Here's a great idea. Revamp modes that people play that don't require you to spend IRL money. Like GM mode and Be a Pro. Take a look at what those modes could be with the depth displayed in NBA2K16 and use that as a template to actually make those modes worth playing. I mean hell, you can't even get fired in NHL 16 by your team if you don't perform or even pick a new team to coach at the end of a season. Or ask for a trade in Be a Pro. These are literally BASIC game features that should be implemented. And make the playoffs more intense. And winning the Stanley Cup more than just a 30 second animation. It won't make you money buying EA Cards online but holy crap we're due for a revamp of these.
+TheChekan Great Comment!! if BeAPro was anything like NBA2k16, it would be a major improvement - same with EASHL - being able to use your be a pro in EASHL would be awesome - same with Creating your jerseys, stadium and other personal customization.
+мывамыав ывамывмваы Pc games are not all pirated and not everyone gets pirated games and I don't think they should complain considering how much money they make with HUT every years there is still money to be made.
I haven't seen this in the comments yet, but we need a soundtrack like NHL 14 has. That made the game a lot more fun for me. Also with the soundtrack, they should add options to turn songs off like in Madden
+Jacob Erickson don't have so big dreams EA will never accomplish it so good as 2K are doing. They want your money but don't wanna listen and develop the game into new gen.
+Jacob Erickson Good luck. The sad part about EA is their excuse about why NHL 15 lacked so many features as the first NHL game on next-gen was because, in their words, it was the first NHL title on next gen so they had to focus on "building the game up" from the ground up again, yet NBA2k15/2k16 was able to provide not just the same modes NHL was, but actually be extremely good and worth the money, while EA just released garbage. And that's why I wish there was a competing NHL game for EA to actually put work in, because EA has an NBA series that is basically forgotten about because of 2K. so imagine what would happen with NHL if 2K came out with a competing product.
+MJFSniper81 yes and a soundtrack with VARIETY. Old-gen NHL games had like ten songs that get boring in a week, while FIFAs enjoy a range of 50 tracks etc
MJFSniper81 well there you go!. one of the reasons I still love NHL14 is the 200 custom songs of in-game music that i've added. One would think it doesn't take three years to add that feature, but then again, it's EA:
How about custom skate animations and mechanics, or even certain types of shot releases etc etc. Would be very cool to see kessel skate and shoot like kessel, Malkin skate and lean like Malkin, Kane bob and weave like kane, Ovi power skate like Ovi, etc etc.
+Bill McGregor you think these guys spend that much money on the game for their fans? naaah too much effort...they're waaaay too money hungry. It's so weird how their NFL and UFC counterparts can do all that but the NHL sector gives it's fans shit every year.
their care for fans and an authentic, fun game to play is at an all-time low. they know they can just cash in on HUT every year because people are stupid enough to spend money on something like that.
***** like when in the actual fuck do you see someone on the same team go up to the puck handler just as he's shooting and block the shot. like what the fuck is wrong with this shitty fucking engine. B.A.P. has me fucking raging right now.
Here are some ideas of mine for the EASHL fans that I'd like to see implemented in future NHLs: 1. Player Builds - Bring back custom player builds. Not only is it fun to actually unlock things for winning such as attributes and such, but it's nice to actually be able to make your build your own. Make it so that everyone has a set amount of experience they can add to their character so it makes it fair for people who are just starting out. 2. Logos - Logos would be cool if you could integrate it so that we could actually make our own logos like they do in Black Ops or such games. 3. Player Faces - This feature has been in many of the other EA games for a long time (FIFA for example). - NHL current gen has removed the ability to customize your character the way you used to be able to. We want fully customizable faces/ haircuts/ etc. like they have in FIFA pro clubs. 4. Arenas, Goal Songs, Horns - Entrance songs along with the arenas or something to make it unique. - Goal songs would be sick too maybe just have a selection of them in the team menu. Same with horns. 5. Bring back one hand dekes - We dearly miss those one handed dangles we grew accustom to in the old NHLs 6. Cellies - Need more cellies. Bring back some of the old ridiculous ones that I had many laughs over like the riding the stick or the sliding on the knees. - Button map some of them to multiple buttons, pressing one button to do a celly seems kind of lame. - Default cellies like in FIFA would be awesome too. 7. Improve Defensive capabilities - Playing as a human defenseman is difficult. Teams without any generally do a lot better than with. - Bring back being able to tie up opponents in front of the net (a must for defensemen). - In the NHL 16 trailer you showed "walking the line" as a defenseman and how you could easily pivot and maneuver yourself about the blue line as a Dman. It doesn't really seem to be in the game or at least I haven't noticed this feature myself as playing as a defenseman. 8. Goalie - Goalies feel awkward in this game, especially moving post to post and holding the post. Most goalies that succeed in NHL 16 don't even bother to hold the post because it 's too hard to get back into position. Make it less awkward. 9. AI - I know you changed the AI a lot in this NHL, and although it's nice to have AI that have a bit more offensive talent than previous NHLs, it's gone a bit too far. Our club, who is generally up there in the standings and mostly play with 4-6 club members, try to avoid playing teams with 2 players on them. 2s has become much of a different thing in this game where basically you can just let the computers make ridiculous passing plays for you and doesn't really take any skill. - It should be an advantage to have more human controlled players on your team and not a harder challenge. Balance it out so that we can play all club sizes and not be scared to play a 2s club because of the unpredictability of the computer AIs. These are just a few ideas I've had to improve the playability of EASHL in future iterations of the game. Please like if you agree with some of these ideas and comment other things I might have missed!
