THE HONEST TRUTH ABOUT NHL 23... 

They would never bro They don’t have any competition They monopolized the market so they wouldnt have to care as much about gameplay

@@striker045 I agree they only care about money and not how the gameplay is

Ea doesn't want to put any effort in

@@striker045 EA hasn't monopolized anything, there just isn't any reason for companies to make a hockey game because it won't make money

@@dawsonpetryshen581 and how did that happen in the first place

It is criminal

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EA lost a class-action lawsuit for basically re-releasing the same Madden back in the mid-00s.

jail them

Almost? Well said man. Fuck EA all day.

Yeah this guy is clearly a shill

What about the first person??

@@khall187 and they sold out. so they can get comfy to EA and make more money. im not buying this year. im waiting for it to come on game pass and not giving them a dollar. im done with this shit game

Last one I bought was NHL 20. Why does EA have no competition? I refuse to buy their products anymore.

@@comgeturs last one for me was 18

99$ is it that expensive in us ?

you should of skipped many years before this lol geez. this is the first year I might buy it again but yeah if you bought every year since 94.. then yes for sure you need not to buy it lol

@@hibbelton It would be, but it's $70 in the US for PS5 and $60 for PS4. I'm going to guess that guy is Canadian.

Fellow offline mode player here! 100% agree

Being a offline player I hope we get more stuff for create a team and presentation for that

@@justinganz1173 same, but realistically, I doubt we'll get more than MAYBE some new celly animations (I think I saw one new team one in the trailer). But considering Nasher said it feels kinda samey for the online version (which is where EA makes their money, and therefore worries about more) then I highly doubt we'll get anything substantial this time around. Fingers crossed, though. I do hope they extend upon Be a Pro, though. Last year was refreshing, even if it did get repetitive after your rookie year. But that's been an issue in most of the sports games.

i play offline majority of the time and i wish the tech test had offline modes

The bullshit hasnt changed since 15…it will be no different…

I dunno

I hope you're wrong

Oh hey Slap, fancy seeing you here :)

Didn't expect you here. Cheers bro

@@klemoa I’ve been following nasher now for time , plus I’ve been playing nhl since I was a kid with NHL 94 and never missed one since and been playing online since 06 on chel and 6s since it started way back with the legend cards

havnet played or bought a game since 17 and 18 season and dont plan on buying a single item from ea sports with the way they rig there games to play and always give the better stuff to the contracted workers that are paid to play. boycott is a given being the worst company in the world!!!!

you can't trust EA, but you can trust EA to do EA things. remember how great the first few weeks of 22 was? you can expect the same rugpull this year. the fact that they've only just now fixed the things that fundamentally broke 22 is baffling. they should've patched that noise last year. this is the standard EA copypasta, year after year. it's so embarassing that I've deliberately left out the name of the sport or the league in this comment because it's my favourite sport and having this trash company make the official videogame hurts my soul. I can't justify giving these turds even a cent of my money any longer, on principle alone. might see ya'll in 24 if they actually put in the work. til then I'll quietly play other games made by great studios and await the rage comments when people lose their minds yet again, the same way leaf fans somehow expect different results every year.

A year? I haven’t bought nhl new in almost 20 years and bought any version since 16 or 17

I've abandoned them completely for Eastside hockey manager and barely look back at all

I’m doing it. Tired of EA milking sports fans

While I do agree that EA sucks and haven't bought an NHL or Madden game for years, AI is one of the most difficult things to program so thinking they can just fix that easily in a patch is kinda silly.

the worst part about 22 is that most of the issues are actually fixable or sliders and they won't adjust them lol..

