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

[dererstesoldat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

I'm not playing the demo, so can anyone else tell me what the penalties are like in the game? Has EA Sports fixed the 2+ year long penalty problem, or do we rarely see penalties at all(and if we do,are they at least realistic? Instead of NHL13 where you'd get a penalty for skating like 5 feet from the opposing player)

I got a game misconduct for interference last night. Saw the CPU get a misconduct for boarding. Other than that I have definitely seen more variety (charging, boarding, check from behind, interference, trip, delay of game so far), and at seemingly decent rates (though hard to tell from a 5 minute period). They still seem a little low but it looks like there may be some improvement

Edit: They seem realistic for the most part, couple of head scratchers but then again there are plenty of those in the NHL anyways. Nothing like the phantom interference bumps that I have seen yet

[Peter_OS]

Color me unimpressed.. but this looks and feels like NHL 13.

[Jwlink18]

Anyone know if the MN Wild's new road unis be included in the game this year?!?!?

[Fiddy]

just had to share this.. from a loyal NHL Gaming guy.

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seriously... the LT spins and one touch dekes are way more ridiculous than anything from 2k10. but they get praised for it two buttons doing two auto-dekes, while 2k10 got bashed for contextual button-based dekes. This LT spinorama crap looks like some nhl hitz garbage, just with a crappier animation. and remember that one handed "speed burst" animation in 2k that everyone seemed to hate? It's in NHL14. you used to be able to push the puck ahead in EA, it was nice. That;s gone, and nobody seems to care.

spot on with the above.. spot on!

[18 eighty 5]

Finally DL'd the demo and had some time paying it. Immediate impressions felt like this is very near to being the same thing as NHL 13. After some more time it feels smoother to play.

Pros
- Like the fights in 3Rd person and the more aggressive presence of players pushing and looking to square off more often after whistles.
- skating is smoother.

Cons
There still appears to be protective force fields around the CPU on the odd occasion where I line up to hit the CPU and my guy glances off a protective bubble and gets caught out of position. This happened frequently in 13.

[takki]

Is anyone having an issue with intercepting passes? In NHL 13, you vision skated and your player would automatically catch pucks if your defensive awareness was high enough.

I can't stop one timers to save my life in this game though.