NHL 15 Available Now for PS4 and Xbox One - Post Your Impressions Here

[bigwill33]

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That's definitely what it is. The texture didn't load correctly for the actual logo to be seen and the result is usually a black, or sometimes pink or green, box like that, which encompasses the entire surface area of the graphic.

It's a bug. Try loading it up again and see if it keeps happening. Was it online, play now, gm, etc?

[gopher_guy]

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It was in GM.

[bigwill33]

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It was in GM.

Would be tough for me to pinpoint the reason for it happening in this instance, but we can start a bugs and glitches thread and I would post it in there, if I were you, so that if anyone from EA ever looks they can use it as a reference.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...es-thread.html

[Smirkin Dirk]

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After 10 games, we definitely more dirty goals.

[wreckus]

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Same as usual for me, AI cheats and gets cheap goals. My defacemen barely move and they usually score.

Tired of EA cheap AI, can't they make a sports game that makes it fun to lose? not frustrating because you know your going to loose within 5 minutes of starting the game?

wish 2K made NHL & NFL games again.

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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The AI basically has two ways that they will defend your rushes:

1) Sit back and do nothing.

2) Charge at you full speed for a body check.

The first way just results in an easy entry. The second way is very easy to skate around or deke around, and it will give you a free breakaway/odd-man chance. Note that the second tendency is also exclusive to the PS4/Xbox One versions. The AI always sits back when defending the rush on the PS3/Xbox 360.

What is still needed, is for the AI to gradually close the gap as you approach the blue line, and funnel you towards the boards, so that you have nowhere to go but to dump the puck in by the time you reach the blue line.

Agreed on default but its much improved when you up certain sliders like Aggression and pass interception ect .

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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Same as usual for me, AI cheats and gets cheap goals. My defacemen barely move and they usually score.

Tired of EA cheap AI, can't they make a sports game that makes it fun to lose? not frustrating because you know your going to loose within 5 minutes of starting the game?

wish 2K made NHL & NFL games again.

I feel your pain my brother as this game is horrible and arcadish out of the box and trust me its not easy but you gotta try to blend your skill level through sliders and for your problem I would even go down to Pro level and make the game tougher as that level takes away the cheap stuff we both seem to hate and makes it more slider based .

I did it the last few years with Playoff mode but on lower levels penalties get tricky but it might be better this year as Im testing a set now .

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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Totally agree with bolded comments. Game is a blast to play and EA has a solid base to build upon. However, with all the missing features full price isn't justified IMO. I get the time restraints and lack of manpower helped cause skimping on features but full price? I'll wait for price drop. Given they didn't release next gen title last year it makes me wonder a little bit why they didn't have enough time to put out a finished product. Kinda reminds me of NBA Live but Live's gameplay was a disgrace while NHL gameplay is spot on with a good set of sliders

I also forgot to mention and if EA NHL decides to do anything with that great base ? as NHL 07 also had a great starting base then nothing for 3 years ?

Man its funny BD I was just hoping for some new goalie mask designs this year and some more real player faces as a wish and Im almost embarrassed looking back as jeez we didnt even get any modes in the final product

[THESHAMISASHAME]

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If you play on hardcore and crank up CPU aggressiveness, CPU hitting power and CPU poke effectiveness, it's a lot harder to get into the middle of the ice. Also reduce Human Puck Control.

also if you max out AI Learning it will force you to gain the zone from different angles

Agree to a degree but you also dont wanna turn it into NHL Hitz so blend it gently and let us know what you changed and does the cpu get more Penalties called on them now ? thanks

[jyoung]

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Has anyone seen a hat trick home celebration cutscene yet? I just scored a hat trick and on home ice and I noticed that the fans just celebrated like it was a normal goal.

In the Xbox 360 version, there is an old celebration scene where the home fans throw hats onto the ice.

[bigwill33]

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Has anyone seen a hat trick home celebration cutscene yet? I just scored a hat trick and on home ice and I noticed that the fans just celebrated like it was a normal goal.

In the Xbox 360 version, there is an old celebration scene where the home fans throw hats onto the ice.

Hats have been taking out on next gen. It's been confirmed by a few.

[blueduke]

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I feel your pain my brother as this game is horrible and arcadish out of the box and trust me its not easy but you gotta try to blend your skill level through sliders and for your problem [b]I would even go down to Pro level and make the game tougher as that level takes away the cheap stuff we both seem to hate and makes it more slider based [b].

I did it the last few years with Playoff mode but on lower levels penalties get tricky but it might be better this year as Im testing a set now .

I think Pro level with tougher sliders is the way to go

[speels]

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I just had one of the best games ever this morning. Pitt (me) vs Florida. I won 3-2 in OT. Shot were 32-30 for me, I had 2 PP Florida had 4. TOA was 6:32 - 6:01 for me. Kunitz scored a weaker one in OT, but other than that the goals were pretty awesome.
I played the whole game on True Broadcast and other than sometimes not being able to see the ice where play was, and the fact I have never played on a side view before, it was awesome.

I just wish that when I had CPU Learning slider set that my CPU players would learn because it seemed all I kept having to do was cover the cross crease pass as they would just stand there.

Fun game though.

[Smirkin Dirk]

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I just wish that when I had CPU Learning slider set that my CPU players would learn because it seemed all I kept having to do was cover the cross crease pass as they would just stand there.

Fun game though.

Im getting murdered on these passes. Im having to control every defender on a play just to keep them from wandering off.

[phillyfan23]

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just played 2 great games on Superstar level 15 minutes

Game 1

Rangers (me) at the Sabres (CPU)
score: 4-1
shots: 37-19
PP: 1 of 7/ 0-3
TOI: 7:53 vs 4:44
hits: 12-9
Faceoffs: 21-23
Breakways: 1-1

it was a cruise of a game as the sabres took some early penalties and I scored the first 2 goals of the game. They made it 2-1 but it was 3-1 after 2 and added an early goal in the 3rd and that was that. The CPU never threatened me in this game and it felt like playing a really bad team on an off night. Most of their shots were not of good variety as it was pretty easy handling their offense with the great rangers blue line. I scored a point wrist shot low on the ice with Mcdonagh.

Game 2

Flyers ( CPU) at Rangers ( me)
score: 3-2
shots: 36-23
PP: 1 of 8/ 0-3
TOI: 6:05 vs 5:36
hits: 11-7
Faceoffs: 23-30
Breakaways: 1-0

Philadelphia was much tougher and Simmonds gave me a lot of trouble. He hurt hagelin and scored the game winner at the 3rd. Game was tilted in the 1st 2 periods, all flyers. I tied the game with 10 mins left, but they won the game 2 mins remaining. Cpu Scored on a point slapper with Coburn top shelf after an extended cpu cycle in the 1st.

In years past, I would NEVER try superstar level as playing an AHL team felt similar to playing the canadiens centennial team. But I tried it on NHL 15 and team skills were felt. I played the sabers and the flyers to test it, and it was night and day how the 2 teams felt. Also, there are more penalties called on this level as you see in my stat lines.

The gameplay is really good in this game, and lowering cpu one timer accuracy will make their offense less dependent on the one timer, they will still attempt but not as often as before.

Cpu executes the powerplay like they do in real life, or close to it.
CPU executed a perfect 2 on 1, it was the FIRST time I saw this in an EA NHL game.

Very impressive stuff. I'm really glad I bought this game....barebones and all.