I just don't get it. How do I get good at this fucking game?
I keep losing the puck and I have no fucking capabilities to get it back. I haven't won a single match against Pro AI and it keeps outsmarting me all the time. It's defense is always one step ahead and blocks my passes like a motherfucker.
I am not mainly a console player and it feels fucking impossible to try to make shots with the pad joysticks. It feels like I get some cognitive failures when trying to make an attack.
I know some of you hockeybros enjoy good hockey and are good at this. Where to look, what kind of tactics should I employ? I can't score goals for shit and I keep losing. This game is the first one it feels like the more I play the shittier I become. It's extremely frustrating.
Send help.
>>323186107
Same feel with me and Madden
I can't play for shit. Gives me new respect for sports game players.
>>323186193
>I can't play for shit. Gives me new respect for sports game players.
I know man. After trying to get even a slightly better at this I have more respect for those who excel in these on professional level than any other genre. Well, maybe fighting games a bit more. But still, it's fucking overwhelming when you don't even exactly know what you are doing wrong and therefore can't better it.
I know there are people here who enjoy good stickplay.
Poasting flavor of the month player.
I used to play Hockey when I was a kid. I lost interest when I started High School but I never scored in my whole life. No talent in vidya or sports.
>>323188193
I had great setting for it too. My dad is a former hockey coach and tried to get me into it but goddamn I didn't like sports back then and rather spent my time infront of a PC. And here we are now.
Protect the puck do a one timer you now have the power to win every hockey game
hello where are the finns
>>323188869
The last year I played made me quit and hate hockey for the rest of my life. I don't remember the details but I just can't care enough about it anymore.
>>323189152
I know the concept and I try to do it constantly. However it always stops when the AI doesn't get in place in time and I lose the puck to the defenders or they straight up block my passes. Other people seem to pull it off just fine so I don't know what goes wrong in my game.
>>323187429
>>323186107
Stick lift or hit. Games pretty easy don't be a dumbass.
>>323189394
That's a shame man. One of the few sports that are actually worth watching in my opinion because of its high speed low drag
You had a shot to the NHL stardom anon. Eternal glory awaited youand infinite pussy
>>323189943
Btw I play at all star and still win every game.
>>323189980
He fucked up
>>323189943
>>323190079
I just can't pull it off. The AI protects the puck like a mother hen. My poke checks don't seem to have any effect and I end up tripping someone. Stick lifting seems to be very situational.
tl;dr I just can't pull it off and suck humongous cock
>>323190485
Then hit them. The ai fucks you up sometime but basically hit them or stick lift. Poke check on occasion.
Also you can look on jewtube to find best ways to cheese goals.
>>323186107
I never understood the appeal behind these games why not actually play hockey instead of getting this video game?
>>323189980
>implying I could ever get in NHL
>>323186107
I find the game a lot easier if you make sure the camera is always facing up the ice, so that your controls don't swap when the next period begins
let the ai help you out a bit more on defense, you don't need to be constantly switching to your defensemen because the AI knows enough to keep you afloat
use r1/right bumper with the right thumbstick to pokecheck, the 100% most important tool you have
the better you get at defense, the more you'll have to play on offense
the game encourages you to pass the puck, but you need to make good passes to your d-men while in the offensive zone
moving the puck around will help you open up shooting lanes for clear shots
>>323191785
because that doesn't make sense and never will
Devils are elite desu
>>323192726
>>323190790
Thanks anons! I will try. You really were helpful
>>323194619
>tfw no qt goaler gf
>>323194619
She could handle my stick if you know what I mean
>>323194876
elaborate pls
>>323195062
I meant that she seems a trustful individual enough so I could lend my hockey stick to her.. What else?
>>323186107
I didn't like how much of the mechanics they changed from 15 so i never picked this one up.
>>323191785
Because I don't want to exert energy. I play video games to relax and unwind. If I wanted to play hockey I would actually go play it. This video game is not like actually playing hockey, it's a video game.I used to play hockey. Wish I still did
>>323194619
YAAAAASSSS
>>323186107
from 15 there is no tutorial.
If you have a x360 or ps3 try nhl 14 first, where the game won't let you to pass the tutorial until you can preform.
>>323188193
I played when I was younger too anon.. I scored once I think. I had to stop playing because I ended up moving to a place where there was no league.
>>323186107
Left stick - your body
Right stick - your stick
What the fuck is so hard about this
Hockey looks fun. Is this a good way to get introduced into the sport?
>>323198043
Yeah I guess. The game is fun. NHL 16 helps new players a lot with it's on the fly coaching thing.
>>323198172
That sounds great
>>323194619
>Devils
Get some taste.
>>323198172
I mean I play just about every other sports game
>>323186193
Former Madden Bowl champ here
The biggest obstacle in Madden is recognizing defenses and knowing how to stop money plays (Plays that work every time unless you specifically call a play against it)
Another big thing is knowing your personnel, it's sort of like playing cards. I play with the Jacksonville Jaguars and always have, so I know their strengths, their weaknesses, and knowing who does better where and whatnot
If you're a big football fan it's a little easier to get into. I wouldn't bother because Madden sucks cock now, and I only play it because it puts money in my pocket nowand yes I'm a nig fuck you
>>323191785
Because some people just aren't athletic enough, or have an injury making them unable to play anymore. FIFA game's I purely don't understand, people shell out $60-70 a year for a game about kicking a ball around.