+ASwifferDuster 1. I agree. But however, I'd love to see it as only in Drop in games (under the EASHL tab) would be allowed player builds. As normal EASHL matches would be balanced, however height and weight should be customizable.) 2.YES. This is what EA lacks a ton. Create a Logo. Can't wait to be facing a team with a penis as their logo xD 3. I agree. Also, I like what MLB the show has for facial customization. 4. OMG yes. It needs to be part of the NHL series for cyring out loud. Soundtracks make games flupping great. 5. Hell to the yes. Making goalies look stupid was by far some of the funnest things about them. Plus, they aren't overpowered either. You can EASILY poke it away. 6. I'd like to have it where you can use Right Stick to make your arm go crazy and spin or w/e. 7. Please, please!!!! It's brutal as hell. Penalties make it worse. 8. God yes. I play goalie about 60% of the time and it's brutal in this game. Either you are a brick wall one game, or you let every tiny puck in the net. Sliding is too much, and it's unrealistic. 9. Don't even get started on the AI. xD.
+matty1053 I think having the custom player builds would be balanced, everyone would have the same amount of experience to put into their characters from the start it would just make it more of "your own" character rather than choosing from a few builds.
This looks good hopefully there will be 5 man celebrations, amazing Ot celebrations and Doc and Eddie will finally sound like themselves I'm excited for more trailers. Wish they come every week.
I know it wouldn't be possible, but it would be awesome if you can choose the broadcaster you want, for example, u can choose CBC, NBC, TSN, SNET.... Also, make the commentating more intense
Would take 10 years. Their commentary will never improve. 2k commentary is like crazy realistic. This game I'm sure everyone has memorized every line doc and eddy says which shows this commentary is poor.
+Bob Butts what did they do to improve gameplay from 15 to 16? They haven't touched the AI (games biggest problem) since 2013. Literally haven't touched it. They made the passing worse from 15 to 16. So fucking hard and they ruined the physics. A puck will hit off a guys skate when I go and pass it like how fucking stupid. Why add that? The hitting is still shit. You hit a guy,, kill him.. And he'll get up and get puck before you. The strategies don't work at all. Especially collapsing and full pressure. Please tell me what they improved on gameplay wise
Brandon McDonnell lol. 14 was massively different from 13, and the jump to new gen was obviously different. when's the last time you played 15? if you honestly can't see the difference, i would have to assume you're a filthy casual.
+dead awake3 yes that would be great. In the NHL 15 gameplay trailer it showed like 3 or 4 guys celebrating and in the game all they're was was two guys just celebrating together just like in nhl 16 as well. All they did was have two guys celebrate together and the other players on the ice just sat there and put their hands up like its so pathetic like they really need to put so emotion in these players. Like when the other team scores maybe have the team that just let in the goal make it so they like take the puck out of the net and shoot it at the boards in frustration.
One really minor addition that I think could be cool would be suspensions in gm, season, be a pro etc. Say you check someone from behind and injure them or the AI does something similar you receive maybe a 5 game suspension or an AI player does. It would also be able to be turned off if not wanted. What do you guys think? I think it could add realism.
As many of you might know, In FIFA, you can play little mini games before a game. In NHL 17, I think adding an optional 2 minute pre game skate could be a cool idea and make the game a bit more realistic. They can even add the fans in the corner of the stands with their signs supporting top scoring players. Yes, there are a lot of mechanics to work through, but hopefully this could become a reality. Any thoughts?
I would really love to hear all of the different unique chants that each team's crowd has in a future NHL game. Plus hearing each team's different signature scoring song would make this gaming experience even more fulfilling.
Can you fix the Goalie post hugging Input delay so you don't get burned by wraps and a guy just running infront of you and Glitch where when you go to hug the post and he leans on a invisible wall. Much needed improvevent on human goalies on eashl.
I've been playing NHL since my sega days, been ranked top 100 on a few of your games on xbox live, and I think you guys just keep getting better and better, especially on the new consoles. Keep it up, I have no idea why these kids always cry and complain that the game sucks or the defense is too hard for them they probably just suck at the game.
Looks great so far! Please give us customizable cellys - It would be so awesome if we could just have a list of thirty cellys or so, and choose which ones we like and assign them to specific buttons. Would make celebrating a goal much more satisfying and would help mix it up.
Judging by the custom jersey I saw, with the arena customization. Unless it's just changing logos of teams over the years , makes more sense for it to be custom team creation.
"now PC gaming is more popular than console" That's only because of the mods that you can download. Do you think I would buy NHL 04 on PC just for the mods? Stupid people these days...
0007Rovert7000 the fuck are you talking about? PC gaming is bigger than console now. It's a fact. Not sure why you are bringing NHL 04 into this. Plus why would people want to settle for a console when the best you can do is 1080p?
***** PC gaming is bigger than all consoles combined. It's a fact. It's been that way since 2013. Here you go. www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/pc-gaming-is-crushing-consoles-31429983/ arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/01/dont-look-now-but-the-pc-is-the-worlds-biggest-gaming-platform/
An NBA 2k16-esque Be A Pro is what everyone wants, but it'll never happen because it requires a shit ton of new animation, time and resources - none of which EA will make available to this development crew. Shallow elements (expansion, interface makeover) are added to cover up that it's just a recycled game again, with an emphasis on the user spending money on Ultimate Team card packs... again. I'm not sure why I'm even commenting on this because I stopped caring about this game after the NHL 15 travesty. I guess a small part of me hoped they'd push it in a new direction, but nope.
