How often are you playing NHL 15 next gen now?

[bigwill33]

So, here we are, holiday season is upon us. This place was mightily divided on their opinions on the lasting appeal of NHL 15 for the next gen consoles.

After a little over 3 months since the game's release, and with all of the updates being released, how much are you still playing the game?

What modes are you playing and what percentage of your gaming time is dedicated to NHL 15?

[don28]

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I voted other. I had NHL 15 for the 360, and traded it in. I have NHL 15 for the Xbox One, and I play it frequently. I miss being able to save replays and edit player numbers. Next generation isn't great, but it feeds my hockey addiction. I expect more for NHL 16.

[actionhank]

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I doubt it's any secret to anyone who recognizes my username, but i skipped it. About 1 month before release i was super pumped, i was budgeting for picking up a PS4 and getting the game on release day, probably even calling into work the next day.
I couldn't wait. NHL14 had left me sour, but this was next-gen! They had so much time, they had so much more power in the systems. The promo videos only focused on offense, so that was a bit worrying, but i figured Be a GM and defensive videos were on the way...

Then the gamplay video leaked. It looked the exact same to me. Same player movements, same goofy skating, same way players unrealistically pivoted in space without moving...the goalies even looked the same. I couldn't believe it. I wrote it off as just being an alpha or beta, pretty much finding any way to excuse it...but then release came, and it somehow got worse.

I'm holding out hope that EA went on a hiring spree, revamped management, and is going to really right the ship with NHL16. My only problem is, with as terrible of a launch as NHL15 had, EA pretty much coughed and said "Yeah, we noticed that too" then swept it under the rug promptly to post twitter updates about legends in HUT, and the cool new Getzlaf card you could win! I just feel that EA is completely disconnected with their fan base, but i'm giving them one last chance with NHL16 before i write the series off completely. Here's hoping it's worth it.

[MizzouRah]

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After the updates I play it almost everyday in my BeaGM mode.

[canucksss]

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My nephew gave it to me so I got it for free. With the lack of ingredients in BaGM and other missing modes, i lost the enthusiasm playing this game. I returned it after 3 weeks to get another game. So technically I skipped and saved my dollars from buying 14 and 15 .... and based on the reviews here in OS, I am glad I skipped 15.

[TDKing]

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Tried the 6 hour early access when the game was first released. Have about 4 hours left. Lol... Game is a joke IMO.

[bukktown]

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I bought it in November and play it 3 or 4 nights a week.
Online 1v1.
My record is about 60-30.

The stick angling invincibility is a little bit obnoxious but I work through it.

[Smirkin Dirk]

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The game has plenty of flaws but it still has a pick and play simplicity which drags me in 3-4 days a week. Im still enjoying the gameplay.

I only play BAGM.

[spidertour02]

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I got the PS4 version of the game for my birthday on September 27th, but that's relatively close to launch and the closest poll option, so I'll go with "I had NHL 15 at launch and still play it daily (or very often)."

With slider adjustments, I've gotten the game to where I want it. I still play the game nearly every day (though not as much for the past couple of weeks, thanks to Christmas preparations and such), almost entirely in Be A GM, and I'm still having a blast with it.

[Smirkin Dirk]

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Actually the game has become very frustrating over the past week.

The CPU buffs are really starting to annoy me.

1. Their ability to floor you without any regard for momentum.

2. Your inability to pin the CPU to the boards without them rubberbanding away to set up a goal.

3. Their ability to simply steal the puck from you as if it were magnetised to their stick.

4. And the infamous CPU blind pass to the slot followed by a redirect/one timer goal.

[Flyermania]

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I came late to the party....I haven't owned a system or an NHL game for a few years. The game was just getting stale and for me wasn't moving forward (I represented OS at the Community Day event for NHL 10).

I picked up an Xbox One on Black Friday (early Xmas present) and decided to get NHL 15 despite the not-so-favorable reviews. I planned on using the Xbox for media streaming, NHL Gamecenter, and hopefully some fun games.

I have been very pleasantly surprised with NHL 15 and have been getting some great games from it. I will admit my expectations coming in were low, and my overall gaming expectations are different than what they were a few years ago. No game, especially sports games, will ever be perfect. I just want to have fun in the limited time I get to play them.

is NHL 15 perfect? Far from it. Is it fun? Absolutely. It has its fair share of faults (like any game), but overall I am very happy with it. I found some good slider settings and have some very good games with them. The puck physics are phenomenal and the game just looks great...with some slider adjustments it provides a great experience for me.

It still needs work and hopefully next year will see the series plug some of the missing modes back in that the previous last-gen versions had. But for now I am having fun with it and that is all that matters!

[NEOPARADIGM]

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I play a game like every other day or so; if I notice on the schedule that my team has games on back-to-back nights, I'll play both of those games. Works out to about 5-7 hours per week, probably.

I think the game's good. I rotate it with Madden 15 and 2K14 and find all three games keep me coming back at the roughly same pace, if anything I've played NHL the most.

[Rocket2606]

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Was playing it once or twice a day for the first month and a half. Now I'm more focused on Madden. I've completed 3 seasons in a month and am currently on my 9th season.

[13whitebread]

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I picked this title up for $25.00 and the only way I play is playoff mode offline having some decent games but once again no penalties. I messed with the sliders a bit but no power plays for. This is once again plaugeing this series as usual. Doc really needs a pep talk for his play by play but with time he will get better and I really think eddie and Ray nailed it. It must be hard but I need more and different talk from both of them but it will get better. Now EA get in that room and don't come out untill you have offline season mode.

[brandon27]

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Ive owned it since launch, but due to the lack of depth, I rarely play it any longer. Also, I regret buying it. I don't think it was as horrible as some make it out to be, but I just regret buying it because there's just not enough content to make it worth my while.

I played maybe 20-25 games in a season, simmed the rest because there was nothing that really made it felt like I was a GM, or in a season. Just a series of play now games on a calendar. Got into the playoffs, won the cup to check out the new celebration (which really wasn't much of a change from the previous IIRC) and now... There's just nothing really left to do with it.

I enjoy it and had some fun with it, but there's just not enough to do with it to keep me entertained.