That’s the level of detail we wanted to get to in NHL 17. In addition to blueprint designs, our artists would keep a constant eye on webcam streams of the stadium's construction. In art reviews, our artists proudly showed off the authenticity of the carpet in the upper-bowl club seats! The stadium was still being built as we were building the virtual environment. The Edmonton Oiler's rink project was pretty challenging. Our artists had fun with the details, and if you look closely you can discover little Easter eggs and stories that the artists created simply by how/where they placed details. You’ll start with a few ways to customize their player, team, and stadium in EASHL, and rarer options will unlock as you find success. Strobe light or solid? Small spotlight or large? Want a spotlight of shame on the goaltender when the home team scores? It’s all completely up to you.Īll these customization options have been built with progression in mind. Lay out center ice however you’d like with the right colors center ice style, and make some key decisions on the details of your arena. Do you want smoke or fire coming out of your scoreboard? The choice is up to you. Over 150 songs can be assigned to specific in-game moments, like power plays, goals, and end-of-game. There are even options for chair colors, board trim, the roof, and a lot more! Pick your scoreboard, an entrance prop, and goal light to make your arena your own.
You can create and customize your ideal home rink with tons of little details. On top of all that, there’s a fully functional stadium creator available in NHL 17. It's pretty cool to be able to apply a different logo to the front crest position, and use two different logos for each of the shoulder logo patches. And there’s tons of different fonts available for numbers.
NHL®17 also offers deep customization options for teams. Select and customize team logos (primary, secondary, and alternate), and decide on team colors. Pick from vintage NHL logos, and a whole assortment of custom/fantasy logos to choose from.Īfter colors and logos, players can pick their jersey base style. We even used it to create our awesome looking Bobble Heads that the user can set as a promotional item within the Franchise mode. We can now independently control the size of any given part of one of our players (head, leg, arm, etc.) allowing for more authentic and realistic looking players. We've added many new male and female base heads to our game, a whole new suite of hairstyles, and some new eyebrow styles as well. Mix and match them however you like. There are a lot of ways to customize your team in NHL 17, starting with player models. Dive into the NHL 17’s customization options with Associate Producer David Pritchett. In this EA SPORTS Summer Series, we’ll look at different ways those teams elevate the quality of these games. Our EA SPORTS titles like FIFA, Madden and NHL are constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible in sports games.
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