NHL 13 Wishlist

[BlackXEyes]

bring back : Action Tracker I like it for NHL 13
Lower - Goalie Reaction Speed so that Be A NHL Pro goalie is playable
and up the human goalie reaction speed

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Al_Tito13

- A lot lower puck control, especially on Hardcore, this is the most important point by far - Lower pass reception ease - More pressure on the puck carrier - Better defensive AI - Full collision detection where even small contacts without having to use the right stick impact the puck carrier - True stick physics to avoid sticks going through things like legs, skates, other sticks, puck - All sliders with a scale from 0 to 100 to have a full customizable gameplay - Hardcore game style should provide a real simulation and sloppy gameplay

Your list here Tito is pretty much just what I'd love to see for '13'.

[gopher_guy]

I really want to see a fatigue system like there is in FIFA.

On a long road trip? Guys are going to get tired, maybe if you get up by a couple goals early in a game late in a road trip, you can choose to roll out your 3rd and 4th checking lines out there more often to save the legs of your top line guys.

[kestrel]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake19ny

3) customizable goalie masks

I would love this as a new feature. Make it similar to Team Builder in NCAA: a web-based creator that would allow people to create masks and share them. You could have artists attempt to recreate real-life masks. You could have the actual artists recreate the masks they have created for goalies. You could have up-and-coming artists get discovered by real-life players and be commissioned to design their mask. The possibilities are awesome.

[Nickflyers]

My Turn.

Gameplay:
-Lighten up the CPU's magnetic sticks.
-CPU's fast dumping of the puck during the PK. They take a split second to launch a puck high into the air, yet for us it takes a second or two. Not many NHLers can launch a backhander 20 feet in the air down the ice.
-Better fight, cpu INSTIGATES like in NHL04
-MOMENTUM
-Faceoffs. For some reason this year if the draw is tied up my players pull back, the hell happened between NHl11 and 12???
- Fix the freaking Hip Check
-Goalie Fatigue
-Fix the damn Delay of Game penalty. Had one called where it went into the bench and was called.
-Better Crowd reaction. I played a game last night leading 3-1 vs Winnipeg IN PHILLY and the crowd was dead silent. Come on!!
-Stick clipping(Mentioned a few times)
-Goalie animations, styles. Tim Thomas playing like himself, Bobrovsky playing flexible fast butterfly, etc.
-Speed seperation, especially backwards. Helm, Cogliano, Grabner, etc. should not be kept up with a backwards skating Hal Gill in a straight line. A Jody Shelley should not be keeping up with say Datsyuk.
-Attribute variation, get feedback from scouts or something. Harry Z(Flyers) was rated a 64 with ALL his attributes at a 66, come on EA. Allow for a bigger range. NHL 68-99, AHL 50-68, CHL 30-50(occasional 60/70) Europe 40-70. Something to that range. The difference between Crosby and Sean Couturier should not be 14(iirc)

OTHERS(Mostly BAGM)
-More involvement/interaction between you and the team/players. Not just play a game, play a game, play a game etc.
-Hot/Cold streaks
-Breakout years
-Chemisty!!
-Better Scouting system
-Better Trade style
-Budgets, example Nashville. Play better more fans, more income, play worse lose fans lose $$$$
-PLEASE allow us to confirm or deny a trade. I hate having to have a back-up save when I try to make a move. This way we can see what we can get for the trades.
-Team Separation. Detroit play like Detroit not like everyone else in the league.
-BETTER PRESENTATION. Get versus/cbc/NBC rights. NHL2k5 Was amazing at that with ESPN.
-Fix the faces, can't be that hard.
-ROSTER SHARING!!!!


-Extensive testing of your game PLEASE!! I hate paying $60 bucks for a flawed game.

[cyborgdholliday]

Okay, So I genuinely want a game that's leaps and bounds over its predecessors. I don't think that is unreasonable considering that 12 is so much like 11 and 11 being so much like 10.

