NHL 14 Available Now - Post Your Impressions Here

[Sunny Lotus]

Is NHL 14 coming out on Next Gen?

[mbergh22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sunny Lotus

Is NHL 14 coming out on Next Gen?

Seriously? No! Next time use google.

Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

[skudz]

The only goals scored online against me are those stupid short side dekes where the shot comes from almost behind the net. Gets incredibly boring.

[Money99]

Not sure if this constitutes as impressions, but...

I'm having an absolute blast with the Live The Life. I'm a sniping centre and I'm tearing up the OHL right now as a Spitfire.
My teammates hate me because I never give them props and credit every win to me.

Even though I have my fighting set to 'rarely' I lead the league in PIMs and fights, haha.
I'm a terrible fighter and have won maybe two fights out of the 15+ I've had.

In my last fight, I obliterated an opponent against the boards which sparked a tilt.
We both grabbed on at the same time and delivered a punch simultaneously - which resulted in me being one-punch KO'd.
Even though I was put to sleep, I thought that was very cool.

Anyway, I lead the league in goals and points. But I think my poor 'me' attitude is costing me in draft position. I'm currently slated to go in the 1st round.
I'm lighting up the league so you would think I'd be a sure-fire #1 overall pick. Guess not,haha.

This mode is almost too much fun. I haven't even played a regular game since starting LtL.

[THESHAMISASHAME]

Ok I bought this back today as I only play offline but theres still such a lack or true interaction it saddens me as its actually a fun game if you can make sliders that limit all the tilted ice crud regardless of who it favors .

I have a 4-3 game Im losing and I can honestly say only 1 goal was earned of the 7 as the rest were a programmed opportunity so I guess I need to keep working to make the game more slider based .

[THESHAMISASHAME]

Ok so Im playing good and out of nowhere I cant make 5 ft passes and then comes the magical bouncing puck
Oh wait thats just hockey
If EA has to keep using tilted Ice at least make the fake stuff a tad more realistic looking and feeling but at least you can kinda fix it and balance it without wrecking the game if you work the sliders right unlike MLB The Show .

UPDATE : Ok after two offensive games we both switch goalies in game 3 and its 0-0 late in the 3rd and after I kill off two bogus penalties I then shoot a weak wrister on net with a scrub d man and I score ??? I can only imagine what will happen next ?

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stormyhog

I am enjoying the game but I hate when a puck is dumped in and it bounces around like a rubber ball. It happens to bounce over my stick most the time and always leads to the cpu getting it and usually a goal.

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

The bouncy puck on dump ins is ridiculous. Come on EA this is a silly tweak. Give the puck its weight back on dump in and work on forechecking AI.

I agree. This drives me crazy.

[FBeaule04]

I got back to NHL 14 on Christmas break mainly because of the WJHC. Since the games are so intense and players really giving it all for their country, I was in a need of hockey fix.

I had yet to try Live the Life mode. What I saw was again the EA doing again the Ab King Pro type marketing. Make it sounds like it's the new big thing and once you're in it, you realize that you've been cheated again.

The same problems are there. AI around you are playing like they have an hockey IQ of -5, there is again the problem with line changes (been there since the Sim to your next shift is available), there is almost no scoring from other lines then the one you are on, etc, etc, etc.

The funniest thing I've saw is that the mode is now Live the Life. Well, when you're waiting to play a game, you read the same "New in Be a Pro this year..."

I would say it's because there's no competition for EA in hockey, but after what they did with NBA Live, it's not about competition or not. It's about doing things with thinking that we will always buy the product no matter what.