NHL 14 Available Now - Post Your Impressions Here

[havoc00]

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did they put a update for the icing? being no touch now?

[Money99]

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Just had another enjoyable Play Now game as the Panthers against the Lightning for the battle of Florida.

I ended up winning 6-3.
I don't know if the tuner has anything to do with what I saw today. I don't play a lot (maybe 3 or 4 games a week), but the Lightning got called for a lot of interference and slashing penalties.
I went 2-for-5 on the PP, while the Lightning went 1-2 on theres.

It was a very enjoyable game and I've really noticed a big difference between premier netminders. Lindback let in a lot of soft ones. Especially from the side of the net.

Barkov was cool to control and Huberdeau was threading needles all game.

Every game feels different and I love how a player like Duchesne feels compared to a Mathias.

[shogunofharlem3]

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I've enjoyed this game so far. Really disliked 13, not sure what it is about 14 but I am really enjoying it.

Few minor things wearing me out like the cpu pinning me when I'm skating full speed behind the net and they can stop me dead nuts but I seem to bumble behind them trying to pin them.

I just played a Be a GM Game. I use the Bruins and when my Thornton line came out I decided to try to work the corners.....+2 for those guys tonight! I do think the tuner helped as I used to play the same with them as I would with Bergeron and be fine. Big difference betweek Rask and Khudobin too.

Like I said, few irksome things, one big one is that whenever I put Chara on the RW on the Powerplay, once the puck drops he skates out of the zone to the bench and keeps skating into it. Wears me out.

Too easy to hit open nets when goalie gets pulled.

All in all, played a lot, really enjoying it. Looking forward to playing later on in my Be a GM.

[Money99]

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Few minor things wearing me out like the cpu pinning me when I'm skating full speed behind the net and they can stop me dead nuts but I seem to bumble behind them trying to pin them.

That's bothered me since they introduced pinning in this game.
I've gotten frustrated going into the corner with speed, have the angle on the defender, and I get sucked into a pin animation.

I've learned to live with it, but for next-gen, I really hope they make this more realistic.

[shogunofharlem3]

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That's bothered me since they introduced pinning in this game.
I've gotten frustrated going into the corner with speed, have the angle on the defender, and I get sucked into a pin animation.

I've learned to live with it, but for next-gen, I really hope they make this more realistic.

I agree. I figured out that holding puck protect "A" on 360 sometimes helps you slide by without being pinned. But I rarely think of it when I'm at Mach 3 taking the corner and the dman is flat-footed.......but he gets me. "A" helps though.

All in all, enjoying myself. I put broken sticks way up to add variety to the game......very stressful when you're facing Ovi and your stick breaks on a clearing attempt in the dzone. Now we're talking.

Just happened last game. Chara clearing attempt on the PK, broke his stick, Seguin gives him his but not for about 5 stressful seconds, but they have possession and the top of my pk box stickless.............FUN (we did kill thanks to Khudobin's big save.....oh ya, like the assistant coach playing my backup because I never think of it)

[Stormyhog]

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I am enjoying the game but I hate when a puck is dumped in and it bounces around like a rubber ball. It happens to bounce over my stick most the time and always leads to the cpu getting it and usually a goal.

[bad_philanthropy]

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The bouncy puck on dump ins is ridiculous. Come on EA this is a silly tweak. Give the puck its weight back on dump in and work on forechecking AI.

[Simaofan-20]

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I'm also noticing some more issues with the game, goalies just let in 5 hole goals from the blue line and not screened. I don't understand how this is such an issue where goalies give up trying to make a save on the 5 hole.

[Cletus]

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I don't mind the bouncy puck so much, sometimes it's actually funny to see it rolling then hit a trampoline and fly a foot or two in the air. EA should use the puck physics on a remake of Mutant League Hockey. Imagine a Moon Arena!

[slickdtc]

NHL 14 Available Now - Post Your Impressions Here

Just got this game this weekend after playing NHL 11 since its release. I needed an update.

Man, I wasn't expecting this. It's definitely more realistic, but after a few games, the fun isn't as much there. The new skating engine definitely works, but man it can be clunky at times. It seems almost like it's too real for its own good.

