NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[jyoung]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

I can't recommend this game at all if you're looking for a single player experience.

The AI is simply abysmal. Every player and every team plays identically. Season mode is a dull grind where every game feels exactly like the last game. The presentation is stale and unexciting.

NHL 14 is at the bottom of the sports gaming barrel when it comes to the single player experience.

[nickaepi]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

I can't recommend this game at all if you're looking for a single player experience.

The AI is simply abysmal. Every player and every team plays identically. Season mode is a dull grind where every game feels exactly like the last game. The presentation is stale and unexciting.

NHL 14 is at the bottom of the sports gaming barrel when it comes to the single player experience.

Okay. Thank you. Based off your resume, I trust your feedback. I'll stick with the Show and GTA V. Just for sh#ts & giggles, was '13 better (on-ice gameplay wise), if I decided to pick it up cheap pre-owned somewhere? Again, the last NHL I played was '11.

[Segagendude]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

Okay. Thank you. Based off your resume, I trust your feedback. I'll stick with the Show and GTA V. Just for sh#ts & giggles, was '13 better (on-ice gameplay wise), if I decided to pick it up cheap pre-owned somewhere? Again, the last NHL I played was '11.

Coming from 11 to 13 (like me,) 13 definitely will feel different and new, what with true performance skating and a true broadcast camera.

But alas, after that luster wears off, you'll see that every game feels the same (just like was mentioned above).

Group celebrations are gone, so scoring a goal is rather blah. Presentation is pretty much the same as in 11, but they added the Winter Classic.

If you can get 13 for cheap, and I mean cheap, then I'd say give it a go. But you wouldn't be the only one who may not finish a season...

Myself, I'm waiting to see what's in store for next gen. I passed on 14 and still have an 11 Be a GM franchise going. I dabble around with 13 doing some play now games, but that's about it.

[GlennN]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

While I agree with jyoung that NHL 14 adds nothing for the offline BeAGM player, I would add a proviso that it depends what the last NHL game is that you have. If you have never played the NHL series, then I think 14 is fine. I don't see it as a step backward, it is just hopelessly stagnant. If you already have NHL 10-13, and you only play BeAGM, you pretty much already have 14. In that case, I completely agree with jyoung. Boy does EA need competition!

[kestrel]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

While I agree with jyoung that NHL 14 adds nothing for the offline BeAGM player, I would add a proviso that it depends what the last NHL game is that you have. If you have never played the NHL series, then I think 14 is fine. I don't see it as a step backward, it is just hopelessly stagnant. If you already have NHL 10-13, and you only play BeAGM, you pretty much already have 14. In that case, I completely agree with jyoung. Boy does EA need competition!

To that I would add that if you want your NHL to look like the real NHL with regard to realignment and new uniforms (just a few little things), then you don't have 14. Otherwise, to each his/her own.

[sturmie]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

Does this TU just go into the /cache folder like the others? Just curious.

[grizzblue]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

Can someone answer this.

Do you need to start a new bagm offline to get the effects of the patch to progression? I know for vcertoan the other patch features were added into my pre existing bagm and was under the impression the progression tuning was no different and applied too. Is that the case?

[Armor and Sword]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

I can't recommend this game at all if you're looking for a single player experience.

The AI is simply abysmal. Every player and every team plays identically. Season mode is a dull grind where every game feels exactly like the last game. The presentation is stale and unexciting.

NHL 14 is at the bottom of the sports gaming barrel when it comes to the single player experience.

Well that is all I need to know. Sticking with 13 till next gen.

[sweetjones]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

It's official for me. Im done. This has to be the most frustrating nhl game ever. And i've been playing since '94. As an offline only player, the things the cpu is allowed to do is ridiculous. The slider system is horribly created. Most of them don't work. I've never seen a dumped puck bounce over the glass in my life. Every cpu controlled team plays the same. The gameplay is too predictable. I get pissed at the fact that this is the only current hockey game available.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

It's official for me. Im done. This has to be the most frustrating nhl game ever. And i've been playing since '94. As an offline only player, the things the cpu is allowed to do is ridiculous. The slider system is horribly created. Most of them don't work. I've never seen a dumped puck bounce over the glass in my life. Every cpu controlled team plays the same. The gameplay is too predictable. I get pissed at the fact that this is the only current hockey game available.

NHL 9, NHL 11, NHL 13......all super solid hockey games man. Some people swear by 10 and 12 as well.


The series IMO has been fairly solid this gen. At least for my taste.