I have to say you have hit the nail on the head with the problem with scoring this year. I love the gameplay but I have so many chances that should go in and the goalie saves them, but then I give a d2d with no one near the goalie for a screen. It’s like the closer you are to the goalie. The harder to score and the farther away, the easier it is to score. That’s the biggest problem I have with this years game. Great video btw.
Very well said. There’s way more goals further out this year, screened or not. I don’t think it could be fixed. It might have to be an NHL 26 fix…but there’s always something with these games
Good video. EA is everything that is wrong with this franchise. I agree so much with the L2, and puck protecting scheme. It doesn't feel like hockey at all, but EA's sports games aren't built around physics, which provides those awkward gimmicks. Also for me, in 2025, I found that the cross pass in front of the goalie for the cheesy one timer is ridiculous, it can be right in front of the goalie and he never attempts to intercept it. Also, the deking backhand can be gone from a dead angle and your goalie will totally buy it, even if the Deke is made by some fat defender with no stick handing skills.
I feel the same. Only way to avoid that is to use icon passing... And that same happen also in chel when passing from the corner to center area, but defender is on the same line and even there is opponent defending that defender EA forces a pass to there.
Everything you touched on was pretty spot on. My one major issue with the programming is when you try to make an outlet pass to a winger, and they refuse to skate along the boards! Wtf do they only skate towards the middle of the ice FFS!
All of this is intentional to slow your offence down to make up for the utter garbage defensive deficiencies. The Achilles heal of EA is the ai, and its defense.
Those L2 goals/plays were actually pretty sick though ngl. If they dont nerf L2 than they should make the push check better cause rn it is non existent
I stopped playing HUT about a month ago. I dislike the gameplay a lot. It's whack-a-mole with the 1ts. The L2 speed is a huge problem. The leaky goals are far too frequent. You are constantly fighting your own team rather than your opponent's team. I play World of Chel now, where at least we can eliminate the computer players. There are still the leaky goals, the L2 speed glitch, but the 1ts aren't as bad and you can eliminate the bad AI by filling your team. Thank you for the video.
EASHL goalies are the complete opposite and cant make any saves whatsoever. Ive seen the worst goals go in consistently in chel 25 than any over chel before. Literally just flick the puck on net and it’ll go in 80% of the time. Theres no skill gap anymore.
I just started playing this week, I actually like the gameplay but also can't disagree at all with what you said lol it's sad to see everyone just spam shit instead of being creative. I enjoy playing WOC drop in 6s a lot though
Spot on!! Really sad they can’t make a game where the high danger chances go in and low danger point shots don’t. No skill gap in this game for that reason. Hope the devs see that a guy who’s clearly more skilled than 99% of the player base is losing 6-7 champs games ….. hmmmmm I wonder why. Also i generally feel like poke checks are pretty ineffective and don’t reward good positioning enough id add that as well
Simple wrist shots have always been an issue with this game, I've been playing since 07 when they moved to the new engine. Its like they had to patch every and any goal that was too easy or went in to frequently to the point that the goalies are too robotic and a simple wide open snipe is impossible unless you do exactly what the game wants, which creates less goal variety and results in what you talk about here. Guys just do what works cause you wont get rewarded and cant beat a goalie cleanly without resorting to one of your go to shots. Another reason why less AI/more human players makes this game exponentially more fun, especially with good human goalies. Another thing, where are 5-hole goals? Not existent. So common in the NHL especially on breakaways. I remember I went into practice mode back in like NHL 14 and got a backhand 5-hole breakaway deke sort of down but not consistent enough. In a game I just stopped trying cause its a wasted shot. Maybe I should try again but I dont think its worth it, basically like trying to figure out a glitch goal. Funny as I was typing this you scored a 5-hole goal, but sort of guessing you didnt aim there, no offence its just so uncommon its usually accidental.
Great video. I feel like I’m at a disadvantage in OVP because I never learned how to do the L2 this year. Can anyone tell me? I’d only break it out when my opponent does.
New glitch I played against yesterday, you lb wall deke and when you get the animation you hit up on the stick to get a reverse hit and no matter what 10/10 the defender cannot hit you or take the puck
This has been my experience as well. Speaking from an online versus standpoint - this is the first NHL game in many years that I have a losing record online. I rarely can score on a one timer, and even less frequently on normal shots, but my opponent has no issue doing so. When I skate the puck in their zone I frequently get stripped or hit, but when I try doing the same things I frequently miss them even though I am in the right position. Infuriating. I took a week off to cool off, came back today…same bullshit. I think I’m done with this game.
Another exploit you forgot to mention is when you’re back checking, you “spam up” on the right stick (quick hit animation) to hustle back. It boosts your speed like crazy. That’s gotta be fixed. Reminds me when a few years ago holding RB/R1 back checking made you faster. It’s the same issue just different button to hit this time..
I honestly don't think it makes you faster. That being said, I don't think it makes you slower either. Some people do it, but to me it seems like it doesn't make a difference. I've tried to time it in practice mode, and I don't think there is a difference honestly. And back in the day RB/R1 was the same way, didn't affect speed.
Sadly I haven't played more than 1 HUT Champs game. It's tough to push yourself when there's nothing to play for ie; building a GWC squad, even though I won't be able to compete with Division 1 players, it's the "hope" that drives a player, and I don't feel that with EA anymore with HUT. I want to, but EA's decision making after passionate gamers pay top dollar at the beginning, only for patches to be put in after purchase is a bleeping disgrace. My future for EA NHL looks to be waiting until half off sale for NHL '26 until EA brass change as their Google Audience Review Ratings have been worse than Buffalo Sabres playoff appearances of late.
