EASHL Is Back!!!! NHL 16 Features Revealed
NHL 16 features were revealed and the list is quite impressive for a game that had been lacking features since the introduction of PS4 and XBOX One. NHL 16 looks as if it will offer something for everyone by announcing some exciting gameplay addition for all types of gamers whether you may like teaming up with your friends online or indulging in the offline single-player type modes.
Compete As a Team
- New EASHL (EA Sports Hockey League)
- 6 v. 6 Online Team Play
- Online Couch Co-Op
The EASHL seems like the perfect way for gamers to truly test their stick skills. So often will players play a game only to lose at the end and blame it on the fact that their team was worse than the others. With NHL 16 announcing a new balanced game for all positions such as goalies, defenseman and forwards, each possession and second on the ice is going to mean that much more, adding a new level of strategy in to your games. In the EASHL you choose player specific classes as opposed to each individual having their own ratings to get as balanced of a game as possible, forcing you to rely on strategy and skill.
Hop online with six of your friends and take on six other individuals in the 6 v. 6 online team play and utilize the new precision skating and position specific roles to win the game your own way. Play outstanding defense that leads to goals or score a hat-trick as a wing guy.
With online play bigger than ever, sometimes we forget that people have friends over and enjoy gaming together while actually being in the same room. With online couch co-op the two of you can hop online a la Call of Duty to integrate the best of both multiplayer worlds.
Game Modes
NBA 2K’s GM Mode seems to have set the new standard in building your team virtually by providing a role player aspect and emotion and personalities to manage. This year NHL 16 is offering the same thing in their Be a GM mode. Sometimes its more than just the skills that are the cause of that 6 game losing streak, and maybe trading a locker room cancer is the best option for your team, NHL 16 will cause you to make those kinds of decisions.
Be a Pro: The ability to take over your own career and dictate the outcome has been a long lived dream for most sports fans. MLB The Show’s Road to the Show and NBA 2K’s MyPlayer have been some of the most popular modes among recent sports games and NHL 16 looks to provide a deep mode that allows you to work your way all the way up from the CHL.
Hockey Ultimate Team: The new card based games that integrate fantasy sports and video games are all the rage. NHL 16 offers a single player season mode for HUT so players can practice their skills and learn the nuances of ultimate hockey before testing their luck online against the veterans.
Complete Control
Although not everybody scores goals, every little thing done on the ice matters and dictates the outcome of games. New precision skating allows you to take complete control over a player to make timely plays to help your team win a game. Whether its cutting off a pass defensively or breaking free for a goal at the precise time, the new controls will give you every opportunity to make a game breaking play.
Presentation Features
New introductions and stadium atmosphere make you feel like you’re really on the ice, also improved facial details brings your favorite players right into your living room. Progressive commentary that aligns with actual game scripts and season modes helps keep commentary fresh and everybody’s favorite tradition has been added to the game: playoff beards! Using real data to have realistic length and growth patterns for each individual.
NHL 16 is set to release some time in September and this information definitely has us excited and eager for me.
