NHL 15 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (Xbox One, PS4)

[deejay2]

for me it is the same like last year just with better graphics.

[Stormyhog]

Yeah I find it feels pretty similar to last years game but with some tweaks. Puck is toned down no longer acts like a rubber ball when it is dumped into a corner. For a game that took next gen off last year I expected more of a jump.

[SinisterAlex]

I've been playing on all star hardcore and haven't noticed any glaring A.I issues at all. I don't feel cheated like I did in the past when they would just magically get the puck off your stick, tap you in the back and you'd lose the puck, etc.

I love how they've improved the skating and players feel like they have weight to them. Same for the A.I. In the past I found that they could make pivots and turns that we human players couldnt do.

Overall I'm really loving this demo. Presentation is awesome and the new commentators are a breath of fresh air. I've rarely watched NBC games so Doc and Eddie are brand new to me.

[DIRK41NOWITZKI]

Does it really look as bad as people make it out to be? The trailers looked pretty nice to me.


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[SinisterAlex]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hockeynut99

the more I play the more I am trying to figure how people can say this is just like nhl14?! The puck is so much more alive this year! And the skating is awesome in my opinion.

Agreed loving the puck physics. I've had a lot of broken plays happen in the three games I've played so far than I did in all of NHL 14.

[Hockeynut99]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

Take note of how you are entering the zone. Board play. What scores and what constitutes a scoring chance. The goalies, any aspect of how they play. The passing. The overpowered dekes and inability to really knock the puck loose when they are being performed. Start by noting just those things while playing and then you will have a good idea of where those "people" are coming from with their opinions.

We must be playing a different game. Because I noticing all the stuff the AI is doing right.

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hockeynut99

We must be playing a different game. Because I noticing all the stuff the AI is doing right.

That is good then. I apparently got the NHL 2010-2015 where the same exact goals are scored and I can pass the puck up the boards all day on the breakout and enter the opponent's zone without a challenge again. Along with all of the same exact passing lanes and goalie mechanics.

In the first 3 minutes of turning on the demo of a "new" game I had already had 3 ways to score every single time during practice mode on the best goalie in the game.

If you don't notice those things then I either envy the game that you got, or we just don't see things in the same way. Which either way is fine.

[Hockeynut99]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

That is good then. I apparently got the NHL 2010-2015 where the same exact goals are scored and I can pass the puck up the boards all day on the breakout and enter the opponent's zone without a challenge again. Along with all of the same exact passing lanes and goalie mechanics. In the first 3 minutes of turning on the demo of a "new" game I had already had 3 ways to score every single time during practice mode on the best goalie in the game. If you don't notice those things then I either envy the game that you got, or we just don't see things in the same way. Which either way is fine.

Lol try it is a game and not practrice. also it is all good. Not everyone is going to like the game. The puck moves a lot more real to me.