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

06:03 AM - September 4, 2014 by CupCrazyManiac

NHL 15 is available now for EA Access subscribers. The game will be limited to 6 hours of gameplay.

Based off of early feedback, there is no player edit mode, create a player is in. Play a few games and let us know what you think.

Game: NHL 15Reader Score: 6.5/10 - Vote Now
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# 181 Gagnon39 @ 09/04/14 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hockeynut99


	I didn't say nhl I said editing players on computer games. Sometimes the games crashed when I edit the players on hardball on the pc back in the day or genesis. But I will not say anymore I don't want to detail this thread. Just was giving a reason to maybe way they left it out.

Just giving you a hard time, bud.

# 182 bwiggy33 @ 09/04/14 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bigwill33


	There will be a hockey game next year. I guarantee you that. Poor sales this year will not cancel this franchise in the near future. The replayability of this title will be severely lacking for most of us. If this game is still being played regularly by Thanksgiving by most of the people here that are in love with this demo and game so far I would be surprised. I won't begrudge anyone for having their opinion. But as I have said before, the flaws I point out in this game and the missing modes are factual. They can be shown and proven. It just depends on your personal tastes how much you let it bother you and I, for one, have a bitter tongue at this point. This is a putrid effort all around at producing, marketing, and releasing a quality product. That is my opinion on the matter thus far. And with each milestone towards the street date it only gets reaffirmed.

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.

# 183 bigwill33 @ 09/04/14 01:11 PM

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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.

# 184 NYRangers31 @ 09/04/14 01:13 PM

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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...

# 185 jyoung @ 09/04/14 01:14 PM

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

# 186 bigwill33 @ 09/04/14 01:17 PM

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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.

# 187 boxers @ 09/04/14 01:26 PM

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

# 188 PPerfect_CJ @ 09/04/14 01:29 PM

Can anyone confirm that the game still has ice?

# 189 lockjaw333 @ 09/04/14 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PPerfect_CJ


	Can anyone confirm that the game still has ice?

Can confirm, however there is nothing to do on it.

# 190 AdamJones113 @ 09/04/14 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by PPerfect_CJ


	Can anyone confirm that the game still has ice?

No, but you can scout it and listen to Doc and Eddie while scouting it.

My take:
Wow. Why?

I think sliders would go a long way for this game. Are there sliders?? I'm worried about penalties.

The gameplay seems not terrible, but it more than anything seems transparent; that goes for the entire game as well.

# 191 Elite49 @ 09/04/14 01:36 PM

Oof as someone who didn't care for the other changes coming into today, these are bad. Real bad. Hoping for some Madden 13 patch-ins like they said in that press release.

The no fantasy draft going into BeAGM is real bad news for me. Hopefully we can get some response to these TODAY. Give us something that you're "working" on other than OTP. That patch better not be just that.

As someone who's on PS4, can anyone upload or even save a replay with Xbox DVR function and see if it saves audio?

# 192 codywar11 @ 09/04/14 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tomzennsbruh


	You think NHL 15 is a step up form Madden 15?

Yea, I mean I agree with most of what he is saying, but Madden15 is just shy of amazing. It's an awesome football simulation for the first time in years, if not ever.

# 193 TerminallyOdd @ 09/04/14 01:48 PM

So is it 1080p or still 720p like the demo?

# 194 gopher_guy @ 09/04/14 01:50 PM

Am I the only one who doesn't care at all that you can't edit players?

# 195 thbends @ 09/04/14 01:54 PM

I need a Hockey game though. Guess I'll get it for XBOX 360 or PS3.

# 196 CarryTheWeight @ 09/04/14 01:54 PM

Wow. Reading this thread has changed my mind a TON about this game, and I'm usually an optimist...not to mention a person who loves presentational features. Even I can't see enough I like about this game to spend full price.

Almost inexcusable to me when most of the PS4/XB1 EA Sports titles (Live and UFC excluded) contain nearly every feature that was there last gen. If FIFA or Madden were to get this treatment, the uproar would be deafening.

Now with a tremendously nerfed Be a GM and player editing features seemingly gone, I seriously hope EA Canada takes the same approach they did with UFC and add free features/content updates throughout the year. That's an example of a game that's doing it right, and that will be the one of the only things that could potentially save the damage that's already been done to NHL's reputation.

# 197 codywar11 @ 09/04/14 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PPerfect_CJ


	Can anyone confirm that the game still has ice?

hahahahahahaha this is funniest thing I have read all day

# 198 Elite49 @ 09/04/14 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by gopher_guy


	Am I the only one who doesn't care at all that you can't edit players?

I only care for created players and it seems you can make players. If that is in the game then patching edit players shouldn't be so hard. Let's really hope they do some UFC enhancing here.

# 199 AceFan84 @ 09/04/14 01:58 PM

Man what a disappointment this has turned out to be. I wasn't crazy about the demo and it sounds like things haven't really changed at all. I'm really glad I picked up Madden this year, it's actually quite good and will save me the $60 I would've spent on this.

# 200 phillyfan23 @ 09/04/14 02:05 PM

I understand the negativity of the board, as nhl 15 is missing A LOT traditional features and the dev team should get flak for it. But me....I don't care of being a GM, drafting, trading, editing goalies. I just want a solid authentic game experience ON ICE.

So can we get more gameplay impressions? If the gameplay is solid without any player edits:

1) good scoring feel
2) no cpu robo-passing
3) cpu defenders are pretty aggressive on the blue line..
4) no comeback AI
5) playing the kings is significantly different and harder than playing the flames.
6) 3-4 penalties a game per team.

I can play the game using PLAY NOW exclusively until next year. I really can....

I realize that doesn't have a good chance of happening with nhl 15, but the demo's more aggressive CPU D-men gave me hope for this series. Also, the elimination of cpu robo passing was a huge surprise for me. these were 2 of my 3 biggest gameplay complaints for the last 5 years. The 3rd being not enough penalties. If people play 12 minute periods and can get 7-8 penalties on average per game....then that would be great.

more on ice gameplay impressions please

thanks

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