NHL 14 Official Trailer, Six New Features Announced

[soxnut1018]

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Looks interesting, but I need to seem improvements to AI and presentation.

[brandon27]

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Looks promising. Its always been a good series though. It really needs new commentary and graphics overlays though. That being said, please for the love of god don't get Mike Emerick to do the commentary. He's awful to listen to. I'd probably not buy it if he was in it. The commentary needs refreshing though, its been the same for what... 5 years now?

[sparkdawg777]

I'm a pretty casual hockey fan but I have always enjoyed the NHL series. I still play NHL 12 and all I play is Be a Pro. I am interested in how much they have improved the mode. Just wanted to clarify for those who think that since they don't like BAP no else does.

[SinisterAlex]

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Another NHL game where big hits happen every hit.... yay.

[bwiggy33]

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Really happy they changed the dekeing. Hopefully this means the stick handling in this game is better too. As great and fun as the control system is in the game, the dekes and stick handling are so unrealistic. No player extends his arms as far as they do in this game without losing the puck, at least in a game situation. I also hope that the players can keep moving their feet while stick handling. This could really be a big time addition for the game. The only way this is good though, is if only the top players can do the moves.

As for fighting, what a shocker. What a great gameplay addition! Why do people think this is so important? It's the one thing people ask for that just baffles me. It's one of those small details that should get worked on when the AI and gameplay is actually good. Fighting is a 30 second window of the game, and it doesn't even happen every game. To me it's an utter joke that this is even thought of with the issues the gameplay already has.

I'm a little interested on the new hitting physics. I still think it's a shame that for the past 3 years we've all heard about how the system they implemented in NHL 10 was going to redefine the game. Then they go out and supposedly "tune" it each year and bam, here we are with a completely new physics engine borrowed from a different game three years later. I will say it's probably the best way to do it though. The NHL team obviously doesn't have the amount of workers as FIFA, so that is a very smart move. As for the skating, it will also be interesting to see how it's improved.

I'm not going to say that the AI wasn't worked on because it's extremely early for that. I'm sure it did get worked on, but overall I am in no way holding out hope that the main issues with the AI are going to be fixed. If this ends up being the case there is absolutely no way I will be purchasing. I will wait for NHL 15 on PS4, if it looks good enough. No physics, skating changes, or BAP changes, will make this feel any different unless the AI is respectable. That's just plain and simple.

Oh may I add, it was great to see the goalies stuck in the same animations (Cory Schneider and Kari Lehtonen) we've had since NHL 07. I guess it's probably a little too late to redo something like this. Hopefully this is one of the first things worked on for Next Gen.

[06woz]

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Really happy they changed the dekeing. Hopefully this means the stick handling in this game is better too. As great and fun as the control system is in the game, the dekes and stick handling are so unrealistic. No player extends his arms as far as they do in this game without losing the puck, at least in a game situation. I also hope that the players can keep moving their feet while stick handling. This could really be a big time addition for the game. The only way this is good though, is if only the top players can do the moves.

The bolded is my biggest hope for this game, the flow would be so drastically improved.

[Storm12]

I am interested in how BAP is improved, but I will wait until it goes on sale to get it, I'm not into buying a game right away anymore. I also wanna see how the fighting is changed (I'm still hoping for more of a catalyst to show when fights need to happen, but the third person will be way better than the first person they use now.

[Money99]

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Looks interesting, but I need to seem improvements to AI and presentation.

Me too, but I don't think either will be touched until next-gen versions come out.

[hockeyyt988]

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Yeah I know, but I also feel that's people's perception simply because they haven't done anything with it at all. I mean, it's virtually the same mode as it was in NHL 09.

When NBA 2k implemented "My Player" mode in NBA 2k10 the perception was the same; "that would be cool, but I think they should work on this or that"-- Now look at the mode? What happen?-- It became their most played game mode. I'm sure they weren't expecting that to be the case, but if you look at the way the mode is design, anyone can see why it's became such a hit. MLB RTTS is another great example of how this mode type can be a hit.

Now I could go all day about the things I think need to be implemented to make the mode a success but that's another story. All I know is this; if implemented correctly, NHL Be a Pro could have the same success, BUT for now, many people think it should be scrap or that "it sucks" and that is because it's so broken and poorly implemented that that's the taste left in people's mouth.

This is what I posted in the other forum about BE A PRO. I'm more than excited that they have implemented this into the game. To the posters that say "No one plays BE A PRO" that may have been true simply because the game didn't capture the idea correctly. This is definitely a step-forward and I'm sure people will enjoy this mode.

[GROGtheNailer]

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I am bummed out nothing was mentioned on improving the defensive aspects of the game which is a large percentage of the game, or should be. I am surprised they leave this out each year.

[pk500]

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Don't turn cartwheels or spin pinwheels over the news the NHL 14 fighting engine is based on the engine from the EA "Fight Night" series. That is, unless you're a fan of mechanical, stilted punching animations that have delayed execution after the button presses.

[gopher_guy]

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They fixed fighting before the LONG list of things that need to be fixed/re-done? Seriously? This is a hockey game, right?

[mike24forever]

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Same old **** from EA..

These are the best contributions to this site. The best part is, people are expecting anything different. This is the direction EA has been going since 07, and to think that they are going to revamp everything before the new systems come out is ridiculous.

[mike24forever]

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Me too, but I don't think either will be touched until next-gen versions come out.

This^^^^^^^^^

[13whitebread]

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I agree with a few of the posts here where is the presentation overhaul and new announcers? I know it is early and more can come but the fans have been calling for this for some time is it the most important issue of course not but for someone who only plays offline it is important for a more immersed feel for the game for me. That is why NBA 2k series is so fun to play because it has the TV style presentation. I just don't like online play for the lag. If it could get to the responsiveness of the offline then I would come aboard but until the I'll stay away. The score overlays also need an update what I am afraid of the excuse this year will be wait untill next gen. This is unexceptable for EA but it just might be what we are in store for. Although gimicky the real time fights plus scrums sound interesting. A little bit of rambling but I just love hockey and it will be a first day purchase for me regardless but I will be stocked if we get the updates we need. I hope I don't here what I heard last year and I'll qoute" Much to the dismay of the fans Gary and Bill will be returning as the commentary team" I hope it's to early and EA shows me I am wrong