NHL 15 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (Xbox One, PS4)

[Arrowhead21]

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I mean come on, everyone could tell even by the EA-released gameplay videos that the goalies were essentially ported from the last game

[Mikey88]

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Bwiggy, It is. You can skate up the boards over the line every time again.

I found my backhand goal is money again. I can score during practice with Kopitar every time already. Even carry out from the corner boards and go far side on the goal line on Lundqvist every single time. Went 15/15 on it.

But I'll save full impressions for late tonight. There is lots of positives so far and some negatives. And a lot of the same with the goalies, which isn't good.

Yeah the D seems tighter in the D zone but were still able to skate thru the neutral zone with ease. Hits are over the top even on all star / hardcore. And agreed on shots - too many rocket wristers.

[bwiggy33]

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Bwiggy, It is. You can skate up the boards over the line every time again.

I found my backhand goal is money again. I can score during practice with Kopitar every time already. Even carry out from the corner boards and go far side on the goal line on Lundqvist every single time. Went 15/15 on it.

But I'll save full impressions for late tonight. There is lots of positives so far and some negatives. And a lot of the same with the goalies, which isn't good.

Thanks for the response. That was my fear but I expected as much anyway. I just went from looking forward to trying the demo tomorrow to probably just playing Madden when I get home from work and downloading the demo some other time. It is a little encouraging hearing the D pressure is bumped up a bit though. Still I am about 90% sure this will be the second straight year I won't buy NHL. It's sad that not even the sport of hockey can even sell me this game or make me bite the bullet and buy it.

[bigwill33]

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Thanks for the response. That was my fear but I expected as much anyway. I just went from looking forward to trying the demo tomorrow to probably just playing Madden when I get home from work and downloading the demo some other time. It is a little encouraging hearing the D pressure is bumped up a bit though. Still I am about 90% sure this will be the second straight year I won't buy NHL. It's sad that not even the sport of hockey can even sell me this game or make me bite the bullet and buy it.

It's definitely worth trying it out. It's a little looser and clunkier, in a good way. With decent sliders might get a good offline game. I'm taking diligent notes for my write up though. Trying to list all positives and negatives for my "review".

But overall, I'm just liking that I'm playing a new hockey game at the moment. The 2min periods are killer. No setup time. And I'm a big cycler and work the zone guy.

[CavsFanSteve]

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Wow. This game is actually really good. Then again, I haven't played since NHL 11

[ThaLiveKing]

Play the game on hardcore mode!!! Normal ain't gonna cut it!!

[jwkennedy]

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Not complaining, great game, but unlucky game. Up 1-0 going into to last 60 seconds. Rangers score a legit goal with 58 seconds left. Then with 10 seconds left a Rangers player shoots a weak shot, Quick saves, but then a Rangers player is there to put the puck in the one spot where Quick isn't. Great game, lots of potential. No matter what, it will be in my house September 9th

[csamuelsvt]

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Not complaining, great game, but unlucky game. Up 1-0 going into to last 60 seconds. Rangers score a legit goal with 58 seconds left. Then with 10 seconds left a Rangers player shoots a weak shot, Quick saves, but then a Rangers player is there to put the puck in the one spot where Quick isn't. Great game, lots of potential. No matter what, it will be in my house September 9th

Did doc scream scoressssssssssssss!!??

[Sparkles]

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Is the gameplay good enough to make me buy an xbox one and NHL 15??? Really pissed that eashl isn't in (wanted to play with my buddies)

[centauris]

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the right stick control when you have the puck seems sluggish and weird. can you even stick handle with the right stick?

[CubFan23]

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[Bowinkle08]

PS4 users getting owned again lol

ps4 getting it 2morrow. OAN: im thoroughly enjoying the demo. ive never played an ea nhl title and i dont avidly watch hockey. gameplay is smooth and graphics look good.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Good footage, but I think I lost brain cells listening to that guy's attempt at speaking.

[Al_Tito13]

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I don't have much time tonight to go into specific aspects of the game, bit I liked what I saw so far. I played on All-Star/Hardcore and I actually found the feel of the game different from NHL 14. There are good improvements or changes (puck physics is one without a doubt, skating, toned down stick handling, shot release...) and while some parts still need work, with a few slider tweaks, it will definitely be a good game. And the graphics are great.

[ddhex27]

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Deking with the skill stick is pretty much non existent this year. It's very interesting that they marketed this as a feature. Either the game is missing deke animations or something got botched. There are only very small radius left and right dekes.