped?
Ohh lol I see what you are saying
@@Pikabo0Did you not see the net fly off and the water bottle escaping down the ice like it's Prophunt?
Gonna miss ray Ferraros colors, what a legend
Yeah who's dumb idea was it to add a women announcer?
EA needs that diversity to appease morons
@@rodriguez6196gotta be “politically” correct. 🥴
The crows sounds so much more immersed in the game which is awesome. They don't just randomly cheer; it seems much more purposeful. Especially when one team would line up a big check and miss, the crowd would gasp and it seems much better than NHL 23. I also think the announcing sounds much more like a tag team effort rather than james cybulski constantly talking and cutting over to his partner like one tiem all period. They seem to be going back and forth and the lady is filling the air time between the whistles which hopefully won't get annoying but also seems good.
@X2TCJN_2_101same I want the old cbc one
@@Stormymango123nhl 15 one was the best 🤘🏽
Could you please tell the presentation team that we definitely need the full presentation back for NHL 24 as an option it wouldn't be a bad option if it were available again, especially at the beginning so that you can at least see the goalie statistics again
Including sponsor logos for Ford or Best Buy or Burger King over the skyline.
The fact that the presentation mode was entirely removed from the game and never commented on by EA is wildly frustrating. Would I kill them to not have crappy one angle goal replays and a warm up?
I know what you mean I like the goalie presentations and they cut down on the replays too.
Presentation is a tough sell now days. I'm pro presentation but the game in modern times caters only to the online community who don't want cutscenes and want to get through games as quick as possible because that's where the money comes from
@@mattyork7625 I get what you mean, but that’s why you have the ability to skip cutscenes. 2K has an enormous online community, yet they found the time to actually incorporate 2 entirely different broadcast teams, along with the rest of their amazing in game presentation features.
The net dislodging and the glass breaking happens too much but aside from that looks great!
the nets coming off is okay, how many times a real game do you see that happen. The glass breaking I agree with though
Leafs are kinda known for net dislodgings
@@alihandro420net comes off 2 or 3 times a game
They gonna fix this don't worry already in the dev patch note
6:20 The Ai is still very obviously in need of an upgrade. This specific moment where the fastest player in the world Connor McDavid curls off on a breakaway. There’s other things too I notice like when players just stop moving their feet with the puck in the neutral zone and almost pause which is evident at 6:39.
The thing with stopping feet movement on the border of neutral zone is a good thing. Real players often use this to create space from defender, defenseman has to keep up with them and then the player on the puck slows down which creates separation from the defender.
Is the pressure bar removable?
@@radekkubica6089 In theory it makes sense, but in execution the player just turns over the puck from the back pressure of another player like 75% of the time it seems.
Honestly the AI isn't worth freaking out about. We all need to realize that the game can only look and feel good as long as the other human(s) play appropriately.. I would hate to see what the EA team could do if they put all their efforts in upgrading the ai. You can easily control it in a versus match as long as you know how to use the playbooks.
@@Chronic-ASAP105-cx4gmI would rather see the goalies actually make a save. If my opponent forces 90 cross crease passes and scores 8 of rhem..... do the same play over amd over and over but my cpu can't read the play....
Gotta be honest the audio sounds great. Really love the way the crowd feels. Wildly better improvement than I'd thought it would end up being.
It's 100% the same crowd / arena / sounds / game / garbage!!!!!
New words same crap. Trainwrecks have more planning then EA sports games.
You must be paid by EA LMAO. You think that's worth $70... You're is what's wrong with the world.
Wow NHL 2010 looks amazing!
Love seeing Tyler Bertuzzi on pace for 164 point season
😂😂😂😂
The graphics looks so much better than i thought. They didnt even mention a huge graphical change and all the animations and textures look so much cleaner.
They are the same as 23
Watch nhl 23 to 24 graphics comparison it's by tactix
The graphics are much improved imo. I've played the beta and it was the first obvious improvement to me. I thought it was gonna look exactly the same but the improvements to ice/lighting and models are noticably improved. It's hard to tell by these videos but you'll see it on your screen
This gameplay actually looks exactly like any other NHL game, this gameplay is nowhere near the reveal trailer.
Say what you want man. If you don't wanna believe all these content creators word for it then don't. We can see the creators tried their best to make this game feel different. There's only so much you can do in like 250 days. And it will always. "Look" the same. They didnt completely revamp the game. They made a few really cool new features to make the game be played differently.
