Garritty11
August 9th, 2008, 12:59 PM
So everyone has been eager to get a handful of screens and gameplay from 2k and we got them.. and they look great. Ill just point out the things ive noticed and liked about the game and hopefully you can comment and expand on them.
*The Presentation - The overall game looks alot more fresh. They player models are sharper, the crowd is actually into the game, as they start stand up and cheering, the ice looks like ice, the dump and line changes are alot cleaner, and the skating is way more slick (looks similiar to EA's version with the cross skating). The pre game intro for the Pens was sick, I cant wait to see my Oilers intro. Plus they are suppose to have intermission and game summaries which will be interesting. EA no longer has such an advantage in this area anymore.
*The Hitting - finally there looks to be realistic collisions and hitting. This is wayyyy better then previous years when every hit was a bulldozer hit. Id imagine they actually take into effect who is hitting who. In one vid, Svatos gets rolled over twice in a row haha. Overall, i like how there is more bumping around and losing balance rather than falling right on their asses. Also in a couple screens, the players were picking up their sticks.
*The Audio - Im happy to see new commentators, although i dont know much about them since they are from San Jose, that aspect of the game was a much needed change. The in game FX sound great... the way the puck rips off the boards and glass, the sound of the players shooting, and the cuts from the skating and the contact all sounds updated.
*The Control Scheme - I won't go back to using face buttons, but thats fine if other people do as long as each scheme has no certain advantages over eachother. The other options are pro stick evolution and pro stick hybrid. We will learn more later but im sure everyone will find which controls comfort them the most.
*The Special Attributes - I also play the NBA 2k series and in that game players have small logos by their name.. such as a Star, a 3 point shooter, good defender, speed. I see they brought that over to NHL. This is great because it seems like all players were starting to be able to do everything the same... anyone could maul down whoever they wanted despite size.. anyone could snipe like ovechkin. It seems VC puts emphasis on certain players having outstanding skills like they do in reality. Crosby is the star and can do amazing things.. Gonchars got the good skating like the puck moving d he is, Orpiks got the hard hits like the shut down d he is, they give Satan a shot but thats suspect if he deserves it.. nevertheless those things are in there and it will cause advantages and disadvantages as to who is on the ice.
As long as when we play the game and notice nice gameplay this game will be amazing and way more than anyone expected by the sound of it.
Anyways thats my speal.. what do u have to think?
*The Presentation - The overall game looks alot more fresh. They player models are sharper, the crowd is actually into the game, as they start stand up and cheering, the ice looks like ice, the dump and line changes are alot cleaner, and the skating is way more slick (looks similiar to EA's version with the cross skating). The pre game intro for the Pens was sick, I cant wait to see my Oilers intro. Plus they are suppose to have intermission and game summaries which will be interesting. EA no longer has such an advantage in this area anymore.
*The Hitting - finally there looks to be realistic collisions and hitting. This is wayyyy better then previous years when every hit was a bulldozer hit. Id imagine they actually take into effect who is hitting who. In one vid, Svatos gets rolled over twice in a row haha. Overall, i like how there is more bumping around and losing balance rather than falling right on their asses. Also in a couple screens, the players were picking up their sticks.
*The Audio - Im happy to see new commentators, although i dont know much about them since they are from San Jose, that aspect of the game was a much needed change. The in game FX sound great... the way the puck rips off the boards and glass, the sound of the players shooting, and the cuts from the skating and the contact all sounds updated.
*The Control Scheme - I won't go back to using face buttons, but thats fine if other people do as long as each scheme has no certain advantages over eachother. The other options are pro stick evolution and pro stick hybrid. We will learn more later but im sure everyone will find which controls comfort them the most.
*The Special Attributes - I also play the NBA 2k series and in that game players have small logos by their name.. such as a Star, a 3 point shooter, good defender, speed. I see they brought that over to NHL. This is great because it seems like all players were starting to be able to do everything the same... anyone could maul down whoever they wanted despite size.. anyone could snipe like ovechkin. It seems VC puts emphasis on certain players having outstanding skills like they do in reality. Crosby is the star and can do amazing things.. Gonchars got the good skating like the puck moving d he is, Orpiks got the hard hits like the shut down d he is, they give Satan a shot but thats suspect if he deserves it.. nevertheless those things are in there and it will cause advantages and disadvantages as to who is on the ice.
As long as when we play the game and notice nice gameplay this game will be amazing and way more than anyone expected by the sound of it.
Anyways thats my speal.. what do u have to think?