NHL 11 [PS3 & Xbox360]

Honome

Honome

The Hated Chatbox Murder
16 April 2003
Brasil
Fluminense
The best sport game for PS3 and XBOX360 is back and better than ever, always focusing the simulation and realistic gameplay the new additions this year are a new phisics-engine, better face-off engine, ultimate team (very similar to fifa but we don´t need to pay for it, it´s already on the game we buy), loose and broken sticks, lot of new leagues and a spetacular gameplay.

Demo is already avaiable on PSN and XBL, including ultimate team gameplay.

Here are some videos and previews.

Videos:

NHL 11 Video Game, Review HD | Video Clip | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com

YouTube - NHL 11 - PS3 | Xbox 360 - Ultimate Hockey League developer blog official video game trailer HD

Previews:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1110238p1.html
 
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The person playing in the first video does not know how to play hockey. lol.

But the real-time physics on the hits looks sooo good and they managed to make it look even better than 10. Can't wait for this game.
 
Played the demo and really enjoyed it. More so than NHL 10 which I played briefly on the 360. Will most likely pick this up for the PS3 in September.
 
same old crap from EA, played the demo and has the same problems fifa does, NO INDIVIDUALITY, all players feel and play the same... still playing NHL 2k
 
gomito#10 said:
same old crap from EA, played the demo and has the same problems fifa does, NO INDIVIDUALITY, all players feel and play the same... still playing NHL 2k
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:LOL:

Well, you know that this year you have to buy a Wii to play 2k hockey, right?

And don´t compare nhl to fifa, nhl is much ahead of fifa in terms of simulation and realism. The producers in nhl actually listen the fanbase and changes the gameplay based on theirs ideas, something that we still don´t see happening on fifa, and they are always trying to make the game more simulation than arcade.
 
Honome_WEC said:
:LOL:

Well, you know that this year you have to buy a Wii to play 2k hockey, right?

And don´t compare nhl to fifa, nhl is much ahead of fifa in terms of simulation and realism. The producers in nhl actually listen the fanbase and changes the gameplay based on theirs ideas, something that we still don´t see happening on fifa, and they are always trying to make the game more simulation than arcade.
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no way dude, this game hasnt changned much in 3 years, same type of goals always scored, ping pong passing and no individuality
 
gomito#10 said:
no way dude, this game hasnt changned much in 3 years, same type of goals always scored, ping pong passing and no individuality
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hey, ove, it seems you´re kind of paranoid with ping-pong mate, you´re seeing it everywhere :LOL:
 
Maybe gomito can show us some "ping-pong" passes in the last video!

:LOL:

I haven´t seen even once.
 
Gomito is right about individuality though, they all still feel the same to me. Do they have different skating styles? If they do I never noticed it. If they can fix that so that they feel different it would make it so much better. Kind of like FIFA, I like the engine but it lacks severely in individuality.
 
it seems so plastic its unreal... there is nothing to that game.. i dont get it.. it is the most overated sports game of all time, and the way the puck sticks to the stick is ridiculous... the guys dont skate correctly either, i can tell im going to hate it
 
Game is fun.
In a 360 club after everyone vacated the PS3. Well one guy did due to cashflow and everyone else was decent enough to move console as most had both.

Won't buy but will get on long term rental.
 
gomito#10 said:
it seems so plastic its unreal... there is nothing to that game.. i dont get it.. it is the most overated sports game of all time, and the way the puck sticks to the stick is ridiculous... the guys dont skate correctly either, i can tell im going to hate it
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Well mate, you´re right. If you only look for those small glitches in the game you´ll never like it, in fact you´ll never like any game at all since all the games that i know had those small kind of problems, specially sport games.

Although those small problems doesn´t seen enough for me to say the game is horrible or worse, to say it´s the most overrated sports game of all time. Unless EA had bribed every reviewer since 2008 you must admit the game have a lot of strong qualities that you can´t see.

But in the end it all ends being a matter of taste, you don´t like the game, and probably never will, but i think sometimes you exaggerates in your "hate". :P

You should try the game anyway. The hardcore mode is great for simulation players, and for the online games they put in default the pass being almost manual, i can only imagine the difference in Fifa online gaming if they made the same decision. Even the game having its problems they try to put the gameplay in the direction of simulation every year, even for online modes. I believe that the individuality really must be worked for next versions, and not only on NHL, almost all EA Sports games have problems in that matter, i really hope they try to change it in the near future.

Anyway i´ll be online playing NHL 11 on the PS3 probably on october, or when i can find the game on a reasonable proce here in Brasil. :P

Feel free to rent the game so we can play some matches. ;)

And i´ll get Fifa 11 also, only for manual online, you have plans to buy it for PS3 or will only play it on the 360?
 
Honome_WEC said:
Well mate, you´re right. If you only look for those small glitches in the game you´ll never like it, in fact you´ll never like any game at all since all the games that i know had those small kind of problems, specially sport games.

Although those small problems doesn´t seen enough for me to say the game is horrible or worse, to say it´s the most overrated sports game of all time. Unless EA had bribed every reviewer since 2008 you must admit the game have a lot of strong qualities that you can´t see.