If you think I’m gonna sit here for 20 minutes and watch gameplay you right
Ray was the best EA NHL color-analyst ever, hope he enjoys his leave 😭😭😭
I’m 100% skipping every goal celly that was awful 😂
The jersey and helmet ads are a nice touch
Can you ask them if there is an option to remove the on ice pressure display? We should be able to tell a team is tired by pinning them in their own zone for a period of time, all of that stuff on the ice looks goofy to me.
Great audio, love how the puck touches the net when going in. The small details matter
The passing feature has single handedly made me want to own this game! Why they didn't do this years ago is beyond me.
What do you mean? what did they change on that? Also, did they remove the stupidity on when you accidentally call for the pass, but pressed the button twice, so when you get the pass he passes it away down the ice? Please tell me they finally removed that????
@@johnkap5740 It allows you to choose which player you're passing to by clicking a button that appears over their head.
I'm not sure about that feature I didn't see it mentioned but I hope they fixed it.
6:19 great improvement ea 👏 A.I mcdavid breakaway
So natural the way Tavares dropped the gloves 8:35
Love to see it man! Really excited for 24!
Still no full presentations .....
bro the new announcer just sounds like they pitched up rey ferarro
Ray was better James is terrible
The water bottle on the first shift 😂
I am happy replays for both teams are back and not only for user goals
Justice for Ray Ferraro
Has that music after shots etc always been there?
Ah man, I’m definitely not a hater but I do not like those celly animations. Makes the game look sloppy/cheesy. Nothing better then gaining speed then doing a nice sweep of the ice when you score a big goal
The music in between whistles is a nice touch, makes the atmosphere feel much more accurate
There’s always been music in between whistles… did you turn yours off in previous games? 😂
@@skrappy3oh6gaming I turned mine off. Then I used a soundboard app bluetoothed to a separate sound bar with authentic organ, music, goal horns, and goal songs.😂
This game sounds amazing! The crowd noise and reactions are on point.
Lol
All except the women announcer
can't believe McJesus missed both of those last second shots smh
Had a breakaway in the second and just skated away from the net... AI still dumb af.
@JMKGalaxy2 yea I didn't understand that part but I know s** like this would happen when i saw the interview with the devs & the guy literally said "We've made additions without changing our A.I" and I'm looking like why tf wouldn't you change what people complain the most about yearly. But that's why I'm most likely gone buy the game on black Friday or skip this year all together because I don't think this year is worth especially due to the fact the made no changes to offline modes
@@noslipups3657 If I buy it I always buy it around black Friday or sometimes into the next year. I just cant justify paying $90 CAD for the same game every year. I want NHL to be good but quite frankly its been the same thing for like 8 years and only minor improvements since then. Game ships with bugs all the time. New glitches every year. They need to do better for me to pay full price.
They need to bring back the real true broadcast camera! Different true broadcast camera to each stadium!
I was hoping to see them let us do more post whistle shoving & roughing. It always help set the tone & they even had the old announcer's get into it.. They should have added the refs blowing their whistles a couple times in a row for post play.
You mean the cute women refs in every game?
The new diving goalie animations are cool but they happen too often. There needs to be more basic sliding animations
Right off the bat the game sounds are on point. Very nice
Haven’t played it in 4 years and it looks the same lol
NHL 15.9 looks pretty good.
Please tell the devs to make all the intros like the maple leafs! All the teams should have a intro like that and not just a logo across the ice…
I wish the game was more fluid like fifa is, the movement in chel still feels choppy
I’m…uh..still not sold on the new color commentator 🫥
Is there the stick customization like we saw with the makar screen grab?
Can’t wait to master any new glitch goals!
I’m really glad goalie replays our back
No disrespect but we need a new play by play man. The problem is when they used doc emrik they didn't let him use his full enthusiasm
Can you turn off the digital board ads? So it's just steady ads
Don't believe so
The dive the goalie did at 1 min left in the 1st is a bit much not needed at all 4:20
Well he still saved it.
Already way more presentation added back into it. I like it
Not gonna lie. This game is worrying me big time. This looks like a step back
That pressure logo on ice needs to go!
I wish they would have gone with an all new commentary but James Cyulski’s commentary seems to be somewhat improved than it was in NHL 20. The color commentary is great and I really like the crowd noise upgrades!
I think they should of kept ray & fired James. Also if they were gonna keep him they should of had him record new lines. He's literally saying the exact same thing fron 3 years ago. They just added a women to chime in on what he's saying that's it 🤷🏾
@@noslipups3657James has some new voice lines I heard. Its like fresh air. But some are probably the same. My best option would be to let you choose your commentators in the settings. Ea is a multi billiom dollar compamy. They can afford it.
