


In addition, they’ll be better positioned and more open to the net for passes in the O-zone.

IMPROVED AI HOCKET IQ: AI has been optimized to make sure that your teammates can break out on their own and hit you with a pass in stride so you can keep drivingto the net.Or just chip the puck past a flatfooted defenseman and burn him on your way to the goal Bank the puck off the boards and around your opponent or use the back of the net to do the same. Get small and slippery along the boards as you squeakby a defender’s check. SLIPS, BANKS AND CHIPS: NHL 21 revolutionizes neutral zone play with the addition of slips, banks and chips.Shake off a pesky defender by banking the puck off the back of the net to create space, just like Sid.Each of these iconic moves created an unforgettable hockey moment create your own in NHL 21 Score from an impossible angle with an insane between-the-legs one-timer just like Matthew Tkachuk. SUPERSTAR – INSPIRED INNOVATION: Find yourself behind the net and catch the defence sleeping? Scoop up the puck and tuck it under the bar for a jaw-dropping Michigan.Break the goalie’s brain with Kucherov’s no-deke deke.Because I have a strong feeling that EA is just gonna keep on doing what they do– not give any * about what their lifelong fans and customers desire. I just wish I knew how to design and construct video games.because if I at least knew enough about what I was doing, I would base EA’s on-ice gameplay design as a template and just add new features like the ones you and I (I’m sure MANY others too) have been looking for. The in-game/on-ice mechanics and dynamics of EA-designed games are solid for the most part. You know why? Because they are technically a monopolistic entity-there’s no other company that produces NHL video games (market-competitive). You can still create teams in the recent (18, 19, and 20) NHLs but in this new half-assed tournament mode that EA is apparently sticking to, you can’t even substitute any of the freaking teams!!! How pathetic is that!!? Welp, EA decided it just wasn’t as valuable and fruitful as something like, ya’know, adding yet more of the same lackluster tweaks to the online features or just more childish installment features like mini 3-on-3’s. There are other great features, as well, that EA has decided to “laze” out of the game entirely, such as the international tournaments–possibly my favorite feature of all time. They have been the same old rinky-dink cartoon logos for almost two decades now. Just look at the logo choices they have “provided” over the years. For the most part, however, EA has merely proven to be the ignorant, lazy company they truly are by making absolutely NO substantial, positive changes to this particular feature. I have obsessed over the Create-a-Team feature for as long as I can remember playing NHL.