@@ninetailedfox579121 but my argument still stands, if they actually cared about fixing issues, they wouldn’t wait an entire year…

He gets paid to pump EA’s tires

It's so sad that 2K couldn't stay afloat in NHL. It's a shame hockey isn't as big a seller as NBA, because imagine if they had the money and resources to put into an NHL game that would have eventually been like what NBA is today (franchise customization, insanely in depth 'Be-A-Pro' mode, a MyTeam with actually good content, etc.). 2K has their flaws, sure, but as a casual fan I'm amazed when I jump in NBA and actually recognize and feel different players as different players. EA NHL is literally embarrassing.

yea you think this release was for the fans? lol this release is to make money off the fans and make sure there paid workers get ahead in hut and score all the money cards and start there coin building masses so they can go online and sell pucks and cards to desperate people that cant play at all. Its a scam and they need to be watched everything about these ea sports games is a controlled scam to bring in money. EA SPORTS SUCKS ASS.

Yep. It will be $30 bucks on Black Friday.

I grabbed the bundle on sale yesterday! I do it the same way every year and I’m always excited to play!!

Do u have any gameplay is there a reason I can’t find any gameplay online ?

@@dmacg5520 ea sports says you can’t upload videos of nhl 23. It’s a closed technical test. It’s upsetting cause I don’t have a code, but we will just have to wait ☹️

@@owenposer6720 that’s so stupid,

@@dmacg5520 it’s not stupid that u can’t post a vid cuz they want it to be a secret to the people that didn’t get codes or didn’t sign up and also the reason why people aren’t getting codes is because Sony the company isn’t doing their job so it’s NOT EA problem it’s Sonys

@@owenposer6720 people aren’t getting codes is because Sony the company isn’t doing their job so it’s NOT EA problem it’s Sonys

22 plays different from previous games though. Defense and goaltending are vastly better and feels different.

It's the same thing with Madden, FIFA, and now F1 since they've touched it. They manage to microtransaction it to death and make it a $60+ roster update. I don't think 2K does a good job with the way they run NBA 2K microtransactions either but at least it has a PC version and there was a good game under there still.

Do u have any gameplay is there a reason I can’t find any online ?

@@dmacg5520 I’d imagine there will be an NDA during beta with it being “in progress”

Yup, the AI is awful. The goalies sometimes cover for absolutely no reason, I've even had a goaltender score on himself while in control of the puck. The defence is infuriating, and makes be a pro unbearable to play.

@@aidendessler538 yea the goaltending was by FAR the absolute worst i've ever seen. Damn near every shot was going in. it was pretty hard to enjoy playing

@@giocalabrese8857 very true. I've had all star goaltenders not be able to stop a slow back hand from pretty far away. They also don't know how to handle rebounds. They just let it sit there for the player to shoot into the wide open net, instead of just poking it away

Christmas time!! Always on clearance

Yearly since 94? Damn dude, did you lose money during the pandemic? Or was it the crypto crash? Can't argue with your logic, I'm from that era so I understand your position, can't be blowing that funeral money on videogames... although, for me it would cost me more than the price of the game to update all the rosters, my rate has increased a lot since '94. Sorry to hear your time has not. Good luck brother. P.S. Check out "Sky Burial" That's how I'm affording NBA2k this year. When I feel the end coming, I'll just open the windows and let the buzzards pick me clean. ( also how I afforded my new laptop! )

@@chiggsytube funny but no.. I just wanted to say that I will pay for something that is worth the money don't get me wrong ...some compagnies just float on reputation :-O I would pay 200$ if the game was worth it... but 40$ for a roster update is fair 😂 Don't have to wait too long cause every year it is at that price on black friday so...

Your old af

22 plays different from 21. Defense and goaltending are vastly better.

