Potential first look at NHL 22
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Frostbite confirmed! So relieved. I know there will undoubtedly be some kinks, but it’s finally great to have them join an engine where the graphics are notoriously good. Build off of that.
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Watch the X Factor symbols be wildly close and everything lol. I still have a One so I don't believe I'll even be eligible to play with the new engine. I really only play a couple of games, so I'm not sure upgrading is a priority to me on console.
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I would argue that Nhl 21 is the worst sports game, it’s just so stale, i can’t imagine it getting worse.
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Frostbite causes annoying physics issues with FIFA so I don’t know how it’ll be with NHL. I don’t think the engine was designed for sports games.
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Me: *has flashbacks to the last time EA had to make NHL on a new engine*
The dude that won the biggest madden tournament of the year ran literally every single play and used a punter at QB because there's a glitch that lets punters hand off faster lol... Madden has actually received a lot of backlash the past few years for their releases compared to NHL.
That being said, I wouldn't say any sports games are in a great place right now really.
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It’s going to be interesting to see what activates the X factor, how long it stays on for, what breaks it etc or if it’s just a permanent factor
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Just weird player - ball interactions and weird player-player interactions sometimes, as well as things like body type affecting acceleration and speed more than the actual attributes because of how the engine calculates momentum and motion.
Frostbite is designed more for other types of games I think. Games like FPS where motion based on real world physics makes more sense than in a sports game where attributes should dictate some of those things.
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Spoiler alert: they didn't
I just need it to work this year.
Couldn’t touch franchise until January because of how broken it was. then I spent all the time editing rosters and creating players, only for the roster override/deletion glitch to happen and delete everything. So, I barely played franchise. When I did, it was doing single year fantasy draft challenges. Not exactly what the mode should be used for :/ - NHL 21 was the least amount I’ve played NHL. I really only played EASHL at various times.
It’s a shame because NHL 20 was such a step forward for additions to franchise, and NHL 21 should’ve been a good year where they were able to fine tune everything.
So yeah, priority number 1 is just having a working mode
Be careful what you wish for when it comes to frostbite.
That engine is widely pointed at the reason why Madden went from actually okay and enjoyable football game to a trash heap because of all of its shitty canned animation stuff.
Given how small Chels team is I can totally see this being the end of the line for this series gameplay wise.
That engine is widely pointed at the reason why Madden went from actually okay and enjoyable football game to a trash heap because of all of its shitty canned animation stuff.
Given how small Chels team is I can totally see this being the end of the line for this series gameplay wise.
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