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NHL 16
Built with more input from our fans than ever before, NHL 16 steps onto the ice to deliver ways to compete as a team, new features across the most played single-player modes, gameplay innovation at every position on the ice and an unrivalled game day atmosphere.
NEW WAYS TO COMPETE AS A TEAM
Hockey is a sport that comes to life in a competitive team-based gameplay experience. Whether it’s through speed, skill, or physicality, every player makes an impact on the ice no matter what position they play or their role on the team. So grab some friends and jump into either 6 v. 6 Online Team Play, Online Couch Co-op, or the re-imagined EA SPORTS Hockey League and prove that great individuals can’t beat a great team.
The New EASHL
Sharpen those skates and grab your buddies because the EA SPORTS Hockey League is back! This fan-favorite online team mode has been reimagined and lets you choose specialized player classes to deliver a balanced competitive experience on the ice. Player skill and your ability to play as a team will now be the determining factor in who wins and loses hockey games.
6 v. 6 Online Team Play
Play online with up to twelve skaters including user controlled goalies. Using real-world NHL rosters you can compete in ranked drop-in games against players from around the world or invite your friends to a private OTP session before you step into EA SPORTS Hockey League.
Online Couch Co-op
The perfect way to play when you and your friends want to jump on the couch, join forces and play some drop-in hockey online. It’s the best place to practice your team play skills before playing OTP or EASHL.
A WAY TO PLAY FOR EVERY HOCKEY FAN
Whether you’re an armchair GM, want to live out your NHL pro fantasy, or build your ultimate dream team, NHL 16 will deliver a single-player game mode for every type of hockey fan - each with new features that you’ve never seen in EA SPORTS NHL.
Be a GM: Player Morale
Being a GM is about more than just getting the best players, it’s about getting the right players to play well together. Each player on your NHL and AHL team has a different personality that you will have to manage. Deal with trade demands, teammate relationships, and much more by calling team meetings or adjusting your roster to directly affect your team’s on-ice performance.
Be a Pro: Shape Your Legacy
The way you play dictates the type of player you will become in an all-new Be a Pro progression system. On-ice actions directly influence attributes earned, ensuring that your Pro will reflect the way you play. Sim to your next shift and the ability to work your way up from CHL rookie to an NHL Superstar also make a return in NHL 16.
Hockey Ultimate Team: Single Player Seasons
The most played mode in the NHL series gets even better. Improved player management and the introduction of HUT Single Player Seasons gives you another way to hone your skills before jumping online with HUT Online Seasons or challenging your friends with the Play a Friend feature.
Visual On-Ice Training
Whether you’re new to the NHL series and looking for pointers or are a grizzled veteran trying to perfect your game, this new training tool will help sharpen your offensive and defensive skills no matter your talent level. Visual aids project shooting targets, passing lanes, open teammates, and more.
COMPLETE CONTROL FROM EVERY POSITION
Whether you play as a forward, defenseman or goalie, NHL 16 delivers a balanced gameplay experience that makes every position on the ice meaningful to team success. With gameplay innovation on offense and defense, players have new tools to not only score goals, but to prevent them as well.
Precision Skating
Utilize a new skating tool that allows you to make refined movements with your skater in any situation. On defense quickly jump into passing lanes and intercept the puck, or walk the blueline on the power play and open yourself up for that one-timer in the offensive zone.
Seamless Puck Pickups
The ability to quickly control a pass or corral a loose puck can be the difference between generating a scoring chance and getting leveled. New puck pickups result in smoother transitions when receiving the puck no matter what your position, giving you more time and control to make your next move.
UNRIVALED GAME DAY AUTHENTICITY
NHL 16 brings the game to life with distinct arena atmospheres, the most realistic players yet, and a story-driven commentary package to pull you into the energy of the game like never before.
Distinct Team Arena Atmosphere
Best in class arena authenticity gets even better with the inclusion of authentic arena effects and props including team specific celebrations, mascots, chants, and even signature props like the Lighthouse at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota.
Story Driven Commentary
Doc Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, and Ray Ferraro are back and now call the game with even more emotion. Hear Doc’s voice rise and fall with the action on the ice and get analysis from Eddie & Ray on the peaks and valleys of a NHL season. An expanded NBC SPORTS broadcast package and new pre-game intros brings the drama to life in more ways than ever before.
