NHL 15 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (Xbox One, PS4)

[Drakar]

are you guys playing the same demo ? I had the cpu not giving up the blue line @ 30-40% of the time. They were playing aggressively in the neutral zone. I think its a good improvement over NHL14 (which I hated). It too easy to glitch the goalie but this is only a demo. Probably a older build set to easy because its of the 2 min period length.

You need to setup the difficultly level after each game. It reset back to default when you go back to the main menu.

[toyo301985]

so.... no ps3 demo.......................................

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by toyo301985

so.... no ps3 demo.......................................

Correct. It was announced some time ago that the demo would only be on the new gen consoles, PS4 and Xbox One.

[Money99]

NHL15 demo guys, is it true you can still control the lower half of your body, while stick handling? I remember Rammer saying that was new this year?

If so, how is it implemented? Seen any cool things occur because of it?

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by skinfan31

I think this games detractors are crazy and should appreciate the fact that they have a NHL option to play. In an era where sports games are disappearing faster than I can shake a stick at, I'm thrilled to have hockey on my next generation consoles. I'm very happy both graphically, and game play wise. It looks great on my system. It's a must buy for me!!

Everyone's going to have differing opinions. But, that logic isn't very sound. It's like telling someone "You shouldn't complain about getting punched in the face once, because you're at least not getting punched twice."

Most of the people have been pretty respectful in their criticism, but a lot of people are frustrated with the continuing problems that have remained for a while, and we had hoped would be gone on Next-Gen. I'm waiting until i can get some actual hands on time with the final game before i decide to buy. I'd much rather drop 2 dollars on a one-night play through than to drop 60+ on a game that might frustrate me after a few weeks the same way NHL14 did.

[canucksss]

Quote: Originally Posted by bwiggy33

Sorry for the double post gentlemen but I think I am on to something in regards to easy zone entry. I'm messing around with the strategies as I described in the post above. I no joke just had three instances where a dman stepped up at the blue line and crushed me to get me off the puck. I was in such shock that I couldn't even see it coming or anything. I'm not sure what setting or slider is doing it but I'm trying to nail down which one or what ones they are. As of now I'm thinking the settings affecting this area are Neutral Zone, D Pressure, and D Strategy. I'm just thinking something in those three settings is making the D be aggressive at their own blue line. I'm trying to really narrow it down. I'm still a bit unsure of what the NZ slider does. Here are the settings I have for the Rangers, who are the CPU in the game I am playing. Forecheck: 2-3 (Always leave this setting at 2-3 otherwise you will see one player forecheck and everyone else hang out in the neutral zone) Neutral Zone: 1-4 (just messing around with this to see how each one reacts) NZ: I left it on 3 clicks *Changes during the game depending on situation OFF Pressure: Standard * Changes during the game depending on situation D Pressure: Normal *Changes during the game depending on situation D Strategy: Tight Point *Changes during the game depending on situation PK: Large Box PP: Shooting PP Carry: 3 For all of the D pairings I have them as the exact same for now. I'm just playing around with it. Here they are: Hold line: 3 clicks Cycle: 7 Clicks If anyone wants to try and test this stuff out go for it. I think it would be a huge help. The problem is the 2 minute periods is just so short. Plus you have to redo the settings before every single game. I seriously think I may be on to something with this though. For some reason these strategy sliders seem to work way better than last gens. I don't ever remember seeing anything like what I just saw tonight, in last gen. Hopefully I'm not getting over hyped for nothing but I did just see things with this game I've never seen before from a Neutral zone/defensive pressure aspect. I just noticed something new as well. So obviously some of these strategies change on the fly mid game. This is all tied to the CPU Strategy Adjustment slider. In game I noticed the Rangers had changed up how they played at the very beginning of the game. So after period 2, I switched to the Rangers side and looked at their strategies. Sure enough they had changed since the start of the game. Most of the strategies went towards a less pressure approach so I was gaining easy entry and wasn't being pressured in the O zone. Since we don't have access to the CPU Strategy slider in the demo it will be very difficult to test this stuff out because of how fast the strategies can change in the demo. Now it's just making me want the game. I want to figure this out because with the couple examples I've seen tonight, some of the stuff that has pissed us off for so long may actually be fixable or at least partly fixable.

Appreciate the effort....bwiggy33....i'll try it tonite if i get the chance. Hoping EA could shed a light on this...because NZ pressure and D issue of AI/CPU are the few that holds me back from buying this product. PLUS if they could incorporate the player differentiation, I really dont care about the commentaries or crowds...heck even if there's no addition in BaGM, I'll buy this game at the release date.

[GROGtheNailer]

I am curious as to why the demo time is set to 2 min/periods, it is so disruptive when trying to gauge the game itself. Just odd choice imo.

I will buy the game based off from what ive seen so far, I do like some aspects and want to explore what sort of game we can tweak out.

[NYRangers31]

Quote: Originally Posted by GROGtheNailer

I am curious as to why the demo time is set to 2 min/periods, it is so disruptive when trying to gauge the game itself. Just odd choice imo. I will buy the game based off from what ive seen so far, I do like some aspects and want to explore what sort of game we can tweak out.

The 2 minute periods really don't help their cause. It's too short to get anything going and too short to judge how the game is going to play in full. Would rather just have one longer period than this.