Cheap NHL 15 Coins Online Sale - Even with an extra year on the bench to develop and evolve, NHL 15 draws a major misconduct penalty in its opening minutes

Honestly, there’s not much of an excuse for this. NHL 14 didn’t even appear on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, meaning EA Canada has had a year longer than other sport game developers to get its NHL series up to scratch for this latest console generation. The fact that NHL 15 feels rushed and incomplete comes as a slapshot to the face. NHL is a unique series. Despite being focused around a sport which isn’t hugely popular outside the USA, it still receives a huge amount of attention from EA Sports. In recent releases, we have seen excellent improvements from year to year, always delivering a great experience for hockey enthusiasts. Unfortunately, NHL 15 appears to have broken that trend.

 

The series didn’t make its next-generation debut in 2013 with the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Instead, it devoted an entire 12-month cycle to the creation of NHL 15. The question is this: Does it deliver what fans of the series have come to expect? The speculation is done. NHL 15 has released in retail stores for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Many have seen the stunning visuals, and you’ve more than likely heard about the absence of various features from the game.

 

Be A Pro, the single-player career mode, is devoid of any minor league play. This strips the mode of what drives it in the early going: the effort you put in to work your way up through the ranks, and the elation you feel upon being called up to the NHL. Instead, the only progression comes from improving your player’s attributes as you try to make it to your team’s top line. And on a personal note, I had an easier time creating a guy who looked remotely Indian in NHL 14 than I did in NHL 15.

 

In addition, you don’t receive feedback from your coach during games, which eliminates the satisfying loop of hearing from your coach, making adjustments and improving your play. (That’s being patched in soon as well.) Also missing are the “Live the Life” elements of the mode, the off-the-ice features like conducting interviews, which were introduced only a year ago in NHL 14. But perhaps the most mind-boggling omission from Be A Pro is the ability to simulate between shifts during a game. Without that option, you’re forced to sit on the bench and watch your CPU teammates play while you’re waiting to get back on the ice. Maybe it’s good, then, that the Be A Pro coaching AI is bad at taking you out when you’re tired.

 

But, for everything it does right on the ice, NHL 15 missteps horribly off-ice. This year’s iteration is simply stunningly lacking in game modes and options, especially compared to NHL 14. Fans of the franchise will likely be affected in some way, as the list of things nixed is too great to ignore. Just as a sample, gone are EA Sports Hockey League, GM Connected, Winter Classic, Be a Legend, and regular old season mode. Those are just some of the greater examples. The single-player career mode dubbed “Be A Pro” has abandoned all ties to minor league hockey. In previous iterations of EA’s NHL series, you were forced to rise through the ranks of the minor league before you were deemed worthy of playing professional hockey. With that element gone, so too is much of the challenge and personal accomplishment Be A Pro offered. You also cannot simulate to your next shift, so some of your game will be spent watching hockey from the bench. (Note: EA has added coach feedback into the game via a free update, though it was missing at launch.)

 

Likewise, using real video imagery of Doc and Eddie against fake, in-game footage was jarring. It was cool to hear that music, see the same scoreboard graphics, and witness the intros to each city, with helicopter shots of the arenas, skylines, and other geography. But slow-mo recaps of goals and other memorable moments are ruined by sharp edits between scenes that have the action stop for split seconds at a time. The most awkward recaps of them all are for fights, when you see that gloves are dropped by both players in literally one or two frames. These scenes in particular look so weird and unrealistic.

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