My Suggestions For Nhl 2k8

[mega0661]

NHL2K is a good hockey simulation that has the potential of being great. The graphics and game-play is headed in the right direction.

CONCERNING THE ARENAS, THE SEATS NEED TO LOOK LIKE SEATS, INSTEAD OF LOOKING LIKE ROMAN STEPS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEATS WHERE THE GOAL JUDGE IS DURING THE HOCKEY GAME, IT LOOKS LIKE SEATS MEANT FOR THE ROMAN COLISEUM. DESIGN THE SEATS TO LOOK LIKE SEATS IN AN ARENA.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: DEVELOP MADISON SQUARE TO LOOK LIKE MADISON SQUARE. IT'S AN "ORIGINAL SIX" TEAM. REVAMP THE GARDEN.

GIVE MORE OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO EQUIPMENT AND ASSESSORIES. THERE SHOULD BE MORE DESIGN OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO GOALIES MASK. HAVE THE STRAP ON PLAYERS HELMETS BE HOOKED OR UNHOOKED.

THE ARENAS SHOULD BE MORE INTENSE WHEN IT COMES TO CRUCIAL SITUATIONS OR MOMENTS IN THE GAME. IT SHOULD BE FLAT OUT INTENSE. THE GAME LACKS THAT INTENSITY WHEN IT COMES FANS AND GOALS BEING SCORED.

GET RID OF THE HITTING MECHANICS. EVEN IN THE SIMULATION MODE THE AI WAS KILLING ME WITH HITS AND I WAS DOING THE SAME. MAKE IT HARDER TO SCORE. LESS FORE-CHECKING. I MEAN THE OVER DRAMATIC HITTING. PLAYERS DROPPING TO FLOOR LIKE FLIES.

ADD SHOOT AROUNDS BEFORE THE GAME. LET GAME-PLAYERS SHOOT BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME. MAKE IT COMPETITIVE. HAVE AN OPTION WHETHER OR NOT THE GAMEPLAYER WANTS TO CHALLENGE THE AI. IF THE PLAYER SUCCEEDS, IT HELPS BOOST TEAMS MORAL BEFORE THE GAME. SHOW OUTSIDE THE ARENA AND THE MANY CITIES THAT INTEREST US.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE YOU WANT IN THE STADIUM. STADIUMS AREN'T ALWAYS SOLD OUT.

HAVE HALFTIME INTERVIEWS IN HOME TEAMS HALLWAYS.

[mega0661]

I mean 2k9

[RoadDoggFL]

No to the interviews. Sorry, but with commentary still as bad as it is I can't imagine interviews would be worth looking at after the second time.

As for MSG, there are probably licensing issues with an accurate representation of it. Apparently there are a few arenas in the game that are just generic, hopefully they're faithfully reproduced in 2K9 but don't bank on it.

My $.02, though you should try VeNOM's sliders to help with the hitting.

[kingbrehm]

Halftime interviews? Sounds like you're a real hockey buff.

Anyways, interviews get stupid and repetitive, and unless VC adds in 82 variations of interviews; it will get real old, real quick.

I agree with you on the intensity issue though; arena atmosphere sucked this year ... see all the other 2k9 wishlists; it's on 90% of the lists.

[mega0661]

King, I just added the interview part because I thought hockey gamers would like it. You and Dog are right about the interview part though.

[yambag021]

interviews would be cool, as long as they can be skipped..... online franchise is a MUST and collision detection is a BIGGIE that needs fixing.

[mega0661]

Thats what lacks in NHL2k8 the collision detection. You can adjust the sliders but they still be hitting recklessly in the game. In the center of the ice there are so many guys being knocked down in that area for that 2 second span, you would think a sniper is shooting down players.

