NHL 15 Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Post Your Impressions

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYRangers31

Can someone summarize what's stripped from Be a GM? It's the only game mode I play. I'm hearing no AHL teams and no drafts?? Anything else?

I mean there isn't much to it. Rather than list what is missing here is what you get:

-You have a calendar of regular season games you can play for your one NHL team that you choose.

-There is a salary cap.

-You can send players to your minor league affiliate's logo and have them listed on a minor league roster and call them back up.

-You edit your lines.

-Make trades and sign free agents.

-You can assign your team's uniform numbers and captaincy.


There ya go.

[NYRangers31]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

I mean there isn't much to it. Rather than list what is missing here is what you get: -You have a calendar of regular season games you can play for your one NHL team that you choose. -There is a salary cap. -You can send players to your minor league affiliate's logo and have them listed on a minor league roster and call them back up. -You edit your lines. -Make trades and sign free agents. -You can assign your team's uniform numbers and captaincy. There ya go.

Thanks for the update. I'll wait to see what this deal with the no rookie draft thing is. Quite a bummer. Might reconsider my preorder...

[jyoung]

What options do you have for picking your team in Be A Pro?

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by bwiggy33

Honestly I don't think anything is guaranteed at this point. It's one thing to have the same gameplay flaws because so many NHL gamers play online and don't see how bad the AI side of things is. However, to not include all of those online modes is going to severely hit next gen sales. That's how this game sells. I feel bad for anybody out there who goes into buying NHL 15 next gen thinking everything in last gen will be available to them. Obviously with the internet most people do their research before hand, but there are still some who don't. I know this is the only NHL game on the market, but we've seen it before with games. One minute they are here and the next they are gone, even if it's the only choice for that particular sport on the market. I know the odds of it being cancelled aren't very good at all, but I guess I'm just saying I wouldn't be shocked to not see NHL next year or at least a couple years down the road.

This game has survived lockouts and work stoppages and different development teams and consoles coming and going. It will likely keep chugging along unless there is a major lawsuit that jumps up and costs the parent company way too much money to keep it going.

I cannot imagine this game costs that much to develop. And while the sales are under a million per year overall they still get the hardcore people like us that need a hockey game like an addict needs crack to purchase it year in and year out. And even if we don't they still have micro transactions and HUT and all that fun stuff to rake in the cash.

It would take several years of losing money for this franchise to be cancelled. The license is cheap compared to other sports and there is no competition. You will know things are going down when they start dropping Euro leagues and equipment sponsors from the game because of money considerations.

[twelveone]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Yep. Pretty much. The only thing I'll be upset about to be honest is that if we can't edit players that means we can't edit their jersey numbers. And as it seems EA has taken out features that previously existed in the game, I'm now worried that they removed the retired jersey numbers from the game. There's nothing that drives me more nuts than having some schmuck wear #4 on the Bruins or some jabroni wearing #9 on the Red Wings. Worst of all, if we can't change players' numbers as some rookie is wearing #21 or #9 on the Hawks, I'm done. Call it a small issue if you want, but I am indeed a hardcore player. No doubt about it. If there's any doubt about that check the links in my signature.

Good lord!! What is EA doing?? Why remove edit player? Seriously why? There was absolutely no reason to take that out, Im really deciding against getting this game now I think. This feels like the tip of the iceberg to me, edit player will probably get patched in at some point after they realize the outrage that has occurred. I believe Madden did something similar a few years back and that didn't work out too well for them.

[boxers]

Guys, I simmed to the draft ran into the same problem as the one in the YouTube vid. It seems like a glitch that can be patched because I still received a notification telling me to change my trade block pre draft and noticed teams had made deals during the draft.

It is likely that they game is failing to provide a prompt to enter the draft and thus is forcing you to simulate.

Seems like EA may have just shipped an unfinished product features-wise. Disappointing but I believe it'll be fixable. Hopefully this will not be like what happened with madden on xbox 360 when it first launched.

Edit: spelling errors due to tapatalk and apple corrections

[CupCrazyManiac]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

Is the custom camera option still in?

No, no custom camera at all. Only all the other cams are still in.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Can anyone confirm that the game still has ice?