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Originally Posted by Russic
I maxed the difficulty and had a great game last night. The goalies seemed to actually stop pucks and stuff. I haven't tried hardcore style yet... in 14 I couldn't connect a single pass on that mode, so I'm gun shy. Overall though, the upped difficulty was far more in line with what I'm looking for.
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hardcore is the way to go. one issue i see in nhl 15 is that passing, even in hardcore mode, is just way to accurate. I don't understand why EA doesn't punish pass power/accuracy when a pass is being made off a backhand, or when not-star players are under pressure (ie. a checker/stick badgering them in close proximity). The quality of a pass is of NO consequence to any factors which is a bit ridiculous. In order to resolve the notion of overaccurate passing, they created "hardcore" mode in the past, and simply relied on users failing to use the analog stick direction to accurately place a pass, rather than incorporating negative results from real time factors like puck pressure, handedness, etc.
the one thing about hardcore that i did like in the past, was being able to pass the puck into space (ie. an open corner) but now, any pass you make will automatically route to the player in the direction you are pressing.
i am hoping that we will see improvements in this regard on the next gen hockey game in the coming years.