+Bob Butts You must not watch hockey... they don't have players sitting in the circle the entire shift unless it's Alex Ovechkin sitting in the left circle on the powerplay. A great portion of the game is spent grinding along the boards with teammates cycling the puck, not half the team waiting for one guy to fish the puck out from 3 guys alone and then pass it to them for a one timer.
This is probably the only game that I'd buy a collector's edition which would contain "making of game" which would be very interesting. I mean recording goalie moves, skating and other things.
All I can really see is them increasing the graphics as much as possible to make it realistic as possible. Fix a few goal horns and add the appropriate song per team and that's it. A perfect, flawless NHL game will finally excited
Two of the things I want: Add way more celebrations (if it's too difficult to buttom map that many, allow us to buttom map what ones we want to use) and then substantially better AI for EASHL. Would also be able to be a part of more than one EASHL club.
Stop with all the frills stuff. The arenas, fans, broadcast presentation, none of that can cover up the glaring gameplay problems that this game series has had for years
What I personally want to see is custom rosters. A game mode were u owned the league but u could also be as many teams as u want. It would also be awesome to see chl gm. And it would be cool if u could see the person your drafting stats and his leagues stats so u know how good they did
+akaPranks Disagree with the EASHL attributes thing. I'd rather have fairness and be able to buy the game late and still be able to match up fairly against other players.
Can we please get GM Connected back? My friends and I literally stopped playing the day they excluded it from NHL 16. Online is a big component, but it seems like EA wants to only focus on offline players.
+TOAN 6 SPIDER yeah, GM Connected was the shit. I'd come home after school and make my trades and all that and my friend would sim every 3 nights. We had someone for every team in the league and everyone was active, it was unreal.
They said less then 1% of people who played GM connected made it past the first month. No one plays it. It's a waste of team members when they clearly don't feel like spending money on things that people actually play like BAP and EASHL
you can't remove skill zone. skill zone is just a choice by the player to sit in the middle. trap is a 1-4 neutral zone forchecking strategy that is in real life. Yes, it is boring to play against but it is realistic
The lack of gameplay hurts, but I'm hopeful. Although it's sad that one of the three "new" features is custom arenas and jerseys, which should have been in 15. But looks more promising than the previous two!
Add more creative Celebrations, Dangles, don't have cross creasing as the only option, have sniping as a option, make players overall feel more real, have them play like they do in real hockey, have players with good hands do dangles some players like John Scott wouldn't be able to pull off, and finally speed up the game.
Subfail Learn how to aim your passes and don't rely on the game to accept passes for you, sometimes you actually have to be in a good position to receive a pass. Saying "fix defensive a.i." is too broad of a thing and you're gonna have to be more specific if you want me to argue it. Learn to play real defense and not give up 12 breakaways a game and your goalies will play just fine. Finally, stop blaming EA for you getting stomped in a game, sometimes you meet people who play better than you and you're gonna have to get over the fact that you're not gonna win every game. Stop whining like everybody else and try to ACTUALLY HELP EA MAKE A BETTER GAME YOU FUCKING DICKHEAD!
Sly Cereal Killer did you not watch where the puck went right to him? Or when letang pivoted for no reason when i didnt even control him? Or when ekblad let the puck go right by him? If most of the nhl gaming community complains, then something is wrong with the game.
Sly Cereal Killer if ea actually made improvements to games instead of recycling shit, then people wouldn't complain. Why do you think the NHL 16 community is pretty much dead? 15 wasnt even this dead at the end of its cycle....
With all this talk about relocation coming into play, there should probably be crowds that reflect the state of a team.For example, if you lose constantly and you're in a poor market? Small crowd.I think it would add some depth to the game but I can't remember any sports game that's had a dynamic crowd.
+Jonas Banevicius Have it be a arcade style of hockey (like NHL HITZ or NHL 3 on 3 Arcade) and make it an EASHL style with human controlled goalies and no rules. Now THAT I would love. Unranked of course.
As a hockey fan, and soccer fan, i've really only ever played FIFA games. However this year i'm going to give NHL '17 a go. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
I would love to see them release a dlc that's all the local announcers. I would be so happy to have the Wings announcers call my games. It would be the one time I would be ok with micro-dlc
+DidTheKid thank you!!! Enough with these little fucking requests like arenas, cellys and goal horns. Who gives a fuck! The gameplay is brutal! Why give them something else to focus on? Fix the AI and the horrendous passing and switching players. THEN add game modes and all that other shit. They haven't touched the AI since 14.
+Brandon McDonnell yes true, each year a couple things like the arena type thing is cool, but main focus should be and always be on the AI. new modes would be awesome because they have taken out so many and haven't really added any new ones yet. But its the first trailer, bot much shown, we will just have to wait
1. fix the high stick clear 2. fix the lose sight of the puck in the net glitch 3. five man celebrations 4. fix the fans celebrating the vistors scoring a goal glitch 5. get rid of ice tilt 6. fix goalie mode so that its easier to move 7. kick the centre off the face off for moving quickly I like all the new ideas just fix these problems
that's what I was wondering. might not of noticed before but I don't think you could give goalies the captain on gm mode or hut or eashl. maybe this is new.
+cole I didn't think NHL goalies IRL could become refs. I know the NCAA doesn't allow it because of the impracticality of having a captains meeting and needing to wait for the goalie to go to center ice from the crease.
+Falcon4242 I know luongo was captain but wasn't allowed to wear the c so he put it on his mask. I've never seen a goalie in hut eashl or gm mode have the c on him so I'm guessing because of the high demand of customization ea decided to include this.