First and foremost. Be-A-GM needs a dramatic overhaul. The approach to the draft within the game, the approach to prospects and prospect development, the nuances within the season. Players need to have hot and cold streaks, there needs to be a huge overhaul to team strategies, teams need to play more like they do on ice. Suspensions. Realistic contracts and being able to negotiate in the middle of the season. Chemistry. More of a role from your owner, if your team is playing well, then he'll give you more money to spend, if you're not performing well than vice versa, especially for smaller market teams.


Gameplay, Something feels incomplete. No more easy wrap around goals. More realistic officiating and penalties. The CPU needs to play more competently.

Other aspects.
Roster Sharing.
Bring in Legend Teams, '76 Canadiens, '55 Canadiens, '74 Flyers, '97 Red Wings, '50 Red Wings, '02 Red Wings, '96 Avalanche, '01 Avalanche, '00 Devils, '80 Islanders, '84 Oilers, '91 Penguins, '94 Rangers, '67 Maple Leafs, etc.

If not to that extent, put in each team's best overall team. I understand a team like the Blue Jackets haven't had a storied franchise, but playing as the Centennial Canadiens again, along with the best Flyers team that would feature Clarke and Lindros would be neat. Include the best defunct teams rosters too, such as the best Nordiques' team with the Stastny brothers, and the best Whalers' team with Francis and Verbeek would be neat and demonstrate a true effort at incorporating the best players of NHL history into the game.

Work on stats, if you're going to have legends, Gretzky and Lemieux should be significantly better than Crosby, even though he is the greatest player in the NHL today. And Crosby should be significantly better than someone like Jiri Hudler.

Presentation should be better, in game animations and such should be better. I love Gary Thorne and Bill Clement, but it'd be nice if other teams of commentators along with them were included.


Overall, the series is growing more dull with all these marginal changes.

[SinisterAlex]

No more new game modes, more fixes to gameplay/ presentation.

That is all.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Online leagues to be like NBA 2k11. Ability to reset games. More in depth roster movement, and take it a step further, make it a franchise mode, with salary cap free agent bidding everything. (still waiting for that in madden)

[cripes]

Gameplay
- Goalies need to be better with their angles. If you allow a goaltender to go backwards slightly into the net (no more invisible wall at the goal mouth) then they can truly seal the post. It's ridiculous when someone takes a wrister at almost behind the net and it goes in because the goalie can't get to the post.

- I (perhaps naively) expect things like hip checking to get better in the 2nd run through of the physics engine. I would like to see everything get a bit crispier, more on that below...

-For the love of god, defense needs to be better. A defender should be able to receive a pass just as frequently as an offensive player, specifically in the slot. If I set my defense to "protect the net" and "collapsing" that should mean they park themselves right in front of my goalie, specifically protecting against passes into the slot/across the crease.

-I would like to see some type of offensive blue line awareness. It would be nice if the players actually tried to keep pucks in and if I wanted to skate near the line, there should be an automatic effort to keep the puck in (similar to how this year players slide their back skate to stay onside which I LOVE!)

-Multiple celebrations that you can pick from. I desperately want to use my stick as a fake bow and arrow.

Be a GM
-CHEMISTRY! SNP-PLY-SNP = Boost, TGH-SNP-PLY = No boost. I would like this to be fluid as well, so if lines are scoring in consecutive games etc.. then chemistry goes up or down if they have been shut out.

-Hot/Cold Streaks

-Ability to restructure contracts mid-season!!!!! It's allowed in the NHL, I love that we have the RFA last 2 years now lets expand on this!

-More goals set per season than "win x games and make conference finals." There should be something like 2-3 crucial goals and 2-3 recommended goals. Similar to BAP. (ie have a player place in the top 10 in +/-)

Other
-Fix created plays. After one pass, the play disappears. Loved this in 10, broken in 11&12.

-All sliders customizable 1-100, idc about using them online because as long as the game plays for everyone the same online I think that is fair.

-It shouldn't take me 5 minutes from pressing start to get where I want to go. Menus take FOREVER!

-As others have said, some type of license would be neat. NBC/Versus I'm sure would love to get on board. Would love to hear Emeric go nuts during a game.

That is all, for now.... Interested to hear what other people think of these..

[savoie2006]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but I would like to see team try outs for Free Agents added. Also, player tendancies.