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Originally Posted by Diemenz
 Dobbles is coming back????? bout time bro |
i honestly might give it a try. each day i play a game or two and get more excited for the release.
the one reason i am sure that the gameplay changes are legit? when i play as the goalie, i finally feel like the AI knows what its doing. since i was always too cheap to buy boosts, and wanted to unlock at least a decent amount of goalie boosts, i spent time the last couple years playing goalie BAP. the last couple years it was so painful playing that way as it meant watching the AI battle each other in a stupidity competition. they play each other so much smarter now. while i am sure they are still exploitable, at least their baseline is much improved.
i also really feel like the game is improved both ends for single player modes... i think the offensive zone rewards honest, legit hockey more than ever. i have never been good at cheese goals, so i have always cycled the puck, got it to the point, got it on net, and tried for dirty goals; just like real life. for the first time, i feel like i have a decent chance at scoring when i play that way.
additionally, playing defense is much more fun and challenging. why? because instead of the computer making 15 laser passes in order to set up the most unrealistic scoring chance, they also play much more authentic hockey. they take normal shots and generate chances that way.
to me, the little things help like active goalies and such, but i feel the gameplay has taken leaps this year. perhaps they spent so much time the last couple years working on features and such and thats why gameplay suffered?