NHL 11 News

[supraman]

Yeah they'll buy the game anyway and Toews deserves it, more so than Kane did last year (no offense to Kane). Toews at 22 has pretty much conquered the hockey world. He deserves the cover. **** them.

 

[roshinaya]

EASports not releasing these games on the PC is a big bag of doodoo.

 

[LordKOTL]

[quote name="roshinaya"]EASports not releasing these games on the PC is a big bag of doodoo.[/quote]



Exactly, considering any PC worth a smeg nowadays rapes the hell out of the PS3 and the 360 in terms of performance.



Unfortunately, EA's reaction is something along the lines of "but but but, people will pirate the games!" as if they couldn't for any of the consoles if they really wanted to.

 

[TSD]

[quote name="LordKOTL"]



Exactly, considering any PC worth a smeg nowadays rapes the hell out of the PS3 and the 360 in terms of performance.



Unfortunately, EA's reaction is something along the lines of "but but but, people will pirate the games!" as if they couldn't for any of the consoles if they really wanted to.[/quote]





I mean I understand companies complaints re: pirating, there are plenty of developers that put no dlc on their releases and still get great sales.



imo, the answer to all pirating problems on PC is steam. Creative assembly (total war games) started with empire making even cd versions require steam. It links the game to your steam account and requires steam to play, theres no way to pirate around it (or its far far harder).



The only time you "have" to be online is during the intial install, following that you can play steam games in offline mode. So its not like the pain in the ass dlc, that will keep you from playign a game if your internet is out.



Added benefit, you can even play retail store bought games without the disc.



As far as consoles are concerned, I dont know much about piracy on the current gen consoles, but I mod chipped my PSOne, and just rented and burned games, as opposed to buying them.



TO my knowledge you could do the same to a ps2, i had a friend with a dream cast and some sort of dev disc you boot up first then it would play copied games.



The only reason its not as prevalent on consoles is because its harder to do, its not as simple as finding a torrent and downloading, But if, consoles continue this trend of becoming a multimedia PC platform as opposed to just a gaming console, they could end up subject to the same piracy.

 

[KRAZYHWKFAN]

I was really hoping 11 would come out on the wii. But they decided that wii users needed a "Special" game. NHL slapshot. It doesn't look quite as good as NHL 11, but maybe that's just me remembering how choppy, and un realistic the gameplay was on NHL 2K10. 2K sports should die in a hole. I'll be happy If the graphics are close to as good as I saw NHL 10 on PS3, and it features regular season, franchise, and playoff modes along with the "Pee-wee to Pro" Mode which is ALL they talk about on trailers. How much attention it's getting is making me think it's going to be a rip-off. I also hope that you can play with remote/nunchuck and not required to use the mini stick, in case it pisses me off as much as the rest of the motion controls.

 

[Guest]

[quote name="KRAZYHWKFAN"]I was really hoping 11 would come out on the wii. But they decided that wii users needed a "Special" game. NHL slapshot. It doesn't look quite as good as NHL 11, but maybe that's just me remembering how choppy, and un realistic the gameplay was on NHL 2K10. 2K sports should die in a hole. I'll be happy If the graphics are close to as good as I saw NHL 10 on PS3, and it features regular season, franchise, and playoff modes along with the "Pee-wee to Pro" Mode which is ALL they talk about on trailers. How much attention it's getting is making me think it's going to be a rip-off. I also hope that you can play with remote/nunchuck and not required to use the mini stick, in case it pisses me off as much as the rest of the motion controls.[/quote]



It's kind of tough to make a legit game with all the features that the PS3 and Xbox360 have for a Wii remote. Not as many buttons to use and such.

 

[TSD]

[quote name="TJD"]



It's kind of tough to make a legit game with all the features that the PS3 and Xbox360 have for a Wii remote. Not as many buttons to use and such.[/quote]



They would also have to create a new game engine, as it exists on ps3 and xbox it cant run on wii. Same with PC, any half way modern pc with a mid range graphics solution has more power than a PS3 or Xbox (for reference, i believe xbox is using a modified 7 series Nvidia graphics chip) on the PC Nvidia 8XXX and 9XXX are already dinosaurs in fact they dont even use that numbering system anymore. But it would have to be recoded for use on the pc and ported, and i dont think EA feels the market on either WII or PC, warrant the effort for them. So with Wii they made a gimmick game that will appeal to a wider audience while giving them a hockey game.



I develop Applications for various systems, web apps, back end unix apps, etc etc. You would be surprised how much of a pain in the ass it can be just to get a web app to run correctly on different browers and usually you have to make it available for all of the main stream browsers, IE, firefox, safari, opera etc etc. Its a problem because 3 browsers might support the use of x feature while one doesnt, so then you have to hit the drawing board again to find another solution to get certain functionality that will work across the board.



Then performance factors in, what kinds of systems should this be able to run on? which becomes tough if you want a feature rich powerful application, but your limiting the user range, because it will bring a computer made in 2001 to its knees. So what do you do develop different versions? gimp it for everyone? Usually what ends up happening is you say sorry charlie to one particular range of users.



So for EA the key profit margin is just to develop for PS3 xbox.

