Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
Fall is undoubtedly here. From fall sports (hello NFL, NHL and NBA) to different foods and of course, seasonal beers. NHL 17 is doing a nice job of getting me to play the game differently than in years past. Traditionally I stick to the hometown teams in Madden, NHL and MLB: The Show, working through their franchise modes. For whatever reason however, this year NHL 17 has had me sinking a lot of time into my career mode, and by and large I have been thoroughly enjoying it. Of course it helps when I am enjoying a cool beer or two as well, as these modes can be major time sinks, so sipping on something like Ichabod certainly helps some of these hours-long play sessions.
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Cyckiewicz writes: "NHL 18 has received an Open Beta for consoles and thanks to that we can already check what new have EA Sports prepared for hockey fans.
It is also possible to confront the game graphics with last year’s edition of the game, so without further ado let’s compare NHL 17 running on Xbox One S and NHL 18 powered by PS4 Pro.
One thing cought my eye for sure – crowd animation. It’s always nice to see that Devs are attached to details so they are preparing things that may be overlooked by the players. Look closely on 2:30 minute of this video and see what I mean.
How do you like NHL 18 overall?"
Noticed no difference during the beta, this confirms it. Oh well, they should be going to the Frostbite engine next year.
It looks like they're using the exact same models for a lot of this, which is pretty disappointing but not entirely unexpected.
As for them moving to Frostbite, the EA Canada team that works on the NHL series is a fraction the size of the team working on Fifa. Sean mentioned moving to Frostbite, but with NHL being the red headed step child of the EA Sports line up I don't see that investment being made....I also maybe don't trust them to get the physics somewhere that isn't busted on a new engine, I still have bad flashbacks of NHL 15.
In motion I really don't think you will notice a difference here... (Side by Side comparisons and its hard to tell)
they should release new games every other year and just ad roster updates in between.
i would pay $20 for the yearly update but paying $80 for a few improvements and a roaster update is highway robbery
Hard to really see a difference for the most part, although is it me or does it seem like the video for 2017 is playing at 2x speed vs 2018 at normal?
I noticed that too. But towards the end of the video, it looks like they speed them. both up side by side. Other than that, it looks like the NHL 18 crowd looks a little more relaxed.
You have all these games that you want to purchase, but no ambition to get up and go to the store. I hate that. I don't even want to get dressed, let alone go the store and deal with some guy that thinks he's my friend but really isn't and wants to discuss all the upcoming games with me. Please, just let me get home to play my games! That's why I buy digital as much as I do. That's why you should check out the Amazon digital sale.
