#NHL 21 PRO CLUBS PATCH#
#NHL 21 PRO CLUBS SERIES#

Each type of player gains XP in different attributes. Then you play games and gain XP to improve your attributes. Then you adjust the height and weight of the player, which affects the attributes. Each type of player has different underlying attributes. You pick a 'type' of player (striker, attacking midfielder, etc.). It's kind of a hybrid of current gen EASHL and old-gen EASHL. The progression system and pro attribute customization are better. The actual gameplay is somewhat better (YMMV, both games have metas and glitches, but overall I find FIFA's gameplay to be better). The servers are better (less or no fat man lag). They're trying to increase the depth of experience. For example, they just introduced a new game mode 'Volta' this year which is basically the equivalent of EASHL 3's eliminator - street clothes, smaller field of play, more arcadey, etc. I think it's actually pretty clear that the FIFA dev team is trying to follow the lead of the NHL team in this specific game mode. EASHL is far better in this area, even though they have a much smaller budget than FIFA.

You can see the difference in the breadth and sophistication of 'league' play in both games, even though FIFA has a much larger population base overall. Whereas a lot of NHL players take both HUT and EASHL pretty 'seriously' (I use this term loosely as it relates to a video game). The majority of FIFA players play Pro Clubs as a distraction from FUT (their equivalent of HUT), and a lot of them don't take it 'seriously' because of how detached the game mode feels from the rest of the game as a whole. We complain about EASHL a lot (I do too), but in terms of intangibles like depth of experience, features, immersion, feeling of community and population, it's not even close.

#NHL 21 PRO CLUBS PATCH#

Pro Clubs is heavily neglected every year, and each patch addresses every game mode EXCEPT the issues in Pro Clubs. People are going to laugh when they read this, but the NHL dev team puts a TON more effort into EASHL than the FIFA dev team puts into Pro Clubs. It comes down to two major things: dev team effort and 'intangibles.' It's basically the FIFA equivalent of EASHL - you make a pro soccer player, customize it's height/weight/appearance, and play in either drop in or club games with that pro. Having played both, here is a quick comparison.įirst, a definition for those who are unfamiliar with Pro Clubs.

#NHL 21 PRO CLUBS SERIES#

People often compare EA's NHL series with EA's FIFA series, whether it's a budgetary comparison, sales comparison, quality of game comparison, etc.

Nhl 21 pro clubs