 

[KRAZYHWKFAN]

[quote name="TSD"]



They would also have to create a new game engine, as it exists on ps3 and xbox it cant run on wii. Same with PC, any half way modern pc with a mid range graphics solution has more power than a PS3 or Xbox (for reference, i believe xbox is using a modified 7 series Nvidia graphics chip) on the PC Nvidia 8XXX and 9XXX are already dinosaurs in fact they dont even use that numbering system anymore. But it would have to be recoded for use on the pc and ported, and i dont think EA feels the market on either WII or PC, warrant the effort for them. So with Wii they made a gimmick game that will appeal to a wider audience while giving them a hockey game.



I develop Applications for various systems, web apps, back end unix apps, etc etc. You would be surprised how much of a pain in the ass it can be just to get a web app to run correctly on different browers and usually you have to make it available for all of the main stream browsers, IE, firefox, safari, opera etc etc. Its a problem because 3 browsers might support the use of x feature while one doesnt, so then you have to hit the drawing board again to find another solution to get certain functionality that will work across the board.



Then performance factors in, what kinds of systems should this be able to run on? which becomes tough if you want a feature rich powerful application, but your limiting the user range, because it will bring a computer made in 2001 to its knees. So what do you do develop different versions? gimp it for everyone? Usually what ends up happening is you say sorry charlie to one particular range of users.



So for EA the key profit margin is just to develop for PS3 xbox.[/quote]



My .. .... my head......it....it seems to have exploded.

 

[supraman]

First off demo comes out Tuesday. Second WHALERS JERSEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Variable]

Demo came out last night for Xbox. Tough to play while masturbating.

 

[supraman]

So i take it, it is so good it causes you to furiously **********?

 

[whiteevo]

four things will happen.



1. will get the game for Christmas

2. will play game for one day and realize i'm terrible and hate the game.

3. will swear to not get next years game

4. repeat all steps next year

 

[phranchk]

[quote name="whiteevo"]four things will happen.



1. will get the game for Christmas

2. will play game for one day and realize i'm terrible and hate the game.

3. will swear to not get next years game

4. repeat all steps next year[/quote]

I started out terrible at it. It becomes so addictive. Spend time in the practice modes and playing on easy for awhile. In fact, download the demo and start playing it now.

 

[supraman]

yeah start out on easy and bump it up as you get better.

 

[The Count Dante]

I will share my own level of suck...



I bought 08, which was the last one I had played since about 92 -ish. The new controls were brutal and played for about 2 days before I ditched it.



09 was the start of the Be a Pro mode and here all I ever had to worry about was controlling one guy. I found that THIS was the point of the game that allowed me to learn and start playing and having fun. Now, to this day, I am horrible at the 1v1 (as supra can attest to), but as a single player, I dont suck too hard and have a blast.



So my advice would be play Be a Pro on easy. Takes some time but when it sticks, it is second nature.

 

[supraman]

[quote name="THe Count Dante"]I will share my own level of suck...



I bought 08, which was the last one I had played since about 92 -ish. The new controls were brutal and played for about 2 days before I ditched it.



09 was the start of the Be a Pro mode and here all I ever had to worry about was controlling one guy. I found that THIS was the point of the game that allowed me to learn and start playing and having fun. Now, to this day, I am horrible at the 1v1 (as supra can attest to), but as a single player, I dont suck too hard and have a blast.



So my advice would be play Be a Pro on easy. Takes some time but when it sticks, it is second nature.[/quote]



He really aint that bad I beat him 3-2 in OT last night and had to work hard for it.

 

[phranchk]

Playstation Network is pissing me off. Release the damn updates already Sony!

I've been patiently waiting all day for the demo to release for PS3. As of right now still nothing.

 

[supraman]

Okay so my impressions. I didnt mess with the ultimate team crap yet but jumped right in to play the game. First off the checking is now very realistic you dont put guys on their butt a whole lot but you do separate them from the puck more consistently. The manual hip check is flukey and I am worried that it will be a tripping exploit, I missed the guy and was still down in the hip check and he bumped into me and hit the ice. I can imagine if you learn the timing for them they will be devastating. I scored 2 goals one was luck I just blasted it near side by Toews and it went, 2nd was an ULTRA tight cross crease that Bolland flipped in. The D is a lot better at the cross crease and they back all the way up FINALLY but I do think X creasing real close is gonna get it done more often than not. The new faceoffs first game I played DOMINATED with them 2nd game did alright but they again are much more realistic and I might just be able to play Center in club games.

 

[esbrechtel]

I have played the demo for about an hour and I have a few likes and dislikes



Likes

Hitting is awesome once you get the hang of it

New passing, I thought the passing seemed really slow until I discovered that you can pass harder/faster if you hold the button...I love that you can pace your passes

New physics engine is pretty cool and I will be interested to see what it develops

I actually didn't think I would even mess with HUT but I can see the potential in it





Dislikes

The players feel slow

HUT line up menus are kind of confusing

User Celebrations don't give you enough time to play with them/figure them out



Overall I do think this version of NHL looks like it might be the biggest jump since after 2007 before 2008.

 

[Ruhtra]

I got to fiddle with the demo this evening. Real cool stuff. It's a bit to get used to at first, but once I settled in, it went well. My only complaints are it seems that when I pass, my passes at times get sent to the wrong player (see - covered player), instead of who I intended. That got to be frustrating. Outside of that, I like everything they've done with the game, from the new physics engine to the new faceoff system to the HUT mode. September 7 can't come fast enough.