I'm not a big fan of the "new physics" engine. The body checking is so unrealistic, and the collision detection is a joke.
- Hitting animations look scripted with people falling the wrong way when they are hit.
- Running full speed at somebody skating straight with their head down results in them standing you up and continuing on with the puck.
- Goalies getting stuck in the net.
- Stupid hip checks
- Getting nudged from behind results in your guy suddenly losing all his speed and forward momentum
- A person in the middle of an "animation" makes them invincible until the animation is complete. For example, i had a guy "slide through" 2 forwards and 2 dmen because somebody poke checked him behind, which put him into the "tripped and stumble" animation. This is fine...except nobody could touch him or the puck in his possession until the stupid animation finished. By the time the animation finished, he had already slid through the entire team and had an easy goal.
and then there's stupid things like this:
It's probably the same physics engine used in FIFA12