NHL 15 Video and Screenshots - Next-Gen Hockey Player

[meep316]

Yet another non gameplay video. Unbelievable. Also looking at Ovechkin's goal, it looks like we still don't have realistic net physics. In real life, they shoot so hard that the puck often rockets out of the net. In the game, the puck just dies when it hits the net, it looks so bad. This has always been one of my pet peeves with the NHL games.

[13whitebread]

I will buy it as long as they don't have zombies in it

[Solarstar11]

Alright guys, every game has it's flaws. NHL 15 won't be perfect, but it's worth buying, right?

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstar11

Alright guys, every game has it's flaws. NHL 15 won't be perfect, but it's worth buying, right?

Hard to say. Not much out there to show what we can expect.

[Gagnon39]

Alright, I'm going to have to bring up possibly the most nit-picky thing in a sports video game ever. I knew this day was coming, eventually and here it is.

I've played sports video games since the very early 1990's and I'm amazed every year at how games look better and better. I recall the first game where you could actually see the players name and number on the back of their jerseys. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Then they actually got the right fonts on the jerseys, and games started to make players actually look like their real-life counterparts. As games got more and more advanced I remember thinking, one day they jersey will be separate from the player and there will be some kind of cloth-like physics. NBA games have done this and now here it is, with NHL.

Now (I know, kind of long-winded), first off let me say the game looks phenomenal. But here's the nit-picky part.

If you're going to have the jerseys reacting like real jerseys they need to accommodate the fact that the numbers, letters, and logos are not the same material as the rest of the jersey. On many jerseys, such as the Blackhawks, the Indian head is quite large and is made of some heavier fabric that is used for the rest of the jersey. Not to mention all the fine stitching in the feathers (I have 9 authentic Blackhawks jerseys).

It bugs me to no end, to see the logos and numbers on players backs waving with the rest of the jersey as if they were all screen-printed onto the jersey rather than sewn on.

We're now getting to the point in sports video games where it is looking more and more like the real life games they represent. And when they look so good, small things like this start to stick out.

Hopefully, as technology evolves this can be something that EA and other producers can implement in their games.

[m_maclean24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

Alright, I'm going to have to bring up possibly the most nit-picky thing in a sports video game ever. I knew this day was coming, eventually and here it is. I've played sports video games since the very early 1990's and I'm amazed every year at how games look better and better. I recall the first game where you could actually see the players name and number on the back of their jerseys. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Then they actually got the right fonts on the jerseys, and games started to make players actually look like their real-life counterparts. As games got more and more advanced I remember thinking, one day they jersey will be separate from the player and there will be some kind of cloth-like physics. NBA games have done this and now here it is, with NHL. Now (I know, kind of long-winded), first off let me say the game looks phenomenal. But here's the nit-picky part. If you're going to have the jerseys reacting like real jerseys they need to accommodate the fact that the numbers, letters, and logos are not the same material as the rest of the jersey. On many jerseys, such as the Blackhawks, the Indian head is quite large and is made of some heavier fabric that is used for the rest of the jersey. Not to mention all the fine stitching in the feathers (I have 9 authentic Blackhawks jerseys). It bugs me to no end, to see the logos and numbers on players backs waving with the rest of the jersey as if they were all screen-printed onto the jersey rather than sewn on. We're now getting to the point in sports video games where it is looking more and more like the real life games they represent. And when they look so good, small things like this start to stick out. Hopefully, as technology evolves this can be something that EA and other producers can implement in their games.

I think a lot of people were thinking the exact same thing once the trailer was released that showed Datsyuk standing, while his Wing's logo fluttered around in an apparent wind. In addition to this there is a lack of name bars on the back of the jerseys. Call it nit-picky if you want, but I too would like to see this addressed at some point. Gotta say though, the trailer released yesterday looks just dandy! I hope it loks just as good in action as those trailers look.

[Comp]

Looks good from what I can see. Definitely like the emotions/celebrations.

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by meep316

Yet another non gameplay video. Unbelievable. Also looking at Ovechkin's goal, it looks like we still don't have realistic net physics. In real life, they shoot so hard that the puck often rockets out of the net. In the game, the puck just dies when it hits the net, it looks so bad. This has always been one of my pet peeves with the NHL games.

I thought I read somewhere net physics were in the game this year?