NHL 15: E3 Trailer and Details - Release Date Set For September 9th

[centauris]

those were real calls from Doc.. not in game. that's disappointing.. i want to hear the new stuff!

[Trevelyan]

The players all have a toy solider look to them, but it doesn't really bother me that much. I'm really excited for this game.

[gator3guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

They likely haven't been working on this any longer even though they skipped a release for next gen last fall. And the goalies look the same in their stiff movements and animations. But the worst part was that check from behind when Ryan McDonagh flattens Williams on the Kings in the open ice. Same dumb, canned animation that is completely unrealistic. How can you hit someone to the ice when they have a step on you towards the goal in the open? Your speed and momentum would need to exceed that player that is in front of you, but EA seems to neglect physics in these situations. The P.K. one-timer where he wrists one in from the point is also an eye sore. Dropping to your knee to one-time a puck is fine... but not from that far out!

Yeah looks like the same hits. So much for those new physics they pimp every year. Graphics look good, but if they don't nail the gameplay, I won't be playing too much to worry about the presentation or graphics.

[SpectralThundr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pezell04x

They look like they haven't even updated them yearly though. Madden is doing facial scans, why can't the NHL series? Perfect example is NHL 14 still has Patrice Bergeron, a well know player in the NHL (and potential cover guy), rocking his face/hair cut that he wore when he was drafted. Brad Marchand's face is as generic as it comes. It's just a shame that many games progress in facial recognition and NHL is so lacking.

Likely? Smaller budget and getting those guys to the studio to submit to facial scans. Don't get me wrong, it sucks that a player like Marchand has a somewhat generic face being a fellow Bruins fan. But I'd be lying if I said it really affects my enjoyment of the game too much because it's a video game. Having come from the Atari 2600 era to where we are now, I'm just happy that the games we're playing now adays come as close as they do to be honest.

[IceNHL]

Quote: Originally Posted by centauris

those were real calls from Doc.. not in game. that's disappointing.. i want to hear the new stuff!

could be both. Would be interesting if they used some real calls as in-game audio.

[drog1602]

EA was the one that offered up they had all these new player scans, authentic arenas, fancy new jersey modelling. Yet, the players so far look ho-hum and even plastic, the Bell center is wrong, the players jersey flaps while standing still and they look boxy.

Does this not bother anyone? When these are the features they have poured time into?

This is not the next gen I have been waiting for!

[Pezell04x]

Quote: Originally Posted by SpectralThundr

Likely? Smaller budget and getting those guys to the studio to submit to facial scans. Don't get me wrong, it sucks that a player like Marchand has a somewhat generic face being a fellow Bruins fan. But I'd be lying if I said it really affects my enjoyment of the game too much because it's a video game. Having come from the Atari 2600 era to where we are now, I'm just happy that the games we're playing now adays come as close as they do to be honest.

It doesn't take away my experience from the game either, but in a new generation of consoles where we are told how much power they have - I'm not really seeing it. The new graphics don't really impress me and that could be because I just don't care about how a sports game looks anymore.

I know that is kind of hypocritical to what I said about faces, but while the jerseys are shiny and new there's still no nameplate on the back, the numbers still stretch weird and the jersey is moving like the wind is blowing while he's standing still.

Honestly, I'm more of a gameplay guy and it is why I put NHL 14 down a couple months after owning it. The AI is terrible, the physics are terrible and the goalies have so many holes in them when it comes to consistency. But if EA is going to tout a next gen experience and throw graphics and screenshots in my face, I'd like them to at least go all in and get some faces done too.

That's all.

If a game looked like crap but played wonderfully, I wouldn't complain. I'm a gameplay guy first who grew up with an NES.

[yanek27]

Quote: Originally Posted by drog1602

EA was the one that offered up they had all these new player scans, authentic arenas, fancy new jersey modelling. Yet, the players so far look ho-hum and even plastic, the Bell center is wrong, the players jersey flaps while standing still and they look boxy. Does this not bother anyone? When these are the features they have poured time into? This is not the next gen I have been waiting for!

The guy at E3 now states better arenas than ever before. Your right, far from authentic.