Those are pretty awesome.
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Natural Born Penalty Killers (NHL 13 EASHL)
- Thread starter Marvie_3
- Start date
So we're going to get 640 xp points to mess around with off the start, nice.
Since it seems the builds may actually be useful this year, I don't know what style I want to play. PM or PWF.
HawksWinStanley
Member
After getting more time with the demo I still see plenty of bullshit shining through in 13 already.
- I don't know how many times I'll pokecheck the computer and it's able to just automatically reach out and regain control of the puck and sprint away while I take 5 seconds to get up to speed. But when I get pokechecked the puck hovers around between my skates and the game won't let me pick it back up so the computer takes it away anyway.
- I'll line up a computer player for a hit perfectly and he barely bounces off me and keeps control of the puck. Meanwhile if I sidestep a check and barely get clipped my guy acts like he was bulldozed and the puck is long gone.
- The computer makes pinpoint passes while I'll have my left stick pointed directly at a guy for a pass and the puck goes to the dude 10ft behind him.
- This "momentum feature" they added is a great idea with pretty poor execution. My character doesn't feel weighty like they wanted, it just feels sluggish and slow to react.
- The bubble around the goalie is just bad.
- Is it just me or does holding RB not give you the same control over your stick on defense like it used to? It looks glitchy and sporadic.
- Defense especially feels clunky. I don't feel like I'm controlling a live hockey player, it feels more like that bubble hockey with the rods where they just spin around with any actual coordination.
- Changing to the player you actually WANT to change to is still an issue (for me at least). It's the least intuitive player changing system I've ever seen in a sports game. When the other team is on offense approaching my blue line wouldn't it make more sense for it to switch me to the defender in front of the oncoming puck carrier instead of the winger trailing to the side of him?
- EA has resorted to their typical difficulty settings where instead of making the computer team better through more creative plays or better defense they just get to do the impossible. The goalie stops ridiculous one timers and their team can score no matter how well they're covered. The puck just passes through your stick or body and lands on their tape, and regardless or whether or not your goalie is in position it'll go in.
- And the board play is completely fucked. The two players on the boards have a bubble like the goalie does and when you skate up to them you just sorta bounce off them without really getting a chance to dig the puck out. And a couple times now I've been trying to dig a puck out and my guy warps several feet away from the play. So lame.
With that said I'll still pick this up as I'm getting tired of '11 but I'm just not a huge fan with the direction the franchise is going in. Some things are big improvements while other areas are getting worse.
- I don't know how many times I'll pokecheck the computer and it's able to just automatically reach out and regain control of the puck and sprint away while I take 5 seconds to get up to speed. But when I get pokechecked the puck hovers around between my skates and the game won't let me pick it back up so the computer takes it away anyway.
- I'll line up a computer player for a hit perfectly and he barely bounces off me and keeps control of the puck. Meanwhile if I sidestep a check and barely get clipped my guy acts like he was bulldozed and the puck is long gone.
- The computer makes pinpoint passes while I'll have my left stick pointed directly at a guy for a pass and the puck goes to the dude 10ft behind him.
- This "momentum feature" they added is a great idea with pretty poor execution. My character doesn't feel weighty like they wanted, it just feels sluggish and slow to react.
- The bubble around the goalie is just bad.
- Is it just me or does holding RB not give you the same control over your stick on defense like it used to? It looks glitchy and sporadic.
- Defense especially feels clunky. I don't feel like I'm controlling a live hockey player, it feels more like that bubble hockey with the rods where they just spin around with any actual coordination.
- Changing to the player you actually WANT to change to is still an issue (for me at least). It's the least intuitive player changing system I've ever seen in a sports game. When the other team is on offense approaching my blue line wouldn't it make more sense for it to switch me to the defender in front of the oncoming puck carrier instead of the winger trailing to the side of him?
- EA has resorted to their typical difficulty settings where instead of making the computer team better through more creative plays or better defense they just get to do the impossible. The goalie stops ridiculous one timers and their team can score no matter how well they're covered. The puck just passes through your stick or body and lands on their tape, and regardless or whether or not your goalie is in position it'll go in.
- And the board play is completely fucked. The two players on the boards have a bubble like the goalie does and when you skate up to them you just sorta bounce off them without really getting a chance to dig the puck out. And a couple times now I've been trying to dig a puck out and my guy warps several feet away from the play. So lame.
With that said I'll still pick this up as I'm getting tired of '11 but I'm just not a huge fan with the direction the franchise is going in. Some things are big improvements while other areas are getting worse.
Yeah they really went overboard trying to take away the cross crease which I dont mind, but I just made a soft pass to one of my players with no one around him, it was directly at his stick and barely touched the pass button, the puck ended up flicking off his stick abd losing it. I pulled my hair out after.
Edit: Thank god were on the 2nd pages. Those gifs were killing my phone browser.
Edit: Thank god were on the 2nd pages. Those gifs were killing my phone browser.
Me too, I had a ton of fights in NHL 11 and the numbers dropped significantly in 12 cause of the loop thing. Gotta get that team record
Me too, I had a ton of fights in NHL 11 and the numbers dropped significantly in 12 cause of the loop thing. Gotta get that team record
You already have the record for fights. :lol
Yeah but I mean wsox was gunning for it and I think had more than me before he was off the roster.
And sounds like johnsson might be gunning for it next season too
I think I had one period of 3 goals + EN, but usually i don't get more than 1 or 2.
TheVisualizer
Banned
you already know I'm all over this, I got about 10 prototypes already done, i'll post them later
Marv will add you to the list, let us know what position you want to tryout/compete for
I've found that in HUT you can't hold it NHL 12 style, but when it comes to any other mode in the demo, you can hold it forever.
wsoxfan1214
Banned
wsoxfan1214
Banned
I just did the short side exploit
I think they made it significantly harder to pull off though.
