Online Versus Mode: Too Slow.

This message was edited 5 times. Last update was at 11/08/2009 19:14:50

Why the f**k is versus mode so goddamn slow? I have never in my life seen hockey played at such a slow speed.
I have lost so many games of online versus simply because my team is not able to skate as fast as they do in real life. The developer who programmed needs to watch a hockey game. All of the past versions of the game had much faster play than this.
Why did you slow it down so much EA? It was fine the way it was. Whomever told you to slow it down certainly did not speak for me.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/06/2009 16:33:30

Yea, when you start of playing offline, then go to online, it definetly takes some getting used to. Rush plays don't work out as well since the speed drop takes away the element of surprise.

I think it would be best to add a game speed option prior to the game.

Edit: Actually, I just now noticed there is an option for that in offline play, haven't checked online yet. Try it?

i think it's fine

xbox.geeseMAN69 wrote:i think it's fine

So do you think the default speed offline is too fast then? There's definetly a huge difference.

Compare the speed of the Online Versus gameplay to a real NHL game.
Trust me, you'll notice how sluggish Online Versus is.

I like the speed, it drives creativity

xbox.Kevman7987 wrote:Compare the speed of the Online Versus gameplay to a real NHL game.
Trust me, you'll notice how sluggish Online Versus is.

I think the speed is fine make it less arcadish. Makes it easier to stop kids who just want to rush into the zone all the time and just shoot and try cross creasers.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/08/2009 19:07:50

This is a hockey simulation though, it should at least be as fast as the real NHL.

the speed doesnt bother me as things just happen abit slower the thing the gets me tho is the terrible lag that goes on in every VS games.. i have yet to play 1 vs game (be it random ranked or league game) that hasnt been choppy as hell.....

I personally hate VS mode in 10 compared to 09... in 09 i had a skill level of 23 played alot of games in VS mode ranked about 220ish in league about 300 & loved every second of it.... but in NHL10 i get so mad at playing VS cuz of the choppy game play. I rarely get any type of lag in EASHL or any dc issues but as soon as i play a VS game lag comes in full stride for the entire game.

I have tried resetting modem before playing a VS game and it doesnt help at all, EA puts so much time into the EASHL that they completely forgot about the VS mode.... I love the EASHL dont get me wrong but sometimes just cant hack it against those brutal OTP players and i want to play VS games when my club members rnt online. But EA has made it virtually impossible to play VS & im not the only 1 who says this as the club im on have a VS league going and every player says VS is choppy as F...................

I don't play a lot of versus, but if your blaming your losses on the game play speed then that's sad. No offense, but if the game play is slow fir you then wouldn't it be the same for your opponent. Another thing is that you can't compare online with offline because your probably going to be playing on different settings for offline, especially if you changed the sliders or play on anything less than all star/normal.

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 11/08/2009 19:19:26

xbox.K1NGxR3DDEV1L14 wrote:I don't play a lot of versus, but I'm going to go ahead and talk as if I knew what I was talking about. Which I don't as I don't play what you're referring to.

Okay, maybe it was all of like two losses because of game speed. I just prefer a faster game, it was faster last year. "If it's in the game, it's in the game" does mean a simulation is supposed to be as close to realistic as possible, which this is not. As I said in my opening post here, Almost all NHL hockey in the real NHL is much faster than it is in NHL 10.
I prefer that when they change something in this game it was to make it more realistic.

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