I think my favorite aspect of the gameplay from 19-20 beta is the improved interceptions especially from a dman perspective, if you’re covering the cross crease one-timer in front of the net you can be confident about intercepting that pass whereas in 19 you had to literally be standing on top of the opposition or LB(which can get you penalized). The word on the street is that goalie’s are badly broken for human users and that makes for unreliable outcomes (skill doesn’t really matter as much.?). Hopefully they’ve already fixed these gameplay issues come release because technically we’re not even playing a beta, more like an alpha.
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I’d also like to see EA introduce a journey-like mode to NHL much like the mode that already exists in FIFA, that would be either a massive upgrade to the already existing Be a Pro mode or a great addition to the game if introduced as it’s own mode.
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The passing is extremely sluggish and so are defensive recoveries although I do enjoy how they tweaked shots, and puck pickups passing accuracy needs some serious improvement for the game to be playable imo. Defense man my words to you start playing smarter and be more defensively responsible, quit forcing passes and be in better position You cannot run them over going for hits / pinching every single time as a 6'9 enforcer D man, if you play the hit every time your going to get burned, if you chase your going to get burned, if your out of position your going to get burned, if you swing left to right going backwards when the forward changes position your going to get burned.
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Your job is to control the play in your zone, coming into your zone, take away passing lanes to force them into low percentage shooting lanes, Retrieve puck and quickly break the puck out as fast as you can with smart accurate passes. To those complaining about how defense can't play defense in 20 I'm sorry to tell you, but your just not either in good position or make the right decisions. Passing as well as I mentioned if people reduced the pass assist toner I promise it will help you alot, one touch passes and are more responsive thus bringing the cycle game to a new level along with quick breakouts. Bumping as a defense man is a overused abused tactic for the last few games and has forced me to play defense vs relying on unrealistic bumping where the fwd could never pick up the puck or make a pass while hitting the pass button in between contacts. As someone who has played high level of hockey and officiate at a high level it's just not possible to do successfully.
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Skating seems more smooth and the LT I'm glad is being taken out of the game because you cannot skate like that in real life and it's been abused for years.
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Hitting on the other hand seems as if you have to be more accurate with your hitting as players have better skating mobility thus making it tougher to lay out hits however that doesn't mean you can't play defense without hitting if people understand how to angle them and dictate which lanes you want them to take which if their streaking up the middle you want to force them to the outside which gives goalies better chances of making the save on a more difficult shot angle. I think people need are going to realize they cannot be good at any position anymore and must focus their skill on a natural position since the game has stepped up again in skill gap separating the better players from the weaker players. I predict NHL 20 will see a huge increase in turnovers because of this since players break the game by forcing long bomb passes which will force players to play the game more realistically. Now if you are the right position cheesy forwards can't force those passes anymore especially those who look for the top cheese cross creases. You can no longer get away with forcing passes where if a D man or a center is in perfect position in the slot where in 19 it goes through you as if you weren't there with an easy tap it. I haven't seen much issue with the passing if people tinker with pass assist which some people who played this game for a long time didn't realize it existed. Goalies to I think are getting more exposed for cheating position letting the game make the saves for them in the past, offense people aren't getting screwed on terrible puck pickups in the past and can catch passes on the fly for forwards who are in great position.
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Over the last few seasons gradually more and more people are complaining such as 19 when people complained about to many penalties since they spammed the fuck out of the RB button, Thus really showed who can play defense correctly. It is very apparent EA has listen to the players as they have moved away from catering to the less skilled players. I've played this game quite a bit and these are my thoughts.