NHL 15: Breaking Down the Initial Information

[Wiggy]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolkev21

NHL has always been an online game for me The show has always been a single player game for me. NHL online is where it's at.... best online sports game out for a while.....

EASHL is a ton of fun, indeed.

[spidertour02]

I buy into the graphics and presentation elements almost immediately. They sound great, and I can imagine that they will go a good job with those. The gameplay, however, I will have to be sold on.

[13whitebread]

There are obviously gameplay issues that have plagued this series most recently the bouncing puck in the defensive zone hopefully and it sounds like it that this most likley will be fixed. I know I have and many others have been calling for something more to immerse me into the game sure they have to prove it but from what I am reading it sounds that they have had extra time too work on it and maybe this first gen offering will pay off in spades. I played Madden and Nba2k and they were let's be honest just another port. I think the NHL series can benefit form a lower payroll than those sports and really give us a true next Gen title. All this of course hinges on EA delivering I am sure betting on this but of course remain cautiously optimistic.

[Trevelyan]

EA always hypes their games, then ends up making extremely minor changes(which is fine when it comes to NHL, great game already). I'll wait for more concrete information, like changes being made to EASHL/OTP.

That said, I love this series so I'm looking forward to this more than any other game this year.

[H to the Oza]

We need something like connected franchise in NHL

[Robo COP]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trevelyan

EA always hypes their games, then ends up making extremely minor changes(which is fine when it comes to NHL, great game already). I'll wait for more concrete information, like changes being made to EASHL/OTP. That said, I love this series so I'm looking forward to this more than any other game this year.

How about having playoffs cut back. Once every month wasn't enough and every single weekend is too much. I think every other weekend or possibly every 3 weeks would be much better

Quote: Originally Posted by H to the Oza

We need something like connected franchise in NHL

.......? GM Connected?

[SVCbearcat10]

I think this is a no win year for the NHL series. They clearly focused on putting a fresh coat of paint on this game... better physics, sharper AI, stadiums, crowds, presentation, commentary. This is everything everyone has been asking for. But this is next-gen and most believe they should be able to get absolutely everything they want in the game on the first iteration.

Now if all the game modes are left pretty much untouched with no major improvements, that is all everyone will be complaining about. If they would have focused on truly changing all their modes and not on presentation/environment, then that is what everyone would complain about. If they changed too much at once and not everything worked properly, it will feel rushed and incomplete. If they don't change enough, they don't seem to care.

Even though they essentially skipped a year on next-gen, they don't know have the time or resources to address everything. They are a small team with half the resources of other EA franchises. I, for one, think this will continue to be a great game and will appreciate the effort their team put forth. As long as their is not massive bug in the game, this will be by far the best hockey game made.

[DJ]

As the NHL series moves to the PS4/Xbox One, I'd like to see the developers work on the CPU AI. It may take 2 years, but ultimately what I'd like to see is teams actually play like their real-life counterpart. You'd have teams like Colorado that, while weak defensively (good goalie), can utilize their speed and offensive skill to stay in the game. Then you'd have your defensive-oriented teams (Wild, for example) and go through the league.

The way the game plays now, all the teams play the exact same way. It gets old after several years of seeing this.