That's what I tell myself every year lol

NHL 19 had some nice tweaks and was an overall solid game. NHL 20 sucked. NHL 21 was good. NHL 22 was kinda bad but it did give us roster sharing at least. NHL 23 looks like it will be really bad aswell

I couldn’t go back to 21, the cross creases were way to strong, AI defence was brain dead and the 22 X factor addition is actually a blast to play with

It was better

I’m sticking to 21. Let’s play, Weizboy on Xbox. 😁 add me

And I totally agree with you! The gameplay in 21 was the best! Only thing that sticks out to me are passing, its glitched. And not accurate. the passing is slow like the puck separates from the stick way too slowly when making a pass, that delay is just obvious and bad. Also, there is no true one timer passing. And the incomplete one timer passing system, so much more I can bring up. But at least fix the passing accuracy, and the game would be tolerable. But overall it’s the better game. So why is nasher smiling talking about nhl 23? Stop being a tool nasher. Smash the game and help make a change because you are part of the problem. Plain and simple.

to be honest ea did had a botch year their 2 highest selling games(sports)(fifa and madden) were not well received, madden graphic somehow got worse and fifa feels the exact same, so basically the same thing for nhl, tho there is a few more features that could be fun but basically same game, but in nhl 24 the addition from 23 and 24 should be enough to be new. BTW ea are still like pretty good for their games but to change the menu every year is not that hard, honestly just one dude working on it for like a year is more than enough

@@laurentdubois2904 Well said. I would actually be a proponent of EA sports releasing their sports games bi-yearly instead of every year. That way they could spend more time fixing their current game (making player rating more accurate, more in-depth game modes, better graphics etc.), while also having more time to work on the new game. Hopefully NHL 23 has some improvements we can all enjoy. Cheers!

@@MooseBruce What are their employees doing on their working hours? Thats the question. The game is getting more expensive every year but the game improves less and less every year. Ea don’t like to upgrade the game throughtout the year because then they would not have any new ideas for the next game😂🤣

YO MOOSE ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CONTENT YO.

Do u have any gameplay of it

What your describing isn't just an EA problem. It's the Video Game industry in general problem. That started with FPS, and sports game quickly followed and has since spread to other genres as well. Us fans (and am speaking abouy video game consumers as a whole here) became so demanding about releases, and updates and wanting stuff sooner and more DLC that the company's started to take short cuts in order to make those demands. And at first nobody really said anything about it because it was new and it seemed like it was what we wanted. And games were still changed enough from installment to installment that it wasn't samey yet. Then games started being pushed too early and having the first month become basically what Betas used to be. But at the time we were just happy it was a quick response to problems. But then it became normal and we just accepted it. And slowly each time that sloppy habits became normal and accepted and it's now gotten to the point where it's blaring obvious that new games are basically just a Major Patch amd nothing really new. It's not like they company has to pay purduction costs to have brand new disc's made with the new patches on it when something shipped wrong the first back when there was no way to remotely patch games and company's have gotten lazy and rely on the crutch too much.

@@devinaschenbrenner2683 these companies are just lazy, greedy, have no creativity and want to save new features for later years so put out a half ass game

I miss 14 man. Still talk to some guys I used to play with. Draft lobbies were so fun.

Was that the the app? Like what happened to that lol

@@canuckcityvan6043 I didn't use the app. Just met a bunch of people and would go into the lobbies and had drafts every day. Such a solid community back then. Dunno why EA took out those regional lobbies.

I'm surprised it took you this long to realize that. I've been a diehard fan since the mid 90als. But around 2014/15 I stopped buying them yearly , maybe every 2 years but now I don't think I've bought one since 19.

NHL22 was NHL21, literally

@@Oldmanflyfishing that's basically every year. If you buy one of the games and then wait 3-5 years , by that time there might be JUST enough to justify spending more money

It’s called addiction…

You mean it’s literally 20

Im going to buy 23 just because I love hockey and video games. Nhl 22 was bad, and I'm hoping it can get better. But from the looks of things it won't. And that's ea for you. No care in the world for fans or their game. It's all about money.

i have 21

@@aidanquigley1294 22 was 21, 21 was 20, and so on, yea.

Just look up Frostbite videos with Call of Duty, Madden, FIFA, Anthem and Mass Effect. You will find multiple videos explaining exactly how Frostbite directly ruined those games. It's a terrible engine that limits the devs and is far more difficult to use than needed.

