john williamson

As most have already said this game is awful per usual. I havent even finished my 10 hour trial on ea play and I’m done with it already. I am an old man and have been playing this game for decades. Ever since they added in the x factors this game has been terrible. Every player on offense has the speed of McDavid and all anyone does is exploit the OP X factors which is a joke. All I typically play is EASHL and I play D. I play as legit hockey as possible and don’t go for big hits all game. I keep the offense outside and stick check more than anything. The imbalance on defense in this game is ridiculous unless you want to basically play offense on defense all game and not care about the defensive side of the puck. At which point all the centers that don’t play D will gripe all game about the defense while they cherry pick at the red line. lol. Years ago it was set up so you had a base player set up for a particular position. From that base set up you could tweak the sliders to suit your game play much like it is now but without the X factors. Enough with the “super power up” perks. Glad I spent the $6 for the trial to save myself the money and frustration for the next 12 months. And this is coming from someone that has literally bought every version of this game since 94. Great job EA!