What Did You Think Of the First NHL 15 Gameplay Footage? (Roundtable)

[Retropyro]

Not good fellas, check out the box art for the back of the nhl cover. Only says 1-4 players, whereas the xbox 360 version says up to 12 players...

http://www.costco.com/NHL-15-PlayStation-4-Video-Game.product.100127446.html

EA I have supported you for years and bought your crappy games. If no EASHL in this years game, I will no longer be an EA customer. That is the mode I play more than any other game.

Also say's only 2v2 network players.

[The Amaizen Blue]

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I was expecting a lot more from the commentary during gameplay. Doc shows so much emotion during games, but the calls in this game are pretty bland. "Look at this... and score..." So much more potential, hopefully they build on it.

[Cletus]

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I like the commentary. It's different and it's hard for someone to fake enthusiasm, which is what you have to do in these situations. It's also something that separates George Clooney from Bob of the local theater (or theatre). I don't mind the dead air, it's easier for me to play with dead air then someone sabre rattling about things. One of the many reasons I hate Tim McCarver.

[garyjr33]

However, I will be very disappointed if there is no GM mode because that is primarily what I play.

[macclane1974]

Yeah, same here. I generally just play Be a GM. I'm obsessed with making trades, setting lines, signing FAs and watching stats...sometimes more so than the gameplay itself!!

Have you heard if there is a multi player OFFLINE GM mode?

[DirtyJerz32]

Shinny graphics is good, but without EASHL, I'm not sure I can pull the trigger.

[Rhaze48]

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After watching the gameplay footage I am slightly concerned that us folk that almost exclusively play Goalie are getting boned again this year. From what I saw we can look forward to another year of cross-crease one-timers and cheese top-shelf goals from the slot after a behind-the-net pass

[s_mkheidze]

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could not give a crap about the online stuff. Frankly I think that the game looks great....there is some cheese in there but it is a game. I can't wait to get it and be absorbed in my new Be a GM mode.

[Sdot23]

I'm not a big online league gamer. I'm a traditonal offline season/franchise mode type of player and from what I have seen with the graphics,physics and presentation I am really excited about this next gen version of NHL. Looks great so far. The year off paid big dividends in my opinion.

[Gotmilkman24]

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Umm I still don't get why people complain about cross crease? Its hard enough to get a cross crease pass through if your D is playing their position.. Top cheese shots are also another thing that is hard to get off and even through if your teams D is playing right..

[meep316]

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Umm I still don't get why people complain about cross crease? Its hard enough to get a cross crease pass through if your D is playing their position.. Top cheese shots are also another thing that is hard to get off and even through if your teams D is playing right..

There is no problem with a well executed cross crease play. The problem people have is, that a lot of the "cross crease cheese" type shots, look like this at the :20 second mark:

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It just completely defies the laws of physics. Nobody can shoot like that at that angle on a one timer. That is garbage. All positioning, angles, and any semblance of realistic vision/playmaking is just thrown out the window when you can just do that. It's stupid.

As one person, I can do a pretty good job of stopping almost all cheese. I am a very good defensive player. But if someone is spamming something the entire game, the ineptitude of the EA NHL AI is going to rear it's ugly head eventually, and do something completely devoid of any and all hockey logic, and probably cost me a goal and or the game. Without getting too in depth with the specifics of this, because I'll end up writing a 50,000 word essay, we'll see if some of these things are remedied this year with the AI that they have "re-built from the ground up".

[Rhaze48]

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That is the perfect example of what I am talking about, I'm an offline Live the Life/Season playing exclusively Goalie. Let me tell you how infuriating it is to have well played/position excellent games ruined by cheese crap like that from the opposing AI and the elusive "ice tilt" that I KNOW exists. It has to with what I have seen.

Here's to hoping this is all fixed up in 15.

[Elite49]

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As someone who only plays season modes or GM I am still excited. Saying that, the commentary is somehow bad and we're comparing it to the same commentary we had for the past how many games? Fix the damn way he says "Goal" and "Score" because that is the most bland and boring thing.

[GROGtheNailer]

It will be all about the gameplay either it is great out of the box, or decent out of the box that can be made great with sliders, then I will be happy. Graphics are icing and i do like them, but the cake better be moist. The cake better play a damn good game of hockey. The cakes should also not fight other cakes that do not usually fight. Most of all, the cakes better be able to play defensive hockey correctly.