It's tragic that we haven't had new celebrations since NHL 16

@@Kowabunnga still the same corny, cheap looking default cellys as 8 years ago. Unreal. Your guy does some garbage cringe robotic goal reaction, and your teammates glide around synchronized with 1 arm up in the air. 0 immersion, 0 polish, 0 excitement. Looks and feels like the alpha of an indie hockey video game

@@guitarrocksX21 exactly, at least with NHL 14, you could use any button for celly and do different combinations. And in these news game you can only swap out one celly which is such garbage. Why out in a catalog of cellys if you can only use one at a time.

@@Kowabunnga it's honestly mind blowing how little polish and attention to detail there is in every aspect of the game. The presentation, animations, and graphics are atrocious

Always ultimate team shit. Never any career/franchise mode upgrades.

That's the truth. I play both forward and D which means I have to play D if I'm playing with anyone else. I actually prefer defense but we do get screwed because some people don't feel like the game is fun unless you're putting up football scores. That being said, even though we do get screwed, the difference between a decent team and a really good team is their defense. I need the goalie to stop allowing glitch goals. They need to make the shooting more of a dice roll between the shooter and the goalie. Goals that go 90% of the time don't exist in real hockey. Also, the goalies need to stop giving up the short side when I have the cross crease covered. They need to understand what I'm taking away so that they can play better positionally and reduce the garbage short side.

GM connected every fan wants but nope.

That’s what people say every year tho

Ha, good one

@@michealhayashi3406 A man can dream can't he?

Probably Madden lol. I remember when hockey games were worth getting excited over

Bruh if it was called NHL Infinite it’d have a season delayed like 3 times lol

true

That’s because he’s playing nhl 22

@@fuuzzzy he’s not

@@noahnicholson1214 yes he is you donut

@@noahnicholson1214 he is

As shitty as this game is, you dont want it on pc trust me

Is that really worth 60 - 100 $ though

@@relaxationhaven7509 if you enjoy the game as much as I do, I would say yes.

It’s an obstruction in passing lanes holding your stick out freely like that…coaches literally teach players to do it…it being something that puts your player in quicksand is BS

Nhl 98 def the best. The physics were perfect, nice weight to everything, made defenders challenging feel great and fair.

I havent played nhl since nhl 13 lol but nhl 09 was the best it sounds better than 23

Thing is, they didnt put a ton of effort into the desperation move. It's a pretty simple animation that's just there to sell something new. Its a minor addition that they're trying to sell like its a big innovative thing, but when you play, you see it for what it is: a minor addition. As for the passing, I think the game should showcase the player's skills, and at the NHL level, most passes are really accurate. The real problem is the AI defense, EA never got it right, so instead they made passing harder, but it wasnt even harder, it was just dumb. You try to pass to a guy who's wide open in the slot, passing lane is clear and the guy in the slot just lets it slide to the covered Dman behind him, giving up a breakaway on the other end?? Now that people have complained EA has gone back to easy passes, but what's make it unrealistic is the defensive coverage. They only improved the defensive coverage in the slot to prevent cross pass cheesing, but didnt adress the rest, like transition defense, actual forecheck, etc. Best example of that is when you defend the AI from entering the zone. Because the player actually knows how to defend the transition, the AI starts circling back with the puck in the most unrealistic way (skating edges that defy physics, slalom from left to right until there's an opening, etc), but in reality the AI should either A. dump the puck or B. turn it over while trying to pass. It should be the same thing when its the player who has the puck, but the AI is so clueless in transition that most passes are perfect because there's no coverage. In real life, most plays die because the defenseman read the play, rarely because the player missed his pass. Now the AI defense will suck even more with the pokecheck nerf and passing will look OP, when it's actually relatively realistic.

I couldn’t agree more I played the demo wasn’t impressed but I waited and just paid around 50 for it which still is alot considering but ea wanting 80-90 or more for this is absolutely insane and I truly feel bad for those who got scammed

What??? Great?

I think that makes defense balanced so people stop spam poking and in turn, people would only poke in smart spots and there would be less tripping