WHO'S READY FOR JOHNNY'S CRITICISM OF THIS GAME
+Shin547 FUCK YEAH!! 79.99 PLEASE!!!
"phagouf golf edition"177,99 please.
79.99 PLEASE
Who cares of other think watch him still buy the game
I can't wait for it
Here's a great idea. Revamp modes that people play that don't require you to spend IRL money. Like GM mode and Be a Pro. Take a look at what those modes could be with the depth displayed in NBA2K16 and use that as a template to actually make those modes worth playing.
I mean hell, you can't even get fired in NHL 16 by your team if you don't perform or even pick a new team to coach at the end of a season. Or ask for a trade in Be a Pro. These are literally BASIC game features that should be implemented. And make the playoffs more intense. And winning the Stanley Cup more than just a 30 second animation.
It won't make you money buying EA Cards online but holy crap we're due for a revamp of these.
amen to that
+TheChekan Great Comment!! if BeAPro was anything like NBA2k16, it would be a major improvement - same with EASHL - being able to use your be a pro in EASHL would be awesome - same with Creating your jerseys, stadium and other personal customization.
+TheChekan Hell yeah! Since Chrsitmas, been saying too many efforts put into HUT. Something needs to change!
This.
Yes if they could make be a pro similar to Fifa that would be sick!
ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED IS ATMOSPHERE BRING BACK THOSE SONGS THAT GOT YOU HYPED ASF TO PLAY THIS PLEASEE
yes we need an nhl Playlist!
The number 1 thing for me. Improve the net code. response time.
true
that's why i stopped playing the game. was a loyal nhl player since nhl11,and nhl16 game just got annoying to play. make it the best yet EA!
what do you mean net code?
+Kreativo what do you mean by net code
Tie ups in front of net by D.
Cue the comeback?
Yo
+DekeaSaurusRex hey
+Some Kid Hey :)
Please!
***** HUT has some new things like Madden sets and there looks like there is relocating maybe that'll get you back into YT?
WE WANT NHL 17 ON PC
Why
+TREW 55 To pirate.
+Visceral Abyss Yep.
+мывамыав ывамывмваы Pc games are not all pirated and not everyone gets pirated games and I don't think they should complain considering how much money they make with HUT every years there is still money to be made.
+TREW 55 Because I'm not buying a crappy console only for this game
I haven't seen this in the comments yet, but we need a soundtrack like NHL 14 has. That made the game a lot more fun for me. Also with the soundtrack, they should add options to turn songs off like in Madden
pls make it so you can request a trade in be a pro
Yes!
Yesss!!!!!!!!!!
And change the number of your player!
+Leafsjays123 yes! also make the time less than 20 mins and the drafting more logical
+TheGamingRacoon yes! I always just play third periods cause it take so long to do full games
Make a career mode like nba 2k has.
Yes!!
they won't bc ea doesn't care they have hut so they dont put any effort into it
+Jacob Erickson don't have so big dreams EA will never accomplish it so good as 2K are doing. They want your money but don't wanna listen and develop the game into new gen.
+Jacob Erickson Good luck. The sad part about EA is their excuse about why NHL 15 lacked so many features as the first NHL game on next-gen was because, in their words, it was the first NHL title on next gen so they had to focus on "building the game up" from the ground up again, yet NBA2k15/2k16 was able to provide not just the same modes NHL was, but actually be extremely good and worth the money, while EA just released garbage. And that's why I wish there was a competing NHL game for EA to actually put work in, because EA has an NBA series that is basically forgotten about because of 2K. so imagine what would happen with NHL if 2K came out with a competing product.
+Jacob Erickson now THAT would be AWESOME! But dont Think EA has the skills to fix that
Customizable rinks and jerseys?
Team celebrations after goal and realistic post whistle scrums/brawls and the game is 10/10 including everything you've shown so far.
Does this mean we can make CUSTOM ARENAS?
PLEASE EA PLEASE
now when do we vote for john scott for the cover?
Oh am I going to have fun with this trailer. Thanks for the material guys!
I just want 2K to start making games again. Even if they suck, it will give EA some competition and they might actually try.
What!? No NHL 15 and NHL 16 same menus and music? I can't believe it.
Can we have a dab celebration
Can we not please
fuck no
Yes
+Patrick Star that would be so sexy
The dab is dead.
Please have an EA soundtrack I'm tired of hearing the same music from the past two games
+MJFSniper81 yes and a soundtrack with VARIETY. Old-gen NHL games had like ten songs that get boring in a week, while FIFAs enjoy a range of 50 tracks etc
+TheDragonSmasher exactly and also remember if we got tired of the songs we can add our own.
MJFSniper81 well there you go!. one of the reasons I still love NHL14 is the 200 custom songs of in-game music that i've added. One would think it doesn't take three years to add that feature, but then again, it's EA:
+TheDragonSmasher yeah let's hope it's something different this year. Also the cover vote is a joke it's obvious McDavid will be on the cover.
+MJFSniper81 I agree the cover vote has always been a joke
Pumped.
Me too TacTix
Include crossovers in this game, last year we were promised agile defencemen who scale the line but all we got is spinoramas
+WMWanimations thank you!!!
How about custom skate animations and mechanics, or even certain types of shot releases etc etc. Would be very cool to see kessel skate and shoot like kessel, Malkin skate and lean like Malkin, Kane bob and weave like kane, Ovi power skate like Ovi, etc etc.
