NHL 13 thread

05/21/12 8:36 am | #1

this thread is for discussing NHL 13, posting new info about the game and in general what you want to see changed.
all the info i have posted on the nhl 13 thread is from gameinformer.com i can't quote this post right since i put some of it in my own words but im pretty sure this is the link to the page:http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nhl_13/b/xbox360/archive/2012/05/21/things-we-know-about-nhl-13.aspx
"i guess the first feature to mention is the new True Performance Skating,which if is exactly as they say it is then it will take the way you play NHL to a whole other level, the fast skaters will be able to explode past the slow guys so when you take a guy who's notoriously fast he will live up to his rep unlike the last few games.

EA Canada has added over 1,000 new skating animations to this years title,the goaltenders have been tweaked to allow more 5 hole goals and they now have individual limb control which means more crazy saves.
the AI is going to be geared to take more penalty's since a ton of people complained about it last year.
one of the best upgrades in this years title is going to be the forechecking sliders you can use to adjust your AI teammates to a fine point highlighting the upgraded AI that can now help you instead of just getting in your way.
also noted the be a gm mode is now going to be playable with friends online so you can build and conquer with your friends."-gameinformer

so far it's looking like the best NHL game in over a decade i know im seriously thinking about buying it.

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Re: NHL 13 thread

06/01/12 4:13 pm | #2

gameinformer just released a ton of news on the gm mode & the revamped "GM AI here's what is known so far:
instead of a few teams you are now able to user run 30 teams in the mode, This new GM Connected mode features a full 82-game schedule and can run for up to 25 years.
Users can play GM Connected in several ways, including a solo league against the CPU AI, standard versus, co-op, six-on-six online team play, taking the role of a general manager, or as a coach who handles line changes and team strategy.
Users can play GM Connected in several ways, including a solo league against the CPU AI, standard versus, co-op, six-on-six online team play, taking the role of a general manager, or as a coach who handles line changes and team strategy.
In six-on-six online team play leagues, you can have up to 25 users per each team. This allows teams to have a ringer take the role of a regular when they're short a body.
Free agency includes both unrestricted and restricted free agents, and it's handled via seven bidding periods. The highest bidders win the services of the player, and if you strike out you have several more rounds to find an adequate replacement.
the NHL Entry Draft is automated. You can still scout players during the season and build a priority list of prospects. Once the draft starts, however, the CPU will use your priority list to make selections for your team.
While running your team you have full access to the entire list of players in the organization, including the AHL, CHL, and foreign league prospects.
The commissioner controls how quickly the league advances. You can opt for either three-day, one-week, or two-week periods.
An integrated messaging system informs you of waivers, trades, and league join requests. You can also send messages to the commissioner, the entire league, or team members.
EA built in systems to deal with grieving and cheating. The commissioner has the power to kick out users at any time.
If a commissioner goes missing, other general managers can vote him out to keep the league moving along.
EA plans to release a mobile app that allows players to stay engaged with their leagues when they're away from their consoles. From the app, players can juggle team rosters, scour the waiver wire, propose trades, and read about league happenings.
If you want to keep your GM experience offline, you still have that option.
With the GM Brain AIworking as the backbone for all decisions, general managers now look at their teams just like their real-world counterparts, evaluating the current and future talent and making decisions based on what will make their teams better now and a few years down the road.
The GM Brain now catalogs players based on where they fit into the entire NHL, not just how they fit on their team. This means that while the Wild may play Devin Setoguchi on the first line because the offensively challenged team is short on scoring talent, the GM recognizes that in reality he's more of a second line player. This places all the players on a roster in a pecking order and help inform the GM of the team weaknesses and surpluses.
When deciding what moves his team should make for the upcoming season, first the GM Brain determines if his team is a championship-level team, a contender, a hopeful, or in rebuilding mode. This evaluation helps set the types of trades a team is willing to engage. If a team is on the cusp of a championship, it may trade off some prospects to get a veteran who fills a weakness. If a team is in full rebuilding mode, it will be much more likely to trade off players at the tail end of their prime in exchange for prospects or draft picks.
NHL 12 players were primarily valued by three traits: offense, defense, and athleticism. After talking with the NHL's central scouting service about how it operates, EA has changed this in NHL 13. Now GMs evaluate key six areas: shooting, skating, puck skills, physicality, hockey sense, and defense.
EA has reworked all the feedback a user receives when trying to make a trade. Now teams give you a better sense of what they are looking for and how far off your proposal is.
The trade engine is now much more granular than it was in the past. If you want to tell teams you are looking for a first-line forward between the ages of 27 and 30, you can do that. The GM Brains also have a much better idea of what players they are willing to trade.
In past NHL games, when a player went down the AI would make wholesale line changes instead of just plugging a scratched player into the hole. Now the AI is smart enough to make individual moves without completely revamping the entire lineup. It will also make player valuations to determine the best fit when a player goes down. A right winger may switch to center if the next center in the minor league is significantly worse.
The AI is also smarter about using enforcers. In previous games their high strength ratings made them likely candidates to be automatically placed on the penalty kill. Know the AI knows that these players are specialists and will play them on (and keep them off) appropriate lines."-gameinformer
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nhl_13/b/ps3/archive/2012/06/01/everything-we-know-about-nhl-13-39-s-gm-connected-mode.aspx

