The official NHL 24 reveal trailer just went live and today we’re giving you a full breakdown this trailer is over five minutes long so there’s gonna be a lot to unpack today I also had the chance to play NHL 24 out in Vancouver last week
So as we see things in the trailer I’ll talk about my experiences first hand let’s go [Applause] and stop pressure and physicality to Dynamic new ways to attack EA Sports NHL 24 brings it and so much more I’m not gonna lie there’s 34 gameplay than we
Got in last year’s review so we’re up to a good features of the intensity authenticity of the game cross play is here now you can finally compete consoles this vastly improves matchmaking quality and shortens wait times so you and your crew can make the most of your time on the ice there you
Have it is now official full cross play is coming to NHL 24 in both hot and world of gel it’s not the half and half cross play we had in 23 now you can actually mix and match players of different consoles on one eshl team this is huge for the competitive scene in
Esports but definitely was expected I’m glad that they got it done Game Changer the exhaust engine next up and hitting an opponent in the zone forcing you to make decisions like choosing to establish putt possession or attack on the rush exhaust engine is made up of the sustained pressure system
Holy steam pressure system rewards extended offensive events such as shooting passing and checking in the attacking Zone as you can get the pressure gauge so there’s that actual drafting there and a boost in stats due to the address explained that it’s a decrease in stats due to the pinned effect this change
Makes real hockey plays effective there’s our first look at the exhaust engine and I would say that this is the feature that most differentiates this game from any NHL game we’ve had in the past as you control the puck in the offensive zone a pressure meter is going
To pop up and appear right in the middle of the ice this is meant to simulate those momentum swings in real hockey where your team is pinned In Their Own Zone and just cannot get the puck out there’s a few different ways to fill that bar so as you control the puck in
The offensive zone the bar is going to slowly tick forward however the quickest way to fill this is to actually do things in the offensive zone so the more shots you take if you make hits in the offensive zone or complete a series of passes that is going to boost your bar
Up quicker once the offensive pressure bar is all the way filled you’re gonna get a boost to your stats and your opponent’s going to decrease stats they’ll tire out and lose energy you’ll be buzzing around the offensive zone and a lot of of goals will happen because of
This in terms of how this actually affects gameplay I found it better to take some more unique shots that I wouldn’t have taken say last year taking more shots and filling the bar quicker felt like it was more of an advantage than waiting out that perfect moment
That perfect cross crease and a lot more different style goals were going into the back of the net because of the goalie fatigue system which you’ll see here soon the dump and Chase can be used to wear down the opponent and retrieve the puck to send that bar up as well crazy
Opens up new opportunities to attack the net on the defensive side you now have to choose between making the safe boards and outplaying the puck over in the slot so in that section we saw how crazy things can get when the bar is full obviously the offensive players are
Buzzing around the goalies are diving everywhere you’ll see a lot of rebounds and different opportunities I don’t know if it was specifically mentioned but in order to get rid of that pinned effect on defense all you have to do is get the puck out of the Zone easier said than
Done we’ve also added the goalie let’s get into these crazy animations 50 new goalie animations including a brand package dude goalies will now Tire as you increase attack Zone time somebody says like most importantly I mean things like this happened in real hockey tires chaos in the crease so there we get to
See some of the craziness of the new goalie animations and as a goalie gets more fatigue so more shots against more pin time there in their Zone that’s when you’re gonna see those saves really come out the goalie tires out slows down and is just a little bit slower on that post
To post leading to more goal scoring opportunities I will say I couldn’t score as much as I’d like with the fatigue where you really start to see the goals go in is the rebound so a shot will be taken and the goalie will have like a desperation almost fall back
Where he ends up like on his back or weird positions and you get to bury a free rebound goal to be honest in real hockey you really don’t see goalies just like sprawling out and about on routine saves like we did in this trailer but
For a video game I think it makes a bit more sense it’s almost like you’re playing a game within a game with the offensive pressure with the goalie fatigue these are all things to keep in mind as you play take the body there’s a cover boy oh yeah now we’re talking hidden contact
Feature revolutionizes checking in NHL 24. and authenticity of defensive plays oh my sit down if you land a big check your opponent will re-enter the play slower creating more turnovers and counter-attack opportunities but if you don’t connect you’ll be left out of position late little bus really increases the risk reward factor that
Makes gameplay incredibly exciting nice gold Landing a clean solid check on the opponent will result in new physics space and animation based reactions creating tons of new WoW moments in every game a quick push on the right stick will allow creating quick separation with lower penalty risk plus we’ve also introduced a new
Gameplay meta that adds a dedicated reverse body check control this allows here to protect the puck with their body to impactful effect and to make all of that even sweeter you can get players huh it’s a broken glass too okay so hitting has been reworked in NHL 24 and
23 you were kind of just flicking the stick hoping for different results so at some points you wanted a light bump at some points you wanted that booming hit in 24 that’s going to be more under your actual control so if you want to go for
A light bump you just flick on the analog stick if you want to actually wind up a hit you’re gonna pull back on the stick and then explode forward resulting in some of those bigger hits that we see here this was actually a bit difficult to figure out when I had the
Control in my hand it just felt kind of awkward at times but as I started to play with it more you really do start to feel and understand the system and I will say it definitely feels more rewarding when you wind up that big hit and actually hit someone but it is