My fix to all four issues 1. Play as a player (usually you want a BIG defender like chara) and keep them in front of the net and block shots. 2. Get physical! This isn’t football where illegal block in the back exists, whenever my opponent starts back skating it’s just a free shoulder check 3. I hate the AI 4. EA kinda fixed this with the button passing system, I just always focus on who is what button and use that. This is just my opinion and it may not work for everyone, I think that NHL has improved since my last NHL game I played (22) and I’m not the best player either. So take it with a grain of salt.
Like i understand that goalies make mistakes in real life sometimes but it happens way too much especially when i'm using a high rated tendy it gets pretty annoying.
The first goal I scored in this game was a failed perfect one tee, it went off the board, bounced off the top of the net, and the goalie whacked it in.. it’s in the game
Pretty much agree with everything u said. But as a former nhl world champion i gotta say, i do enjoy at least the diversity of goals. For too long has it been, run too the wall spin, spin until u get a chamce at a glitch goal. Ppl still spin at the boards for point. 1 tees but at least anything can go in
I can take a slow wrist shot from the point and it'll go in... but anywhere close to the crease I have to pray for a random leaky goal which is another thing in it's own... Going from the slot and going low blocker almost guarantees a goal though if you can get there.
I play mostly just EASHL- In most games our team and opponent does not get any one timer circles. Is this something other people are seeing? Is this on purpose by EA?
So glad tubers have finally had it up to here with this. Meanwhile you go on the subreddit and even though there's only 15 regular commenters, half of them are bots who swear it's just a skill issue 🤦♀
Looks like you won’t be invited by ea to play nhl 26 early all bc you talked how mad stuff is in nhl 25 lol you’ll never see nasher and no sleeves talk about the game like you just did bc he rather have free crap in hut every week
This weeks champs run, there was at least one goal per game where in order to score taking a shot was not needed. Amount of shit goals is just way too much.
Im actually a fan of the gameplay this year and have found it pretty easy to defend the one tee. I will say the games were ea lets all the fluke goals in is so annoying. I played a guy and 2 of his shots were backhand, he was basically behind my net by the time he shot and it bounced off the back of the goalie and in. I just wish I would win the games I deserve to win and lose the ones I deserve to loose. just too many times this has happened this year its getting annoying.
Yeah for sure! I guess hockey is just a very luck based sport, but for a competitive video game it feels stupid to have so much randomness... The D2Ds are one of those things I'm sure I'll get used to if I play more, and at that point it wouldn't necessarily be a "problem" but I still think the game could be better with them being less dangerous than shot from the middle of the slot.
@@sopulii04 I agree with that. D2D going in at that high of a rate is just silly. It used to feel so cool to score one tees when it was harder to pull them off. now its just like "oh another one tee" kinda same as the Michigan and how it was so easy last year for the ppl who used total control.
Yeah exactly! Also I think the problem with one tees is that they mainly work farside. The goalies move TOO fast and then they get beat the other way 😁 usually in real life one timers should go shortside (especially closer to the net)
@@stormchasin7417 you can't look at anyone and say that 5 D2D one timers go in every game. look at the shooting % charts about 3 % are scored from that far out.
🤣🤣 for a second i thought that was me that glitched wrapped you because I run the same jersey had to rewind that. Great video unfortunately it's learn how to do it or you get fd over this games in such a bad spot as a fan of nhl games since nhl 2kw on the dream cast
Bruh. You hit it all. EXCEPT. At least here you are removing the cpu from the what’s wrong. You want to add about another 20 things to your list? Go do a hut moment on pro trying to score 3 goals or go do a wildcard game on superstar. It’s not even fair at how bad it is. The cpu is full on aggressive non stop, full forechecking, stuck to you like glue, poke checks and stick lifts from behind, blocking passes when they aren’t even looking your direction, skating around 3 of your guys like your sticks are invisible and snipe. They have 95% or better passing. Take 3 shots and have 3 goals. You could ding wide open OT 15 times on full pressure and might get one to go if you are even lucky enough to get a shot off. But yes. I agree with you. This is just game play. We could do an hour long video on what’s wrong with just the menus, multi select in sets, trying to search collections within a set, giving out garbage bnd cards non stop. There is literally no incentive to play or try and get a good team. I just wait for the weekly xp, keep my whateve 80-83 guys and play sb on semi when bored. Paying $100 for a game and having to sweat it out against AI ridiculousness or having to sit there for an hour completing sets 7x in a row for one guy is absurd. It’s a dang sports game. It should be fun. It’s not fun when EA basically does all they can to make you hate it lol
i feel that the game does not let you to win by some algorithm. It decides the scenario from the begining of the match. It is obvious from the hut moments. Whenever you are not capable to score the game keeps more or less the score even. But if only i score ai scores immideatley strikes back and become more powerfull, so you could not set up a priper defence
All they have to do is reduce the balance and speed by 30-50% while using L2 and it would be much better. D-to-D isn´t that big of a problem now as it was during release. Passing needs to be better. Now you great scoring chance turns into the opponents scoring just because the game locks the pass to a wrong player
Yeah! The L2 would be perfect with just a tiny speed nerf in my opinion. You already can bump people pretty well, if you manage to make contact. It wouldn't have to be anything crazy, maybe just like 5-10% speed reduction and that would already mean defenders could catch up I think. Not sure about the D2D though. For me it's the fact that goalies make saves on so many other types of one timers. If one timers from the slot were MORE dangerous than D2Ds, then sure a D2D every now and then is fine 😁
@@sopulii04 biggest onetimer issue imo is the fact that the ones from the point with zero traffic in front goes in but good ones are always just like picking berries for goalies. L2 I have no idea why EA made the player go faster than skating normally. Like how many times do you see someone like McDavid skate sideways through the entire ice :D Just a small balance/speed reduction and it would be much better. Still useful but not the entire meta
By looking at the videos and hearing what most big content creators are saying about this game it seems like they’ve managed to make a game worse than FIFA/fc25 which I thought was impossible although seeing as both are ea games in a sport they have absolutely no competition in it doesn’t surprise me and with some recent studies I’ve read it actually shows that companies make games worse and worse every year to earn more money. It’s truly disgusting and the only way around it is a competitive market with multiple options
also theres countless time where my opponent just skate into my goalie literaly pushes my goalie then he scores and theres no goalie interference and also i be winning like 3-0 then mid game ea sports are just nerfing my ai and my ai become dumb and my goalie lets simple shots go in its rigged
i never understood why they added "skill based" one timers, I thought they would just make it so that all one timers needed to be timed. I don't understand why when you time it it should be a fucking missile with arcade lighting and stuff
I think they wanted to have similar function as in EA Football, where green shots are skilled based and harder to pull, but they f"@& up and at the end it is just siply OP one timers which require no skill
I dont think complaints about sometimes the same shot being saved and other times not are valid. The same shot is not going to go in in real life every time, and theyre not going to be saved every time. Sometimes goalies drop the ball, sometimes they make an unreal save. They cant save everything, and everything cant go in. Thats not how hockey works.
