NHL 14 Trailer and Developer Diary - Enforcer Engine

[Ermolli]

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NHL 14 Enforcer Engine Gameplay Trailer. Delivered in an action-packed 3rd-person presentation and powered by Fight Night Technology, the all-new Enforcer Engine offers the most authentic and exhilarating hockey fighting experience ever. NHL 14 will release September 10, 2013 in North America and by September 13 worldwide.

EA Sports has also posted their NHL 14 Developer Diary focusing on the Enforcer Engine, going over the all-new third person presentation, user-controlled post-fight celebrations, real-fight damage and more.

[soxnut1018]

Re: NHL 14 Enforcer Engine Trailer

Looks much better.

I just hope it's not too much a part of the game. Hopefully it's tuned so it's only the "right" guys fighting for the most part and the momentum boost afterwards isn't too overpowered.

[hossafan91]

1:45ish. was that a goalie fight?

[Ghoste]

This looks pretty cool. Way better than that first-person junk.

[Cycloniac]

Re: NHL 14 Enforcer Engine Trailer

Looks good.

Hopefully this means fights can start in the middle of play as well and not just after the whistle. E.g. If someone like Rafi Torress lays out Crosby, I wanna see Morrow getting in Rafi's face right then and there.

[Storm12]

I hope that they don't fight all the time, I hope some scrums happen. Sure fights don't happen all the time, but scrums happen and are easily broken up by the players/ref's. Basically I just hope that every "dirty" hit doesn't lead to a fight.

[Cletus]

Lol oh boy, EASHL games are gonna last 2 hours (if the other team doesn't quit after the first penalty) if every late/dirty hit leads to a fight. I don't get it because most guys that are enforcers play maybe 40 games a year.

[Steve_OS]

Re: NHL 14 Trailer and Developer Diary - Enforcer Engine

Updated OP with Dev. Diary post on the Enforcer Engine.

[Storm12]

I don't get it because most guys that are enforcers play maybe 40 games a year.

I would think it's just not the typical goon that will always fight... I'm pretty sure that power forwards/two way forwards/ defensive d-men, etc will fight. They probably choose who will fight by how much they fight (the fighter thing that says if they fight never, rarely, sometimes, often). There also doesn't need to always be fights, just more scrums than actual fights.

[Cletus]

I would think it's just not the typical goon that will always fight... I'm pretty sure that power forwards/two way forwards/ defensive d-men, etc will fight. They probably choose who will fight by how much they fight (the fighter thing that says if they fight never, rarely, sometimes, often). There also doesn't need to always be fights, just more scrums than actual fights.

I know, but in the NHL today there aren't any 300 PIM guys anymore. I don't know many heavyweight fighters, I know of a lot of pests, but shoving doesn't seem to happen in the video. It just seems like a guy runs up and boom fight animation. I'm just really skeptical because it seems like the team doesn't know how to program their own game. I believe they have the best of intentions but somewhere it gets screwed up.

[Mongo14]

Re: NHL 14 Trailer and Developer Diary - Enforcer Engine

I believed the realism of the Enforcer Engine until and after 0:35. Seeing Matt Cooke drop the gloves. No way!

[Storm12]

I know, but in the NHL today there aren't any 300 PIM guys anymore. I don't know many heavyweight fighters, I know of a lot of pests, but shoving doesn't seem to happen in the video. It just seems like a guy runs up and boom fight animation. I'm just really skeptical because it seems like the team doesn't know how to program their own game. I believe they have the best of intentions but somewhere it gets screwed up.

I have the same concern as well, it does seem like one hit can start a fight. Hopefully they don't happen like that all the time though, I've been to games where some really questionable hits have happened and no fights occurred. It needs to be a mix of scrums and the occasional fight, not just brawl fest.

[TracerBullet]

My Canadiens were getting dropped just like in real life. *sigh*

[Segagendude]

Re: NHL 14 Trailer and Developer Diary - Enforcer Engine

I hope we can turn fighting off which will result in some post whistle scrums only..

[soxnut1018]

Re: NHL 14 Trailer and Developer Diary - Enforcer Engine

Fights are intense. Winning one is electrifying. You can now celebrate the thrill of winning a fight by engaging the crowd or taunting your opponent using user-controlled celebrations.

This worries me.