Definitely more difficult too if they make a quick move if they make a quick Deke you’re just going to miss them entirely the new Energy System plays a big role on this as well you can see Horvat makes it dangle through Burns there their energy bars are at the
Bottom Burns is dead he just gets burned to the outside Miss to the hit and Horvat finds the back of the net hitting is more of an actual skill now whereas before you could kind of just flick the stick around and get good clean hits now you actually have to time it you’re
Gonna get burned hitting people over the bench and breaking the glass have both been added to the game I will say it was super rare I’ve played four or five games and I only saw one guy go over the boards never once did I see the broken
Glass so it’s in the game but doesn’t happen too often no control skill moves control that makes highlight reel moves more intuitive and exciting it looks kind of smooth kind of slow moves give you more options but timing to play right and reading the ice will be the difference between us and failure
However if you prefer Legacy controls have that option plus a new ability to fake pass or deak out of every meal Johnny also adds a dynamic new offensive player like no room there total control skill moves are definitely going to be one of the more controversial added features it’s essentially just a
Controller option that Maps some of the more difficult Deeks like a between the legs or the Michigan through literal buttons on your controller with these new controls the Y button is the Michigan so you literally just go behind the net hold the Y for a certain amount
Of time let go and the Michigan is done I found this to be a little disappointing geek should be something that you go into practice mode and grind away at until you get perfect to make it so you can just go behind the net and tap the Y button for the Michigan just
Just feels too easy I know a lot of people struggle to do the Michigan maybe a lot of people never even pulled it off but there’s something special about actually having to put in the work and that is now gone now obviously you still need the right placement and you need to
Time the deaks correctly so you have to hold wide for a certain amount of time for it to work if you hold it too long it won’t if you hold it too little it won’t but it just doesn’t feel right to me I’m not the biggest fan of this
Change right now but I gotta give it some more time and we’ll see what happens puts tape to tape play with your team passes to keep Puck possession and mount that all-important pressure by mapping the controller’s face buttons to your teammates Vision passing a little more efficient passing but opens
Up that new community to set up the perfect player stretch and Breakaway passes giving you new ways to attack the net but hitting the correct button alone won’t guarantee a perfect pass gameplay components automatic attributes all factor into a successful play this feature here seems so minor but it has
Been needed for so long I mean it literally happens every single game where you have a guy like cutting up the ice on a nice breakout and ends up going to the wrong guy or just going down the ace for an icing so now we have this
Vision passing if you don’t like it you can still pass the normal way by just clicking in the right trigger but if you want to try this new system you will hold RT and that will bring up all the buttons above the players this felt really good in game and was especially
Helpful when you’re setting up on a power play where you’re making some unique passes that you wouldn’t normally have the chance to make you could get a bit more creative with passes and find lanes that maybe normally you wouldn’t be able to hit but now that you can just
Hold RT and then specifically pick which player you want to pass to it makes it a whole lot easier as I mentioned before my number one use for this was on the breakouts where you’re finding that specific path or trying to hit a certain guy this system definitely helps out
Plus we’ve added one touch passing which lets you quickly move the puck around the ice if the puck is in transit so you can also kind of preemptively nice for our brick walls out there an update to our human goalie controllers accessible intuitive historically the game’s controls made it easy to lose the
Net creating frustrating empty net goals and a steep learning curve so in NHL 24 we have added a new tethered control system as you slide back and forth to make saves you simply produce the left analog stick and your goalie honestly return back to a cell quite understand
What the difference is there I do not have the chance to mess around with human goalie at all but from what I see there it looks like they’re kind of keeping you in the center of the net by default so it’s gonna be way easier for
The Casual user just to pick up the game and hop into the net you don’t really have to do much you’re just using your analog stick going back and forth and then it re-centers you as you go system this allows you to guess the location of
The shot for a bonus on your save attempt okay increases the chance you gotta kind of read the shooter nice addition for our veteran goalies and really breathes new life into the position from high pressure plays that’ll leave you sweating sending your friends into the bench NHL 24 steps the
Game up to give you those authentic hockey feelings so there we have watching and catch you on the ice NHL 24 official revealed trailer that is it obviously you heard my thoughts and my personal experience on the gameplay as the trailer went on but let’s just sum
This all up first we have to give credit where credit is due I actually just dropped a five minute pure Gameplay trailer there’s no rollerblading around the city there’s no gimmicks there’s no hype it’s literally just the gameplay I think that alongside the clean and simple camera car cover at least show
The ER kind of going back to their Roots a little bit here in NHL 24. the most encouraging thing I can say from all this is when I’ve picked up the controller and played NHL 24 for the first time it felt like a different game we were there in Vancouver with some of
The best NHL gamers in the world and they picked up the game and just were lost when it comes to these new features and that’s how it should be it should feel different each and every year so for good or for bad that remains to be
Seen But the game does feel and play different I would love to hear your guys honest his thoughts in the comments section down below I try to be as honest with you as I could I know there’s some features in here that people will absolutely love and others that people
Will absolutely hate I just want this game to be the best that it can be and at the very least I’m hopeful for NHL 24. this was a promising trailer so let me know your thoughts in the comment section down below hit the like button
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