NHL 15 Available Now for PS4 and Xbox One - Post Your Impressions Here

[blueduke]

Quote: Originally Posted by THESHAMISASHAME

You really need to go get a cpu sim hockey game and drop it already with your agenda type attitude as you dont speak for many accept a few hardcores as most of us here are Hardcore NHL but its a video game of hockey and not a forced sim you have no little input in. If you want mlbts on ice forget it as EA NHL 15 is a hu interactive game first and sim doesnt strongly override that so what you do on the ice really matters and win or lose it feels pretty amazing IF YOU FIND YOUR SLIDERS AND SKILL LEVEL . What your looking for is strat o matic hockey great stats and nothing but random dice rolls and I think its on cpu too now so once again this is a impressions thread so if you have a agenda or ax to grind call EA or go to there website and stop trying to scare everyone off of the game as we all know of its mode short comings as some of us just want to enjoy the game . Negative negative negative

Some seem fixated on bring MLBTS into conversation for whatever reason.

Some guys like me enjoy this game warts and all. Some feel cheated and if they paid full price for it they are. While gameplay is very enjoyable to me, I have enough sense to know a half finished product put out there at full price when I see it. Thankfully it's a rental for me and will stay that way save for a patch that incorporates some of the missing features. Glad that like me you are enjoying the game. For those that are not I understand their frustration and feelings of being burned. If they paid full price they did get burned

[adamj2281]

Quick impressions, I've had about 5 hours with the game, splitting time between it and Madden.

I'll post the following caveats:

-I only play offline GM mode
-I'm not as familiar with NHL trade logic, players, etc. I really only know the star players and the Hurricanes since I follow them.

I'll admit to being on the fence, but I pretty much play Madden, The Show, and NHL every year, and it's been a long wait on the PS4 (I got rid of my PS3 and NHL before PS4 came out). I'm pretty happy with the game so far, the gameplay and graphics are really solid, the commentary needs some work but is fresh compared to the show and Madden.

Other than drafting and slow sim times, I'm fairly content with the GM offerings. Now, again, I'm much more into the GM aspects of The Show or Madden just because I know the teams better, and I would be angry as well if things like drafting or proper finances, player editing, etc. were missing out of either of those games.

So, if you are into single player GM and haven't played NHL in awhile, I'd definitely give it a try, as long as you aren't too focused on the day to day aspects.

[GrandMaster B]

Presentation is nice, but where are the stats? I was expecting more and we got less actually.

1. When scoring a goal, it only shows the game total and not season total.
2. Power plays only show total for game and not season %
3. No career stats that I have seen and only season stats for goalies at the beginning of game and only a few season stats for players but only once in a while.
4. No league leaders during a game.
5. I do like the flashes of game stats under the score overlay, but could be better.

Has anyone seen more than I have mentioned or do more show up?

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by GrandMaster B

Presentation is nice, but where are the stats? I was expecting more and we got less actually. 1. When scoring a goal, it only shows the game total and not season total. 2. Power plays only show total for game and not season % 3. No career stats that I have seen and only season stats for goalies at the beginning of game and only a few season stats for players but only once in a while. 4. No league leaders during a game. 5. I do like the flashes of game stats under the score overlay, but could be better. Has anyone seen more than I have mentioned or do more show up?

Yeah, this is a total FAIL. With all the missing stuff, I expected much more immersion into BeaGM.

[statnut]

Total Fail by the AI here.

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[havoc00]

Playing defense online is a chore and just terrible

[Arrowhead21]

Quote: Originally Posted by havoc00

Playing defense online is a chore and just terrible

Yeah if you're terrible at defense you're gonna get exposed this year, I agree

[THESHAMISASHAME]

Quote: Originally Posted by blueduke

Some seem fixated on bring MLBTS into conversation for whatever reason. Some guys like me enjoy this game warts and all. Some feel cheated and if they paid full price for it they are. While gameplay is very enjoyable to me, I have enough sense to know a half finished product put out there at full price when I see it. Thankfully it's a rental for me and will stay that way save for a patch that incorporates some of the missing features. Glad that like me you are enjoying the game. For those that are not I understand their frustration and feelings of being burned. If they paid full price they did get burned

I use the sham sorry the show as a comparison only for a sports game that seems or comes off forced to one that has actually real 100% interaction most of the time and that is it , great to watch but not play if you like interaction .

By all means vote with your wallet but theres just to much broken record stuff going on here from many who dont even have the finished game ?
( Remember the salem witch trials ?).

Im no EA supporter and they totally screwed up the PR but EA NHL has created a great base to build upon for many years with NHL 15 so I get what they were doing especially with their limitations producing it .
But the game is what it is and it plays a amazing game of NHL Hockey BEST EVER once you find your skill level and its not easy but AlTitos sliders are a great base !