| Written by Mike Hartnett Published at 2008-11-06 12:13:44 Tagged: [General News] [Patches] [PlayStation 3] |
After many suggestions from fans, EA has finally released an all-new patch for NHL 09 and we've got the details!
The jersey on the EASHL side select screen is more visible than the team logo. This will make it easier for people to see when jersey colors clash
Deking controls normal when shooting downscreen with "Always Up" controls
Checking has been tuned so you will see less big hits from guys that aren't traditionally known for hitting
Less CPU AI one-timers
Increased the height of dump ins, for a better dump and chase game.
No more goals from flip dumps
Better CPU AI logic near offensive blueline so they don't go off-sides as much
CPU goalie will not drag the puck back toward himself in a shootout
We have fixed the goals from outside shots that people are scoring. We have reduced shot accuracy when on the rush and when turning quickly, and from far out. You will now have to be more conservative when shooting on the rush. If you aim all the way to the left or right, your shot will go wide a lot more. Try aiming more towards the middle to hit the net from outside. This fixes the cross goal where you shoot back the other way, and the goal that goes in with the "curve" animation, and a few others. There's a reason NHL players don't shoot from outside on the rush very often. Dumping or trying to set up is a better play unless you have an odd-man situation.
We reduced the time it took to get control of the goalie by 1/3.
When line changes are set to auto, and a user changes lines/defense manually between whistles, the line/defensive pair you asked for will come out (or stay out).
If you have line changes off in Be a Pro, line change player chatter will be turned off.
When using a defenseman in BAP, BAP player won't get stuck on the bench and will be able to call for change
The EASHL will now go to continuous 5v5 overtime until one team scores. This way nobody has to sit out, and you get to decide who wins (this is now just like the NHL Play-offs)
The proper own-goal cut scene will be shown where the player who scored on himself is upset.
All cut scenes should now show players sitting in their respective team's bench.
Increase AI team aggressiveness and the likelihood of them getting called for a penalty on an infraction.
If Vision Control is pressed, you do not throw a hit when in front of the attacking net. This helps with rebound shots.
Increase the likelihood of a penalty if the stick hits the body during a stick lift.
Reduce the accuracy of shots for penalty shots and shootouts. Aiming for just inside the post is a lot tougher now
This is quite a large patch indeed and is sure to add even more realism to an already stunning game.
Thanks to GagnierA for the tip!
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4 comments:
 |  Wayne J. Rodrique
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457 While this is somewhat related as a question, couldn't EA just create a... template [sport] game with a set of specific features, and merely apply patches to update that game's roster, bugfixes, as well as adding features, and other misc. content? Understandably, it would be a download-centric, mostly online-only affair, and while it seems kiiiind of unreasonable an idea, consider this: EA's mainline sports titles, and their subsequent "sequels," are little more than mere upgrades from the version prior...
Well, don't mind my rambling. I don't even play sports games whatsoever, so WTF am I doing, posting this as a reply to something that doesn't concern/involve me in the least?
(Sick day. Pardon me.)
 | Aaron Gagnier
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@w.j.R.: Specifically for NHL09, roster updates are automatically downloaded when you go to play online matches, I would assume that this would also be applied to the "Play Now" rosters. But once you start a Dynasty or "Be A Pro", the rosters that are already injected are the ones that are used and can only be modified by trades and cannot be synced by real world changes.
Since the sports game series I play is NHL I can't speak for EA's other games of the genre, but I would assume that the same rules would be applied there. Since most of their resources seem to be tied up in the Madden series, it would only make sense that it would do this as well.
Plus, the NBA (or NCAA, can't remember off the top of my head) has a downloadable companion app that updates the rosters and player attributes (including injuries, trades, performance markers and stats) in real-time. When it was first released it was $1.99, which I believe is still the case.
| Aaron Gagnier
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Now that I'm thinking about it though, that stuff I said about the basketball companion app might not be entirely correct. I don't play the that game, so I was just trying to remember off the top of my head what the description was talking about in the store. This was quite a while ago, but I'm sure I'm not that off.
It should also be said that as many issues as this patch fixes, it's still only a mere 19megs. I should have included that in the tip as well.
It certainly does improve the gameplay in a noticeable way though and makes it more fun since the CPU team doesn't get as many crap goals anymore...lol. Not only that, but players seem to be more manageable when trying to play defensive. Don't know if that's an unintended side effect, but they seem to play their positions better.