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Old 09-03-2016, 08:32 AM   #181
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One of my biggest issues with EA's NHL is that their ratings are utter garbage. They have very little distinction between a 4th line grinder and a superstar, these HUT ratings are brutal.
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Old 09-03-2016, 08:48 AM   #182
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I agree. HUT has taken over from GM mode as my casual offline mode for teambuilding. But my teams are really just bottom 6 guys as I rarely see the point in dropping tens and hundreds of thousands of pucks to go up just a couple of ratings points. They have continued to make no in game distinction of skill level.
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Old 09-03-2016, 01:16 PM   #183
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I pine for the days of NHLPA 93 when Shawn Chambers was a 1 and half the Ottawa Senators were 2s. Those were the glory times.
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Old 09-04-2016, 12:05 PM   #184
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Sorry if already discussed.. But..

Does anyone know which outlet has the best pre-order bonuses other what comes with the deluxe edition?
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Old 09-07-2016, 08:09 AM   #185
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FWIW the early access begins tomorrow for EA access members IIRC.
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Old 09-08-2016, 03:08 AM   #186
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FWIW the early access begins tomorrow for EA access members IIRC.
It's actually already available. I started downloading it in the afternoon and when it was done I tried running it just for the hell of it and the game loaded.
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Old 09-08-2016, 08:54 AM   #187
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It's actually already available. I started downloading it in the afternoon and when it was done I tried running it just for the hell of it and the game loaded.
So strange, I picked up ea access again yesterday to get the 10 hours of early play and the xbone store told me the game isn't available for DL until today.

Another win for PS4... I hate that my sailor buddies convinced me to go for with Xbone..

Looking forward to grabbing it today though.

Anyone on Xbone that wants to start a Eashl Club?
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Old 09-08-2016, 09:00 AM   #188
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So strange, I picked up ea access again yesterday to get the 10 hours of early play and the xbone store told me the game isn't available for DL until today.

Another win for PS4... I hate that my sailor buddies convinced me to go for with Xbone..

Looking forward to grabbing it today though.

Anyone on Xbone that wants to start a Eashl Club?

How's it a win? EA access is only on XBone
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Old 09-08-2016, 10:16 AM   #189
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How's it a win? EA access is only on XBone
I didn't know it was only on Xbone, but clearly PS4 got access a day earlier.. So that's a win for PS4.

I'm not sure how you're confused by this..
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Old 09-08-2016, 10:20 AM   #190
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I didn't know it was only on Xbone, but clearly PS4 got access a day earlier.. So that's a win for PS4.

I'm not sure how you're confused by this..
Nope, it's release date is the 13th. No PS4 access yet.
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Old 09-08-2016, 10:46 AM   #191
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Got the early access with Xbox last night. So far so good. Can't wait to get that new Johnny HUT card. I think once the game is released I may give away some players on NHL 16. Got a 94 OVI.
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How's it a win? EA access is only on XBone
I guess I have to appologize, if Inferno is talking about Xbone. I assumed he was talking abut PS4 as I thought he was a PS4 user exclusively.

If hes talking about Xbone, thats cool he was bale to get in a day earlier, but I was not able to on Xbone.

So I guess that is where the confusion lies.

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Nope, it's release date is the 13th. No PS4 access yet.
Thanks. Helps clear things up a bit. If in fact Inferno is talking about Xbone.

If not, im friggin confused..
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Old 09-08-2016, 12:18 PM   #193
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I guess I have to appologize, if Inferno is talking about Xbone. I assumed he was talking abut PS4 as I thought he was a PS4 user exclusively.

If hes talking about Xbone, thats cool he was bale to get in a day earlier, but I was not able to on Xbone.

So I guess that is where the confusion lies.





Thanks. Helps clear things up a bit. If in fact Inferno is talking about Xbone.

If not, im friggin confused..
I have both although I only have two games for my XB1. I have NHL 17 pre-ordered for the PS4 but got the NHL Rewards code for a month of EA Access so I thought I'd put it to use and play NHL 17 a little earlier.

I can't remember exactly what happened but I think when I first checked it on the Xbox Store page it said "coming soon" but after about 10-15 seconds changed to "get trial". I thought maybe it would just let me pre-load it but not allow me to play until today but when I tried I was able to load it.
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The IGN review in progress has high praise:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/08/nhl-17-review
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Old 09-12-2016, 11:45 AM   #195
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So far so good. Got an O'Reilly, Sedin, McDavid, Brodie so far out of packs. I'm liking the game play so far as well.
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Old 09-12-2016, 12:41 PM   #196
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I didn't buy last year's so decided to try out NHL 17 through EA Access. I have to say, the gameplay was more impressive than I thought it would be. You can tell it's the same foundation but its been tuned up and refined. I like the pace of the game and all the loose pucks and bounces that happen. You can tell the same old goal scoring moves are there somewhere but they are harder to pull of as frequently. Seems to be way better variation in how goals occur. Also the goalies do seem much more realistic. Nice variety of modes now as well.

Still not sure if I'll play it enough to justify getting it right away at full price but it seems like a very solid game this year.

I really hope they freshen up the presentation a bit next year though, it starts to feel like the same old very quickly. I don't think they need those weird live commentary things at the beginning of games.
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Old 09-12-2016, 02:37 PM   #197
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I didn't buy last year's so decided to try out NHL 17 through EA Access.

Still not sure if I'll play it enough to justify getting it right away at full price but it seems like a very solid game this year.
Just a reminder that there is a 10% discount through EA Access to purchase; or waiting for 6 months or whatever it is for free through EA Access.

I personally love the 10 free hours.
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Old 09-12-2016, 07:59 PM   #198
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Season mode seems interesting thought it was be a gm. its like be a gm and hut together.
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Old 09-13-2016, 09:32 AM   #199
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How many "returning bonus" HUT packs did everyone get? I only got one, but it had Gaudreau in it!
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Old 09-13-2016, 10:10 AM   #200
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Got 3 packs returning bonus.
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