But in the end it all ends being a matter of taste, you don´t like the game, and probably never will, but i think sometimes you exaggerates in your "hate". :P

You should try the game anyway. The hardcore mode is great for simulation players, and for the online games they put in default the pass being almost manual, i can only imagine the difference in Fifa online gaming if they made the same decision. Even the game having its problems they try to put the gameplay in the direction of simulation every year, even for online modes. I believe that the individuality really must be worked for next versions, and not only on NHL, almost all EA Sports games have problems in that matter, i really hope they try to change it in the near future.

Anyway i´ll be online playing NHL 11 on the PS3 probably on october, or when i can find the game on a reasonable proce here in Brasil. :P

Feel free to rent the game so we can play some matches. ;)

And i´ll get Fifa 11 also, only for manual online, you have plans to buy it for PS3 or will only play it on the 360?
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mate i think i am back in the PES boat... i have NHL 11 now, but going on holiday till sunday, Im sure i will get fifa 11, but all of my friends have xbox and I will only play against them, friends as in, ones I can high five in person, not virtual ones like you, LOL.

THe problem I have with NHL is that it just is not fun... the scoring is the same on all of the goals, the great players do not stand out in any way.. etc...

from the fifa videos it seems the game has not changend at from WC(which turnend out to be ok, but still not the same fun i had on WE7i) looking forward to playing both PES and FIFA. I wish we could do online masterleague on the same team like we could for NHL2k10.. that mode was awesome...
 
gomito#10 said:
mate i think i am back in the PES boat... i have NHL 11 now, but going on holiday till sunday, Im sure i will get fifa 11, but all of my friends have xbox and I will only play against them, friends as in, ones I can high five in person, not virtual ones like you, LOL.

THe problem I have with NHL is that it just is not fun... the scoring is the same on all of the goals, the great players do not stand out in any way.. etc...

from the fifa videos it seems the game has not changend at from WC(which turnend out to be ok, but still not the same fun i had on WE7i) looking forward to playing both PES and FIFA. I wish we could do online masterleague on the same team like we could for NHL2k10.. that mode was awesome...
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Well, before buying Fifa i´ll buy PES2011, for sure. I really enjoyed the beta and the AI is always better than Fifa games, i really like playing the ML.

But Fifa have manual and manual online is the best way to play, you should join TAMFA for manual player on PS3, lots and lots of full manual players over there. Only manual saves Fifa, since the AI is too boring, mostly for the lack of sliders to adjust gameplay.
 
i have been playing this and here are my thoughts

1. the goalie deflections happen often, basically almost every shot hits the shoulder pad and goes behind the keeper, bad bad bug.. it does not happen that often

2.like fifa, passes in tight spaces are almost impossible

3. how the heck do you play defense?

4. the cpu goes straight ahead to the goal on every rush... gay

i will play some more today but again not seeing the hype about this game
 
i gotta admit i scored an amazing goal last night, i shot it with a dman and it bouncend off the keeper my forward came on to it and hit it out of the air and scored, the ref waived it off, but then they went to the replay and they said it was good, not sure if this was in the old 2k games, but it was pretty awesome.. will play some more today.. maybe i am changing my mind on this game
 
gomito#10 said:
i gotta admit i scored an amazing goal last night, i shot it with a dman and it bouncend off the keeper my forward came on to it and hit it out of the air and scored, the ref waived it off, but then they went to the replay and they said it was good, not sure if this was in the old 2k games, but it was pretty awesome.. will play some more today.. maybe i am changing my mind on this game
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Are you changing sliders? The game is much better adjusting sliders, specially for goalies, players speed, puck control, pokecheck and shot accuracy, is much more enjoyable than default settings.
 
It's a good game. I didn't buy NHL10, so from the NHL09 it feels actually like a decent step in the right direction. If I bought NHL10, I wouldn't buy this game though. NHL2k sucked lately. 2k8 was awesome but since then it became shit.
P.S. Ovie rules, let's go CAPS! Hope they win the cup this year,or at least my hometown Wings.
 
Fc_Zenit_Fan said:
It's a good game. I didn't buy NHL10, so from the NHL09 it feels actually like a decent step in the right direction. If I bought NHL10, I wouldn't buy this game though. NHL2k sucked lately. 2k8 was awesome but since then it became shit.
P.S. Ovie rules, let's go CAPS! Hope they win the cup this year,or at least my hometown Wings.
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LETS GO CAPS
 
jflores said:
Gomito, you recommend me purchasing this game? I've always liked playing hockey games.
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i dont know dude, i played last night, it is really really hard... it has alot of mangerial depth, but i cant judge the gameplay just yet.. it feels good but i keep getting beat like 7-1 from the cpu...
 
This game reminds me of FIFA. They have pretty good technology going, but they have ZERO tactical stuff as in attacking patterns or defending behaviour that are based from real life.

It's very much like junior hockey where you have your positions, but then there are no organised play with trained patterns. Like dumping the puck and go circling in the corners to open up the defence and stuff.

When watching the NBA2K game, it looks like that is the only game that takes realistic attacking/defending behaviour seriously.
 
i played again last night, this game sucks. There is no life to the players on the ice. There are very cool features and animations, but the gameplay does not change from game to game, gets old
 
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