Oh yeah for sure. But the problem is that the same kind of weak shots are *consistently* going in. And same kind of really good shots are *consistently* being saved. So that's not really the point that "all of this type of shots should go/shouldn't go in"
Im still on 24 enjoying franchise. I played my 10hrs demo or whatever of 25 n it wasnt worth me buying it. 24 ive got settings tweaked to a point its enjoyable still
Just because it happens irl doesn't mean it's good for a game. If we're talking about "hockey simulation", sure. For that this game is pretty good (though last year was possibly better) I don't think a video game is supposed to be exactly like real life. Hockey is a very luck based game. A competitive mode in a video game isn't supposed to be that way in my opinion.
I have to say.. NHL 25 really does suck. I’ve been a fan for a long time but this time I must admit it. First of all It feels like there’s not much control over your player. Maybe it is just me but defending has become way harder as well, poke check has to be timed so well for it to work. Scoring has become way harder. You would make such a great play and the goalie would save it and then you get scored on some routine shot. And how many times breakaways are cut short due to the energy running out. Just an instant loss of speed. The line changes do not work at least once a game too, so you’re just hoping your goalie covers it.
not even just the gameplay, but the abysmal presentation and graphics. I cannot believe any professional dev would give the Okay on what they did to the on-ice visuals in recent years. A complete cluster of CRINGE garbage everywhere on the ice making this crap look like an arcade GameCube game from 2004. The useless stamina bars under each player look hilariously bad and are completely immersion-breaking. The giant red circle, the x-factor logos, the username, the PSN icon, the skill-based one-timer indicator, the atrocious "pressure meter" junk (what an eye-sore). what the actual hell are these clowns doing? And You cant even really celly on the spot anymore, and that hideous EA Sports logo just takes over the entire screen the MILLISECOND after you score and you lose all control of the celebration and movement - completely kills all immersion and makes me cringe like crazy. the player faces look pathetic for a 2025 game, and the ice looks ridiculous. the fans and arena atmosphere are laughable. And to top this all off, the glitchy player reactions and cutscenes are literally based off the same legacy assets from NHL 15. Another insane thing is how the goal horn and the goal song blast through the crap speaker of the ps5 controller when someone scores. Imagine being a developer and thinking that was a normal idea. absolutely unfathomably pathetic
Actually the AI isn't out of position. You are. Just look closely where you are with controlling Gonchar. Way out of position. Every time you do that your AI will cover the player your controlled player should be covering.
Look at the clip again. The AI moved Gonchar there :D And also it still doesn't really make sense - there two guys in front of the net covering two opponents. Two guys at the right boards - two opponents. And then there's that wide open guy at the point, while my LW is collapsing to the middle as the third guy
I know the game is far from perfect but I play this game because it’s fun. I feel like videos like this make us forget that we are choosing to play this game, and if we really don’t like it we don’t have to play. I don’t get too mad whenever I see glitchy stuff happen because I know the game is consistent for all players. If someone starts abusing L2 or D to D on me, then I’ll just do it right back. Otherwise I enjoy the game for what it is. All this negativity online feels like a net loss for the community because we know that EA isn’t actually going to fix anything in this video by the time the next game comes out. We’re really just making ourselves feel worse by echoing over and over how much we hate the game. Anyways, love the content and totally valid criticism in this video so I hope you don’t think I am calling you out in specific or anything. Have a good day!
What is the point of your comment? “Stop criticizing the game because it’s negative” is a weird, defeatist take. We should criticize the things we love.
@ The point is pretty clear… let’s stop regurgitating the same negative bs over and over again because there’s no point. What has complaining ever accomplished in terms of the NHL community? People need to just shut up and play the game, and if they really don’t like it then don’t play. I can’t be the only person tired of all the moaning and groaning
@@jackbutler4028 why would I get tired of sentiments I agree with? You like the game as is - great. I feel (and know, as an online player since NHL12) that it can be much better. Complaining about people voicing their criticisms is TRULY useless.
