NHL 15 Gameplay Videos Show Off All-New Camera Angles

[canucksss]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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.

I dont know why EA decides that they only need a handful guys to work on NHL....wherein fact there's so much things that needed improvement.

Sure presentation is great...but Im very sure after playing the several games, you'll see the same pre-game video, same animations (goalie stretching etc.), same lines..... this presentation will wear off fast.

Im glad that they put back the team goal celebration. I cant wait to play the demo and for the X1 gamers who will be able to play this game 5 days early to give their findings about this game.

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by cujomatty

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.

Not true, a lot of it has been PS4. In fact, the developer livestreams they were doing were being played on PS4.

[Canadiens1984]

gameplay looks awesome... i ask many time in the EA forum for real arena celebration with real goal light... and special things like the canon in columbus and smoke with blue and yellow lights in buffalo... and i think they take some of my idea... because you see the lights flashing in florida and i see in another video the 5 cercles when the blues scores.. just miss the jumbotron with smoke... shark dont have light when they score... and you dont see no lights see i think you will have the blue and yellow in buffalo and they kings and dallas lights too.. philly with the orange cercle around the player.. its a little things that make the game feel reel..

[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by scitychamps87

I love what I see. Amazing presentation . Gameplay has a nice tempo. Still some bugs but overall looks good. Doc and Edzo sound great. I just want to see Doc lose it though!"HE SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!!!!!!"

I am hoping that is reserved for big goals (overtime win, late goal in the 3rd, playoffs etc). Overall I don't mind the commentary as is, it's not over the top to the point where they never shut up (see: Phil Simms in Madden) but it still provides enough context to keep you entertained.

[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Not true, a lot of it has been PS4. In fact, the developer livestreams they were doing were being played on PS4.

Not to mention the majority of the Madden content was shown on PS4. EA cares more about game sales and more importantly HUT sales than anything. And with the PS4 currently being the top selling console they can't afford to be upset with Sony.

[pm83]

First I must say that graphics and presentation are just incredible! It adds so much to simulation aspect when they show us commentators, stats, realistic camera angles and even use the real tune for broadcasting. And this all is on screen good amount of time so you really have time to read the stats, feel the atmosphere and just enjoy the presentation overall. Great work on that one!

However these videos unfortunately seem to tell the truth about this series biggest problem which been there for a long time. Problem which many, many gamers have noticed and EA haven't done anything about it. And the problem is Defense. Or should I say lack of it.

Developers been tooting about ground up built AI but is this really the case? To me it seems that at least Defense is ported straight from earlier version because it is as pathetic as usual. Dmen retreat on situations where they should give pressure. They twirl with no purpose in front of the net where they should tie or detract their opponent. They just adrift on their own destinated area's when they should go and fill the gap (which was created when human controlled player played himself out of the position). This is all very simple, basic hockey stuff and yet it's not in the game.

Right now cpu controlled defenders are as useful as pins with hockey sticks. No matter on what level game is played it shouldn't give that much leverage on offense. Pull a deke and you are alone! More tools for the offense and it makes the game more realistic experience says EA. Well in reality it's not. Game of hockey has two sides. I surely will wait to see the final product so maybe it's different? Maybe they suprise us by giving ground up built AI (defense also) just like they promised. But right now based on the stuff we've seen I'm not that confident.

[myownsun]

I haven't read through the post you guys have added so i could be alone when I say this game looks great, now this is coming from someone who knows nothing about hockey but would actually learn more about the sport so i could enjoy this game proper!

[Smirkin Dirk]

You guys would watch a lot more hockey than me, but this game seems to ignore the neutral zone, and players seem too willing to give up the blue line