No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Live The Life in NHL 15 on XB1/PS4 (Interview)

[RaychelSnr]

It’s official: EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, and Live the Life will not be in NHL 15.

The modes which will be in the game, will include play now, Be A Pro, Be a GM, Online Vs, Hockey Ultimate Team, and NHL Moments Live. The plan, as of right now, is to deliver Online Team Play via a patch after launch.

We sat down with Producer Sean Ramjagsingh to discuss why those modes were not included and to talk about the modes which are in the game. The discussion also turns to how to the team deals with community reactions and plans for the future of the franchise, which admittedly are quite exciting. See for yourself after the jump!

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[bowld]

Re: No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Life The Life in NHL 15 (Interview)

They also posted this letter to the fans..lol

http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/2014/nhl-15-game-modes?utm_campaign=nhl15-social-global-ic-tw-game-modes-081914-tw-text-site-ramp&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&sourceid=nhl15-social-global-ic-tw-game-modes-081914-tw-text-site-ramp&cid=25343&ts=1408485849116

[tfctillidie]

Re: No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Live The Life in NHL 15 (Interview)

The gameplay hasn't impressed me via video, this is killer. Total skip for me.

I get they had to focus on the core, doing the arenas and NBC stuff (to be fair, looks good, albeit the audio/goal horns/commentary sound rather brutal)...but this is a huge gap in use for the game.

Being the first go on this console, there's going to be plenty of holes in the gameplay and AI, FIFA/Madden last fall showed that. Lots of new good stuff, but not solid/complete. Which is what I'll expect here. So without the best modes, what's the point?

NHL 16 it is.

[centauris]

Re: No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Live The Life in NHL 15 (Interview)

how is this a 60 dollar game then?

[gb1155]

What do you have to say to the hundreds of thousands of fans that have supported EASHL since 2009? I find it pathetic that you make sure to put in the game mode that makes you money (HUT) But you ignore the diehard EASHL fans

[bigwill33]

Re: No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Life The Life in NHL 15 (Interview)

Well here it is. The day we pretty much all knew was coming.

So disappointing.

But how hard was it to put out this announcement weeks ago? At least we can move on now.

[Gotmilkman24]

I'm feeling sad.

[huntt26]

Can the game release at $39.99 since it's not a full featured title?

[TDKing]

Re: No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Live The Life in NHL 15 on XB1/PS4 (Interview)

What about GM Connected ? Is that mode returning next year or is it out forever? Rammer never mentions it

[Nabz]

Knew it all along, not getting the game this year.

[Gotmilkman24]

I'd like to announce once more that I am sad.

[garyjr33]

I can live with their reasoning there. I just really hope that Be-A-GM has the full salary cap parameters in it, and trade logic and other stuff from previous iterations of Be-A-GM plus a few bonuses hopefully. Looking forward to hearing more info about this. Disappointed I can't do a GM connected with my buddies though. Oh well. Hopefully they get it in next year.

[Moose Factory]

I feel like creating a drinking game for every time someone from EA uses the phrase "Built from the ground up"...

[MichaelAngeloTMNT]

Sad that Ultimate Team is in before some of the other modes...

[duffman]

Re: No EASHL, GM Connected, OTP, or Live The Life in NHL 15 on XB1/PS4 (Interview)

I just hope we don't get a totally stripped down GM mode too. Disappointing news for sure, but if the offline ai and game play holds up then I won't miss it too much.