@@user-dj9iu2et3r I never said that the game was perfect, nor did I say that it couldn’t be improved. There’s a million things that I would do differently. The point is that IT DOESNT MATTER. EA cares about the bottom line, they don’t care about what random RUclips comments have to say. The only people reading these comments, are people like you and me. We play the game everyday and have a genuine love for hockey. We’re gonna keep playing the game no matter what the state of it is. Constantly reading negativity on how the game sucks RUINS the experience. If you genuinely don’t like the game then don’t play it’s really that simple.
Bruh I played hut rivals beats this guy all game . N he wins just by doing one timers n skating around the ice all game smh . The passing is the Worst . You can only score from point with one timers shot or breakaway
The game is broken ! Slow - Just shit symbols everywhere showing boost levels, different attributes etc. PRESSURE INDICATOR --- Its horrible. I haven't played in a couple yrs bought this bag of shit for 60% off. Not worth it at all!. I never comment on RUclips or and social media but I HAD to vent. THIS GAME IS DEAD TO ME.
I love it! This is the same game just with some more bs added to it. Glad I didn’t invest in it this year! My god squad in 24 loses to guys with base card on occasion, that’s an issue in it self. Why Grind if ea just uses some bogus “ice tilt” oops did I say something the woke dev team doesn’t want to hear. F your feelings
1v1 gameplay in general, on the competitive level. I've spent about 90% of my time playing 6s this year. 6v6 with no AI is actually very very good this year. I create content on 1v1 competitive modes. So it's pretty annoying that I can't even stand playing it :D hope it gets better for 1v1, for now just sticking with 6s for the most part...
@ i get that. 1v1 is the worst way you can play any sports game imo. 6’s and offline play this year is actually fantastic. i just dislike when people say the game sucks but then only cover 1v1 gameplay. i personally believe if all the hut youtubers focused their stuff on eashl this game would improve drastically. but hut is where the money’s at so i get it. hut has ruined the nhl games in my opinion.
Yeah for sure! While I miss the days of good competitive 1v1 gameplay, I think it would be in everyone's best interest to switch the focus to 6v6 as "the" competitive mode. The unfortunate reality is that the "product" is not quite there with 6s yet. What I mean is that it's very difficult to make a 6s video or stream 6s and get any meaningful engagement (in general it is so much easier to make videos on 1v1 stuff) A long way to go on that front, but I think it's possible to make 6s more mainstream in the NHL scene. I have some big moves to announce on that front soon, can't reveal what it is yet 😁
This has been my experience as well. Speaking from an online versus standpoint - this is the first NHL game in many years that I have a losing record online. I rarely can score on a one timer, and even less frequently on normal shots, but my opponent has no issue doing so. When I skate the puck in their zone I frequently get stripped or hit, but when I try doing the same things I frequently miss them even though I am in the right position. Infuriating. I took a week off to cool off, came back today…same bullshit. I think I’m done with this game.
Why do they fail so bad at making a somewhat realistic hockey game
Because it's ea sports
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@@heresalemonsukonit276 2k did it for a decade in the early 2000’s lol
@@heresalemonsukonit276they did it like 8 years ago lmao
Game is about as realistic as zombies in black ops
I have to say you have hit the nail on the head with the problem with scoring this year. I love the gameplay but I have so many chances that should go in and the goalie saves them, but then I give a d2d with no one near the goalie for a screen. It’s like the closer you are to the goalie. The harder to score and the farther away, the easier it is to score. That’s the biggest problem I have with this years game. Great video btw.
Maybe they did that to encourage passing to the point since 99.9999% of forwards are hogs
Very well said. There’s way more goals further out this year, screened or not. I don’t think it could be fixed. It might have to be an NHL 26 fix…but there’s always something with these games
Good video.
EA is everything that is wrong with this franchise.
I agree so much with the L2, and puck protecting scheme. It doesn't feel like hockey at all, but EA's sports games aren't built around physics, which provides those awkward gimmicks.
Also for me, in 2025, I found that the cross pass in front of the goalie for the cheesy one timer is ridiculous, it can be right in front of the goalie and he never attempts to intercept it.
Also, the deking backhand can be gone from a dead angle and your goalie will totally buy it, even if the Deke is made by some fat defender with no stick handing skills.
Passing fails whenever players are in one line is most annoying for me, there is no way to give pass to closest player
I feel the same. Only way to avoid that is to use icon passing... And that same happen also in chel when passing from the corner to center area, but defender is on the same line and even there is opponent defending that defender EA forces a pass to there.
Dude! So true! I can’t believe EA didn’t program logic into the game to prioritize the closest player.
learn to use the icons
Passing is the worst you could literally aim to the guy n it goes the opposite way like wtf
Everything you touched on was pretty spot on. My one major issue with the programming is when you try to make an outlet pass to a winger, and they refuse to skate along the boards! Wtf do they only skate towards the middle of the ice FFS!
All of this is intentional to slow your offence down to make up for the utter garbage defensive deficiencies. The Achilles heal of EA is the ai, and its defense.
I've had times where there are 5 FORWARDS on the ice at the same time.
How on earth
Omg I thought it was just me
Those L2 goals/plays were actually pretty sick though ngl. If they dont nerf L2 than they should make the push check better cause rn it is non existent
awesome video bro. very well made and you highlighted everything wrong with this horrible game
I stopped playing HUT about a month ago. I dislike the gameplay a lot. It's whack-a-mole with the 1ts. The L2 speed is a huge problem. The leaky goals are far too frequent. You are constantly fighting your own team rather than your opponent's team. I play World of Chel now, where at least we can eliminate the computer players. There are still the leaky goals, the L2 speed glitch, but the 1ts aren't as bad and you can eliminate the bad AI by filling your team. Thank you for the video.