+Bill McGregor you think these guys spend that much money on the game for their fans? naaah too much effort...they're waaaay too money hungry. It's so weird how their NFL and UFC counterparts can do all that but the NHL sector gives it's fans shit every year.
MohawkFTW Weird too as they're on track to breaking the billion dollar mark this year just off microtransactions in the ultimate game modes.
their care for fans and an authentic, fun game to play is at an all-time low. they know they can just cash in on HUT every year because people are stupid enough to spend money on something like that.
***** like when in the actual fuck do you see someone on the same team go up to the puck handler just as he's shooting and block the shot. like what the fuck is wrong with this shitty fucking engine. B.A.P. has me fucking raging right now.
Here are some ideas of mine for the EASHL fans that I'd like to see implemented in future NHLs:
1. Player Builds
- Bring back custom player builds. Not only is it fun to actually unlock things for winning such as attributes and such, but it's nice to actually be able to make your build your own. Make it so that everyone has a set amount of experience they can add to their character so it makes it fair for people who are just starting out.
2. Logos
- Logos would be cool if you could integrate it so that we could actually make our own logos like they do in Black Ops or such games.
3. Player Faces
- This feature has been in many of the other EA games for a long time (FIFA for example).
- NHL current gen has removed the ability to customize your character the way you used to be able to. We want fully customizable faces/ haircuts/ etc. like they have in FIFA pro clubs.
4. Arenas, Goal Songs, Horns
- Entrance songs along with the arenas or something to make it unique.
- Goal songs would be sick too maybe just have a selection of them in the team menu. Same with horns.
5. Bring back one hand dekes
- We dearly miss those one handed dangles we grew accustom to in the old NHLs
6. Cellies
- Need more cellies. Bring back some of the old ridiculous ones that I had many laughs over like the riding the stick or the sliding on the knees.
- Button map some of them to multiple buttons, pressing one button to do a celly seems kind of lame.
- Default cellies like in FIFA would be awesome too.
7. Improve Defensive capabilities
- Playing as a human defenseman is difficult. Teams without any generally do a lot better than with.
- Bring back being able to tie up opponents in front of the net (a must for defensemen).
- In the NHL 16 trailer you showed "walking the line" as a defenseman and how you could easily pivot and maneuver yourself about the blue line as a Dman. It doesn't really seem to be in the game or at least I haven't noticed this feature myself as playing as a defenseman.
8. Goalie
- Goalies feel awkward in this game, especially moving post to post and holding the post. Most goalies that succeed in NHL 16 don't even bother to hold the post because it 's too hard to get back into position. Make it less awkward.
9. AI
- I know you changed the AI a lot in this NHL, and although it's nice to have AI that have a bit more offensive talent than previous NHLs, it's gone a bit too far. Our club, who is generally up there in the standings and mostly play with 4-6 club members, try to avoid playing teams with 2 players on them. 2s has become much of a different thing in this game where basically you can just let the computers make ridiculous passing plays for you and doesn't really take any skill.
- It should be an advantage to have more human controlled players on your team and not a harder challenge. Balance it out so that we can play all club sizes and not be scared to play a 2s club because of the unpredictability of the computer AIs.
These are just a few ideas I've had to improve the playability of EASHL in future iterations of the game.
Please like if you agree with some of these ideas and comment other things I might have missed!
+ASwifferDuster
1. I agree. But however, I'd love to see it as only in Drop in games (under the EASHL tab) would be allowed player builds. As normal EASHL matches would be balanced, however height and weight should be customizable.)
2.YES. This is what EA lacks a ton. Create a Logo. Can't wait to be facing a team with a penis as their logo xD
3. I agree. Also, I like what MLB the show has for facial customization.
4. OMG yes. It needs to be part of the NHL series for cyring out loud. Soundtracks make games flupping great.
5. Hell to the yes. Making goalies look stupid was by far some of the funnest things about them. Plus, they aren't overpowered either. You can EASILY poke it away.
6. I'd like to have it where you can use Right Stick to make your arm go crazy and spin or w/e.
7. Please, please!!!! It's brutal as hell. Penalties make it worse.
8. God yes. I play goalie about 60% of the time and it's brutal in this game. Either you are a brick wall one game, or you let every tiny puck in the net. Sliding is too much, and it's unrealistic.
9. Don't even get started on the AI. xD.
+ASwifferDuster 10. Soundtrack
- Bring back the god damn soundtrack into the main menu instead of that shitty instrumental song
+matty1053 I think having the custom player builds would be balanced, everyone would have the same amount of experience to put into their characters from the start it would just make it more of "your own" character rather than choosing from a few builds.
ASwifferDuster Oh, I see what you mean now. Have everyone have the same XP. But IMO... for levels it would allow you to unlock new sticks, ect.
There definitely has to be some kind of unlock system for the grind to be fun
Looks like u can move ur GM teams location or something similar to that
Wish it were expansion team mode instead😕
+Utah But Im Taller hey it could be, but no one knows, it's still too early
This looks good hopefully there will be 5 man celebrations, amazing Ot celebrations and Doc and Eddie will finally sound like themselves I'm excited for more trailers. Wish they come every week.
GM Connected and Zamboni races are all I ask for
well you don't ask much
I know it wouldn't be possible, but it would be awesome if you can choose the broadcaster you want, for example, u can choose CBC, NBC, TSN, SNET....
Also, make the commentating more intense
Would take 10 years. Their commentary will never improve. 2k commentary is like crazy realistic. This game I'm sure everyone has memorized every line doc and eddy says which shows this commentary is poor.
Okay EA. You've got my attention. Don't fuck up.
