NHL 15: E3 Trailer and Details - Release Date Set For September 9th

[Big Shmooz]

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Great post...echos what I have been saying for years. The only time you see a face, helmet, mask or a stick is when you're NOT playing. Who plays the game at an ice level where you can see this stuff anyway?

Actually I do. So does the friend whom I play online the most. Not that I am even complaining about the graphics. It is just that you should be aware that at least two people do play the game at ice level.

[csamuelsvt]

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Apparently FiFA 15 has 10 man group celebrations...hopefully NHL has the 5 man in it!

[Moose24x]

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Honestly, if they would just turn live the life into something MUCH more like NBA 2k14's my career mode, and give a third person camera option, I wouldn't care what else they'd do to the game. That's my dream game made, but it's in the wrong game. I play NBA 2k14 and I can't name three players on each team in the NBA; I just play my career and it's the best thing ever. If it were in NHL I'd only put the controller down for work and food.

[SpectralThundr]

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Honestly, if they would just turn live the life into something MUCH more like NBA 2k14's my career mode, and give a third person camera option, I wouldn't care what else they'd do to the game. That's my dream game made, but it's in the wrong game. I play NBA 2k14 and I can't name three players on each team in the NBA; I just play my career and it's the best thing ever. If it were in NHL I'd only put the controller down for work and food.

I'm right with you on this Moose, would love to see that treatment as well.

[tril]

is that actual commentary from the game?

[ericromain]

looked like CGI to me

Believe or not, all video games are computer generated imagery, it's fundamental requirement.

[ericromain]

I loved the way the bench was reacting during the fight, some players leaning on the boards, some sitting, players on the ice just bent over while others stood up. Sure is a far cry from the old empty arena mini game from NHL13..

I'm excited for the game stepping into next gen.

[capnbuh]

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There's really nothing to talk about in this trailer. I'll still buy it but they need to completely scrap the goalies they had last gen.

[green94]

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Individual celebrations still occur all the time:

Spoiler

As long as it ends with a nice, group hug, I'm down with some user controlled celie's.

This is so awesome! Haha!

[Moose24x]

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Not counting goalies, there's 18 players dressed for each team in the finals. That's 36 players. Of 36, the following wear the 4500:

Greene Lewis Clifford Gaborik Zuccarello McDonagh J. Moore Martinez Nash Carter that's more than 1/4 of all players playing in the finals. Now add huge names like Toews, Stamkos, Malkin, Getzlaf, etc. If there is one helmet that nearly a quarter of the league wears it isn't really nitpicking to want it in the game.

Again, I'm not one to get upset because a random stick is missing or gloves don't look the way I want them to. This is something different. The 4500 not being in the game is kind of like third jerseys not being in the game. Can you live without it? Sure, but it's pretty unacceptable for it to be excluded.

[meep316]

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Obviously not much to see here in this trailer, other than the graphics are good, which we obviously knew going into it.

But I can't get that Kane goal that they showed, out of my head. It looks AWFUL. He's standing straight up the whole time, the toe drag/deke thing looks terrible.

Then the shot, the puck just like, rockets off of his stick into the top corner. He doesn't slide his bottom hand down the shaft even a little bit, to get leverage to lift it. It looks so clunky, just like it always has.

I'll wait to reserve full judgment, especially with the AI, but I honestly have 0 faith in the EA NHL team to get it right.

[Money99]

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is that actual commentary from the game?

My bet is yes. The trailer said it was all actual gameplay. I know that doesn't mean the commentary is automatically in-game, but I sure hope it was.

[ch46647]

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Is this game playable on the floor?

[JumpierPegasus]

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Obviously not much to see here in this trailer, other than the graphics are good, which we obviously knew going into it.

But I can't get that Kane goal that they showed, out of my head. It looks AWFUL. He's standing straight up the whole time, the toe drag/deke thing looks terrible.

Then the shot, the puck just like, rockets off of his stick into the top corner. He doesn't slide his bottom hand down the shaft even a little bit, to get leverage to lift it. It looks so clunky, just like it always has.

I'll wait to reserve full judgment, especially with the AI, but I honestly have 0 faith in the EA NHL team to get it right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-yP9odBp8

Kane's backhand is fantastic, he can do it from standing straight up. I believe they copied this backhand in the trailer (or at least tried to get it close)

Toe drag looks a little stiff, I'll agree with that. But the shot isn't far off

[meep316]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-yP9odBp8

Kane's backhand is fantastic, he can do it from standing straight up. I believe they copied this backhand in the trailer (or at least tried to get it close)

Toe drag looks a little stiff, I'll agree with that. But the shot isn't far off

I'm glad you posted that. The reason the shot looks so off in the game, is because he literally is backhand wristing it. Whereas in the video you posted of him in real life, he is sort of chipping it on the backhand. To chip it, you can keep your same hand placement/not really get down low, but to shoot it like he does in the game, you can't just keep your bottom hand in the same position like that and shoot it top shelf on the backhand, at least not with anywhere near that kind of velocity. That's why it looks so dumb in the game.

The shot follow throughs have always looked bad in EA NHL games, especially the backhanders. I was hoping they'd fix this, because it just looks so weird.