I've also switched to mainly 6v6. The 1v1 gameplay just isn't motivating, even though I still would like to play it too 😅
EASHL goalies are the complete opposite and cant make any saves whatsoever. Ive seen the worst goals go in consistently in chel 25 than any over chel before. Literally just flick the puck on net and it’ll go in 80% of the time. Theres no skill gap anymore.
@@SavingPrivateRy80% of the time huh?
@@SavingPrivateRy maybe in chel but there too much competition in hut
I just started playing this week, I actually like the gameplay but also can't disagree at all with what you said lol it's sad to see everyone just spam shit instead of being creative. I enjoy playing WOC drop in 6s a lot though
It is a corporate ai system. Eomm. You arnt playing. It is playing you
When they removed icon passing, i had the best time ive had in 25.
Spot on!! Really sad they can’t make a game where the high danger chances go in and low danger point shots don’t. No skill gap in this game for that reason. Hope the devs see that a guy who’s clearly more skilled than 99% of the player base is losing 6-7 champs games ….. hmmmmm I wonder why. Also i generally feel like poke checks are pretty ineffective and don’t reward good positioning enough id add that as well
The game is full of bugs. Menu is super laggy. Matchmaking serves are terrible for eashl. Am I alone here? Or is the game just dead already
Simple wrist shots have always been an issue with this game, I've been playing since 07 when they moved to the new engine. Its like they had to patch every and any goal that was too easy or went in to frequently to the point that the goalies are too robotic and a simple wide open snipe is impossible unless you do exactly what the game wants, which creates less goal variety and results in what you talk about here. Guys just do what works cause you wont get rewarded and cant beat a goalie cleanly without resorting to one of your go to shots. Another reason why less AI/more human players makes this game exponentially more fun, especially with good human goalies.
Another thing, where are 5-hole goals? Not existent. So common in the NHL especially on breakaways. I remember I went into practice mode back in like NHL 14 and got a backhand 5-hole breakaway deke sort of down but not consistent enough. In a game I just stopped trying cause its a wasted shot. Maybe I should try again but I dont think its worth it, basically like trying to figure out a glitch goal.
Funny as I was typing this you scored a 5-hole goal, but sort of guessing you didnt aim there, no offence its just so uncommon its usually accidental.
Great video. I feel like I’m at a disadvantage in OVP because I never learned how to do the L2 this year. Can anyone tell me? I’d only break it out when my opponent does.
New glitch I played against yesterday, you lb wall deke and when you get the animation you hit up on the stick to get a reverse hit and no matter what 10/10 the defender cannot hit you or take the puck
that work with total control?
This game indeed fucking sucks. Movement, speed, etc. just bought it and I want to return this shit.
I miss the old days before this new skating was introduced in 19 where you simply just had the cuts if you were not skating at full speed.
This has been my experience as well. Speaking from an online versus standpoint - this is the first NHL game in many years that I have a losing record online. I rarely can score on a one timer, and even less frequently on normal shots, but my opponent has no issue doing so. When I skate the puck in their zone I frequently get stripped or hit, but when I try doing the same things I frequently miss them even though I am in the right position. Infuriating. I took a week off to cool off, came back today…same bullshit. I think I’m done with this game.
The whole one-timer thing doesn't really work for me in Squad Battles. The goalie is always on to me.
Everybody using only Last year far side snipe glitch and these sity blue line 1timers.Terrible.
Cause if u do anything else it get stopped it’s so ez to get pokes n stick lift this year
Another exploit you forgot to mention is when you’re back checking, you “spam up” on the right stick (quick hit animation) to hustle back. It boosts your speed like crazy. That’s gotta be fixed.
Reminds me when a few years ago holding RB/R1 back checking made you faster. It’s the same issue just different button to hit this time..
I honestly don't think it makes you faster.
That being said, I don't think it makes you slower either. Some people do it, but to me it seems like it doesn't make a difference. I've tried to time it in practice mode, and I don't think there is a difference honestly. And back in the day RB/R1 was the same way, didn't affect speed.
Sadly I haven't played more than 1 HUT Champs game. It's tough to push yourself when there's nothing to play for ie; building a GWC squad, even though I won't be able to compete with Division 1 players, it's the "hope" that drives a player, and I don't feel that with EA anymore with HUT. I want to, but EA's decision making after passionate gamers pay top dollar at the beginning, only for patches to be put in after purchase is a bleeping disgrace. My future for EA NHL looks to be waiting until half off sale for NHL '26 until EA brass change as their Google Audience Review Ratings have been worse than Buffalo Sabres playoff appearances of late.
My fix to all four issues
1. Play as a player (usually you want a BIG defender like chara) and keep them in front of the net and block shots.
2. Get physical! This isn’t football where illegal block in the back exists, whenever my opponent starts back skating it’s just a free shoulder check
3. I hate the AI
4. EA kinda fixed this with the button passing system, I just always focus on who is what button and use that.
This is just my opinion and it may not work for everyone, I think that NHL has improved since my last NHL game I played (22) and I’m not the best player either. So take it with a grain of salt.
I'm playing NHL 2K9, might be the best ever hockey game.
NHL 12, 15, the 2K series and the first two Hitz games were awesome :)
@im3phirebird81 Yeah it'd be nice to see a Hitz on PS5. 2K Hockey on RUclips is doing amazing work with mods.
