NHL 14 Demo Available Now For 360, Later Today For PS3 - Post Your Impressions Here

[Ninjoid]

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Really? I have yet to see it....if true, definitely a great thing. I heard it happened in COACH mode...

Yes they do...if you switch the game setting to "high impact" you will see more fights in cpu mode...by the same token I have seen fights in hardcore sim mode too, but given the hitting setting for high impact you will see more fights using this.

Just watched a game that had 2 fights in it....so at last it is there!

[archibalduk]

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Newcomers to hockey picking up the game for the first time will enjoy it tremendously, but for me personally, there's just no excitement on a game by game basis or will to win the Cup in this game engine any longer.

This is my problem too. There isn't enough in gameplay improvements to warrant me spending £40 on NHL 14 when I already have NHL 13 (hence I usually wait 2 -3 years before buying another NHL). Something I wish they'd give some attention to is boardplay. There is far far more boardplay in real life than the game itself.

Think I'll pass on it - unless the UK Elite League has somehow made it in unannounced.

If only! I'm really tempted to buy the PC version of NHL 04 on ebay (it seems I've lost the copy I used to have) and add the British leagues right down to the NIHL-1.

[Dispatch]

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It is pretty much what I expected it to be. I knew downloading it that there weren't going to be any major changes. We're at the end of a generation. It would be a waste of time for them to make any major changes at this point.

Overall the game does feel smoother. I don't know how I feel about the one touch dekes yet. I'm not really one who goes around trying to make people miss. I'm more focused on changing speeds and driving to the net/slot. I take pride in not using those dekes. The biggest thing that needs to be improved in my mind is the defense. The entire system they have in place needs to be overhauled.

Obviously the presentation and the commentary are in dire need of a refresh. I would love to see Pierre and the rest of the NBC crew but thats just me. I want the game to feel alive. Hockey is one of the most emotional sports out there and by playing this game you would never know that. I'm sick of no team celebrations. In real life if someone scores you see group hugs with everyone on the ice and fans banging on the glass. Theres so much room for improvement here its not even funny.

Regardless I see myself buying this game. I'm an EASHL player but I play sim. That means the first two months are the best months for me. Thats when everyone is still playing it and the trolls don't have their super fast players yet. One thing I'm hoping is that if you make your player 5'9" that they get dumped pretty easily by someone who is 6'2". Thats been an issue I've had for a while.

[Gagnon39]

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Here's a CRAZY thought. How about a fight that is A DRAW every once in a while? Since that happens about 50% of the time in a real NHL fight. Just a thought.

[shark50]

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Actually even though someone wins..if you look at the stats on the lines in some cases it shows that it didnt effect them increasing or decreasing on the loser..since in some cases it was practically a draw..this happens alot in nhl13

[Aaberg93]

Did anyone notice you could add a head coach to your HUT team?

This is new, right?

(I didn't play much HUT last year, but don't remember coaches being implemented in the game at all)

[Gagnon39]

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The best thing I've seen so far happened last night...

I absolutely creamed Marchand into the boards from behind with Brent Seabrook. It was an obvious penalty but before I knew it Lucic had flown over to me dropped his gloves and we started to brawl. The only problem with this was that Lucic should have got an off-setting instigator penalty for that. So Seabrook should have gotten 2 minutes for boarding, and 5 for fighting while Lucic got the 5 for fighting and 2 minutes for instigating. However, the Bruins had a power play.

[Segagendude]

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One more presentation note: why'd they remove the players coming out onto the ice before each period?

I still like seeing that in 11, the last year it was in.

[Gagnon39]

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One more presentation note: why'd they remove the players coming out onto the ice before each period?

I still like seeing that in 11, the last year it was in.

There's a number of things they removed that I don't understand. They used to have players skate out on the ice for the three starts of the game. That's been gone since NHL 11 as well. And after a goal they used to have a team "hug" cutscene, that's gone too.

[Segagendude]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Available Now For 360, Later Today For PS3 - Post Your Impressions He

There's a number of things they removed that I don't understand. They used to have players skate out on the ice for the three starts of the game. That's been gone since NHL 11 as well. And after a goal they used to have a team "hug" cutscene, that's gone too.

Yeah I know. Depressing isn't it?!

[jyoung]

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Did anyone notice you could add a head coach to your HUT team?

This is new, right?

(I didn't play much HUT last year, but don't remember coaches being implemented in the game at all)

Coaches were in last year's version of HUT.

They give stat boosts to every player on your team.

[ericromain]

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Did anyone notice you could add a head coach to your HUT team?

This is new, right?

(I didn't play much HUT last year, but don't remember coaches being implemented in the game at all)

HUT has always had coaches, but they arent licensed real coaches so it's kind of pointless.

[savoie2006]

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I heard the crowd is the next thing to go.

[meep316]

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Okay, I'm only going to say this once, because for one, I don't really have much time for videogames nowadays anyway, so there's no point in getting annoyed at this, and I'm probably not even getting the game anyway.

I've been saying for ****ing YEARS, YEARS, that they need to fix the lineup selection screen thing. I mean there is literally not a single excuse for it to be that bad. You have to click on who you want, scroll through the entire team (who are listed randomly for some reason, not in alphabetical, or even sorted by overall or position, literally just completely random) to select who you want to sub into that spot.

Why not take the lineup screen that's in HUT, where you can scroll through a visual of your lineup, and swap guys in at the touch of one button? How hard is it to take that from HUT, and just put it in VS mode?? I mean it's inexcusable.

Then, to make it ten times worse, you can't even save your lineup. (I'm just assuming that you can't save it again this year, because the screen and process is the exact same in every way as it's been for years, so I doubt they bothered to improve it). So every single time you play a game (since EA can't get a lineup accurate for the life of them and you always have to make 20 different changes), you have to sit there and do it.

And most people don't want to wait the extra 2 minutes (I don't blame them really) to sit there while you fix your lineup. I mean how hard is it to let you make your lineup for your team, and save it for online play? Madden has had this for as long as I can remember.

Honestly it's pathetic, there is no other word for it but pathetic. I'd say it's laziness and complete obliviousness on the part of EA, but I feel like after all these years, it goes beyond that.

[Russo]

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Guys, we all play online. Essentially, online mode 1 vs 1 will be played a 'hardcore simulation' more polished NHL 13 version and I'm ok with that. The regular 'Simulation' style plays too arcady and is way over the top. Is it me or does every shot go in in 'Simulation'? The puck is literally a pinball. Couple of issues with the game so far: fighting should be controlled, nobody should be chasing me with 1 minute left to play in a 3-2 hockey game. Also, Duncan Keith should not be the one chasing Lucic looking for a fight.The lackluster of the extra 2 minute instigator rule makes fighting pretty pointless.The rest of the game feels more fluid and polished version of its predecessor, and I'm Ok with that.