NHL 14 Demo Available Now For 360, Later Today For PS3 - Post Your Impressions Here

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by sweetjones

Did they fix the "True" Broadcast camera? Last year it was zoomed in too much.

i tried it out, it seems the same.

[sweetjones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fiddy

i tried it out, it seems the same.

smfh! Ridiculous!

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by sweetjones

smfh! Ridiculous!

Yeah it would be nice if we could use this as a custom camera and zoom it out a bit.

[bad_philanthropy]

From someone who has played the NHL series this gen more than any other title (and probably every gen):

So far I like how the goalies are tuned. I was pretty good at the game last year, but the goalies abilities to go post to post and stop some impossible shots just felt like poor gameplay tuning.

Puck chop is also really good this year.

Skating is a good improvement. I just hope they don't nerf it between demo and retail like last year.

A lot of subtle things, but they sum to a good effort.

It's the end of the generation, and I think this has been one of the better series, but like we all expected, 14 is not a huge upgrade.

As for player differentiation. I actually thought on higher difficulties it was pretty good last year. Not great. I think it's decent this year too. I certainly couldn't pull off the same moves with Shaw that I could with Kane in the time I played. I was also able to blow by Johnny Boychuk with Hossa for a breakaway goal.

I seem to be in the minority, but I liked and played '13 a lot last year for all its flaws, and so I like what I've seen in the demo. I may hold off a while to get this, but I expect I will at some point once the season rolls around and I get the itch.

[ch46647]

A developer came to the EA forums and said online is set to Hardcore Sim setting.

I am pretty excited about that!

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

A developer came to the EA forums and said online is set to Hardcore Sim setting. I am pretty excited about that!

Wow!

I think the default hardcore is decent this year.

It's interesting how they've tuned manual passing. It feels more like I think people were expecting it to feel when they implemented it back in NHL 10 (I think), and people criticized it for being too slow and not responsive enough—though the pass assist is pretty high and I can't change that, and I've played with it at zero the past few years.

I just jumped into free skate and was impressed with the variety of goals, goalie animations, and puck behavior. No, the goalies are not NHL 2k, but they are improved.

It also seems like they've tuned the way the puck reacts when it hits the post now. It's hard to describe but it feels like it's heavier and the deflections are better implemented. I know that doesn't seem to communicate much, but if you've been to a live game and see someone snipe one off the post it looks like that, and not what it has looked like in the game since '07.

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

A developer came to the EA forums and said online is set to Hardcore Sim setting. I am pretty excited about that!

That's good news. Where did they mentioned that at?

Also, I still hate the pass assist at 4 on hardcore simulation. At 0 it's a mess, 3 is too easy, they should set it at 2! They won't. Lol. But it seems perfect there.

[LilLefty34]

cant believe its not avaibable for ps3 yet....cmon psn