[mega0661]

there should be player customization. Where you can also edit your favorite players. give them different types of cuts and scars on their faces. make missing teeth. Give players long hair or hair in a pony-tail or conroes like penguins LARQUE. 2k s should look at the face of the players and see where their facial here begins. If a guy doesn't have alot of facial like Crosby, watch the playoffs, he has hair on his jaw to his chin. And a small moustache. you have other guys who have the full thing like NBA's Tony Parker. If a guy has a full beard or not a lot, there are 9 options. 1) is a bare face 2) is moustache 3) is mousstache and goatee, top and bottom 4) is goatee 5) is moustashce goatee and stubble 6) is five O'clock shadow and goatee 7) Jesus christ beard 8) all out, fluffy, uncombed, playoff beard 9) playoff beard meets Kimbo Slice.

So if you want crosby to have a thick beard, he could only have it where facial hair is.

The goalies mask looks small. I was watching the stanley cup and noticed how Fluery mask and colorodo' great ROY mask was huge. In the game the mask fits their face too much. Make them larger. Especially (detroit's) Osgood. Make the mask better.

when players are in another team's zone, have them pass the puck around like they do in real life, instead being worry that you might be laid on your back. More realistic. At least when the other team disrupts the play, let them bump the offensive players not lay him out every time.

[MapleLeaf16]

I think the game needs to incorporate certain penalties like delay of game(puck over the glass) and High Stick majors. Broken sticks would also add a new element to the gameplay. Small things like that would make it seem more realistic.

[mega0661]

Add blood in the game like small cuts, or, slashes after a fight or when a player get hit. Have their helmets fall off their heads sometimes after a collision or big hit. Have a goalies mask come off If a hard slap-shot is deflected off his mask. More player postures and graphics. Various hitting animations. Like a player flying in the air and hitting the glass after a good hit, being tripped up and sliding into the boards, two players putting a smashing check on oen player, player after being hit, running into the side of the glass next the benches, a hit to the face, showing a player on floor being attendant to by a trainer with a slash on his face or something. Have a mode where you can have your player workout in the gym and in the rink. When I say rink I don't mean the generic practice mode but a player training hard with his coach doing slapshots or a goalie kicking away shots by his teammates.

Have famous chants. Curtain calls like the Rangers and other teams at the end of the game. Add more celebrations like Ove(Capitals) " leap into the glasses". Edit your own fans clothing. Have fans wear matching blue, red, green t-shirts.

We should be able to edit the crowd size.

Add more coaches. A gear man or something. SHow people moving behind the glass. Like that little section at the Garden underneath the budwiser sign. A lot of people are seen there watching the game. You can even see them in the playoffs. Even at the infamous walkway to the Garden ice. Add more in******. Like moving fans, nothing to drastic or more guys on the bench instead of just players and one coach. Every other sports has things added to make the sidelines look better. Do the same. Add mouth guards. Have the players show emotion, move their face around. Have their hair move around. Have red wing fans throw octapuses on the rink and show crew members picking them up. Let game-players control players during skate arounds.

Where are the zamboodies?

Too many break-aways.

Once again improve the arenas like in Philly. Make them more friendlier. Have the fans closer together in certain arenas like the garden and others. They look like they're sitting on a concrete steps at central park. Bring the seats closer.

[yambag021]

borken sticks would be sweet. u would have to skate to the bench to get another one, lol.

[mega0661]

no, that would be sweet. A player playing D with no stick and in order for a game-player to get a new stick they must go to the bench, have the AI of the guys on the bench give them a new one and skate back to the action. That would be detrimental during a powerplay after the D interrupts a scoring opportunity and sends the puck back down the other end or a breakway when they have to get a stick before a guy like datysk rushes to the other net with the puck. in the playoffs having the teams shake hands after the final. Show them holding one of their gloves in their hand and putting it on or snapping the strap on their helmets, pushing down the helmets on their heads during a game, cut scenes.

[gosharks]

Halftime interviews? This is hockey, don't you mean intermission interviews? Yes the seats need to be changed, especially the color of them. I say they absolutely need to change the collision engine. And also, if the game adds blood (which would be cool), they would have to change the rating of the game. They don't want to do that or they'll probably sell less copies.

[Openquarters15]

yeah, I guess he means intermission interviews.