>>323198379
>>323194619
>tfw your favorite team has never won a final
>tfw you just found out that fighting is actually legal and encouraged in hockey
what the fuck amerilards
>>323198379
I hear the CH don't have a good season this year
>>323198556
You can get into it. Feels like the Skate games but hockey. One stick controls the player the other your stick. So deking feels natural.
>>323198764
What's wrong with that?
>>323198764
>being a pussy
fuck off europe
>>323198773
So far no, but I'm more interested in seeing how much the Leafs go full retard this year.
>>323198764
>amerilards
You do know hockey is way bigger in other countries than America..
Also, fighting can be used as tactics. Got a player on another team that keep throwing cheap hits and is generally annoying? Send out a person that will rough him up and get into a fight. This will put him in the penalty box.
>>323198832
>>323198764
I am this anon>>323188193 and I think I was too afraid to get hurt so I decided to stop playing Hockey. I'm too soft for that sport.
RAGS
>>323186107
Start with be a pro first, as a sniper, on casual.
You will control just one player which will help you to preform.
When you are better, put the difficulty on pro, and put down the enemy faceoff efficiency in the settings.
The main things in general -
Shooting
Wirst shot - just lift your right stick wherever you want to shoot. If you want to shoot for example to the upper right corner, just lift your right stick forward and right.
Faceoffs - This one is a little tricky. Your main duty is to watch the arm of the ref, when you see him swinging his arm press the right stick down.
Don't try to play it solo, pass to your teamnates. You will never score if you are too cocky. this is not soccer where messi dribbles his way to the net and scores, usually you will get a big body check if you do this.
Defense:
Beginners are playing it very wrong. If you are close to your opponet who has the puck you can try to bodycheck him (right stick), lift his stick (A on xboxone, I don't know what it is on ps4), or poke check (RB - also on xbox one)
If the opponet with the puck is far far away, stay in front of the net, cover the scoring chances and help to your goalide, DO NOT try to rush the opponet down, you will miss him and your opponet will have a breakaway.
English is not my first language, please write if something is not clear.
>>323199128
When I played I was a skinny ass asian kid,still am skinny and asian
But I wasn't afraid to get hit. I guess I made up for it with speed.
>>323199035
>Also, fighting can be used as tactics. Got a player on another team that keep throwing cheap hits and is generally annoying? Send out a person that will rough him up and get into a fight. This will put him in the penalty box.
why can't the ref just put him in the penalty box for throwing cheap hits and being generally annoying?
>>323189313
hi i'm here but i don't know much about stickpuck
>>323199391
Certain hits wouldn't be considered a penalty.
>>323198764
>Amerilards
>it's a Canadian sport
Fighting has always been part of the game. The moment someone hits the ice the fights over.
>>323199391
Oh god please don't attempt to watch or understand hockey. It is not your sport.
You stop buying this yearly release shit, that's how
>>323199649
15 was shit, but 16 is pretty good actually.
>>323199640
I guess not
the concept of interrupting a game so you can fight someone else is just really weird to me
>>323199778
it's not interrupting the game, it is the game
>>323198764
I live in the UK and used to play Hockey when I was younger and go watch my local teams game every weekend.
Hockey is one of the last real sports left, fuccbois stay away.
>>323199352
This is kinda how the pens are. We dont got much in the way of goons but we got high speed high skill high finesse players. Also canada-russia hockey master race.
>>323198559
This is a good, informative post with personality.
>>323199852
does it get you points? Can you win by just fighting?
It seems kinda pointless when the UFC exists and you can watch real fights
>>323200115
I can't decide if you are baiting or not.
>>323200115
Go read a book. If you really want to know and understand go read a training book. Holy shit
>>323198764
The fighting in hockey is pretty lame but considering Yuropoor's watch pic related, it's not so bad.
>>323200115
>UFC
>Real fights
>not just two dudes rolling around on top of each other
Even the faggy MLS is bigger than UFC, jesus christ.
Is 20 too old for me to get into hockey, /hoc/?
>>323200387
I understand how it works, what I can't understand is how a such a retarded, pointless feature came to be attached to the game.
"So the game is, we skate around on ice and try to get this puck into the other team's net, that's how you win. Oh, but also you can fight someone if you take off your gloves and it's legal unless one of you falls on the ice."
Hockey is LITERALLY the sport equivalent of youtube prank videos.
>sport is fast
>sport has violence
>sport has fighting
>sport is incredibly replayable
how the fuck did it not catch on in video games?
there's a billion arcade soccer games, football games, basketball games etc
most people probably have touched Rocket League's winter hockey mode more than super arcadey hockey.
>>323200628
that's how real fights go m8
>>323201039
Go read a book about hockey tactics then
>>323201142
They used to make arcade style hockey games, stuff like open ice, nhl hitz, wayner 3d hackey but they just stopped somewhere in the mid 2000s. Hell, we don't even get a 2k game anymore. Thanks EA.
>>323201039
>an another player fucks up your teamnate with a dirty hit
yeah fuck him up to show him he is not allowed to do that again
>opponent is still putting his stick into your goalie after the refree stopped the game
yeah go fuck him up to show him he can't do that again.
etc.
>>323201739
Not to mention if you actually win those fights, a huge boost in team morale.
>>323201739
but what if you lose the fight? then you get beat up, end up looking like a pussy ass bitch nigger AND he keeps doing it
>>323201927
People involved in the fight get put in the penalty box.
>he doesn't have Publix