+FLoW Gaming 10000% agree lol
+ismael qasem im with you.
Fuck off. Are you really trolling the internet looking for shit to complain about? Get a life buddy.
***** Good one "Trev Gord" lol!!!!!!!!!
***** Thanks Trev :)
But are there going to be thrashers jerseys
I hope that they add a trade request option in be a pro.
thatd be key
I love it when a video game trailer has has so little footage from the game.
Bet you they don't show any gameplay pre release like they don't every year. NHL only video game that doesn't release gameplay prior to release
Better be team cellys
OH SHIT YOU CAN MOVE TEAMS. FUCK YEAH.
finally we can pay $70 for more than just a roster update
+Celly Ways if you don't think the game play has changed dramatically in the past few years, you're an idiot.
+Bob Butts what did they do to improve gameplay from 15 to 16? They haven't touched the AI (games biggest problem) since 2013. Literally haven't touched it. They made the passing worse from 15 to 16. So fucking hard and they ruined the physics. A puck will hit off a guys skate when I go and pass it like how fucking stupid. Why add that? The hitting is still shit. You hit a guy,, kill him.. And he'll get up and get puck before you. The strategies don't work at all. Especially collapsing and full pressure. Please tell me what they improved on gameplay wise
Brandon McDonnell lol. 14 was massively different from 13, and the jump to new gen was obviously different. when's the last time you played 15? if you honestly can't see the difference, i would have to assume you're a filthy casual.
+Bob Butts I agree about 14 to 15 and others, but there wasn't much difference from 15 to 16
Celly Ways I would have to disagree. I thought 16 was way more fun than 15.
Soo we can do 5 man celebrations, yes?..............
+dead awake3 Yeah that would be cool. It is kinda weird that everyone does there own thing while 2 people come together to celebrate.
+dead awake3 yes that would be great. In the NHL 15 gameplay trailer it showed like 3 or 4 guys celebrating and in the game all they're was was two guys just celebrating together just like in nhl 16 as well. All they did was have two guys celebrate together and the other players on the ice just sat there and put their hands up like its so pathetic like they really need to put so emotion in these players. Like when the other team scores maybe have the team that just let in the goal make it so they like take the puck out of the net and shoot it at the boards in frustration.
just 2 people doesn't look real while the other guys just stand there awkwardly
One really minor addition that I think could be cool would be suspensions in gm, season, be a pro etc. Say you check someone from behind and injure them or the AI does something similar you receive maybe a 5 game suspension or an AI player does. It would also be able to be turned off if not wanted. What do you guys think? I think it could add realism.
yeah
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that is actually a good addition I would want
that is actually a good addition I would want
YES!!! FINALLY!!! RELOCATION AND STADIUM/JERSEY CUSTOMIZATION! THANK YOU THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE NHL 12.
plz do that for PC!!!
en
Fuck pc gaming
+Jordan Wedzinga bitch please, my battlestation is more powerful than 10 of your scrubby peasant systems.
It's time to bring back NHL to pc
+Meikäpoeka i dont think nhl on the PC would be good
As many of you might know, In FIFA, you can play little mini games before a game. In NHL 17, I think adding an optional 2 minute pre game skate could be a cool idea and make the game a bit more realistic. They can even add the fans in the corner of the stands with their signs supporting top scoring players. Yes, there are a lot of mechanics to work through, but hopefully this could become a reality. Any thoughts?
Is this a commercial for beer or trucks? Why is this guys voice so deep?
I would really love to hear all of the different unique chants that each team's crowd has in a future NHL game.
Plus hearing each team's different signature scoring song would make this gaming experience even more fulfilling.
Can you fix the Goalie post hugging Input delay so you don't get burned by wraps and a guy just running infront of you and Glitch where when you go to hug the post and he leans on a invisible wall. Much needed improvevent on human goalies on eashl.
I've been playing NHL since my sega days, been ranked top 100 on a few of your games on xbox live, and I think you guys just keep getting better and better, especially on the new consoles. Keep it up, I have no idea why these kids always cry and complain that the game sucks or the defense is too hard for them they probably just suck at the game.
1v1
OMFG the gm mode stuff is what I'm excited about
Nice to see they still have the flowing jerseys... Seriously, is it windy inside the arenas or something?
Finally true customization!
Looks great so far! Please give us customizable cellys - It would be so awesome if we could just have a list of thirty cellys or so, and choose which ones we like and assign them to specific buttons. Would make celebrating a goal much more satisfying and would help mix it up.
It looked like I can create a team again...finally. Also looks like Create-An-Arena may be back, I sure hope so.
I hope you can create a team, but what makes you so sure it will be in the game?
Judging by the custom jersey I saw, with the arena customization. Unless it's just changing logos of teams over the years , makes more sense for it to be custom team creation.
+nibble on deez nuts 0:37, that's a custom jersey
+oFuzzywuzzy I know what you guys are saying, but all of this customization stuff might only be for eashl. God I hope I'm wrong
Somehow they'll still find a way to mess it up...
Lets see in nhl 22
* Our focus is to improve gameplay* HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
+NashCBJ lol, EA Sri Lanka thinks they know gameplay. Maybe someone should Fedex them a hockey puck and start with that.
pleace make NHL 17 on PC!
+Dave AriesMS Not even that shitty bro.
79.99$ please
Stoked!
Put it on the PC please
Bring NHL back to PC! It was super popular on PC before it was canceled, and now PC gaming is more popular than console.. it's a win win.
"now PC gaming is more popular than console"
That's only because of the mods that you can download.
