NHL 14

« But overall, NHL 14 captures the spirit of that revolutionary 94 game. The gameplay is fast, the moves are sweet and the hits are thundering. It feels fun, like the very best wide-open hockey games, but it doesn’t sacrifice realism either. »

« One of the best hockey sims to date. A couple of minor adjustments are always needed, but this is as close as its going to get for you short of lacing up skates and donning pads yourself. »

« At any rate, if you have any interest in hockey games whatsoever, then you probably already own this, but if you don’t, go out and get a copy – you’ll have an absolute blast. »

« I appreciate how the development team really understands the particulars of the real life game as it helps to deliver another great effort. With the advancements made to many aspects of the gameplay and aesthetics this year, both big and small, virtual hockey fans should rejoice as NHL 14 is yet another winner. »

« EA Canada has smashed the puck right into the back of the net once again with NHL 14, providing masses of content, unparalleled gameplay and the usual superb presentation you expect from an EA Sports game. It's perhaps not as big a leap forward over NHL 13 as you'd hope, but regardless, NHL 14 is a winner once again. »

« Delivers the most impressive hockey experience to date. [Nov 2013, p.75] »

« With four massive game modes to choose from that could all serve as standalone titles plus a strong core gameplay engine, NHL 14 is about as good as it gets. »

« The latest outing from Electronic Arts is as good as hockey games get. The action keeps getting better and deeper, but the game also manages to avoid becoming impenetrable and inaccessible. Developers have eschewed new feature overload this year and have instead concentrated on a few fun extras. »

« So many bugs and lags the game crash every minutes and the game is like the 15 but with 1 millions bugs »

« When you think Good NHL video games, what comes to mind, NHL 24? No, not even close. You think of NHL 08, 04, and 14. This game still holds up after 12 years. And even though the games online servers are down, it is still absolutely a fun way to make time pass. The Xbox 360, while old, still holds the greatest game Era ever seen, and this in my opinion, is the Last Great NHL game. »

« the refs are so one sided in my opinion this game is not good. if you want to buy go right ahead but i warned you that the refs are not good, and you might want to return it »

« This is one of the best games in the franchise. It has all the basic needs, with good A.I. The graphics are fine as well. I dont know why this game isn't praised more »

« I liked this game. The additions that they made to Be A GM mode really helped make my favourite game mode better, while they didn't do anything new with the gameplay aside from the fighting, it was still a welcome addition »

« I've been with the series since 2000. I've been playing hockey since 2000. This series is a shell of its former self. The series has stagnated since 09. F**k EA. It has taken the license hostage for too long. So many gameplay elements are outdated or outright broken. -If your big new innovation is a new fighting engine, you know you are in trouble. -the "new" live the life is just a very poor and lazy rip off of 2ks my career -The AI cheating is the worst it has ever been. It's just awesome how it just does things you as the player are simply not capable of, how your player magically stops skating for 2-3 strides like he pulled a hammy, and the AI conveniently recovers the puck. flat out interference in front of the net. all the time. And of course, if it doesn't want you to have the puck, you wont have it. No matter how well you play defense. -even worse though is the team AI. the skate routes, yes. but that is about it. no puck support, no skating into open ice. it is so limited the most effective thing you can usually do is drop passing or just dangling through the entire opposite team. Concerning presantation, I can only compare it to 2k's NBA series. I know it also has it's faults but when it comes to capturing sport broadcasts, the NHL series looks like a mobile game. No effort. Same animations since 2007! There are All-Stars without cyber faces. Are you joking? And the animations.... oh my goodness. I think they used someone who never skated before in his life for motion capture. It looks stiff and embarrassing. It might have been fine 5-7 years ago, but that is the story with this franchise. The NHL series by EA hasn't taken a step forward in 5 years. It has come to the point where I think it is bad advertisement for our game of hockey in general. The core gameplay experience is simply not up to modern (not EAs) standards any more. Doesn't matter if you are a fan of hockey or not: don't buy this title. And since they have done nothing to improve but rather stripped MAJOR FEATURES of next gen NHL 15, stay away from that as well. And to the producer, sean ramjagsingh, I can only say: If I happen be in BC one day and I am being told you said the words "all new" again, I will find you and kick your head in. »

« this game is a massive piece of junk... the controls are awkward, clunky and just plain frustrating... if u enjoy spending hours upon hours learning the controls then by all means play this game... I can't believe they don't have a better tutorial system when the controls are so complex and clunky.. besides that, every online game results in a massive lag fest playing vs people... the A.I is also incredibly stupid for example i just finished playing a game and i went in 2 on 0 and my ai winger skated behind their net... sorry man EA is just a terrible gaming company that makes inferior products don't spend a dime on this junk unless u enjoy frustration »

« This game is surprisingly deep for an NHL game. The added modes and actual online based team play help bring new gamers into the NHL franchise. While the graphics don't improve much from the previous years, the skating is much sharper and more life-like. An overall fun experience. »