Yea definitely, I've only down it once so far. Seems like it's easier to score top corner if you just come down the middle lane. I think it's to punish defenders who let forwards come down there so easily.
After reading Milly's impressions of Hall & Skinner I went and played around with some of the forwards, and I'm really digging Malkin's build. Perfect balance of speed, shot and ability for what I'm looking for.
After reading Milly's impressions of Hall & Skinner I went and played around with some of the forwards, and I'm really digging Malkin's build. Perfect balance of speed, shot and ability for what I'm looking for.
wsoxfan1214
Banned
Stamkos is by far my favorite. So fucking fast and has the ability to snipe/deke the goalie.
I just did the short side exploit
At a 4% rate!
TheVisualizer
Banned
aight children here are my latest and greatest. Feel free to shit on them as usual, but also keep in mind, I can interchange styles with color combinations so if you like the look of one of them but the colors of another I can make some adjustments.
Per a MOD in the EA Forums absolutely nothing has changed in Create-A-Team/Jersey since last year. I'm at least hopeful the new lighting will allow for some infrequently used colors in the palette to not look like shit this year. Without further ado: (click to enlarge)
Per a MOD in the EA Forums absolutely nothing has changed in Create-A-Team/Jersey since last year. I'm at least hopeful the new lighting will allow for some infrequently used colors in the palette to not look like shit this year. Without further ado: (click to enlarge)
GAF
KILLA BEES
NOZ SPECIALS
BLACK RED & BLUE
GOLDEN
MINTY FRESH
BLOODY SLEEVES & SOCKS
BLUE BLOODS
GREEN ARCH
STANDARD ARMY
TEAL & GOLD
Blue / Orange / White and Blue / Black / White look good imo. Others either look too similar to current team jerseys or look like shit. We sticking with the same symbol as last year?
I kinda like the last teal ones, but I can't decide if they look too much like the Shark's jerseys or not.
I kinda like the last teal ones, but I can't decide if they look too much like the Shark's jerseys or not.
TheVisualizer
Banned
nah man we gotta retire the Clogger and go with something else
TheVisualizer
Banned
it was just a placeholder
As it always is with your jerseys Viz:
Kidding. Some are pretty decent.
GAF ones need more orange on the dark jersey. Something like these I made these last year:
(ignore the yellow ones. aborted those halfway through)
BLOODY SLEEVES & SOCKS - I like the colors but those look like XFL jerseys.
GREEN ARCH - Like the colors here too but I hate those arch jerseys.
TEAL & GOLD - Best ones you made but that greenish color is a bit weird.
I'll dig up some of the ones I made last year since I don't have 12 anymore.
Kidding. Some are pretty decent.
GAF ones need more orange on the dark jersey. Something like these I made these last year:
(ignore the yellow ones. aborted those halfway through)
BLOODY SLEEVES & SOCKS - I like the colors but those look like XFL jerseys.
GREEN ARCH - Like the colors here too but I hate those arch jerseys.
TEAL & GOLD - Best ones you made but that greenish color is a bit weird.
I'll dig up some of the ones I made last year since I don't have 12 anymore.
I always thought the knight logo was the glitchers.
That one cowboy, and money one always seemed to be trouble. EA is so shitty, they don't offer many original logos that are actually decent.
I like the Noz Specials, but then I'm not a fan of darker colors. Everything else is dark red, dark green, dark blue, dark purple, dark orange, dark yellow. I get that we're bad but does everything have to be funeral appropriate/nearly indistinguishable from black shades?
TheVisualizer
Banned
feedback noted, seems like none of my designs are winners
Marv has his own distinct style and I have my own, between the two of us I think we've almost exhausted all the options after 2 years of the same system with our ways of doing things.
Someone else probably needs to play around in the jersey editor and come up with some new ideas or we can look for an existing team's jerseys/logo that everyone agrees upon. I'm open to suggestions so long as they are not that shitty eagle or marvin the martian look-a-like silver knight you guys have used in the past.
Marv has his own distinct style and I have my own, between the two of us I think we've almost exhausted all the options after 2 years of the same system with our ways of doing things.
Someone else probably needs to play around in the jersey editor and come up with some new ideas or we can look for an existing team's jerseys/logo that everyone agrees upon. I'm open to suggestions so long as they are not that shitty eagle or marvin the martian look-a-like silver knight you guys have used in the past.
Your images actually weren't loading when I was looking but they are now. I like all of yours except the last two
TheVisualizer
Banned
yeah its in (My NHL) -> (Creation Zone) -> (Create Team)
you guys can stop kissing my ass, you're already on the team
TheVisualizer
Banned
well if that's the case they will slot in nicely underneath mine and aboves Marv's...
Pretty much. I make normal colored shitty jerseys and you make weird colored shitty jerseys.
Mix your GAF one and the one I posted in response and I think we have a winner.
If we could actually use the HPK logo, it would be our logo. Permanently. End of discussion. Foot is down.
But since it'll never happen we have to use the junk logos they have now. What the hell logo can we even use for NBPK anyway?
The totem pole of shit.
Here's my attempt, lots of dark one's and Black ones, I just think they look better. I didn't bother with socks and all that shit, if you guys want to get better views of the back and what not I'll take more screenshots tomorrow. I still prefer Viz's GAF and icey blue ones but here's some diversity anyways
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3&4
5&6
7&8
9&10
Colors are definitely saturated in these pictures too, shitty EA at their best.
1&2
3&4
5&6
7&8
9&10
Colors are definitely saturated in these pictures too, shitty EA at their best.
