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

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

On another aside, has anyone seen pucks going into the stands really at all? The only time I see it is into the benches or when a clear goes over for a penalty. I never see a blocked shot or deflection go over. The new puck physics are great, but it doesn't really seem to allow for pucks going over the glass off of a hard object, like a blocker on a goalie. Hopefully this can be fixed because pucks go out a lot in real hockey.

It's been this way forever and it's programmed that way for a reason. Ping pong hockey for the casuals. EA hates whistles because they think it will detract from the fun. Hell the game is made for online play. That's why there's rarely offsides. They make it a feature every year to tune the offsides logic. There's no reason to because if you're lucky you see 2 a game. Hockey to them is back and forth fling the puck to the red line and attack, then play defense, and repeat. That's why this game lacks so much realism and gets boring. There are a few sim parts, but overall it is an arcade game. It shows off the sport of hockey quite poorly. I will say this version is probably the best in my eyes just by what I've played from the demo. There is more pressure and the stick handling is much better, but then there's all of those other things that tick you off and completely ruin the game. It sucks because if they just change a few parts to the gameplay the game could be very good. The issues we all see won't be changed though because those issues have been prevalent since NHL 07.

[bigwill33]

I don't know, bwiggy, I saw a good bit of pucks out of play last year when playing online. Lots of shots that hit sticks on the ice and went up and over the glass and especially the pucks off of the cross bar and goalies that bounced over the glass.

It almost feels like in this demo the glass is too high on the ends or the puck just doesn't have that extra spring off of the objects it interacts with. It is way better than the bouncing basketball like puck of last year's post tuner adjustment, but needs a tad more fine tuning, imo.

[jyoung]

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How in the hell do you win a face-off? I might be 0-for-ever so far in the demo, and in NHL 09 (which I own) I couldn't win many either.

It's still using the same face off mechanics that they've been using for a while now:

http://www.operationsports.com/strat...faceoff-guide/

The only thing they've changed over the years is that they've made it almost impossible to win with the deke forward move.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

It's still using the same face off mechanics that they've been using for a while now: http://www.operationsports.com/strat...faceoff-guide/ The only thing they've changed over the years is that they've made it almost impossible to win with the deke forward move.

I just never learned how to do it.

Thanks man, I'll look at it right now.

[Gerg04]

Finally able to sit down with the demo.

First impressions through 1 period: The commentary is HORRENDOUS. And that's being generous. Doc just sounds insanely robotic. His "SCOOOREEE" isn't even close.

Edit: I'm not a fan of Doc and/or Eddy on real games, but certainly welcomed the new team and presentation to the franchise. But this is just bad, I don't get how bad it could be after touting it as one of the biggest new additions.

And cmon EA, you can't even address the Kings as 2012 and 2014 Cup winner's??? It's these little things that disgust me and me me think not a single person developing this game knows a thing about the NHL or the game of hockey.

[green94]

The 2 man hug is killing me... Kills all immersion after a goal when your guy stands there waiting for one of 4 guys to embrace him. Group hugs!!

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gerg04

Finally able to sit down with the demo. First impressions through 1 period: The commentary is HORRENDOUS. And that's being generous. Doc just sounds insanely robotic. His "SCOOOREEE" isn't even close. Edit: I'm not a fan of Doc and/or Eddy on real games, but certainly welcomed the new team and presentation to the franchise. But this is just bad, I don't get how bad it could be after touting it as one of the biggest new additions. And cmon EA, you can't even address the Kings as 2012 and 2014 Cup winner's??? It's these little things that disgust me and me me think not a single person developing this game knows a thing about the NHL or the game of hockey.

It is very noticeable about the Kings Cup mentions, but I am certain that this is due to them recording the audio prior to June when they won the Cup.

We may be stuck with it like that for this season. Hopefully it gets addressed moving forward, but who knows?

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by green94

The 2 man hug is killing me... Kills all immersion after a goal when your guy stands there waiting for one of 4 guys to embrace him. Group hugs!!

Yeah, this is bad. Especially after Rammer promised at least 3 man hugs and celebrations. I haven't seen any more than 2 players interacting after a goal.

It looks awkward at times for sure.