The News of Missing Modes in NHL 15 (Roundtable)

[cwisnie1]

I was looking around I couldn't find whether or not create a team is on next gen? Anybody know?

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by dukebeatsuncagain

People complain all day about how gameplay needs to be first priority. Then when NHL makes it number one, people complain about the game modes taken out in order to focus on gameplay. Video games don;t just spring out of the ground, humans, who make mistakes, develop them. You really have to understand how the video game works on a whole, (marketing, time of development, etc.) to be able to appreciate the experience and work on a whole. People tend to think that sine EA has "all that money" they should be able to do anything. It's not the cae, and as long as people live in this small bubble of what THEY think the game should be, andfully understand what is possible, they will never find happiness.

And those complaints would be out of line, if it didn't look like they haven't really done much to gameplay. They've apparently added some new deking animations, and better graphics, but aside from that, it looks like NHL14 with a fresh coat of paint from the videos I've seen. The defense still looks painful to play, the AI doesn't look much different. I'll be happy to see AI teammates who skate in on net with me, instead of crossing the blue line and stopping, or maybe an opposing team that stands me up at their blue line instead of backing up while holding a stick in their hand as they do it.
I would be understanding if it looked like there were massive improvements. If they could say "Look, we changed a lot this year, but next year is when we're bringing in the game modes that we just didn't have time to hit on". That would be okay, but when i look at all of the videos that have come out and see defense without pressure, goalies that move the same way they have for years, and skaters that still have trouble getting up ice with the puck, i have less forgiveness for missing game modes, even if i didn't play them.

[canucksss]

http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/201...=1408485849116

"As part of the move to next generation consoles, our team is focused on delivering significant content updates post launch. We plan to listen and work with you to improve NHL 15. Our commitment is to continue to optimize the gameplay experience for you in the months to come, as well as deliver new game content throughout the year for free."

Seriously EA? You "plan to listen" only a plan? Really??? How about this, LISTEN and DO what your die hard fans are telling you and work hard to "optimize the gameplay experience". You have more than a year to develop NHL 15 in NG, you failed.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cavani161

EA told fans their launch sports lineup would see feature parity between previous and next-gen consoles.

My frustrations are more with the Publisher EA Sports not supporting the Developer EA Vancouver. They have such a small team, it rivals an independent developers studio. 20-30 people, Yet Fifa and Madden get teams of over 200 to work on the game. EA the parent company could do a much better job of giving these guys the resourses to do both, focus on the gameplay, and institute the modes want and are accustomed to. If thhis was released last year, a pass could be given. But a year passed, and they still kept a bare bones team working on the game. No excuse. EA deserves the hate they are getting, but the publisher, not the developers.

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

My frustrations are more with the Publisher EA Sports not supporting the Developer EA Vancouver. They have such a small team, it rivals an independent developers studio. 20-30 people, Yet Fifa and Madden get teams of over 200 to work on the game. EA the parent company could do a much better job of giving these guys the resourses to do both, focus on the gameplay, and institute the modes want and are accustomed to. If thhis was released last year, a pass could be given. But a year passed, and they still kept a bare bones team working on the game. No excuse. EA deserves the hate they are getting, but the publisher, not the developers.

Madden and FIFA bring in 10x's the revenue in addition to having 10x's the development staff, I'm sure. It wouldn't behove EA to spend more money on a product that doesn't bring in more money in the long run.

Not trying to pile on, but years ago when the game first was developed for 360 and ps3 the development team did some groundbreaking things. With the current regime things have gotten very stale and stagnant. Non-hockey gameplay related features seem to be paramount now (goalie fights, NHL 94 mode, HUT, and the list goes on).

And the worst part is when they "fix" something with this game they tend to break other things that were working alright before.

So my frustration is with both the development staff, which has become very shady and secretive of late, and the parent company, which is always shady and secretive. I believe the dev staff is trying their best and wants to make a great game, but at this point I have my doubts that they are capable at succeeded in making a great game, unfortunately.