Remaster/reboot NHL 14 and update it to the 27 season.

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Go back to the era of nhl 11-14. Remaster/upgrade the graphics/code, whatever you gotta do to get it to run on modern consoles. Heck, I'd pay full price if the exact NHL 14 was updated/remastered, retitled to NHL27 and had updated rosters for next year! No x-factors, waaaaay less animations. More physics based gameplay. Those days were peak NHL. In your quest for realism for whatever reason, you guys have completely botched the fun factor in these games. I find myself regularly going back to NHL 11 and 14 on ps3 and getting waaay more enjoyment out of playing an offline franchise. I havent paid full price for an NHL game in years, and have no interest to buy 26. You have a good base with those older games if you would just re-start there. Im sure it will never happen, but I feel like this is how you get yourself out of the hole you're in. Bc these one mode "focused" updates each year are currently digging it deeper.&nbsp;

wfwr26 · Answer

Something I forgot to add...the opposing ai doesnt mirror your movement either...they actaully play this game more realistically than the ai in todays NHL games. They also make mistakes, something that rarely if ever happens in todays nhl games.

javiair · Answer

NHL 11-14 were the best years. I miss the raising of the banner, going out on the ice when you were one of the 3 stars of the game, or the longer pre game presentation.

The defense AI was bad tho, and I didn’t like the micro transactions.. but it was great times

wfwr26 · Answer

Ya in my first away game as the Wings in Gm Mode, played Chicago and got to watch their banner for winning the 2010 Stanley Cup go up to the rafters. I completely forgot that it was a thing in this game and had to "re-play" the game over to get a video of it and send it to a buddy and text him, "Look at more of the stuff they took from us!" LOL Love the 3 stars coming on the Ice as they should, although the only tweak needed there was that if an away team player is one of the 3 stars of the game, they dont comeout and do their little lap, they stay in the dressing room. I just absolutely hate the decisions they've made as a whole to get to where they are these days. Even the menu screens are better with flashing images of players with added splatter and streak art. These games were just so dang good! Also the soundtracks back then, SLAPPED!!!! Every one was just full of hockey music and bangers! Most of these songs are on my every day playlists all of these years later.

ea_aljo · Answer

Something I forgot to add...the opposing ai doesnt mirror your movement either...they actaully play this game more realistically than the ai in todays NHL games. They also make mistakes, something that rarely if ever happens in todays nhl games.

The AI don't actually mirror your movements. If you have some video comparing the NHL 14 AI to NHL 26, feel free to post it. I know there are requests for NHL 14 to be remastered so it would be good to see why there's interest in this. We've seen a lot of feedback saying the current gameplay is too arcade-y. NHL 14 gameplay was far less sim than 26. With the exception of OP XFs. Or is the interest mainly in presentation? Which, I agree, was more authentic with 14.

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