Exclusive NHL 12 Producer Blog: Revamped Be a Pro Mode

[ChaseB]

Operation Sports is happy to bring you an exclusive look at the changes that are being made to NHL 12's Be a Pro mode. EA Canada developer Gurn Sumal will be detailing these changes to the mode and how they should improve the career mode in NHL 12.

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Hey I’m Gurn Sumal, the NHL 12 game modes producer, and I’ll be giving you the goods on our completely revamped Be a Pro mode where we want to see if you can "Be The Next Great Legend." If you’re familiar with Be a Pro mode, you’ll know that the mode was introduced in NHL 09. NHL 12 features the most significant changes to the mode since it was introduced, and if you’ve read my Be a GM blog, you’ll see how the all-new sim engine now allows users to intervene a sim at any point in time during the course of a game. This spawned what we like to call "Earn every shift" and makes Be a Pro mode a much more satisfying and realistic experience.

Folks who have previously played the mode should be sure to check out the end of the blog, as the developers are clearly trying to add a bit of persistence to the year-to-year release of the NHL series.

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[N1ghthors3]

Was hoping for a bit more information, but pretty cool nonetheless. Extremely glad it is not mandatory to do all 4 years in the CHL. Cool feature with the profile carry over, but I think it'd actually be cooler if you could transport your BAP character from 11 to 12 and continue their career from whatever year you left off at. Not too sure if that's really what there getting at or if it just uploads your stats & may unlock certain boosts.

[GrandMaster B]

Glad we don't have to play all 4 years in the CHL

[plaidchuck]

Sounds good, hopefully there will be more "intrigue" during the actual seasons (trades, salary, etc).

[BaylorBearBryant]

Sounds good as always. Love what the devs do with the NHL series. Much happier with them right now than I am with the guys at NCAA Football.

[davel]

will you get to sign a contract with montary value ?

[Merfner]

Looks so f'in amazing.

[Tatguy80]

If the AI is improved over last years, I will be spending alot of time with my pro.

[mikko1995]

My question is do you start in CHL for the 2011-12 season or be elgible for the 2011 Draft? Would be cool if we got to start from the 2007-08 CHL season and play against guys like Tavares, Stamkos, Doughty, Schenn's etc.

[FBeaule04]

It's really looking good on paper. The fact that last year BaP was ruined by the AI is making more cautious about having a strong reaction.

Like Tatguy80 said, if the AI is playing better, I will have a strong % of my time playing with my pro. Especially knowing I can start at 16 years old with the Quebec Remparts.

It's looking pretty good...hope that the AI will follow.