Like i understand that goalies make mistakes in real life sometimes but it happens way too much especially when i'm using a high rated tendy it gets pretty annoying.
The first goal I scored in this game was a failed perfect one tee, it went off the board, bounced off the top of the net, and the goalie whacked it in.. it’s in the game
Pretty much agree with everything u said. But as a former nhl world champion i gotta say, i do enjoy at least the diversity of goals. For too long has it been, run too the wall spin, spin until u get a chamce at a glitch goal. Ppl still spin at the boards for point. 1 tees but at least anything can go in
Nhl world champ in be a pro or franchise?
@arturslapins3201 lol that made me laugh. But no best in the world
@@ir3k980 whats your gwc nick?
I didn't create a hut team this year. First time in like 10 years. I'm so proud of myself for not giving in to the stupid grind.
Me neither, first time in 15 years, the game only gets sweatier
Not even offline play is fun with squad battles. Online play is even worse. EA needs to be thrown out.
Really good video first of all! HUT has never been this bad in years unplayable, thanks for that 6s is really good in this game at least!
I can take a slow wrist shot from the point and it'll go in... but anywhere close to the crease I have to pray for a random leaky goal which is another thing in it's own... Going from the slot and going low blocker almost guarantees a goal though if you can get there.
I play mostly just EASHL- In most games our team and opponent does not get any one timer circles. Is this something other people are seeing? Is this on purpose by EA?
They're glitched at the moment. They don't show up for anyone (but they still are active on the background)
So glad tubers have finally had it up to here with this. Meanwhile you go on the subreddit and even though there's only 15 regular commenters, half of them are bots who swear it's just a skill issue 🤦♀
Looks like you won’t be invited by ea to play nhl 26 early all bc you talked how mad stuff is in nhl 25 lol you’ll never see nasher and no sleeves talk about the game like you just did bc he rather have free crap in hut every week
but the two of them guaranteed gets paid from EA. No way in life they not getting paid from EA
This weeks champs run, there was at least one goal per game where in order to score taking a shot was not needed. Amount of shit goals is just way too much.
Im actually a fan of the gameplay this year and have found it pretty easy to defend the one tee. I will say the games were ea lets all the fluke goals in is so annoying. I played a guy and 2 of his shots were backhand, he was basically behind my net by the time he shot and it bounced off the back of the goalie and in. I just wish I would win the games I deserve to win and lose the ones I deserve to loose. just too many times this has happened this year its getting annoying.
Yeah for sure! I guess hockey is just a very luck based sport, but for a competitive video game it feels stupid to have so much randomness...
The D2Ds are one of those things I'm sure I'll get used to if I play more, and at that point it wouldn't necessarily be a "problem" but I still think the game could be better with them being less dangerous than shot from the middle of the slot.
@@sopulii04 I agree with that. D2D going in at that high of a rate is just silly. It used to feel so cool to score one tees when it was harder to pull them off. now its just like "oh another one tee" kinda same as the Michigan and how it was so easy last year for the ppl who used total control.
Yeah exactly!
Also I think the problem with one tees is that they mainly work farside. The goalies move TOO fast and then they get beat the other way 😁 usually in real life one timers should go shortside (especially closer to the net)
To be fair that stuff happens in actual hockey though
@@stormchasin7417 you can't look at anyone and say that 5 D2D one timers go in every game. look at the shooting % charts about 3 % are scored from that far out.
11:35 i would have been proud if it was last years game when D2D wasnt as op like its this year
🤣🤣 for a second i thought that was me that glitched wrapped you because I run the same jersey had to rewind that.
Great video unfortunately it's learn how to do it or you get fd over this games in such a bad spot as a fan of nhl games since nhl 2kw on the dream cast
This is the most fun I’ve had playing chel since 2014
Bruh. You hit it all. EXCEPT. At least here you are removing the cpu from the what’s wrong. You want to add about another 20 things to your list?
Go do a hut moment on pro trying to score 3 goals or go do a wildcard game on superstar. It’s not even fair at how bad it is. The cpu is full on aggressive non stop, full forechecking, stuck to you like glue, poke checks and stick lifts from behind, blocking passes when they aren’t even looking your direction, skating around 3 of your guys like your sticks are invisible and snipe. They have 95% or better passing. Take 3 shots and have 3 goals. You could ding wide open OT 15 times on full pressure and might get one to go if you are even lucky enough to get a shot off.
But yes. I agree with you. This is just game play. We could do an hour long video on what’s wrong with just the menus, multi select in sets, trying to search collections within a set, giving out garbage bnd cards non stop. There is literally no incentive to play or try and get a good team. I just wait for the weekly xp, keep my whateve 80-83 guys and play sb on semi when bored.
Paying $100 for a game and having to sweat it out against AI ridiculousness or having to sit there for an hour completing sets 7x in a row for one guy is absurd.
It’s a dang sports game. It should be fun. It’s not fun when EA basically does all they can to make you hate it lol
Oh for sure, if I made a video of non-gameplay issues I think I wouldn't be able to finish it before NHL 26 is out 😂
i feel that the game does not let you to win by some algorithm. It decides the scenario from the begining of the match. It is obvious from the hut moments. Whenever you are not capable to score the game keeps more or less the score even. But if only i score ai scores immideatley strikes back and become more powerfull, so you could not set up a priper defence
All they have to do is reduce the balance and speed by 30-50% while using L2 and it would be much better. D-to-D isn´t that big of a problem now as it was during release. Passing needs to be better. Now you great scoring chance turns into the opponents scoring just because the game locks the pass to a wrong player
Yeah! The L2 would be perfect with just a tiny speed nerf in my opinion. You already can bump people pretty well, if you manage to make contact. It wouldn't have to be anything crazy, maybe just like 5-10% speed reduction and that would already mean defenders could catch up I think.