Как всегда заставка голов празднования великолепная, а движение игроков, как было плохим так и осталась, бегают как поучки реальности нет
1. Too much focus on Arcade-tackling. Very unrealistic.
2. Goalies diving WAY too much. That will be a big problem if not tuned correctly.
3. Even during full CPU - McDavid with a breakaway and didn’t even try to finish. 6:21
Positives - graphics look nice.
I can already tell that good skating offensive d-men are going to reign supreme in this game
The spotlight celly is brutal. Hopefully you can take it off
According to this our beer league team should be breaking the glass nightly 😂 loving the new additions but over the top for now
9:09 what a fight by johnny🍀
Just got a great idea. What if you could do goalie mode. However once in the neutral zone you got control of the player and then when your team lost possession around the neutral zone in went back to goalie mode
I'll give credit where credit is due...I think graphically the game does look better & seems a lot smoother but even though the crowd is louder they seem lifeless at the same time. Like the game needs more in game cut scenes. Show the staff running to clean & replace the ice....she the crowd reactions to the glass breaking or pucks going into the crowd like previous titles show the players interacting with each other maybe putting together a strategy or something like that like the replays are good but after the replay of a hit or goal show both players the one that got hit & the one that hit the player maybe have him looking up at the score board.....as far as commentary ray ferro should of stayed & they should of got rid of the guy talking he's terrible...….EDIT: Also Id like to add the this A.I in this game is probably the worst we've seen in years like the plays and the thing's there doing out there as I've watched more and more of this video make absolutely no sense at all
The goal celebration is SO TERRIBLE. My god
@JM-qn3tf I agree....I think if ea took the time to make a "Flex Cam" then they of definitely invested the time into fixing the team celebrations,player,coach,bench, and crowd reactions. Like I said it does sound alot better and looks alot better but they're constantly skipping things year after year. Like the players don't even go down the line like they use to after a goal that's what should of been for the flex cam. Player scores brief solo celebration, brief team celebrations depending on when the goal was scored obviously more important goals get longer celebrations maybe 10 seconds then show the players gets fist bumps from the bench like the real nhl
Audio is good new commentary and I like the crowd more. Goal Presentation got a nice upgrade
The glow sticks at the start of the game lol 😂what is this Star Wars.
I've come to terms that sports game will always be arcade than simulation style
Still same also 23, 22
still no goalie stats during the intro why did they get rid of that
That new goal camera bothers the hell outta me wtf were they thinking just make it simple and realistic
I’ll be honest I’m not excited at all for nhl 24 and I don’t think I will buy. That being said I’m really excited to watch your franchise modes once this is released!!! I have more loyalty to my man Tac than EA who have disappointed me every year since chel 14
Yeah I probably won't buy it because of the women announcer
. Watches another dude play franchise mode but won’t buy the game, cuck 😂
Why the goalies diving so much 😭
is the celly camera optional? the difference of perspectives is really jarring
Did anyone see McDavid as a righty 0:24
😂😂😂 classic
Considering the score, looks like the game isn't aiming to be a simulation 😜
is this the default game speed it seems slower out the box if so which is a good thing!
Is the far side tuck in the game still?
i hope they work on the crowd for home team goals, just the timing of when everyone jumps is key, and the post noise shouldn’t just be a ping, it should also make a deeper noise, like a “clunk” then a roar of fans. also a
C-cut option for skating would be nice, like instead of coasting or full on skating, you can hold a button and your skater will make a more puck control skating animation with no lifting of the blades off the ice
Great video. Only critique - brand new game, same cross-crease efforts in the first 10 seconds
I love the crowd intensity. But I dislike the initial goal celebration, and the contact collision is still off, I seen a stick go right threw the boards.
Milk is on the leafs jersey 😮 now I’m buying this game 😂😂😂😂
Wait is ray ferraro gone?
I wish the pre game intro was better, like in nhl 08 when youd see your team come out of the tunnel and sit on the bench or warm up, also the goalie warmups. And lastly can we PLEASE get the winter classics back!
What are the game settings used in this video? simulation preset i'd assume?
How will you be able to hit in this using skill stick?
Did they fix the issue where phantom controllers would be connected on Xbox? Like when the game thinks you're player 3 and there's no controller vibration.
Where is full presentation?
Can someone else get a shot at making an NHL game .. for the love of god.