I definitely need to adjust. I'm getting an NHL 2k10 vibe. I really liked that game, it had amazing moments but a lot of frustration too as players skated out of position or didn't transition well enough.

I must be getting older. I enjoy true to life stats, but I've found myself enjoying a faster paced game, sim style be damned. I believe I had the CPU mostly figured out on NHL 11 and they're smarter now/aren't as easily exploited.

I need more time, but I needed to vent a little bit of my frustrations. I wanted to jump right in and be addicted like I was with NHL 11, but it hasn't happened yet. I'm going to have to relearn the game, relearn my strategies and fine tune my sliders and settings.

Can't wait for it all to click, because I see the potential in this game. I wanna play it for three years like I did with NHL 11.

[Mt Oread]

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When they introduced momentum last year, and tweaked it for this year, it really altered how you can play the game. You have to think much more in advance about what you are going to do because you can't stop or turn on a dime. But you will also learn to use other players' momentum against them.

[slickdtc]

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I definitely see that. I know with time, I could get into this game. If you caught me in the mid-2000's, I would love this game. But now, I want to pop it in and hit things and score goals. The de-evolution of my wants for a hockey game.

It's just too clunky for me. It almost seems laggy. I want my stop and turn on a dime back!

I think I'm going to return it and buy either NHL 11 back or NHL 12. I wish I still had all my franchise progress. Ugh, shouldn't have sold it in the first place. I thought there was no way I wouldn't instantly love NHL 14, but here I am. Well, it was a good test to see just how my tastes have changed. Now I know how all those old men felt back in the mid-2000's when the EA NHL and NHL2k rivalry was at its peak. Lol

[Mt Oread]

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I definitely see that. I know with time, I could get into this game. If you caught me in the mid-2000's, I would love this game. But now, I want to pop it in and hit things and score goals. The de-evolution of my wants for a hockey game.

It's just too clunky for me. It almost seems laggy. I want my stop and turn on a dime back!

I think I'm going to return it and buy either NHL 11 back or NHL 12. I wish I still had all my franchise progress. Ugh, shouldn't have sold it in the first place. I thought there was no way I wouldn't instantly love NHL 14, but here I am. Well, it was a good test to see just how my tastes have changed. Now I know how all those old men felt back in the mid-2000's when the EA NHL and NHL2k rivalry was at its peak. Lol

FWIW, the NHL 94 mode is totally does this. I'm not sure that legitimizes a $60 buy, but it is a fun and fast mode, with lots of hits.

Personally, for that style of play, nothing beat the Pond Hockey in NHL 2K7.

[slickdtc]

NHL 14 Available Now - Post Your Impressions Here

So I ended up getting NHL 12. And I know this isn't the exact place, but I have to vent.

This game is damn fun, a much tighter version of NHL 11. But holy cow, the bugs/flaws are annoying! Lag, settings not saving, at times it feels like the CPU takes control of my players... It's like I'm playing an old NHL 2k game. Nothing game crippling, but it's gonna forever piss me off as long as I have this game. Thank goodness I really dig the gameplay otherwise I'd say I was on the money with sticking with NHL 11 so long. If I hadn't lost my data and the Flyers didn't overturn their whole roster in the past few years, I'd probably go get NHL 11 back. Alas...

[CanuckJ]

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I'm enjoying the game so far, I'm playing as Calgary so I suck because i have a crappy team but I like the challenge. I feel the game kind has super goalies this year, my team could let in 1 or 2 goals but I can't get anything past any goalie on any team, I've had a few bright moments but it's tough, still trying to tinker with sliders to get the balance I'm looking for.

I did some digging because I really want to use the flames 3rd jersey. EA can't release the jersey code until the sabres do a official unveil of their crappy 3rd jerseys, I found this article http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...6078--nhl.html

Basically it says sabres will wear their 3rds vs. detroit on the 24th of this month which is 8 days away, from what I understand once that happens EA can release the code, who knows if thats the case but at least now we have a date for the sabres 3rd.