Do you think I would buy NHL 04 on PC just for the mods?
Stupid people these days...
0007Rovert7000 the fuck are you talking about? PC gaming is bigger than console now. It's a fact. Not sure why you are bringing NHL 04 into this. Plus why would people want to settle for a console when the best you can do is 1080p?
Maybe because I'm 12.
+Devin Shillington lmao this guy doesn't know shit
***** PC gaming is bigger than all consoles combined. It's a fact. It's been that way since 2013. Here you go. www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/pc-gaming-is-crushing-consoles-31429983/
arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/01/dont-look-now-but-the-pc-is-the-worlds-biggest-gaming-platform/
An NBA 2k16-esque Be A Pro is what everyone wants, but it'll never happen because it requires a shit ton of new animation, time and resources - none of which EA will make available to this development crew. Shallow elements (expansion, interface makeover) are added to cover up that it's just a recycled game again, with an emphasis on the user spending money on Ultimate Team card packs... again. I'm not sure why I'm even commenting on this because I stopped caring about this game after the NHL 15 travesty. I guess a small part of me hoped they'd push it in a new direction, but nope.
They should make it so that the goalies can get into scraps and PLEASE add a line brawl feature
Maybe realistic gameplay including a proper cycle instead of cheesing one timers and short side snipes?
+The Miguelodon what do you mean? every team in the real NHL wins games by having one guy do circles in the corner.
doesn't matter how much they change the game there will always be people who play like that. not everyone plays like an nhl team would.
+The Miguelodon I know right?
+Bob Butts You must not watch hockey... they don't have players sitting in the circle the entire shift unless it's Alex Ovechkin sitting in the left circle on the powerplay. A great portion of the game is spent grinding along the boards with teammates cycling the puck, not half the team waiting for one guy to fish the puck out from 3 guys alone and then pass it to them for a one timer.
Ban Doyle you must be an idiot.
This is probably the only game that I'd buy a collector's edition which would contain "making of game" which would be very interesting. I mean recording goalie moves, skating and other things.
Since its datsyuks last season he should be the cover
POSSIBLY his last season, but yes it's likely it will be
I'll agree with that but they'll probably put a McDavid or an Eichel see it already
All I can really see is them increasing the graphics as much as possible to make it realistic as possible. Fix a few goal horns and add the appropriate song per team and that's it. A perfect, flawless NHL game will finally excited
You're very good at hype EA, but please deliver this time.
Bring NHL to PC.
Two of the things I want: Add way more celebrations (if it's too difficult to buttom map that many, allow us to buttom map what ones we want to use) and then substantially better AI for EASHL. Would also be able to be a part of more than one EASHL club.
Stop with all the frills stuff. The arenas, fans, broadcast presentation, none of that can cover up the glaring gameplay problems that this game series has had for years
+The Right Thing is, some people (like me), also enjoy presentation. Gameplay is huge too, but don't forget about presentation.
That is dope i want to make My own team like NHL 14 i want that back
I really hope they focus more on the gameplay than the stupid customization.
You guys always hype up your game and I get super hyped up about it, usually but the $80 version and get screwed because it's the same as last year.
I want a Legit caps horn
***** Yankess suck btw
What I personally want to see is custom rosters. A game mode were u owned the league but u could also be as many teams as u want. It would also be awesome to see chl gm. And it would be cool if u could see the person your drafting stats and his leagues stats so u know how good they did
This actually looks awesome....don't f*ck this up, EA....
I am so excited for relocation in be a gm! been waiting for a long time now!
DAMN THAT BE A PRO AND GM MODE LOOKS MINT!!!!!
it looks like you can actually move teams
The gm mode and customization is getting me hyped
GM Connected.. Can't express how much I wanna play that again....
Co-op Be A Pro mode needs to be a thing..
+akaPranks Also, bring back customizable EASHL builds like it used to be.
+akaPranks Disagree with the EASHL attributes thing. I'd rather have fairness and be able to buy the game late and still be able to match up fairly against other players.
glad to see they are putting goalies in the game this year. my 10-5 superstar mode games are getting kinda unrealistic
Can we please get GM Connected back? My friends and I literally stopped playing the day they excluded it from NHL 16.
Online is a big component, but it seems like EA wants to only focus on offline players.
People actually played GM Connected?
+TOAN 6 SPIDER yeah, GM Connected was the shit. I'd come home after school and make my trades and all that and my friend would sim every 3 nights. We had someone for every team in the league and everyone was active, it was unreal.
They said less then 1% of people who played GM connected made it past the first month. No one plays it. It's a waste of team members when they clearly don't feel like spending money on things that people actually play like BAP and EASHL
Glad Be a GM mode is getting some love in this edition. It's been in dire need of an update since the move to current-gen
remove skill zone and trap. Fix the response time and for the love of god, make Goalie ratings reflect how they will actually play
+Boogie Cousins i couldnt agree more
you can't remove skill zone. skill zone is just a choice by the player to sit in the middle. trap is a 1-4 neutral zone forchecking strategy that is in real life. Yes, it is boring to play against but it is realistic
Ryan Westerfield what i mean is make the cpu on puck defence suck ass
The lack of gameplay hurts, but I'm hopeful. Although it's sad that one of the three "new" features is custom arenas and jerseys, which should have been in 15. But looks more promising than the previous two!
They make the trailers look so dope, but then they release NHL 16 quality type crap...
Add more creative Celebrations, Dangles, don't have cross creasing as the only option, have sniping as a option, make players overall feel more real, have them play like they do in real hockey, have players with good hands do dangles some players like John Scott wouldn't be able to pull off, and finally speed up the game.
and don't forget the most important feature....ZAMBONI RACING!