I miss Ray Ferraro
Tell them to bring back full presentation
I'm typing as I'm watching. First, the new commentator, don't know her name, but so far I like her. New commentators/lines alone freshen up part of the gameplay experience. The pressure system I think can maybe help those situations I've seen people post about where they have all the possession but lose like 4-3 because the opponent had 5 shots, four going in. It hopefully will reward keeping the puck, cycling, rather than only rush, rush, rush. Still iffy, but gameplay isn't terrible for sure.
New colour commentary is Cheryl pounder I met her in my city when we had the esso cup she was here for tsn televising it she works with tsn and knows a lot about hockey
@@connorandersonmusic Well, then she did a dang solid job from what I've seen.
@@connorandersonmusicKnows a lot about hockey? But of course, she happens to be a 2-time Olympic hockey champion - and also coaches in the youth level now.
Action looks like great!
The game itself looks really nice, it actually resembles next-gen this year, thank god.
The new color commentary is also nice, I'm not even a Ray hater like a lot of people, but frankly I could've dealt with James being out with him too. Commentary's okay.
Not thrilled with the scoreboard being the same, I don't really like it, never have, I feel like it's a bit too flashy and takes away from my concentration.
The boards don't bug me so much in actual broadcasts but I find them pretty distracting here, maybe in-action it's not as bad but based off of this, my hopes aren't high. I hope it's togglable or something.
The fighting engine looks pretty much identical, which I know most people aren't playing the game for, but it's still due for an overhaul, it's dated. Also it's still a little cruddy that you can't have multiple fights at once in the background, I feel like that'd help immersion in big games between rivals. The fact that it's still not there stinks, but eh.
Gameplay looks fluid, the goaltending doesn't look like total garbage and actually seemed half fair. Normally the player goalie gets nerfed and CPU goalie gets buffed during gameplay, that's how it's been since early Gen 7 but it looks decent here. It's not obnoxious and unfair, at least.
It buffs the CPU goalie but it buffs yours as well, that's just good all around.
I also like the momentum thing coming back, early Gen 6 games had the Emotion Meter which is either similar or identical in function, I LOVE that it's here, what I don't love is how it's visually integrated, it's distracting as hell. Between it and the boards, I'm gonna have a damn seizure I feel like.
The post-goal cellys are whatever, I think they're improved but still look awkward as hell compared to real life, they're good but very... video gamey, a little bit like the scoreboard/presentation. I don't like it much, but it's consistent I guess.
It's one of those Christmas buys once it's on sale, I have NHL 23 so just by default 24 isn't a necessity, but it looks solid enough.
I agree it would be nice to see James get replaced
In the playtest goalies were atrocious
Im not sure what everyone means with these graphics, to me they look pretty much exactly like 23... All they did was add a female commentator, the rest looks like the exact same copy and paste. I like the pressure thing because it decreases the luck factor of getting lucky goals with no possession, but the UI is a bit annoying and kinda takes away from the game so I'm not sure how I feel about it.
@@fhume6269 play the ea play for 10 hours before purchasing I think the future of these games will get better
Welp the game has completely buffed the CPU goalie and nerfed my goalie it’s ridiculous they take a half assed shot and it goes in instantly I take a shot I lined up almost perfectly and it gets deflected every time almost
Hyped for the new easier to use skilled moves!
Player celebrations look so baddddd. If you can skip them than no complaints
after watching this video i have a feeling tac tix cross creases a lot
Is there ANY news on franchise mode? Like little tweaks or something,anything.
Are you surprised? Why would EA bother looking at those things when in there eyes they see nothing wrong. Everything looks fine to them.
@TheChosenone0822 no... not really surprised.was just hoping for a little change if I'm going to spend 90$.I can wait till it's on sale,but I don't like having to play late.if only 2k was still around.
i think this is the only sports sim game I've ever seen where the AI actually fight, not even in the NFL Madden series will you get that, and football is arguably the most common occurrence of it.
Looks like it’s gonna be a good year when i get it in November
I’m assuming the extra passing options are only with the new control set or will that also be with the other like skill stick ect
Even this game should have the Ford, Honda, Best Buy, Castrol, Burger King or GMC logos on the boards.
Can you turn off the on ice pressure visual? Like you can with offsides, etc.?
We need the Full Presentation back for nhl 25
Why is mcdavid a righty 💀
tf are you on about
I was coming into the comment to mention this😂😂 How can EA miss that🤦🏻♂️
0:06 blud look when he twirls the stick, its a left handed stick numbnuts
Wasn't sure what you meant but you're right in the intro he is lol. That's weird as in game he's lefty like he should be
@@ActoSket Check the intro of the game at 0:25
this game looks clean