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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.

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# 321 dodgerblue @ 09/05/14 11:07 PM

Would it be possible to get some additional impressions from anyone who got the game early or signed up for EA access?

Most of the people on this board appear to be ready to storm EA studios or something along those lines. But what I'd like to know:

Is it possible with sliders to make the game more like a sim? Is there any variation between opponents?

Videos look like the game is kind of an arcade fest, but if it can be adjusted effectively, I would really like to know.

Thanks!

# 322 MizzouRah @ 09/06/14 12:17 AM

Just lost 8-1 to Buffalo.. good grief.. game is much harder for me so far this year.

# 323 Smirkin Dirk @ 09/06/14 01:59 AM

So it's not even possible to edit a roster and import it to be a GM?

Wow.

# 324 meep316 @ 09/06/14 05:11 AM

Just 0 attention to detail whatsoever. Wow.

# 325 pm83 @ 09/06/14 06:45 AM

I would love to see if same dekes and moves can be pulled with 4th line grinders. Anyone interested trying that one out? Changing some low minute man as 1st line center.

# 326 SlyBelle @ 09/06/14 07:16 AM

Here are my high level impressions that I posted in another forum as well.....

Got a chance to play a few games last night and at this point not going to be a purchase for me. From an actual gameplay perspective, really feels the same to me as prior versions which was my first impression when I tried the limited demo. Presentation might be a little different, but from a gameplay perspective if someone asked me which version was 14 or 15, not sure I could tell you which was which. If you like the core gameplay of past versions then I think you would enjoy it and should absolutely purchase it. For me I still pretty much can skate end to end and make those crease passes for goals, goalies are still spotty and random at times, and of course my number one immersion killer does not work any better, which are penalties. Played a handful of games and I think I saw one total penalty called and that was with all penalty sliders maxed, 10 minutes, and even in some games I put it on max aggression and hits. No way the combo of all those settings should only result in one penalty.

Maybe once this game hits the bargain bin (or if a miracle patch comes out) I'll pick it up just for some casual fun, but no way I can justify $60 for this game. I don't even care they removed all the game modes since I don't use them, but I really don't see any improvements in the actual gameplay to justify it. Seems to me they just minimally ported over to the new platform and that was it. Although not an arcade hockey game, my fix for hockey will be playing ActionPC hockey at this point.

# 327 MDgolf @ 09/06/14 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ThreeKing


	Are you guys sure about this? I thought the back of the box is saying 1080p.

Says 1080p on back of ps4 box

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# 328 18 eighty 5 @ 09/06/14 08:23 AM

The more I give it a go the more I conclude the gameplay is no better than it has ever been and at times even feels worse. The skating on Xbox One to me is screwy and twitchy. Everything feels incredibly arcade and shallow. The CPU gets all the old advantages in play, suction pins to the boards, magnetic pucks, untouchability etc. The visuals are slightly better but not leaps and bound better and after playing for a while the game looks like it always has.

The talked up vision cones and ai response to situations is smoke and mirrors stuff to me.

Menus have a bizarre layout and navigating them is like playing a mini game more suited to Deus Ex.

Really, really unimpressive product. For me, 15 on next gen is one of the worst entries ever in the history of the series. With the little we have been given it doesn't do anywhere near enough to be considered worthy of lots of my attention over the course of the coming year. An absolute no purchase for me.

With the work Shogunofharlem and others, plus Revamped and Cycloniac with the music packs, I will hold onto 14 and will look to get a used copy for the 360 as I prefer that controller for this series on old gen over ps3.

# 329 Yeats @ 09/06/14 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bigwill33


	Played one game: Dallas at Pittsburgh (Me). 6 min periods...

Brilliant in-depth review, thanks for taking the time to write all that up and share, bigwill.

# 330 MDgolf @ 09/06/14 10:06 AM

Just had a game with zero penalties with all the penalty sliders maxed.

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# 331 nVschultz1325 @ 09/06/14 01:09 PM

Poke checking and body checking are out of control over powered, still can't do anything to a player when he is dekeing, and still getting deked out by defensive d-men. Same stuff different year.

# 332 MDgolf @ 09/06/14 01:12 PM

Can you play on hardcore level if you max out CPU penalties and adjust the ai in any way? Switches to custom everytime I edit something. Then if I try to go back to hardcore it cancels the changed I made to the AI.

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# 333 duffman @ 09/06/14 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MDgolf


	Can you play on hardcore level if you max out CPU penalties and adjust the ai in any way? Switches to custom everytime I edit something. Then if I try to go back to hardcore it cancels the changed I made to the AI. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hardcore is a set of preset sliders, once you change anything it goes to custom. Last gen had another setting called cpu aid that you could also change, but I haven't found that yet.

Anyone else play with pass assist 0 and feel like there is still an assist? It feels different to me now than it did in last gen

# 334 MDgolf @ 09/06/14 01:22 PM

Thanks for answering

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# 335 meep316 @ 09/06/14 05:45 PM

One thing I am seeing in some online gameplays, is that people playing defense like idiots are paying for it. Diving around, trying to stop guys by going to one knee, is not working. It's easy to walk around those guys, especially if you can utilize the advanced cuts and pullbacks.

No idea why they defaulted goalies in shootout to CPU. So stupid. But all you have to do is go to settings at the pause menu in between the 3rd period and the shootout, and put goalie mode on. You'll be able to play goalie and also control the skater when it's your turn to shoot. It should be like this as default, but they're braindead.

# 336 RoyalBoyle78 @ 09/06/14 06:54 PM

Idk, im enjoying the game very much, guess im the odd one. Have the game paid off and using the early access, im still picking it up no matter what. I don't know who said there is no AI sliders when there are. I hate no problem with the offline gm mode which I only play anyway. The game for a first effort meets my standards thus far.

# 337 RoyalBoyle78 @ 09/06/14 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MDgolf


	Just had a game with zero penalties with all the penalty sliders maxed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not me, I had almost every penalty called in the few games I have played so far.

# 338 boxers @ 09/06/14 06:58 PM

Now that I'm starting to get the hang of the skill stick and working with the sliders, the game seems to be playing much better. Is the LS+RS deking new to this year or was it in 14 as well?

Also, on a more positive note, Ray Ferraro is fully rendered and some (not most) faces look okay and the sim stats are much improved (at least from 13).

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# 339 spidertour02 @ 09/06/14 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Segagendude


	I don't get it?

Apparently, practice mode locks you to only being able to use the first line center of your favorite team. You can "cheat" this by changing your favorite team, allowing you to play as different players. It still limits you to 30 player choices, but it's still better than the single guy that the game gives you.

# 340 CheapyD @ 09/06/14 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Footballforever


	Not me, I had almost every penalty called in the few games I have played so far.

Have you seen Charging? I don't think that made the leap to "next-gen".

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