NHL 15 Gameplay Videos Show Off All-New Camera Angles

[socalbeast08]

wow where do i start? Ok the presentation is great i'll give it that. Gameplay however looks good in some parts but theres still a lot of work to be done. In the san jose vs toronto part, nazim kadri just skates right to the boards behind the net and stops meanwhile matt nietto is streaking through the slot and kadri does nothing to try and stop him...NOTHING! No dive, no hook, nada! where is this hockey IQ that ea is bragging about? This is ridiculous, goalies still have the same animations from 07, thats 7 years ago! Fifa just revamped goalies so why the NHL team didnt i dont know. I hate to be a negative nancy, i really do, but honestly its hard to watch this year after year and see nothing done about it. Come on EA, I see some effort but lets face it, its not 100%. Im done ranting but im a little disappointed in the effort behind this years game.

[drog1602]

The good:
Presentation wise the game looks good.
I liked some of the multiple collisions
Was nice to see a puck deflect over the glass, but where is the netting?

The bad:
Goalies look the same
Dmen have issues turning around
Hits are too arcade
No loose pucks, and passes are all perfect
Too many soft goals from far out on soft wrist shots
No emotions in the commentators voices
Crowd noise seems lame
Way, way, way too easy to deke and the AI dmen do nothing
D still backs in

[TIm]

I'm pretty underwhelmed by Doc.. This really has me sad. It reminds me when Madden next gen came out and the robotic announcing that game had.. I don't know what to say.. WIll I get the game Yep! However, I am pretty put off by the commentary alone. Sooo Sad

[Nickflyers]

Quote: Originally Posted by snc237

Well it's a first year effort. Go back and play nhl 07 and the commentary was sorta barebones. This year they changed the way the recorded lines and looks like they did spend a ton of one in the audio department. Wait a year or 2 and we will have some great commentating (even though it sounds okay to me thus far) But by then people will be saying I'm sick of these guys and want new announcers

Lot of long pauses in 07. Also good God was 07 fast-paced

[Nabz]

Skating just looks bad imo.

[18 eighty 5]

Like nearly everyone else has said the presentation looks really good. The dynamic camera angles that show more of the crowd are also well done. However the commentary is sub standard. This is not quality stuff at all. Lines like 'Look at this!' and 'one team, 3 goals' return the series to a totally generic level of immersion that will jar with the best presentation the series has probably seen. It reminds me a bit of 2k10 with that broadcast cam angle being so great but the crowd volume and intensity was way off.

For me the gameplay looks mostly like what we have always had however the side ways dekes look like the players are going very wide and it doesnt look realistic. They look like arcade dekes. But they look different to 14 for better or worse? Demo will reveal.

The players playing were horrible defensively in the clips we saw and what worries me is that this hum vs hum gameplay completely conceals the CPU boosting and rampaging mentality that is EA's trademark. NO presentation will be able to save a game that refuses to address these silly and frustrating imbalances.

Like someone has already said once the presentation gets stale (and the commentary will kill it quickly) I reckon this game will still be what we have always had in an offline capacity.

Now, I am glad they have vamped up the presentation but I am sure we have already played this game. The key in these developer releases these days is marketing...to sell a product. Marketing aims to dress up, embellish, spin hype to get positive attention. These videos do the presentation aspects of 15 of the marketing hype some justice but the actual gameplay is still a trick of the emperors new clothes for mine.

[CujoMatty]

Quote: Originally Posted by stevendah

I'm upset that it's all Xbone footage. Must mean they feel the game looks best running with Xbone. It's making me rethink which next-gen console to get...

All the Madden footage ive seen is Xbox 1 as well. pretty sure EA is a little ticked with Sony for denying EA access.

As far as the videos. I watched them at work with the sound muted. was super excited from what I saw. I got home and watched again with the volume on. Buzz kill. The commentary is baaaad. reminded me of the previous wwe games. so generic. play by play doesnt even use names.

it will get better however. I remember Maddens commentary was similarily bad when they changed commentators.

[snc237]

After watching the videos again for the 20th time I noticed the score board is blocking a nice chunk of the upper screen. Some what distracting