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

[brandon27]

I only got one game in last night, but I really can't say I noticed much of a difference in the game itself. Maybe it seemed a bit smoother, but that's about it. The one area I seemed to notice a bit of difference was with hitting. Other than that, basically the same as 13 I thought. Maybe getting some more time with it tonight will change my mind. It really just looked, and felt the same to me, which isn't necessarily bad.

I did get two scraps in my game though, I've got to say, I really enjoy that new fighting engine! Good job on that EA. It really caught me off guard at first that a fight had broken out, but I thought it looked really good.

[Garism]

Quote: Originally Posted by JezFranco

I was thinking about this as well. You seem to be able to deliver the same crushing hits with only the left stick. And there is also an option in "Controller" to turn off right stick checking. I first though this might be something that you turn off, and learn to live without. But when it comes to pushing and showing infront of the goal, without skating, I think I might use the right stick after all. But I'd be glad to know if there is any real downside to turning the right stick off. Otherwise, so far I'm loving the demo. Hardcore Sim seem to be working great out of the box, I'd just like to adjust the passing slider to a more manual feel, and game speed down a notch.

Glad to hear someone has the same concern as me . I'm going to test out with the right stick turned off, if you can still tie up players around the net. But that'll have to be a bit later.

[jake19ny]

OK two things Im am becoming really concerned about. I have now played 10 games of play now and HUT combined and zero power plays. Also my last three HUT games I have had 6 fights 2 John Tavares 2 Stamkos and 2 Martin St.Louis.....all resulted from checks I threw with them. This is so unrealistic it has to be resolved. All the hype about the fight engine leading up to this indicated that this would not happen....also the hype talked about ratings and size actually factoring in well Im not seeing it. I laid out Chara with St.Louis and I beat the snot out of Lucic with Stamkos in a fight. The fight engine is great if it sticks to those who would really fight otherwise we have an arcade game here ....Im liking the game but these two things unresolved will totally ruin it for me.

[Steven547]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ninjoid

Fights happen in cpu v cpu mode - at last! Really looking forward to the release now, finally for the first time since 09 will I be able to play a proper cpu season.

Really? I have yet to see it....if true, definitely a great thing. I heard it happened in COACH mode...

[Fiddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Garism

Glad to hear someone has the same concern as me . I'm going to test out with the right stick turned off, if you can still tie up players around the net. But that'll have to be a bit later.

you cant turn the right stick off.. he had the option wrong.

you can turn off "Left Stick Checking".. that way only the right stick can deliver hits, just like in years past.

[JezFranco]

Yeah misread. It's the left stick (checking)that can be turned off, which basically makes it like last years games. But same idea still, with left stick checking turned off you can go full speed into someone to to just bump them instead of going for the crushing hit.
Haven't played around with it enough though to get the idea if there's actually some benefit of having it turned off.
I guess you can bump people by just releasing the left stick before contact.

[CallCenterZombie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steven547

Really? I have yet to see it....if true, definitely a great thing. I heard it happened in COACH mode...

They do. I've seen about 6 CPU fights in 30 games.

[canucksss]

could someone confirm that even at the hardest level it's easy to enter the o-zone? is there NZ pressure or the same as the old no pressure from NZ?