NHL 22 Beta Feedback (Gameplay and Bugs)

Vibration not working on XSX.

The "settings" should not be part of the "Play" tab in WoC, as this makes them inaccessible if you are in a lobby with people.

Loose puck scrums in front of the net / in the slot seem to have somehow gotten worse, total pinball and most likely the forward spamming up on the right stick will get rewarded for nothing. Even as a dman with the magnet x Factor thing + "No contest" ability it is very bad.

 

Also WHYYY does the game run in a higher framerate and look 10x better when you're watching from the penalty box in 6s???

 

BUGS: -Chel Challenges menu will pop up mid game, I think it's triggered when you hit RT. Happened once in practice mode and got booted to the menu, and another time in 6s but stayed in the game. Random occurence. This is on X1X (old gen)

-Profane last name (Nutzenberger) was fine in previous games, due to the 'Nutz' part

 

I definitely notice something weird about the camera angles as mentioned earlier, even with the same settings as in 21.

It also seems easy to lose sight of the puck, especially on faceoffs or when it rims around the boards in your own end. This may have something to do with the camera, but I'm not totally sure on that. This holds true even after increasing the puck size as well.

I also agree Carlin is super annoying! That needs to be removed or at least an option to mute.

@Markz_51 - I do believe you can turn off the x-factor indicator in the settings menu.

 

Lou messaged my owner and said if I needed a code to come this thread and post. Hence why you see all these people posting....

 

THIS POST @SweetLou9208

 

Goalies are allowed to stand on the goal line in the middle of the net and not get sniped with wristers. Thats bs. Passing is so slow and unrealistic. Every backhand pass no matter what goes about 2 miles per hour which makes making plays and breakouts nearly impossible. Cameras super bugged so you have to constantly hit Y to switch back and forth camera focus from the puck to your player, not sure why that ever got touched and changed. Pickups from passes reek. Gameplay overall is extremely slow.

 

To fix the camera issue hold the select button for a few seconds and it will adjust like previous games

 

Is overhead broken? Looks like classic.

 

Back hand passes are broken and move too slow, including charged passes/sauces making breakout difficult.

Bobbling receiving passes must be tweaked. Even those with high hand eye can’t corral passes.

One timer whiffs happen way too often.

Goaltender interference penalties are extremely sensitive and I think the penalty should be removed from the game.

The RB self sauce speed boost glitch is still a thing and should removed from the game.

Even though you can fix the camera by holding select, it should be fixed in settings instead of pressing select every play.

Overall, I like the gameplay better than NHL 21, but with a few adjustments, IMO would benefit the community. Don’t forget Crossplay for NHL 23.

 

Servers are somehow worse, im npw getting 90+ ping on the "central" server...pretty easy non buy when the games unplayable from the west coast

 

Screen is way too cluttered with the X-Factor icons and Chevron player indicators make it hard to see who has the puck. Let us turn them off and go back to the circle indicators. As others have said, the passing is horrific, especially backhand passes. It also seems like stick checking is back to the way it was last beta where you can swing defensive stick around like a maniac and never get a pim. I actually watched a replay of the guys stick push my skate inward and no trip.

The ability to view player builds from the lobby is the best addition to this game, so good job on that I guess lol. All in all I think the game can be adjusted with tuners to play well but not being cross generation will make it a forgettable iteration unfortunately.

 

Things I like:
- Builds are a great addition, a variety of ways to tweak your player
- Game feels smoother with new engine and new gen xbox than before.
- Menus are responsive and presentation feels much quicker and better looking on new gen.

Things I would fix:
- Overhead cam is not the same, camera needs to pull back to match the one we played for years.
- Passing is unpredictable, so it's not always skill that gets a pass to somebody or a passing "skill gap". Passing is just more random imo.
- Goalies can just sit goal line and make saves like the 360 days, does not belong in the game anymore.
- Way too many bumps and incidental contact situations, makes the game feel like there is no space out there.
- Speed of entire game needs a slight increase, feels a bit slow
- The deflections are way too OP, and with the lack of perceived space from incidental contact etc...one of the most reliable ways to get a high percentage shot is turds. Needs to be toned way down, way down.
- Bring back older player indicators, a more solid color helps during more intense games peripherally.

Honestly the gameplay really feels like it needs quite a bit of work, but there is a lot of potential with this release if they handle it properly.

 

Would like the option to show pre game if my pro is vaccinated or not vaccinated

 

If I could change one thing to the current build system it would be that all of the boosts get +4s and not have +2 boosts to the first 2 tiers of attributes. I spent significant time editing builds to come up with this conclusion. The reason is because as is the game is tailored to smaller builds specifically sniper, but to a lesser extent playmaker and dangler. These builds can add +4 boosts to the skills they are deficient in for example stick check, def awareness, deking, etc... However, bigger builds are deficient in the first two attribute categories which boosts only give +2's therefore it is statistically and mathematically better to build a bigger sniper and turn him it into a two way with +4 defensive traits than it is possible to build a twf/grinder/pwf/ that is capable of being fast and still has a shot. Make all of the boosts +4 OR boost some of the stats in the first two categories for the bigger builds so that they can effectively redistribute build points to be more viable and evenly matched to the sniper class. This uneven point system is even further exaggerated when you calculate the skills in each category that you can take away from to boost other attributes.

 

Biggest gripe with passing is if I have to be in a controlled glide with reasonable vision to complete it, the same should be true for deflecting/intercepting it. Feels like when I'm in the lane it doesn't matter as much for my body position or the speed of my player, I can be full sprinting on a back check and able to deflect it no problem.

Goalies sitting deep aren't being sniped, I now it's been pointed out but reinforcing it. One timers being harder I think is great, but that also means that should go hand in hand with goalies having to be more aggressive on shooters. Even with snipers (and it shouldn't be a requirement to use a sniper to beat a goalie with an unscreened wrister).

It's not going to get changed I imagine, but the attribute groupings are really irritating. They put attributes together that have nothing to do with each other besides, this is what people put points into and we don't want them thinking they aren't 4th liners.

Some improvements in a lot of areas, but I think collectively it all adds up to a pretty unenjoyable experience. I think they're chasing realism at the expense of a fun/rewarding game. Yes, real hockey is random but when we're playing 4 minute periods (20% of an actual hockey game) I think you have to sacrifice some of that RNG for enjoyments sake and it seems they're taking the opposite approach.

I don't hate the passing changes, I think it's good that you can't blindly one touch a pass on someone's tape. That being said though, it feels random as opposed to rewarding. If a pass gets fumbled, why is it fumbled? Was the passer rating too low for how long they held RT? Was the recipients hand-eye attribute too low? Were they moving too fast? This constant ambiguity is something that's grown frustrating over the years, and a lot of the time the only explanation we ever get is by getting Ben Ross to individually respond to twitter clips (which we're not allowed to post), and he usually just tells us we're not in a controlled glide or our stamina is too low.

 

The customization is a tease. There are perks I can't even use with a +5 adjustment on some builds. They clearly want to give the appearance of customization while having the similar builds as last year. Are there not small quick Twd or od in the nhl?
Don't understand the size ranges

As alot of people said there is something wrong with the camera.

 

Check your settings, you can turn off the xfactor icons.

 

Also very hard to see who has the puck