If that was in the game that would be all I would do.
Looks interesting. Hoping for in depth customization of teams, players, and their arenas
Also ea can please make it so in be a pro that the coach isn't always so sensative to your play.
Lol.... *scores 5 goals* coach: watch the offsides.... D-
+Subfail or when you play goalie. you have one bad game and he demotes you to backup or the ahl when you had 10 shutouts before the bad game.
+That Guy me *gets 4 assists* c- team play
how can i pre-order and take advantage of the "pre-order offers". if i live in Australia. i couldn't get an answer last year and missed out?
Make passing better, fix defensive a.i, actually have good goalies for once, finally implement "seemless" puck pick ups, and get rid of ice tilt.
+Subfail All of these problems go away if you don't suck at the game
Subfail Learn how to aim your passes and don't rely on the game to accept passes for you, sometimes you actually have to be in a good position to receive a pass. Saying "fix defensive a.i." is too broad of a thing and you're gonna have to be more specific if you want me to argue it. Learn to play real defense and not give up 12 breakaways a game and your goalies will play just fine. Finally, stop blaming EA for you getting stomped in a game, sometimes you meet people who play better than you and you're gonna have to get over the fact that you're not gonna win every game. Stop whining like everybody else and try to ACTUALLY HELP EA MAKE A BETTER GAME YOU FUCKING DICKHEAD!
Sly Cereal Killer did you not watch where the puck went right to him? Or when letang pivoted for no reason when i didnt even control him? Or when ekblad let the puck go right by him? If most of the nhl gaming community complains, then something is wrong with the game.
***** Sick of people whining and complaining every time EA makes a video/post
Sly Cereal Killer if ea actually made improvements to games instead of recycling shit, then people wouldn't complain. Why do you think the NHL 16 community is pretty much dead? 15 wasnt even this dead at the end of its cycle....
With all this talk about relocation coming into play, there should probably be crowds that reflect the state of a team.For example, if you lose constantly and you're in a poor market? Small crowd.I think it would add some depth to the game but I can't remember any sports game that's had a dynamic crowd.
give us 3 on 3 mode or im not buying shit
Yes
on a full sheet or half ice ?
Hahaha
YES and they have to fix the damn AI in 3v3, it feels like a 1 on 1 game with three damn goalies behind lol
+Jonas Banevicius Have it be a arcade style of hockey (like NHL HITZ or NHL 3 on 3 Arcade) and make it an EASHL style with human controlled goalies and no rules. Now THAT I would love. Unranked of course.
As a hockey fan, and soccer fan, i've really only ever played FIFA games. However this year i'm going to give NHL '17 a go. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
EYYYY CUSTOM ARENAS
is there going to be NHL 17 or NHL 17 legacy edition for PS3 or XBOX 360?
Johnny Gaudreau NHL 17 COVER VOTE!!
Hell no, put someone who is
More than just a soon to be all-star, put a current star
I would love to see them release a dlc that's all the local announcers. I would be so happy to have the Wings announcers call my games. It would be the one time I would be ok with micro-dlc
Give us arenas from the other leagues!
+HS1891 So arenas from other leagues is your top priority thing for this game?
+HS1891 no. please stop. they've focused on the show for too long. it's time for game modes and the in game engine to get a turn.
from the look of it, you will be able to have create a team again, and probably create a stadium
+DidTheKid thank you!!! Enough with these little fucking requests like arenas, cellys and goal horns. Who gives a fuck! The gameplay is brutal! Why give them something else to focus on? Fix the AI and the horrendous passing and switching players. THEN add game modes and all that other shit. They haven't touched the AI since 14.
+Brandon McDonnell yes true, each year a couple things like the arena type thing is cool, but main focus should be and always be on the AI. new modes would be awesome because they have taken out so many and haven't really added any new ones yet. But its the first trailer, bot much shown, we will just have to wait
Game looks unreal 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
1. fix the high stick clear
2. fix the lose sight of the puck in the net glitch
3. five man celebrations
4. fix the fans celebrating the vistors scoring a goal glitch
5. get rid of ice tilt
6. fix goalie mode so that its easier to move
7. kick the centre off the face off for moving quickly
I like all the new ideas just fix these problems
Looks like Create Team could be returning!
It was stupid it left in the first place
+Matt Campbell
I KNOW, right?!?!
+Jared “Red” Mink I've been wanting create a team so bad so I could create high schools from my town
legend back in the nhl 17
Hartford Whalers?
Please implement the old deking system in somehow, I miss doing one handed windmills and zetterburgs... :(
That was fun
The Colorado Avalanche goalie is a CAPTAIN?
that's what I was wondering. might not of noticed before but I don't think you could give goalies the captain on gm mode or hut or eashl. maybe this is new.
+cole I didn't think NHL goalies IRL could become refs. I know the NCAA doesn't allow it because of the impracticality of having a captains meeting and needing to wait for the goalie to go to center ice from the crease.
+Falcon4242 I know luongo was captain but wasn't allowed to wear the c so he put it on his mask. I've never seen a goalie in hut eashl or gm mode have the c on him so I'm guessing because of the high demand of customization ea decided to include this.
+cole Huh. Guess that makes sense.
Also, thanks for ignoring the fact I said "could become refs" instead of captains. I had a major brainfart.
+Falcon4242 don't worry. I've had numerous times where ppl would correct my mistakes/misspelling. the Grammer police are always out to get you.