Well, turns out that it works on my 2nd Xbox that still has the old Dashboard. That might be the reason.
Three measly Goddamned days? I have no plans this weekend. Zero. That's THREE DAYS of playing. THREE. So worth it.
It sounds like no has taken my Sharks yet, in which case I will claim them.
Based on my experiences with NHL12, I suspect there are going to be things about NHL13 that are going to frustrate the $#*& out of me. Checking, puck control, and any sort of deke are things that, after 175+ games of online NHL12, I still cannot do. I would pay real money for someone to give me some pointers or a quick tutorial on these things in NHL13 once the game is out.
Checking - I cannot for the life of me figure out why my guys cannot hit. I try moving the right stick toward them on impact. I try moving it away, then toward them. I try holding down the L2 "vision control" while checking. I try clicking the right stick for the hip check. Nothing works. If I so much as get close to an opponent, I'm knocked on my ass. My guys go in for a check and just bounce off. It's infuriating.
Puck control - what is the button combo that correlates to "take the puck away from behind" that everyone seems to know but me? I can occasionally poke check. I can rarely get the puck with a stick lift, mostly the A button means "call slashing penalty". Most of my games online have a 2:1 advantage in possession for the other player, because I cannot figure this out.
Dekes - yeah, I know these tend to be all over Youtube because this is the flashy part that everyone wants to know how to do. I still can't figure out how EA builds a complex deke system and then completely omits it from the manual.
For that matter, I'd love to see more description of what the actual defensive schemes and strategies mean and do. No matter what defensive strategy I pick in NHL12, my opponents can get the puck behind their net and pretty much skate to my net and none of my players ever challenge them. If I get the puck, I'm suddenly at the center of a 4-man gangbang. I have to pass constantly or I lose it, and half the time I pass it right into a turnover.
There must be something really magical and addicting about NHL's online play, because there's really no reason I should have stuck it out this long.
If I played hut, that would be awesome
I'm still at work for 3 more hours. This sucks.
Downloading.
99%. Took a while, even over FIOS.
4-1 my first game on default settings. Different types of scoring. Loving it.
This is going to be a long night.
4-1 my first game on default settings. Different types of scoring. Loving it.
This is going to be a long night.
now i am jealous
Passing on Hardcore is painful. Suggest we stick with normal for the league.
Put 4 on King Henrik on All-Star with the Leafs. Thinking scoring is easier this year.
My thumb hurts.
My thumb hurts.
Cheater.
Joined the league.
Playing playoffs All-Star, normal. It's much easier to score this year. Won 4 in a row against the Avs and am 3-1 vs. Boston. Going to need to tweak difficulty level for offline play as it's too easy.
I absolutely LOVE the variety in scoring. Every game feels different.
Also, size matters. A lot. Tackling Chara is not easy, and those bastard Bruins use him to get the puck into the zone.
Found a bug.
2-1 to me against Bruins. Bruins pull goalie, scores on a penalty shot.
To my surprise, they don't put their goalie back in.
3-2 Toronto
Found a bug.
2-1 to me against Bruins. Bruins pull goalie, scores on a penalty shot.
To my surprise, they don't put their goalie back in.
3-2 Toronto
Seems like something Julien could totally do.
Order shipped from Amazon!
So excited to be playing this tomorrow night.
Brief non-game observation: It's funny how most items I order from Amazon ship UPS from either Memphis or Kentucky, and make it to me in St. Louis the next day even if I use Prime 2-Day shipping or Super Saver shipping. But NHL13 gets shipped (from Kentucky), and it's as if UPS is going out of their way to make sure it doesn't get here until Tuesday.
Hrm...Anyone else having issues connecting to EA servers right now? I'm sure it's probably just release day issues, but I haven't been able to connect since I got home at 5pm est. A quick (and I mean QUICK) google search revealed nothing out of the ordinary, but I was just seeing if you all had any trouble.
I didn't have any trouble connecting, but EA servers have always been hit or miss for me.
Played two games with everything at default and had a blast. The game feels a bit quicker than the demo, so I may take the speed down a notch or two. Hitting also seems really jacked up on the default settings. Touch a guy and he's sprawled out on his back. Regardless, the gameplay feels very, very good.
In my second game, I hit Eric Staal with a pass at the blue line, skated him into the slot, deked the defenseman, then glided across the goal mouth, and beat the goal with a wrist shot in the upper corner. Easily the best goal I've ever scored in an NHL game and it all felt completely, well, natural. Really excited to play more.
So I said yes to go through the Tutorial...
Right after showing you how to take and aim a shot, they show you how to drop the gloves...
Oh the humanity!
Kicking Chara's ass feltgood
First game in: Montreal 4 - Boston 1
As it should!
I used the power skating (down press on the left stick) to pull away from the defenseman with Plekanec and regained control of the puck just in time to deke Thomas and score. I was in love!
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