Just about any time EA Sports announces player ratings, people gripe. While a part of me fears that custom rosters and other sharing suites might open up the door for racist or profane names, these features are fairly common in sports games. One mostly reasonable idea is to add “roster sharing” for NHL ’22. If you search (gasp) other wish lists, you’ll notice themes (beyond the less constructive griping).Just note that this wish list aims to keep expectations at least somewhat reasonable. No doubt, there’s plenty of room for improvement. In reality, NHL ’21 and its ilk might be flawed, but there’s fun to be had. In a dream world, EA Sports could pump huge resources and staffers into revolutionizing NHL ’22, thus finding a perfect balance between simulation and fun. There have been cancellations, “Starship Troopers”-sized bugs, and cancellations following embarrassments over bugs. Maybe those review scores got to EA, as they tried to revamp their NBA games. For years, the NBA Live series sold reasonably well, even though NBA2K titles were more critically acclaimed. Realistically, it would be better for EA Sports to make incremental progress in those areas, rather than throwing out all of their code altogether (so to speak).īecause making a new NHL game, engine and all, from scratch? That’s easier said than done.ĮA Sports itself suffered through painful lessons with its NBA titles. Artificial intelligence remains lacking in crucial areas, especially with teammates in the offensive zone. Offense really is too dependent upon cross-seam passes and/or one-timers. Want big changes for NHL ’22? Be careful what you wish forįrankly, you don’t need to do much digging before you find complaints about gameplay in NHL ’21, and other recent editions. * – Seriously, those Xbox naming conventions are downright unwieldy. Here’s a wish list for the first EA Sports NHL game capable of really yielding the power of next-gen consoles, NHL ’22 or later. But what about future games, particularly whenever the series jumps to the PS5/Xbox Series X/etc.?*Īfter getting in an unsettling number of reps with NHL ’21, let’s make a wish list for NHL ’22. Actually, judging by the reverse retro jerseys hitting ‘NHL 21, and NHL ’94 Rewind, you could argue that EA Sports’ hockey focus is often in the past. While the NBA2K series once again takes sweat to the next level on Playstation 5/various XBox naming conventions,* EA Sports’ NHL ’21 mainly stays in place.
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