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NHL 15 |OT| - Feature Lockout Edition
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Hari Seldon
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I played the demo for the first time last night. Is the camera angle in the demo new? I found it fantastic and I actually enjoyed the game more than I thought I would because of that.
Zombie James
Banned
RedRooster
Member
Boy, you hate to judge the way people spend their money, but...
Rewarding them for a single copy of this half rate next gen effort was too much for me, I can't imagine quadruple dipping.
Honome
Member
I think you can buy it on the PSN from US... If you dont mind having it digitally, of course.
transformer
Member
I'm pretty pleased with the demo and plan on purchasing. I'll make my final decision after playing early access. Any word on the exact duration of the early access? Is it six hours like Madden?
TheMissingLink
Member
Fantastic OT title!
No EASHL, no buy.
My biggest dream was playing EASHL on "next-gen" and Rammer & gang blew it. Say goodbye to $60+boosts money, EA Sports.
A real shame, since the demo actually plays decent.
Seeya next year!
No EASHL, no buy.
My biggest dream was playing EASHL on "next-gen" and Rammer & gang blew it. Say goodbye to $60+boosts money, EA Sports.
A real shame, since the demo actually plays decent.
Seeya next year!
The Elite
BOSS
It's five days before, I believe?
I think it's going to be six hours.
It's a shame they don't have EA Access on PS4 as that's the version I'm getting. I guess I will just play around with the Xbone version over the weekend.
Wait.... what?
How the fuck do you not have a season mode? If this game sucks shit right out of the box, I'm trading it in ASAP before its value plummets thanks to backlash.
Whoever was responsible for this fuck up needs to be let go.
CrazedArabMan
Member
I'll pick it up down the road, maybe around Christmas/Black Friday, I just want to play a next gen NHL game since I skipped NHL14 last year. Been playing the Demo quite a bit and for the most part I enjoy it. I mostly just play Be A GM or versus against friends. Still curious on how many features they cut out of Be A GM mode though.
This can't be true. So basically VS and HUT are all the game modes? lol
The Elite
BOSS
Sounds like GM Mode is pretty much a Season mode with all the extra franchise maintenance. That's at least something for me since that's my most used mode. Be a Pro is in too. So I'm safe for content and I will dabble in HUT.
EASHL being gone is disappointing though. I've had some fun times with GAF on that.
The game modes included on XB1/PS4:
http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/2014/nhl-15-game-modes-xbox-one-ps4
http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/2014/nhl-15-game-modes-xbox-one-ps4
Goodacre0081
Member
wtf. what else is there? a simple team vs team mode?
fuck sakes NHL94 had those
EDIT: i see the list now
Only during replays.
PodcastFips
Member
Hardcore basically makes you pass manually, that's the only real difference as far as I know - at least that was the case in the last years.
CrazedArabMan
Member
The big one is no Shootout Mode in terms of resources put towards it, I mean really, how hard is it to have that implemented that they couldn't include it? You would think that would be a pretty simple mode to add in, the others I can understand because of how there is some depth to them and all, but shootout mode is literally just a shootout.
Especially considering shootouts are already in the game as tiebreakers.
So, if I wanted to play a single game, even then I am screwed?
CrazedArabMan
Member
I'm surprised they still even have a goalie mode (and in the demo for that matter) with how everything else was cut.
I do have to say though, I'm glad they finally revamped the presentation though, that was always something they truly lacked in (Even though Doc and Eddy sound bored and unenthusiastic, Ferraro sounds great though).
No, you can still do single game mode.
bumpkin
Member
Wait, so there's no way to play a season in a regular manner (pick a team, play the 80-someodd games and the playoffs)?
CrazedArabMan
Member
Keep restarting Be A GM mode I guess after one season or play it out into future seasons.
Goodacre0081
Member
isn't there a shootout mode in the demo?
Sort of.. you can practice moves on the goalie.. but not a shootout per say
CrazedArabMan
Member
There is a shootout if it is tied after 3 periods in the demo, they just skipped OT.
Really seems hard to believe that these are the only modes that will remain, coming from NHL '14 and these modes:
Play Now / Exhibition (confirmed?)
Hockey Ultimate Team
NHL Moments Live
Be a Pro
Be a GM
Online Versus Play
Practice Mode
What exactly did EA work on for the past two years?
Honome
Member
It´s strange that the Game Modes for PS3/360 also don´t show Season Mode or Playoff Mode...
http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/2014/nhl-15-game-modes-xbox-360-ps3
Maybe there´s still hope for the modes to be in PS4/XBO but not advertised by EA.
http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/2014/nhl-15-game-modes-xbox-360-ps3
Maybe there´s still hope for the modes to be in PS4/XBO but not advertised by EA.
Well, a man can dream, right?
TheIdleMiner
Neo Member
I can't get over how half-assed this game is for current gen. The sad thing is that I am so starved for a hockey game that I'll probably get it anyway.
Oh, I get the other versions 3-4 years down the line when they drop to like 10 bucks each. I collect every hockey game ever made. I just need to add them to my collection.Boy, you hate to judge the way people spend their money, but...
Rewarding them for a single copy of this half rate next gen effort was too much for me, I can't imagine quadruple dipping.
And for those wondering how they're going to play a "season" of NHL, there's still Franchise Mode, which lets you play up to like 25 seasons with a single team. You just can't play a single one off season and control all the teams.
infinityBCRT
Member
I said it when NHL 07 came out and I was saying it before they even announced NHL 15-- EA didn't take a year off, they were 100% working on the previous gen version for NHL 06 and for NHL 14. The stuff they took advantage of by waiting a year was minimal.
Yep, until people understand that the team is so small and still had to work full time on the last gen versions, they'll never get excused. It all comes down to EA's resource management. NHL doesn't sell that much so EA doesn't put extra man power on it. They talk about "shared systems" with the UFC and FIFA guys, but honestly, that's just PR talk for we now have an API or some better rendering tech. It's not like entire modes get shared across the games (especially if the UI for the games is drastically different).
I fully expect NHL 16 to have all the modes back in as they can see it's now a top priority for the fans.
I was hoping for that logic as well, but I know for a fact those modes aren't in the PS4 and XBone versions. Even though they aren't listed for the last gen stuff, you know they're in there since they just left it alone. There would be no reason to take those out for the PS3 and 360 versions since they probably didn't even add anything to them.It´s strange that the Game Modes for PS3/360 also don´t show Season Mode or Playoff Mode...
http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/2014/nhl-15-game-modes-xbox-360-ps3
Maybe there´s still hope for the modes to be in PS4/XBO but not advertised by EA.
Well, a man can dream, right?
The sooner they can get the OTP update.. the more chance we have of getting a basic EASHL mode update riiiiiiiight?.. lol.
It's my first NHL game since NHL94 and I don't have last gen systems anymore. Oh well...getting it for like $25 anyways.