![]() ![]() Why can’t I just equip it right from the rewards screen? Even the UI in Hockey Ultimate Team allows for quick selections and tasks after opening card packs. Seemingly simple tasks, such as equipping that fancy new hoodie you pulled from one of the hockey bags (cosmetic rewards), will take so many steps that I’ve forgotten what I’m even looking for. Far too many menu entries require you to navigate deep into submenus, only to be left to back out, one painful click at a time. While the general snappiness of the menus seems to have improved (on my SSD-modded PS4 Pro), the logic of navigation options is lacking. On a less important, though not to be forgotten note, World of CHEL suffers from some poor UI design. If you intend to go online with the intention of playing actual hockey and participate in anything but the structured EASHL modes, you’ll be disappointed.Ĭhallenges in CHEL are designed to allow you to make progress across a wide variety of different activities. Frankly, I do place a significant amount of blame on the players participating here. In short, I’m not optimistic that online modes will ever not suffer from cheese goals. Clearly, EA needs to spend a lot more time trying to stamp these out, but I understand the constraints of a yearly publishing cycle, demand for new contents, and the likely high difficulty in addressing these. Yes, cheese goals are still as present in CHEL as they ever were. Who’s got time to sit through a beating while your teammates abandon you and players of far higher level have mastered guaranteed ways to score. It’s a competitive setting but it remains mostly true to my traditional definition of hockey.ĭrop-in sessions and the Threes mode should make for a bit of quick fun, but far too often these experiences end in routs caused by poor matchmaking and players leaving when things aren’t going well. If you have a dedicated group of friends who enjoy NHL 20, this is a great place to have some fun. It’s here that you join teams made up of other real players and compete in seasons and cup competitions. There’s the EASHL, EA’s online league, that is the most intriguing and longest-standing mode. ![]() World of CHEL breaks down into a few different areas. ![]() In practice, however, most of it is poorly implemented and nearly all the game modes devolve into a parade of cheesy goals, players dropping out, and experiences I generally don’t have time for. In theory, this sounds like something right up my alley. You’ve got your own personalized skater, you earn new gear and cosmetics, and you compete with other players online to be the best of the best. It’s also likely not entirely EA’s fault, but they do have a part to play here. This is by far my least favorite area of NHL 20, and this isn’t new. Let’s talk about the World of CHEL first. If you go online, you better be okay with cheese goals. I’d love to see EA Sports trim this list down to a few of the most popular modes and really focus on improving those over the next few years. Some modes, such as Season Mode and Online Versus have better variants in other modes, and then there’s Champion Hockey League and Draft Champions, which make me wonder what their purpose really is. Quite frankly, NHL 20 is starting to suffer from game mode bloat. For those players used to spending real money in HUT, this trend will likely continue, however, as getting the best version of your team will require more than just a bit of luck and a lot of time to grind. Hockey Ultimate Team offers a few new weekly challenges and several new options for players to earn card packs without having to compete online. ![]() This will be welcomed by anyone who prefers their NHL 20 experience to be more of a simulation. Franchise Mode has a few new GM options, improved trade mechanics, and a more advanced scouting model. The World of CHEL has grown yet again in NHL 20.Īll the classic modes, such as Franchise Mode, Hockey Ultimate Team, and Be A Pro Career are also present, but only a few of them have gotten any sort of upgrade over the previous years. ![]()
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