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Re: NHL 13 thread

06/07/12 5:39 pm | #3

copyed in pieces from gameinformer.com,i can't remember the excat page but i think this is it:http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nhl_13/b/xbox360/archive/2012/05/21/things-we-know-about-nhl-13.aspx
"NHL 13 is making important changes to players' skating, and what better way to understand this than to spend some more time with the game. We got some extra hands-on time with NHL 13 and got a glimpse of some of its possibilities.

You always hear about players that can or can't skate in the NHL. This game can skate. The improvements to this area of the franchise are fundamental. Players with the puck can create more because they have acceleration and top speed characteristics that differentiate them from other players. It's fun to come through the neutral zone with speed and know that you can turn the corner on a defender who isn't positioned correctly because they haven't respected your speed.

Defenders aren't totally at a loss, however, as flying down the ice comes with a cost. Less-skilled players won't be able to do a lot with the puck when they're blazing down the ice.

In general, I think the skating feels really good. I get a sense of who were the faster players on the ice (as well as just the better skaters overall), and turning seemed realistic. Even though it was harder to play defense since you really have to manage your gaps and speed through the neutral zone, I welcome this challenge.

Puck carriers and even those without the puck in EASHL will also be able to use the left trigger feature, which opens up your positioning (like defenders' Vision control) for better passes into the slot from the corner or behind the net, and to face the puck for one-timers.

Although I didn't see the garbage goals that I'd like to see in the game similar to what you see in real-life, NHL 13's goalies stood out. I like seeing them exercise more limb-specific saves – including watching them raise a shoulder or elbow for a shot that was going high over the bar. I even saw Brodeur stack the pads – although I should caveat that by saying I'm not sure if the game will include player-specific moves like that or if it was just a general goalie animation.

One of the more underrated aspects of NHL 13 that I'm excited to dive into and saw a glimpse of, was the line-specific strategies. In the demo I was playing, the guy I was playing against perfectly executed the dump and chase. I know it's a play style that elicits groans from hockey fans, but the game performed it perfectly, with the defender throwing the puck in down the boards or across the ice and the opposite-side winger screaming in the corner to get it.

A lot of us love playing video game hockey for the nostalgia we get from the sports' arcadey past, but NHL 13's push towards more realistic skating is making sim-based video game hockey just as fun."-gameinformer

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Re: NHL 13 thread

06/12/12 8:13 pm | #4

pre order news straight from gameinformer.com
"Most retailer pre-order bonuses for games include weapons, outfits, and missions. For NHL 13, customers naturally receive sticks, gloves, and hockey skates. EA Sports today announced the North American retail pre-order items for North America.

