How NHL 15 Will Capture the Look and Feel of Hockey with NBC Sports Broadcast Package

[Steve_OS]

SportsBusinessDaily's Alex Silverman, gives a few more details on how EA Sports and NHL 15 will capture the look and feel of hockey on TV with the new NBC Sports broadcast package.

All of it sounds great, let's hope they can deliver. Read the article and let us know what you think.

[The Visualizer]

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Good read

With the level of access EA got to NBC's broadcast operation they have no excuses now if they don't exceed everyone's expectations on the presentation front.

[SpectralThundr]

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Good read

With the level of access EA got to NBC's broadcast operation they have no excuses now if they don't exceed everyone's expectations on the presentation front.

Exactly this. Playing up this partnership as much as they are, the presentation on the whole better be stellar.

[ERA]

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I'm really looking forward to this. I've always been a presentation geek and NBA Live is the only game that can fulfill my needs in that department. If anyone could execute this properly, it's EA.

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[canucksss]

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Presentation is only a part of a successful sport video game. Gameplay is another important part.... if EA would deliver another mediocre gameplay, where all players and team play alike...only difference is the uniform, the whole thing will collapse.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

No the whole thing wouldn't collapse at all, it would actually be the building blocks for a game to make the conversion to Gen 4.

People routinely fail to see how this is going to be a year yo year process.

[jerk]

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I'm officially hyped. I skipped this years version since there was no next gen game. CAN'T WAIT


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[SpectralThundr]

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Presentation is only a part of a successful sport video game. Gameplay is another important part.... if EA would deliver another mediocre gameplay, where all players and team play alike...only difference is the uniform, the whole thing will collapse.

While I completely agree in the sense that players and teams should actually play like their real life counterparts, and here's to hoping the vast memory improvement going forward here on NG helps that, I don't find the game play currently to be as terrible as some like to claim it is.

Keep in mind I play GM Mode exclusively, and after years of playing GM mode I still don't get the complaints regarding comeback logic and the like.
Really my biggest complaint is lack of neutral zone pressure, but again I wonder if that had to do with memory limitations on AI run routines, or if they really went all out with neutral zone pressure and AI pressure, if people wouldn't just state that as a AI cheat.

At any rate EA certainly has a lot to prove on the presentation front given how much that factor alone is being hyped. I for one hope every arena looks like their real life counterparts, and they don't have all the dead air between periods like the past gen. I want commentary and high light packages, I want Doc and Oilslick to break down in between periods etc.

If they can deliver on those fronts of presentation, I'll be impressed and give credit where it's due.

[knick9mm]

Every sports games needs to get TV packages. The show should get MLB Network. Nba 2k14 should have TNT. Madden should have CBS(they kind of do) and ESPN

[Fiddy]

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No the whole thing wouldn't collapse at all, it would actually be the building blocks for a game to make the conversion to Gen 4.

People routinely fail to see how this is going to be a year yo year process.

year to year eh?

the game has been the same since 09.. so what happened in 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14?

the truth hurts and these guys have not delivered since 09.

i root for this dev team, every year. i come off a bit harsh a lot of the time, but its bc i want to see the game get better year after year.

i mean honestly, offline wise, this game got worse from 13 to 14 IMO.

[SpectralThundr]

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year to year eh?

the game has been the same since 09.. so what happened in 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14?

the truth hurts and these guys have not delivered since 09.

i root for this dev team, every year. i come off a bit harsh a lot of the time, but its bc i want to see the game get better year after year.

i mean honestly, offline wise, this game got worse from 13 to 14 IMO.

Yep exactly the same. That skating engine was in 09, the changes to hitting and puck physics were also in 09. Oh wait.

Fact of the matter is there's only so much a dev team can do when being limited to 512 megs of ram.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

People on this sit fail to see that these games have to develop on a year to year basis.

Just because you have a new console to work on doesn't mean you can just snap your fingers and have a brand new game.

[Fiddy]

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People on this sit fail to see that these games have to develop on a year to year basis.

Just because you have a new console to work on doesn't mean you can just snap your fingers and have a brand new game.

not the case. nobody thats been posting here about this game for years fails to see that.

[13whitebread]

Far from perfect Fiddy and Canucksss and believe me I feel your frustration especially because penalties are one area that is the same and does not get fixed year after year. I did get my offline sliders this year to play competivly for the first time in years. I think hopefully the experience could possibly get more attention and I am betting it is going to fixed slightly this year but more than likey it won't be untill 2016 for a total complete package

[Mets1986]

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I just seem a little bit concerned about fixing something that really isn't broke as far as "commentary". I know people feel it's a bit "stale and repetitive", but it certainly isn't "broke" or not very good, as say in Madden or The Show.

In trying to change it, it may become just that, and in turn ruin the game. I guess that's my main worry more than anything.

I love NHL, and just don't want to see them ruin something good for the sake of trying to make it better.

Maybe they should do as they do on FIFA where they can give you two different options, the new commentary, or the current team. That would at least alleviate my worry.