CrazedArabMan
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This is pretty much what we could tell from the Demo, good gameplay, lack of content. Will get it once they patch in drafting for Be A GM.
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NHL 15 |OT| - Feature Lockout Edition
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This is pretty much what we could tell from the Demo, good gameplay, lack of content. Will get it once they patch in drafting for Be A GM.
CrazedArabMan
Member
Maybe he meant for first version of series for next gen (as in Madden 25 and Fifa 14 I guess were stripped, along with NHL15 which all are the first next gen iterations for those series. So NHL16 will be much better!!!
Honome
Member
Perfect review for me, the maximum this game is is mediocre. Is really don´t trust EA reviews, in fact i can´t remember a single EA game that IGN gave a score lower than 7.0.
I wonder if reviewers will update their text/score once the new features are patched in? In the next few weeks we'll get our first patch and another will follow not too shortly thereafter. I imagine the developers are trying to get a really solid game out by the start of the season.
It just seems a bit odd that most of these reviews don't even mention the post-launch content.
I'm hesitant to pick it up because I feel like the PR nightmare might drop the game in price sooner rather than later, but I also want hockey in my veins.
It just seems a bit odd that most of these reviews don't even mention the post-launch content.
I'm hesitant to pick it up because I feel like the PR nightmare might drop the game in price sooner rather than later, but I also want hockey in my veins.
Beck
Member
Here's our review. It's super depressing that it seems like a barebones NHL game.
Hardcore Gamer - 2.5/5
Hardcore Gamer - 2.5/5
The Elite
BOSS
On the modern review scale that is in the shit sucks bracket.
speculawyer
Member
The reviews are generally low.
PS4: 61/100 right now.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/nhl-15
Xbone: 68/100
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/nhl-15
But it is disappointing to see several of the big outlets that are obviously very dependent on advertising from EA still give them a pass with scores in the 7 to 8 range.
And it shipped last year.
It is nice that they made some improvements . . . but they probably would have been better off just porting the full game over the first year and then starting to improve it instead of a half-baked game.
PS4: 61/100 right now.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/nhl-15
Xbone: 68/100
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/nhl-15
But it is disappointing to see several of the big outlets that are obviously very dependent on advertising from EA still give them a pass with scores in the 7 to 8 range.
And it shipped last year.
It is nice that they made some improvements . . . but they probably would have been better off just porting the full game over the first year and then starting to improve it instead of a half-baked game.
Metacritic currently sitting at 61 for the PS4 version.
edit: Just beaten by spec
edit2: The X1 version is a bit higher at 68.
edit: Just beaten by spec
edit2: The X1 version is a bit higher at 68.
speculawyer
Member
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You have to imagine that EA was prepared for the low scores. I guess it depends on whether they take their lumps, like they have with the NBA franchise for years, or if they decide to try to blame fans for poor sales.
NexusGamer
Member
A couple more:
http://o.canada.com/technology/gaming/nhl-15-review-great-gameplay-overshadowed-by-missing-features (5.5/10)
http://business.financialpost.com/2...ameplay-doesnt-always-add-up-to-a-great-game/ (7.5/10)
http://www.newgamenetwork.com/article/1151/nhl-15-review/ (63/100)
I am just really glad that the franchise will finally get a kicking that may spur some progress
http://o.canada.com/technology/gaming/nhl-15-review-great-gameplay-overshadowed-by-missing-features (5.5/10)
http://business.financialpost.com/2...ameplay-doesnt-always-add-up-to-a-great-game/ (7.5/10)
http://www.newgamenetwork.com/article/1151/nhl-15-review/ (63/100)
I am just really glad that the franchise will finally get a kicking that may spur some progress
You can give a good review to a game, even if it lacks modes, as long as the gameplay is good. Street Fighter 4 has Arcade, Training, a "challenge" mode (which is basically just doing a specific combo) Online, and (I think) a Survival mode, while Injustice has all of those plus a cutscene filled story mode, and dozens of other modes.
Street Fighter is the better game though, on the virtue that it is a better fighting game.
Street Fighter is the better game though, on the virtue that it is a better fighting game.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
speculawyer
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Patrick Bateman
Member
The first time in over a decade that I'm buying a NHL-game and now these reviews...
All address the lack of features as the biggest vice. All seem to say the gameplay is solid. For me, that's fine, especially given the schedule of content coming our way.
I'm buying it. I don't care. If it sucks trade that ish in during the next 50% trade in promo.
Delt31
Member
Sorry it's not. I have the code from my game and the fine print says not avail in canada.
Feeroper
Member
I should have known we'd get hosed because of Rogers. Might check out Hockeystreams this year instead.
Thanks for letting me know!
Patrick Bateman
Member
On gametrailers they said it would be the perfect introduction for people being new to the series or who were absent of the series for a couple of years.
speculawyer
Member
What a way to rationalize the relatively high score they gave it . . . "If you have amnesia, you may like this!"
