NHL 14 Gameplay Developer Diary with One Touch Dekes Gameplay Trailer

[Steve_OS]

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EA Sports has just posted their NHL 14 gameplay developer diary, which goes over one touch dekes, true performance skating improvements, defensive strafing, quicker pivots, improved high speed turning, linking 45-degree cuts and more.

[hossafan91]

"Remember kids, if your hockey bag has wheels, you probably don't" Classic

[Segagendude]

After dekeing and doing all that skill stuff, they'd better have improved the goal celebrations to make it all worth it...

[murph17]

Quote: Originally Posted by hossafan91

"Remember kids, if your hockey bag has wheels, you probably don't" Classic

bite me Rammer. my hockey bag is friggin' heavy, so what if it has wheels? pucks, helmet/skate parts, extra jerseys, etc...

[ComaFaction]

Quote: Originally Posted by murph17

bite me Rammer. my hockey bag is friggin' heavy, so what if it has wheels? pucks, helmet/skate parts, extra jerseys, etc...

so carry it like a man

[13whitebread]

Please tell me there's more presentation I hope they will surprise us instead of waiting untill next gen heck nhl2k had it back some years ago. Overall very happy with what I am seeing . I love the NHL series for me all I need is new announcers and more TV style presentation aspect and it will send this game over the top. Hockey is the greatest sport on ice. Next to full contact curling of course.

[Fiddy]

so, they made deking even easier than it is now. great.

from the looks of it, the loose puck dekes, the puck is still glued to the player/animation and cant be poked away like it should when in position. great.

they got rid of the skating in mud when turning or making a quick change of direction. sweet, even easier to skate around the d men with speed, agility, and endurance. great.

honestly, wish they would have just updated the skating animations from 12 to 13, not added this new skating stuff. bc its done more harm than good IMO. same goes from 13 to 14, keep updating the animations for dekes, new ones etc. keep updating and tuning how the AI reacts to plays and what not. yet they dont.

IMO, as much as i moan and groan, these guys are close to making a solid gameplay hockey game, but yet so far away. bah!

[Simple Mathematics]

Well I'm glad that worse players won't be able to pull off the cool dekes. I think the ratings revamped project will take this to the next level, so only the guys who should be doing these kind of dekes will be doing them.