NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[FBeaule04]

Quote: Originally Posted by robinson

Yea, I didn't like it at all from the start. Now its way worse then it was before. They should have a slider for it, so we can adjust it... I wonder if the guys who are doing he rosters, etc. can adjust it (probably not) I think the turning radius got better, at faster pace, it moar realistic then it was before. Before you could turn too sharp... So, that it better. How many patches do they do each year. They should at least have them so you can use which ones you want. Like the tuners. Have the patches on a checklist & we can check which ones we want to use... The game is really customizable (which is nice). They should make it even moar. (Like be able to adjust each type of penalty with sliders)

They patch something (BIP music) but in the process they break something else. It's typical EA!

Last night, was playing a game, puck dumped in, one little bounce, and on the second one, the puck jumped so high that Chara tried to jump to get it (might have been concussed hitting the press box in the process). You know the rest, puck went down flat, was picked up by Desharnais, cut in front, scored.

Even a freakin' tennis ball smashed at Flushing Meadowns doesn't bounce like this. I guess it's like goalies fight, they saw it once somewhere and though that was part of the game.

They'll probably patch it in the next one, but break 2 or 3 things somewhere else in the process!

[nickaepi]

Hey guys! I was seriously considering purchasing NHL '14 because I'm getting that hockey itch. I just read this entire thread and now I am thinking no.. Is it really this bad?

I know it sounds weird but I mainly enjoy offline franchise or BAP/live the life,,(whatever it's called now). I haven't purchased since NHL '11, which I really enjoyed that game.

This thread just spooked me a bit because all the feedback seems generally negative. I don't want to spend 60 bucks and get frustrated into "slider hell" just to enjoy a hockey sim. Or is it no longer sim and now an "arcade game"?

Help!!

[jyoung]

I can't recommend this game at all if you're looking for a single player experience.

The AI is simply abysmal. Every player and every team plays identically. Season mode is a dull grind where every game feels exactly like the last game. The presentation is stale and unexciting.

NHL 14 is at the bottom of the sports gaming barrel when it comes to the single player experience.

[nickaepi]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

I can't recommend this game at all if you're looking for a single player experience. The AI is simply abysmal. Every player and every team plays identically. Season mode is a dull grind where every game feels exactly like the last game. The presentation is stale and unexciting. NHL 14 is at the bottom of the sports gaming barrel when it comes to the single player experience.

Okay. Thank you. Based off your resume, I trust your feedback. I'll stick with the Show and GTA V. Just for sh#ts & giggles, was '13 better (on-ice gameplay wise), if I decided to pick it up cheap pre-owned somewhere? Again, the last NHL I played was '11.

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by nickaepi

Okay. Thank you. Based off your resume, I trust your feedback. I'll stick with the Show and GTA V. Just for sh#ts & giggles, was '13 better (on-ice gameplay wise), if I decided to pick it up cheap pre-owned somewhere? Again, the last NHL I played was '11.

Coming from 11 to 13 (like me,) 13 definitely will feel different and new, what with true performance skating and a true broadcast camera.

But alas, after that luster wears off, you'll see that every game feels the same (just like was mentioned above).

Group celebrations are gone, so scoring a goal is rather blah. Presentation is pretty much the same as in 11, but they added the Winter Classic.

If you can get 13 for cheap, and I mean cheap, then I'd say give it a go. But you wouldn't be the only one who may not finish a season...

Myself, I'm waiting to see what's in store for next gen. I passed on 14 and still have an 11 Be a GM franchise going. I dabble around with 13 doing some play now games, but that's about it.

[GlennN]

While I agree with jyoung that NHL 14 adds nothing for the offline BeAGM player, I would add a proviso that it depends what the last NHL game is that you have. If you have never played the NHL series, then I think 14 is fine. I don't see it as a step backward, it is just hopelessly stagnant. If you already have NHL 10-13, and you only play BeAGM, you pretty much already have 14. In that case, I completely agree with jyoung. Boy does EA need competition!

[kestrel]

Quote: Originally Posted by GlennN

While I agree with jyoung that NHL 14 adds nothing for the offline BeAGM player, I would add a proviso that it depends what the last NHL game is that you have. If you have never played the NHL series, then I think 14 is fine. I don't see it as a step backward, it is just hopelessly stagnant. If you already have NHL 10-13, and you only play BeAGM, you pretty much already have 14. In that case, I completely agree with jyoung. Boy does EA need competition!

To that I would add that if you want your NHL to look like the real NHL with regard to realignment and new uniforms (just a few little things), then you don't have 14. Otherwise, to each his/her own.

[sturmie]

Does this TU just go into the /cache folder like the others? Just curious.