NHL 15 Wish List - Is This A Make Or Break Year?

[Steve_OS]

Matt Bertz of Game Informer has posted an impressive wish list for NHL 15, which includes various items for presentation, gameplay, game modes and online improvements.

Make sure you give it a read and let us know whether you agree or disagree with his list or just want to add to it.

[csamuelsvt]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List – Is This A Make Or Break Year?

this is fantastic! Impressive list indeed. Hopefully with the power of the new systems we get all of these.

Oh and when we score goals, can everyone actually come together and celebrate instead of just running into each other like zombies. Bring back the 5 man celebration, but in real time!

[ianlast]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List – Is This A Make Or Break Year?

Hands-down the best wishlist I've seen for an NHL game. Add the ability to chip the puck? Yes! This guy clearly watches hockey and knows what he's talking about. Would be thrilled if EA could build on these ideas for NHL 15, and have them fully implemented for NHL 16.

If I could add one thing to this wishlist, it would be to expand their sliders to a 1-100 scale, and make adjustments to them more meaningful than they currently are. NBA 2K and FIFA have this figured out, the NHL series unfortunately has not.

[Bluejaysfan65]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List – Is This A Make Or Break Year?

That's a pretty solid list. The thing that needs the most work is definitely Live the Life and Be A GM mode. If they could do what the NBA 2K series does with meetings with the general manager and the press, it would be much more entertaining. It would be even better if they could implement a story line, such as with Jackson Ellis in NBA 2K14 next-gen (current gen??). Arena's also need a lot of work, as most of the time the arenas all look/feel the same except for the logo at center ice.

[NYwRiter94]

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Outside of gameplay, there's no excuse for not competing with The Show and NBA 2k. Those should be the standards that the team strives for.

Gameplay is a different situation. I am a big believer that a major component of The Show and NBA 2k getting higher praise than NHL and Madden is the fact that they feature much less physicality and therefore collision detection/awkward encounters. It is safe to say that we will never have as authentic a representation of hockey or football as we do baseball and basketball. Still, there is no reason that feature modes and presentation shouldn't be on the same level.

[dragan24]

Excellent article, great points made. Presentation - can we get more stat updates, standings, goals, assist, point leaders (relevant info, series stats against opponents), the announcers can also talk about leading scorer, injuries, etc. Penalties - can we get more penalties, please!! I could go on, but the article encompasses a lot of meaningful changes/updates..

[ericromain]

A major thing that needs to be redone in NHL is their Menu system. It's extremely clunky, slow, and counter intuitive. They have a very PS1 feel to them.

[snc237]

I love the NHL series and I can't wait to play it on the new systems but I have had enough with nhl 14. Biggest thing that need to be addressed is A.I. I have beat the legends team using a WHL team winning 4-1 on super star difficulty. Play any other sports game like that and your not going to win. There is to many a.i. Issues to list but they need to keep improving that heavily. There is a lot that can and needs improving on what is a solid game but gameplay needs to be addressed first before commentating or revamping GM mode.

[Majingir]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List - Is This A Make Or Break Year?

Sad part about reading wishlists are that it's a list of great thing we'll likely not see in these games anytime soon.

[dhizzy]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List - Is This A Make Or Break Year?

There is a petition up on change.org that is hoping to get EA to make NHL 15 for the PC. If any of you are interested, please feel free to sign and tell others.

https://www.change.org/petitions/ea-sports-bring-nhl-15-back-on-pc

[headzapp]

i hope most of this happens on the ps4 for nhl 15. i really want scrums around the boards. realistic puck physics. realistic body movements and checks.

[enice128]

I would LOVE to hear the Doc & Eddie O in this game! Real life arenas would be great similar to MLB the Show & Madden. Centers getting tossed out of the face-off circle & accurate players fighting would add authenticity to the game....especially players jumping in to protect their star players would be cool! It seems as if there a generic arena other than the center ice logo! IT'S FINALLY THAT TIME WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW CONSOLES!!!

[enice128]

And please....enough w the goalies fighting! Although the new fighting engine is great EA went overboard!

[AdamJones113]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List - Is This A Make Or Break Year?

My three improvements that would make NHL 15 an auto-buy would be:
Updated commentary
Realistic gameplay: cycling, shooting, etc.
Presentation: Playoffs etc

[CaptainSuperman]

Re: NHL 15 Wish List - Is This A Make Or Break Year?

I think for NHL 15, a realistic expectation would be for core gameplay to stay mostly the same, but have the main career modes overhauled. GM Mode and Live the Life in particular. I too would also love to see a change or overhaul in sliders/settings as well as the entire attribute system. And adding the preference for shoot/pass as well as some others. Then they could focus on gameplay the next year as well as adding on to their modes and features