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Russic · 08-28-2009, 10:46 AM

I got up a little early and gave it a whirl before work. First off ... has anybody noticed that game demos from the euro store install automatically while demos from the north american store require a manual install?

Loved
- I really liked the feel of hardcore mode. My first game I thought I may up the passing speed a bit, but after a few I got more used to it. I would like to see a bit more zip to the passes when you hold it down a bit. (edit: flash mentions having some speed ... I'll try this)

- I also like that the hits don't feel as magnetic and you can miss them easily

- LOVE that the crowd stands not only when the home team scores, but in the last minute when they are up as well

- Boardplay was a little awkward at first but it's easy to see how this will be key. took me a while to figure out the button combo

- I love that the cpu seems to actually get penalties this year! I almost turned off penalties in 09 because I'd always kill 10 penalties a game while getting a single PP.

- A "prefer up" vision setting. THANK YOU EA.

- The leg lift look so bad-ass. Nice to see that glitch video was obviously on a low difficulty setting.

- One timing loose pucks is almost worth the upgrade alone

- Custom soundtracks (finally for ps3!) are going to be HUGE this year ... the music was already driving me bananas.

Meh
- Still not a big fan of the BAP, it's cool but not for me

- I still don't care about fighting. Ya it's neat, but I probably only do it 2 or 3 times each year

- Using L2 (or Ltrigger) for the push ahead is going to drive me nuts for a few days I'm sure. I much prefer it mapped to R1 (or Rbumper). The triggers have some give whereas the top shoulder buttons are more of an all or nothing press. I hit the L2 several times and nothing happened because I didn't hit it hard enough.

-Really don't like the amount of time after each whistle, and if somebody checks a player late it goes even longer. I hope there's a way to tweak this.

Overall I'm going to say the differences seem a lot more subtle than years past, but then again this year was all about the polish. I think that may hurt the review scores as die-hards are going to notice the differences more than the casual player. This is a game that feels like it was built for players like me and I love that.

08-28-2009, 10:46 AM	#587
Russic Dances with Wolves Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Section 304 Exp:	I got up a little early and gave it a whirl before work. First off ... has anybody noticed that game demos from the euro store install automatically while demos from the north american store require a manual install? Loved - I really liked the feel of hardcore mode. My first game I thought I may up the passing speed a bit, but after a few I got more used to it. I would like to see a bit more zip to the passes when you hold it down a bit. (edit: flash mentions having some speed ... I'll try this) - I also like that the hits don't feel as magnetic and you can miss them easily - LOVE that the crowd stands not only when the home team scores, but in the last minute when they are up as well - Boardplay was a little awkward at first but it's easy to see how this will be key. took me a while to figure out the button combo - I love that the cpu seems to actually get penalties this year! I almost turned off penalties in 09 because I'd always kill 10 penalties a game while getting a single PP. - A "prefer up" vision setting. THANK YOU EA. - The leg lift look so bad-ass. Nice to see that glitch video was obviously on a low difficulty setting. - One timing loose pucks is almost worth the upgrade alone - Custom soundtracks (finally for ps3!) are going to be HUGE this year ... the music was already driving me bananas. Meh - Still not a big fan of the BAP, it's cool but not for me - I still don't care about fighting. Ya it's neat, but I probably only do it 2 or 3 times each year - Using L2 (or Ltrigger) for the push ahead is going to drive me nuts for a few days I'm sure. I much prefer it mapped to R1 (or Rbumper). The triggers have some give whereas the top shoulder buttons are more of an all or nothing press. I hit the L2 several times and nothing happened because I didn't hit it hard enough. -Really don't like the amount of time after each whistle, and if somebody checks a player late it goes even longer. I hope there's a way to tweak this. Overall I'm going to say the differences seem a lot more subtle than years past, but then again this year was all about the polish. I think that may hurt the review scores as die-hards are going to notice the differences more than the casual player. This is a game that feels like it was built for players like me and I love that.