Not sure about the D2D though. For me it's the fact that goalies make saves on so many other types of one timers. If one timers from the slot were MORE dangerous than D2Ds, then sure a D2D every now and then is fine 😁
@@sopulii04 biggest onetimer issue imo is the fact that the ones from the point with zero traffic in front goes in but good ones are always just like picking berries for goalies. L2 I have no idea why EA made the player go faster than skating normally. Like how many times do you see someone like McDavid skate sideways through the entire ice :D Just a small balance/speed reduction and it would be much better. Still useful but not the entire meta
Once theres enough points available all 6 defenseman gold one tee champs is a must 😂😂😂
Don't give me ideas 😂😂
(That's gonna be fun)
This video is just 10/10
By looking at the videos and hearing what most big content creators are saying about this game it seems like they’ve managed to make a game worse than FIFA/fc25 which I thought was impossible although seeing as both are ea games in a sport they have absolutely no competition in it doesn’t surprise me and with some recent studies I’ve read it actually shows that companies make games worse and worse every year to earn more money. It’s truly disgusting and the only way around it is a competitive market with multiple options
also theres countless time where my opponent just skate into my goalie literaly pushes my goalie then he scores and theres no goalie interference and also i be winning like 3-0 then mid game ea sports are just nerfing my ai and my ai become dumb and my goalie lets simple shots go in its rigged
You nailed it bro
Are you on the central server?
I'm from finland so EU North-East is my closest server (I play with max ping set to "any" so I do match on other servers too)
i never understood why they added "skill based" one timers, I thought they would just make it so that all one timers needed to be timed. I don't understand why when you time it it should be a fucking missile with arcade lighting and stuff
I think they wanted to have similar function as in EA Football, where green shots are skilled based and harder to pull, but they f"@& up and at the end it is just siply OP one timers which require no skill
I dont think complaints about sometimes the same shot being saved and other times not are valid. The same shot is not going to go in in real life every time, and theyre not going to be saved every time. Sometimes goalies drop the ball, sometimes they make an unreal save. They cant save everything, and everything cant go in. Thats not how hockey works.
Oh yeah for sure. But the problem is that the same kind of weak shots are *consistently* going in. And same kind of really good shots are *consistently* being saved.
So that's not really the point that "all of this type of shots should go/shouldn't go in"
@ thats fair, wasnt exactly sure what you meant
they nerfed the back door smh
Im still on 24 enjoying franchise. I played my 10hrs demo or whatever of 25 n it wasnt worth me buying it. 24 ive got settings tweaked to a point its enjoyable still
Never again.
I'm done with EA.
Franchise is unplayable.
The AI across all game modes is brutal.
Game crashes to dash alot.
I hope that rematch game. Or company. Makes a nhl game for that.
But hey its a good thing you can buy all the chel pre made skins for 11,500 coins...and oh so glad we got pwhl 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
whoever approved the change from pressure sensitive passing power to length of time held on the button for more power needs to be sent to prison.
It’s been that way since at least NHL14, no?
@ its been long. that change alone was enough for me to put it down.
I had 5 D-men on the ice
Ice -iq is stupid cause ai on my team does the most stupidest things
You should mention the three teams
Like on threes now the offline mode play as the oilers and you’ll know what I mean.
Damn that compilation at the end sure some of those goals were bullshit but this really makes me think this guy doesnt watch much actual hockey.
Just because it happens irl doesn't mean it's good for a game. If we're talking about "hockey simulation", sure. For that this game is pretty good (though last year was possibly better)
I don't think a video game is supposed to be exactly like real life. Hockey is a very luck based game. A competitive mode in a video game isn't supposed to be that way in my opinion.
3 mins all I need to see worst than 24 lol series needs a reboot
I’m happy I diddnt get nhl25 after seeing this video. Major issues with this game
The L2 garbage is what ruins the game for me.
Well maybe if the forwards hadn't been such hogs and never pass back to the D they wouldn't have to make it easier to score from the point 🤔
I have to say.. NHL 25 really does suck. I’ve been a fan for a long time but this time I must admit it. First of all It feels like there’s not much control over your player.
Maybe it is just me but defending has become way harder as well, poke check has to be timed so well for it to work.
Scoring has become way harder. You would make such a great play and the goalie would save it and then you get scored on some routine shot.
And how many times breakaways are cut short due to the energy running out. Just an instant loss of speed.
The line changes do not work at least once a game too, so you’re just hoping your goalie covers it.
not even just the gameplay, but the abysmal presentation and graphics. I cannot believe any professional dev would give the Okay on what they did to the on-ice visuals in recent years. A complete cluster of CRINGE garbage everywhere on the ice making this crap look like an arcade GameCube game from 2004. The useless stamina bars under each player look hilariously bad and are completely immersion-breaking. The giant red circle, the x-factor logos, the username, the PSN icon, the skill-based one-timer indicator, the atrocious "pressure meter" junk (what an eye-sore). what the actual hell are these clowns doing? And You cant even really celly on the spot anymore, and that hideous EA Sports logo just takes over the entire screen the MILLISECOND after you score and you lose all control of the celebration and movement - completely kills all immersion and makes me cringe like crazy. the player faces look pathetic for a 2025 game, and the ice looks ridiculous. the fans and arena atmosphere are laughable. And to top this all off, the glitchy player reactions and cutscenes are literally based off the same legacy assets from NHL 15. Another insane thing is how the goal horn and the goal song blast through the crap speaker of the ps5 controller when someone scores. Imagine being a developer and thinking that was a normal idea. absolutely unfathomably pathetic
@ i just tried HUT… I have to play 90 OVR teams while I have just started with best player on team being 82 OVR. Makes total sense..