Yeah it's been a few years. On the one hand I don't wanna support a gimped product but it's obvious there were pressures to release it on a certain date and the team hadn't completed their goals by that time. Hopefully EA learn their lesson to give their devs the resources they need given these handful of botched launches.
I just wanna play a game and have fun and it seems like the modes included are enough until the patches come out. Why not?
Bruins Stanley Cup here I come.
Honome
Member
I hope it´s not local coop multiplayer or else you will have an awful surprise...
speculawyer
Member
It doesn't support local co-op?!?!?! (I know it doesn't support online co-op.)
phant0m
Member
Wow. Really? It's not, we usually just trash talk and play versus, but that's genuinely shocking.
Maidenpool?
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speculawyer
Member
This can't be right. It has to support local co-op. Can someone test? Perhaps you can even test with the demo? Can you have two controls go on the same team? (Or is the demo just 1 player?)
NickFire
Member
I'm sorry but no. The IGN people swear up and down that they don't let the companies who advertise with them affect their review scores. This is even true when you can buy the games they are reviewing from links in the review itself. And not only do they have no reason to lie, but IGN is also on the internet where people only tell the truth and are stupid if they both like video games and care about graphics or read video game news that a couple of IGN's advertisers don't like. So if you are trying to imply that IGN is a shill for its advertisers I/m sorry but I don't believe you even though you are on the internet.
Mike Works
Member
Huh? You could play (offline) co-op in the demo. Why wouldn't you be able to in the final game?
Honome
Member
Good, i have read in other forums that was not possible, thanks for the clarification. At least is one thing that is not ripped off...
Kabuki Waq
Member
Damn there are like 80 destiny nerds in line right now.
All I want is my crappy nhl15!
All I want is my crappy nhl15!
mercenar1e
Member
go back home and save your $60. 80 "nerds" in line for destiny but one idiot waiting to get robbed by EA.
Delt31
Member
I hate to say this bc the game is so gdamn stripped but damn is the gameplay refreshing. I've played the demo and was not impressed but since I bought the game, I've already received 2 gameplay tuners and wow, you can tell. The puck physics they've been talking about are so obvious in this latest build and it makes such a difference, it needs to be experienced.
Here's the rub. The game is super bare boned. I'm a guy that only plays 1 vs 1 so I can't say I feel everyone's pain but I understand. Problem is the gameplay in 14 (to me) was getting so stale that I didn't even play it that much. Playing this game has got me back into the series b/c the gameplay is def tuned up.
Example of puck physics btw - I slapped one and it went wide (like so many do in the NHL) however I get a realistic bounce off the boards that went right to my winger who put it in the open net. The next play both of my defensemen collided and the opposition fell right over them. It was great.
Enjoying it so far.
Here's the rub. The game is super bare boned. I'm a guy that only plays 1 vs 1 so I can't say I feel everyone's pain but I understand. Problem is the gameplay in 14 (to me) was getting so stale that I didn't even play it that much. Playing this game has got me back into the series b/c the gameplay is def tuned up.
Example of puck physics btw - I slapped one and it went wide (like so many do in the NHL) however I get a realistic bounce off the boards that went right to my winger who put it in the open net. The next play both of my defensemen collided and the opposition fell right over them. It was great.
Enjoying it so far.
KingHenrik30
Member
Fuck these menus are slow, eh?
Kabuki Waq
Member
The defensive AI is fucking awful. Cross crease passes for both teams all day.
The Elite
BOSS
Time to start playing with sliders.
Kabuki Waq
Member
They gave it a 7/10. Yesterday that was proof a game sucked unbelievable ass. Today, it's proof EA bought IGN's opinion?
opticalmace
Member
I can't tell what's sarcasm and what's not.
A Serious Man
Member
Well this just happened in an offline game.
The game really is buggy, I've played maybe five games and seen all kinds of things. The glitches aren't nearly as annoying as the slow, laggy menus though. It feels like it takes forever to do anything in this game.
The game really is buggy, I've played maybe five games and seen all kinds of things. The glitches aren't nearly as annoying as the slow, laggy menus though. It feels like it takes forever to do anything in this game.
I don't play EASHL, I only play Be a GM and Be a Pro so I picked it up with no hesitation. The game play is solid and I'll play this game a bunch. With that said, how in the hell do you release a $60 sports game in 2014 without an auto save after every game in career mode, or at least the option to do so, and sleep at night? Even Madden does this now!
Fallout-with-swords
Banned
So, is the game choppy for anyone else when connected to the internet? It's unplayable unless I switch off my connection.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
The patented "Yo-yo puck" maneuver. Probably a great idea for my "Mighty Ducks 4" script.
So the reviews seem to say this is the best game so far as mechanics are concerned, but a bunch of extra fluff has been left out. I actually prefer it that way. One of the biggest turn offs for me is all the extraneous modes. I just want to play the damn sport. Give me exhibition matches. Give me season play. Make it feel good, and you are done.