Below is the complete listing:

GameStop/EB Games: Players will receive 1 Gold Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT) pack per week for 16 weeks (September – December 2012).

Best Buy/Future Shop: Players will receive in-game Reebok 20K package. The package includes in-game gloves, stick, skates and a boost to enhance a Be a Pro and EASHL player.

Amazon.com/Amazon.ca: Players will receive in-game BAUER gloves, stick, skates and boost to enhance a Be a Pro and EASHL player.

Origin: Receive in-game Goalie boost to enhance a Be a Pro and EASHL goalie."-gameinformer
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/12/nhl-13-retail-preorder-bonuses-announced.aspx

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Re: NHL 13 thread

07/02/12 6:42 pm | #5

"The goaltenders in NHL 13 look like they react pretty realistically. This new trailer highlights some of the new features being added that make the goalies seem as flexible as ever. NHL 13 is out on September 11 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."-gameinformer
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/07/02/new-nhl-13-trailer.aspx

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Re: NHL 13 thread

07/06/12 10:11 pm | #6

since NHL 13 is only like 2 months away i wanted o ask anyone if they have plans on buying it, also since like half the game is the eashl what are your plans on starting a team or possibly joining a team?
this may be too early but if anyone is starting a team when they get the game (after checking it out for a few days) and want/need a two way winger just pm or shout me, you can also message me on xbl about it just put the title NHL 13 in it.
MAN IM PUMPED FOR THIS GAME!!

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Re: NHL 13 thread

07/06/12 10:33 pm | #7

I will be buying it day one. NHL is my favorite sports game (next to MLB The Show and Madden). Ive been playing it religiously since like 2007. I love playing 1 v 1 online versus (I probably play around 500 online versus matches per year). I usually get ranked/leveled pretty high. My old account would be recognized by many for its succes. In NHL, im like how AJ is with Trials.

I love Be A Pro, and GM. I put TONS of hours into those two modes. But also love EASHL. EASHL is like the best thing ever in a sports video game. I didnt get really into until 2011. Didnt have any succes with my teams though. But in 2012 I grinded with my player FOREVER to get him rated high. Started a two man team with my buddy Nick. Who never played NHL before. We struggled for a few seasons. But with all the playing, and teaching... I molded him into a good player. We ended up winning two Amateur league Championships, went to the pro league and made a handful of championship game appearances but never won.

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Re: NHL 13 thread

07/06/12 11:01 pm | #8

me too, i have ac3 on pre order but im thinking im going to switch that to NHL 13, i could see having a ton of fun with ac3 but the replay value in NHL 13 is about 100 times that of any assassins creed game.

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Re: NHL 13 thread

07/20/12 12:42 am | #9

Achievements came out

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/microsoft-xbox-360-still-outselling-ps3-xbox-live-membership-up-15-percent/

alot of eashl but there is a also a achievement that im sure some of us could get together and do. Play in a GM Connected league of 5 Human GMs

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Re: NHL 13 thread

08/24/12 10:37 am | #10

18 days till the puck drops on NHL 13!!

also if your into all-night events NHL 13 is having one September 15th from dusk till dawn, check it out.

Xbox All-Nighter - NHL 13
NHL 13

Game
NHL 13
Date
September 15, 2012
Time
From dusk 'til dawn

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Re: NHL 13 thread

08/27/12 7:30 pm | #11

so after the demo trial for NHL 13 im wondering what you guy's think of the game so far.
im having trouble adjusting to the real physics speed and size matter for the first time ever!
the gameplay looks great a few issues but the game still has a few weeks to go,let me know what you guys think of the game so far.

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Re: NHL 13 thread

08/27/12 8:28 pm | #12

Well I pre-ordered the game after playing the demo. This is the 1st hockey game I have got in years...I believe the first time in this generation

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Re: NHL 13 thread

09/15/12 5:39 am | #13

sweet OT game winner,check this out:
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/134859496

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