Superstar Authenticity
Enhanced facial features and new equipment details synonymous with the league’s top players adds another layer of player authenticity. Use these new equipment elements to customize your own created character giving them a unique look, from custom stick tape, colored skate laces, tinted visors, and more.
Playoff Beards
One of the oldest and most iconic traditions in hockey has arrived. With accurate representations of beard patterns, length, thickness, and growth rates for individual players, the road to the Stanley Cup just got hairier.
Looks like we're getting features back instead of more being cut this year!
I wonder if this will be a yearly thing with EA...meaning this year we get all the features back plus more with NHL 16 then when NHL 17 comes out they take back features/modes back, but will give them all back in NHL 18...
I got a month of EA Access to try out NHL15 on the Xbone. I hated the passing and felt like the passing lanes are on it's own set of rails. I couldn't even make simple 2-on-1 one timers and I've played every NHL game since the first. I wonder if that will be any different.
NHL 15 was the worse year for a while now. Not having EASHL in the main version forced us to play the old-gen version on xbox 360. The only players/teams left are the hardcore types who know EVERY SINGLE GLITCH AND EXPLOIT. Even when we focus hard nad play perfect defensive hockey we still get burned on the tiniest mistakes. I'm always down for a challenge but this just isn't fun at all.
I hope NHL 16 doesn't just bring back EASHL but make it MUCH MUCH better.
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This is just the same as NHL 15 but with upgrades here and there.
I like how EA said "The NEW EASHL". Pretty sure thats bull and gonna be the same as previous years. And is it me or this "Couch co-op" just another version of 6v6 OTP?
I thought the gameplay in 15 was good (i'm on XB1) overall though IMO the game wasn't very good cause of the lack of and stripped down game modes: No EASHL, no GM connected, be a GM sucked for next gen even after the patches, be a pro was bad also, and like usual for the last few years there was a promo pack in HUT every 3rd day ruining the market and lots of people selling pucks online.
Hopefully 16 will be better, looking forward to EASHL being back.
Sounds like GM connected won't come back though, I thought it was a fun game mode, friends and I had a 21 human GM's/players in 14 it was fun, apparently not many people played it though and that's why it won't be back
I bought NHL 15 (XBone) when it came out, still play it, but it will be the death of me....so glitched out and flawed besides the missing game modes etc. My hope is NHL 16 is A LOT better. Especially since the COD franchise has gone to shite
I got both copies for free. I enjoyed the PS3 version a lot more than the PS4 version for NHL 15. Even though the PS3 version was the exact same version as NHL 14 besides changing the number in the menu to NHL 15. The PS4 version was a huge disappointment even though they had 2 years to work on it.
On the EA forums they were talking about how EASHL won't have customized builds anymore. You can only pick from a preset number of 6 builds. No more customizing stats. I really hope this isn't true. It'll fucking ruin the EASHL if it is.
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I'm a sucker, I'll buy it like every year before it, just like Madden.
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I thought the gameplay in 15 was good (i'm on XB1) overall though IMO the game wasn't very good cause of the lack of and stripped down game modes: No EASHL, no GM connected, be a GM sucked for next gen even after the patches, be a pro was bad also, and like usual for the last few years there was a promo pack in HUT every 3rd day ruining the market and lots of people selling pucks online.
Hopefully 16 will be better, looking forward to EASHL being back.
Sounds like GM connected won't come back though, I thought it was a fun game mode, friends and I had a 21 human GM's/players in 14 it was fun, apparently not many people played it though and that's why it won't be back
Not many people played GMC because it was slow and broken. And EA barely did anything to improve it.
They brought me in for NHL 13 and NHL 14, primarily for feedback on BAGM and GMC, and it was a complete waste of my time. It was such a waste of time, I declined their invitation for 15 (they didn't offer for 16). Of the bugs I submitted to them, only 1 got fixed (before NHL 13 was officially released). Disappearing players bug, unfixed over 3 years. Disappearing cap space bug, unfixed for 3 years. Bug that allowed players to put through trades w/ AI-run teams without commissioner approval using the NHL companion app, unfixed until they killed the app. Loop glitch at the start of games, unfixed.
When we were introduced to it at Community Appreciation Day in May 2012, all of us were stoked for it. How do you take that much enthusiasm and squash it? Half-ass the shit out of it. That's exactly what EA did. Now they're killing it off because they half-assed the shit out of it.
i just hope 16 comes back strong.
and fix those atrocious load times... id install the game on HDD if i could... without buying it digitally...becuz only suckers buy EAsports games digitally hahah
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