I feel like this game wants ur to loose on purpose sometimes
Actually the AI isn't out of position. You are. Just look closely where you are with controlling Gonchar. Way out of position. Every time you do that your AI will cover the player your controlled player should be covering.
Look at the clip again. The AI moved Gonchar there :D
And also it still doesn't really make sense - there two guys in front of the net covering two opponents. Two guys at the right boards - two opponents. And then there's that wide open guy at the point, while my LW is collapsing to the middle as the third guy
whoa this sport actually looks interesting when you play a video game of it?
Defense is horrendous
maybe theyd focus on better gameplay if ppl stopped playing hut
I know the game is far from perfect but I play this game because it’s fun. I feel like videos like this make us forget that we are choosing to play this game, and if we really don’t like it we don’t have to play.
I don’t get too mad whenever I see glitchy stuff happen because I know the game is consistent for all players. If someone starts abusing L2 or D to D on me, then I’ll just do it right back. Otherwise I enjoy the game for what it is.
All this negativity online feels like a net loss for the community because we know that EA isn’t actually going to fix anything in this video by the time the next game comes out. We’re really just making ourselves feel worse by echoing over and over how much we hate the game.
Anyways, love the content and totally valid criticism in this video so I hope you don’t think I am calling you out in specific or anything. Have a good day!
What is the point of your comment? “Stop criticizing the game because it’s negative” is a weird, defeatist take.
We should criticize the things we love.
@ The point is pretty clear… let’s stop regurgitating the same negative bs over and over again because there’s no point. What has complaining ever accomplished in terms of the NHL community? People need to just shut up and play the game, and if they really don’t like it then don’t play. I can’t be the only person tired of all the moaning and groaning
@@jackbutler4028 why would I get tired of sentiments I agree with? You like the game as is - great.
I feel (and know, as an online player since NHL12) that it can be much better. Complaining about people voicing their criticisms is TRULY useless.
@@user-dj9iu2et3r I never said that the game was perfect, nor did I say that it couldn’t be improved. There’s a million things that I would do differently. The point is that IT DOESNT MATTER. EA cares about the bottom line, they don’t care about what random RUclips comments have to say.
The only people reading these comments, are people like you and me. We play the game everyday and have a genuine love for hockey. We’re gonna keep playing the game no matter what the state of it is. Constantly reading negativity on how the game sucks RUINS the experience. If you genuinely don’t like the game then don’t play it’s really that simple.
Bruh I played hut rivals beats this guy all game . N he wins just by doing one timers n skating around the ice all game smh . The passing is the Worst . You can only score from point with one timers shot or breakaway
U r absolutely right.
The game is broken ! Slow - Just shit symbols everywhere showing boost levels, different attributes etc. PRESSURE INDICATOR --- Its horrible. I haven't played in a couple yrs bought this bag of shit for 60% off. Not worth it at all!. I never comment on RUclips or and social media but I HAD to vent. THIS GAME IS DEAD TO ME.
those who created this game don't watch hockey
Go to eashl and see how bad the gameplay has gotten
You mad you are shit in eashl k
I love it! This is the same game just with some more bs added to it. Glad I didn’t invest in it this year! My god squad in 24 loses to guys with base card on occasion, that’s an issue in it self. Why Grind if ea just uses some bogus “ice tilt” oops did I say something the woke dev team doesn’t want to hear. F your feelings
Nhl 21 was the last good nhl
Great video. This game is straight trash
Toi temmi79 meitsin faija pari kirosanaa ton pelin aikana tais lentää
:DDDD
hut gameplay only LMAO no wonder you hate the game
1v1 gameplay in general, on the competitive level. I've spent about 90% of my time playing 6s this year. 6v6 with no AI is actually very very good this year.
I create content on 1v1 competitive modes. So it's pretty annoying that I can't even stand playing it :D hope it gets better for 1v1, for now just sticking with 6s for the most part...
@ i get that. 1v1 is the worst way you can play any sports game imo. 6’s and offline play this year is actually fantastic. i just dislike when people say the game sucks but then only cover 1v1 gameplay. i personally believe if all the hut youtubers focused their stuff on eashl this game would improve drastically. but hut is where the money’s at so i get it. hut has ruined the nhl games in my opinion.
Yeah for sure! While I miss the days of good competitive 1v1 gameplay, I think it would be in everyone's best interest to switch the focus to 6v6 as "the" competitive mode.
The unfortunate reality is that the "product" is not quite there with 6s yet. What I mean is that it's very difficult to make a 6s video or stream 6s and get any meaningful engagement (in general it is so much easier to make videos on 1v1 stuff)
A long way to go on that front, but I think it's possible to make 6s more mainstream in the NHL scene. I have some big moves to announce on that front soon, can't reveal what it is yet 😁
This has been my experience as well. Speaking from an online versus standpoint - this is the first NHL game in many years that I have a losing record online. I rarely can score on a one timer, and even less frequently on normal shots, but my opponent has no issue doing so. When I skate the puck in their zone I frequently get stripped or hit, but when I try doing the same things I frequently miss them even though I am in the right position. Infuriating. I took a week off to cool off, came back today…same bullshit. I think I’m done with this game.