NHL 14 Official Trailer, Six New Features Announced

[GROGtheNailer]

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]

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]

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

[mike24forever]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mostarac

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

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

This^^^^^^^^^

[13whitebread]

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

[Cycloniac]

...I'm kind of dissapointed after watching the video and reading the press release...

The video, first of all, was 90% real hockey and 10% gameplay; very little to go on from that. It looked good and it was a fast-paced "Sizzle" style trailer, but after buying these games for 7 straight years since the whole NHL 07 revamp, the illusion of huge improvements has faded.

There was no mention of presentation or BAGM improvements. I guess we'll have to wait until next-gen for any presentation overhauls, and a likely new commentary team of either Doc Emrick (and someone else) or the CBC team again.

The fighting engine overhaul is long overdue though. Maybe there'll be fights in CPU vs CPU games now? I think I may even give BAP another look; haven't touched it since NHL 10.

Dissapointed...but remaining somewhat hopefull.

[TreyIM2]

So no Infinity Engine 2. My guess was wrong, there, but the Player Impact engine is cool...

Anyway, trailer seemed like mostly real hockey game footage and a little bit of NHL 14. Hard to discern at times when the gameplay was being shown. Oh, well. I need to see how this one feels. 13 didn't make me pull the trigger. I forget how long it's been since I bought an hockey game. Sheesh.