NHL 2011 Wishlist

[Cody]

I always think it's kind of fun to throw around ideas on what we think could make the game better. Also it should be better to toss ideas around here without getting the immature wishes like zamboni destruction derby or thing like that.

So have any ideas on how to improve the game? I am not sure if we can submit our ideas to EA or not, but if there seems to be some really great ideas I will look into it.

Let's hear 'em.

[dso67]

how about commentary with records and career achievements.

[Cody]

great idea.... simple, but I don't know why this has been left out of the game. It would be great if your Be A Pro was being watched and it was made note of as he approached single season and career records. Even team records would be great.

[Jason]

ummm...i got one.






change the 'H' to an 'F' in the title of the game?


:D

[OpticalNerve]

ZAMBONI DESTRUCTION DERBY!!!!!!!!!

and breakable sticks
and ill have more later i always have a bunch i just dont remember them all right away

wristshot/pass (like the mid air slapshot pass but a wrister just hold R2 and shoot manual aim good for dump ins and deflections :) )

[Cody]

Is that better?

[dso67]

the commentary used to be in the game, it's like they got lazy or something.

[Cody]

after 5 games or so, I usually end up muting it.

[dso67]

how about blood back in the game. we now have double minors yet no reason for the double minor. especially with the high sticking calls.

[Cody]

I believe it's just an issue with the game rating. I don't think they want it rated M for Mature.

I doubt there will ever be blood back in the game, but it would be cool given the new injuries, and as you said the double minor high sticking.

[blkhwk21]

Ahhh the good old hockey games, when you could get knocked out, go into convulsions, and a flow of red blood would pool from your head!! Ratings Stink!

[dso67]

lmao

[OpticalNerve]

better faceoffs holy crap better faceoffs they are so garbage... require very little skill should have to really fight for it instead of just timing + faceoff stat and better fighting with this its just hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit hit maybe i suck at fighting but still whats the point of blocking/jersey tug, dodging doesnt work much and yyyyyyeah

Faceoffs
Breaking sticks
Wristshot-pass for tip ins, on ice (hold R2 and shoot) mid air (hold R1 and shoot while in the zone) completely manual aim :)

zamboni destruction derby

[flamesfan]

- Take out boosts
- Change eashl passing to hardcore so people can't just cross crease all day

And what everybody else has said.

I'll add more later, tired right now.. @_@

[Cody]

The trading the AI teams do in Be A GM is crazy. Some pretty bizarre deals that would never take place. I'd like to see the amount of moves made become more realistic, and the deals that do take place be more realistic.

It seems like by the end of the 2nd year in Be A GM, the entire league has moved around, whereas in real life, I'd guess that a team may have a few changes here and there, and usually don't overhaul their entire roster each season. :D

Also, they need to finally put in the ability to offer players on their final year of the their contract an extension. This should already be in the game, get it in there.

Coaches. I think you should be able to fire/hire coaches who all have different tendencies and styles of play. There should be no problem getting real life coaches in the game, both NHL and AHL.

I think the whole scouting part of the game is a bit of a joke. There are no surprises in real life, so why make it a guessing game when you are drafting. There should be no doubt about who the top end prospects are each draft, and what their skills are. The top ranked prospects should be talked about during the regular season, much like Hedmen/Tavares last season, Kane, Crosby, Ovechkin, all these guys had big hype leading up to their drafts.

I guess I'd like to see the Be A GM mode really focuses on as I believe it to be the premier offline mode, not Be A Pro. I may be alone on that one, but Be A Pro seems like a good idea on the surface, but it really is a gimmicky mode if you ask me.

[DrewMongo16]

In Be A Pro, Let other players fight too, its weird being on a team with Sean Avery, Aaron Voros, and Donald Brashear that I'm the only fighter

[Cody]

Ya, that's been bugging me big time. They claim that the AI players are supposed to play to their real life personalities, yet the goons don't fight, and the fourth liners are wheeling around playing the same as the 1st liners.

They really need to overhaul this franchise IMO.

[OpticalNerve]

in bagm fighters occasionally start shit and ask for fights but yeah bap never, computer vs computer would be cool i guess without the first person veiw if your watching and fighting just sucks period theres not enough control or things to do fights arent always trading punches right in the face till someone drops

[Cody]

I don't know what you guys think, but I believe they should focus on just making the BAGM mode way more in depth and realistic.

How many trades do we see in the NHL each year? This should be reflected in the game, I find it very annoying that every team in the game is completely overhauled by the end of the first season.

Also I want the gameplay to be more realistic. EA doesn't even have it remotely close to a real life game of hockey. I believe it is possible to make it, and I wish they would. How many times in real life do we see that stupid cross crease play? NEVER! I think the puck should be a harder object to control and have it kind of bouncing around, passing should be a little harder to execute and to receive.

Players should resemble their real life self. Maybe instead of most players being rated 75-90 there should be a wider scale used. Ovechkin being like a 95, Derek Boogaard being a 40?

[DrewMongo16]

yea, but alot of people want to play BAP, at least I do, they should have it more in depth, like talking to media. Every few years have an olympics and you represent your country. Maybe the Skills competition, you get Exp. points for winning an event for a certain attribute. Let you skate around pre game instead of the CPU, or show walking out of the Locker room. Ideas

[maynard10000]

i would like to see sticks breaking, people getting knocked into the benches, how about a multiplayer be a pro online mode? glass breaking eahl practice with your teammates, eliminate the gay shit like money shots and glitches. make passing harder so cross crease is harder, goalies take better angles.improve board play not that its bad but just add more to it, like being able to jump or straighten up to keep the puck in the zone. smarter defensive play by the ai

[j.piotrowski@live.ca]

NHL 10 is a great game but there are a few things that could make it better.

1. I think that NHL 11 should introduce OHL,WHL and QHL into BE A PRO and BE A GM.- This way their would be more realistic people in the game instead of drafting no namers.

2. The goalies movements have gotten better over the years but there are still really dumb things that they do so it would be nice to see that get fixed. I have lost allot of games that have gone into OT and its been the dumbest goal.

3. For ONLINE SEASON you should be able to do a FANTISY DRAFT, I think it would make it allot better to play with your friends, just being able to put your own team together and every thing

4. For BE A PRO take off all the gross equipment, you should be just able to wear normal gear and as you get more experience points you should be able to up your skill.

5. When you Create a goalie you should be also able to pick the design and then the colour of the helmet. Just like you can with the pads and stick.

6. I think the players should also have more realistic movement, skating and deaking, Just to make the game feel more realistic.

[OvieOneKenobi]

I go to a lot of hockey games and the best part is ATMOSPHERE. In NHL 2011 they shud include better intros (music, crowd cheering, movies announcer) Their shud be announcer telling you who scored and tryin to get ur crowd pumped up. When you score the crowd shud go crazy. I would also like to see similar to nhl 2k10 some superstar dekes that only the best players can execute.

SUMMARY
Better intros
Better Crowd
Announcer
Superstar Dekes

[jayleafs15]

I really enjoyed NHL 2010 and one thing I would love to see would be watching the stanley cup banner being raised for the home opener for whoever won the cup the previous year....i think it would be awesome seeing the fans going nuts at the home opener and watching the banner rise

[dso67]

solid idea actually. it's little things like that, that would add more to the game than stupid camo gear.