NHL 14 Gameplay Video - '94 Anniversary Mode

[Pezell04x]

Already passing on this piece of **** game. Will be just as bad as 13.

[Peter10]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pezell04x

Already passing on this piece of **** game. Will be just as bad as 13.

I might go the same route. Since a couple of weeks i was thinking of firing the game up again after some months. However, while watching the 94 video, i noticed a lot of those little things that have annoyed me for so long. Just watching the same intro again, having the same comments and all that stuff that is in the game since at least NHL 11 (first one i bought since 05 or so). I know some people might say, that this stuff isnt as important as gameplay is and while i agree, its just getting so annoying that i just cant bear it anymore. Last time i played i had play-by-play turned off and cut out every scene because i had seen them all a gazillion times.

The only chance i will buy 14 is if the new "Be A Pro" is any good. The few things that leaked out on "Live the Life" seem promising but it wont help in the long run if the game play there is still as bad (f.e. the on-the-fly line changes when playing as a D-man).

[Force10]

I would have been happy if they just left NHL 94 as it was and emulated it so it could be played on the 360. I run an emulator with NHL 94 on my PC and still fire it up every now and then.

[ki11joy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Force10

I would have been happy if they just left NHL 94 as it was and emulated it so it could be played on the 360. I run an emulator with NHL 94 on my PC and still fire it up every now and then.

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[CaptainSuperman]

I'm surprised that so many of you expect to see changes to stuff that isn't gameplay, i.e. commentary, intros/cutscenes, menus, etc. Not saying that you shouldn't expect it cause EA sucks, but because this is the last version before the jump to the next gen.

If they change the presentation just for the sake of change, does that make it better? It makes it new, but that doesn't = better. Should they waste production time each and every year to change things just for the sake of doing it? It sounds like a lot of you would rather have a re-skinned NHL 13 than an attempt at trying to change the gameplay.

My point is that no matter who does the commentary, no matter how good the menus look, no matter how cool the intros and cutscenes are, you will tire of them. If you play this game religiously, you will get bored of it all real quick and skip cutscenes, find things in the commentary to nitpick at, and want more change.

If I was EA, I wouldn't waste money and time on changing this stuff at the moment either. I'd wait until next gen

[Peter10]

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainSuperman

I'm surprised that so many of you expect to see changes to stuff that isn't gameplay, i.e. commentary, intros/cutscenes, menus, etc. Not saying that you shouldn't expect it cause EA sucks, but because this is the last version before the jump to the next gen. If they change the presentation just for the sake of change, does that make it better? It makes it new, but that doesn't = better. Should they waste production time each and every year to change things just for the sake of doing it? It sounds like a lot of you would rather have a re-skinned NHL 13 than an attempt at trying to change the gameplay. My point is that no matter who does the commentary, no matter how good the menus look, no matter how cool the intros and cutscenes are, you will tire of them. If you play this game religiously, you will get bored of it all real quick and skip cutscenes, find things in the commentary to nitpick at, and want more change. If I was EA, I wouldn't waste money and time on changing this stuff at the moment either. I'd wait until next gen

Its probably more that we guys dont even expect major gameplay improvements before the next gen jump. Its more like to get some "minor" stuff but as it seems none of the two is happening.

All the gameplay tweaks that have been made of the past years were only changes not improvements. So if it kind of stays the same, i at least want to have some presentation changes. This shouldnt be tough to do (except for PbP). Instead all we get is just a tweaked (i should highlight that this does not mean an improved) AI.

I am a mainly Be A Pro kind of Player. However this game mode is so flawed, no matter how bad you want to play it (and god knows i want), you just throw it away after some games. Be it line changes, the AU (artificial unintelligence), the inability to ask for a trade (unless you reach star/superstar level), stupid free agency or the lack of off ice stuff (that hopefully will change with NHL 14). There just doesnt seem to be a way to be any sort of "normal" NHL player, you are either a high scoring machine or a flawed guy that gets waived and has to play a year in the A to prove its worth. Its so depressing because you see all the potential and they just screw up. Implementing some more little things shouldnt be too hard but yet the find ways to keep it out.

The Season Mode is nice to have but it doesnt motivate one for a whole year. I also enjoyed the EASHL in NHL 12, but only had a chance to play regularly during vacation, online play just isnt a viable option for me during normal working weeks.

Maybe i am just a vanishing kind of player, but the way the game is right now, it just doesnt appeal to offline players. I understand the reasoning for putting all the efforts into online play as this is where the money is but then it should also be understood that guys like me are just utterly disappointed with this.

[daflyboys]

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainSuperman

I'm surprised that so many of you expect to see changes to stuff that isn't gameplay,etc, etc.

I didn't care one way or another about your quote... I just thought your screen name was about the best I've seen around here.


Man, if you do home repair work, then that's a double win!!

[CaptainSuperman]

Quote: Originally Posted by daflyboys

I didn't care one way or another about your quote... I just thought your screen name was about the best I've seen around here. Man, if you do home repair work, then that's a double win!!

I would do repair work, but I can't see through walls. And I need vodka. Lots of it.

Haha, you're the first person in about 5 years to get this reference