NHL 14 is often mentioned besides some of the top hockey video games of all-time...but does it deserve to be? DZ & Corwin revisit the EA Sports classic in the latest edition of Game Capsule.
@@Savies NHL 20 isn't bad. But the majority of nhl games on the ps4 console generation were garbage. So people look back at 14 which had all the features and game modes people are still asking for today.
The servers are still up? If so, then I'm going back to playing EASHL on 14! Even the drop ins were infinitely more fun than this pond hockey CHEL crap they have now.
You got that right, loved the three star players came out on the ice. Loved the skill tree, by manually adding points where you wanted. But, in 14 as AI stick poking was insane which is not fixed even in 20.
Literally a masterpiece. Drop ins are such cancer now that you dont need to keep your grades up to unlock attributes. Im done supporting EA until GM connected and custom attributes come back.
This brought back some good memories. Honestly the biggest thing I miss from 14 (and 15 too) are some unreal intros revealing the logo. The lights coming on inside the arena really felt cool and I can’t think of anything similar in the recent chels.
One thing I wish they added was 1 maybe 2 outdoor stadiums. That was by far my favorite game mode on this game. EA Sports you can make nhl ones outdoor but not an nhl game outside wtf???
Pretty sure they had a winter classic mode in the game, bc that was the year the leafs and wings played in The Big House, and although I don’t think they had the rights to that arena, personally I don’t think it was a bad effort. But outdoor arenas wouldn’t have been a bad inclusion either tbh
This franchise is what goes wrong when you release a game every year that is expected to feel different enough to be worth a $60 price tag, I play a lot of chel for better or worse but I could write a book about how this game has turned into a perennial letdown for me, what if they charged a bit more for a game like 21-22 and only release a title every other year, give that skeleton crew of developers enough time to actually make something worthwhile and patch in updates to continue to improve on it during the life cycle of each game, idk something needs to be done though, this series would be dead if they had any legit competition
I used to play nhl 14 a lot it was a great game and amazing music in nhl 14 and your channel is amazing and I hope that you have a good time playing this good game hope that you guys are safe from COVID you have a great day and I hope that you have a good time playing nhl
i remember when i was 7 and got nhl 14 as my first hockey video game and the several years later, when i hooked back up my old ps3 and played it and seeing all of the old (and horrific) custom teams and players i made in the game when i was little.
I would love to see you guys do an NHL 98 video - I feel that for my generation, the EA '98 line-up was such a classic set, particularly NHL '98 and FIFA Road to the World Cup '98. Definitely a key part of getting me into hockey video games was endless hours spent on NHL '98, and would love to see how you guys feel it does (or doesn't) hold up.
We had two seasons of 11 people/teams for gm connected. It was awesome. Just had to make a timeframe for when the games needed to by played by and if they couldn’t then the guy who wasn’t able to just allowed his team to be played by the computer. Another thing the games started missing after ‘14 was you could bring your outside winger to set up below the inside winger for a face-off simply by holding L2 and then up on the stick or d pad before the faceoff was setup.
NHL 14 had by far the best customization of any NHL game to date. I probably spent more time making goalie gear than I spent playing the game aha! I was playing peewee hockey when I had the game and I remember I spent a whole day creating my hockey team in the game. This game will forever be one of my favourites
Great video series you fellas got going on. There was so much more to this game that didn’t get covered.. the lobbies in EASHL were superior to what they are now. It was also the first year that you could could take a squad in EASHL to practice mode, and .. create a play. That was the coolest, why did they not develop create a play going forward. I just hung up the virtual skates. Been playing EA from the beginning (minus 15😂). Keep up the good work
@@KrisVic91 sorry for late response... but if you have a console to play it, i think 14 is monumental. i grind tf out of GM mode every now and then still.
Oh my god this was the game that got me into the series. Every game since then has been changing, and I’ve been changing with it, so I can’t necessarily say it’s bad, except for 16 and 18, but 14 is just so nostalgic.
Goalie position in NHL 14 was actually playable and enjoyable. Human G brought a full 6 on 6 game, could thwart glitch goals and give goose eggs in eashl to clubs who relied on exploiting glitches.
for me the ones i REALLY loved were 01 cause it was my first nhl game , then 07 i had on psp n ps2.. but 2010 with kaner on the cover still has a big place in my heart loved that one cause it was so much better then 08 which was the last one i had before that
I remember playing GM connected with a full league, but then again there was an entry fee and i took first :) well technically tied for first, the series was the final playoff series, it was tied 3-3 and both of us decided to split the pool Prize
I only started playing hockey bc my friend bought NHL 14 for his birthday and i played with him and fell in love with it. so to me its always gonna be up there
For me nhl14 will always be considered the best all time purely because it was my first nhl game and that same year was when I first started watching ice hockey!
why yes Z that is head of player safety George Parros fighting former blue jacket and current Assistant Development Coach & Team Ambassador for the blue jackets Jared Boll! 5:21
graphics were absolutely horrible but i LOVED the soundtrack and winter classic mode so other than nhls 19 and up this is my favorite and my first when i was like 4
06, 2004, 10, 11 and 14 will always be my top 5 hockey games. I always really liked 14 for the new additions like the enforcer (fuck 1st person fighting lmao), Live the Life, servers for it still being up and etc
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NHL 14 was the most complete hockey game EA ever made.
NHL 15 was the best one
NicoTimeYT your a phat capper it was the worse, or maybe your being sarcastic
Daniel Cotnoir nhl 15 was good on old gen so he might be talking about that
Daniel Cotnoir why would I say that NHL 15 on the Xbox one/ PS4 was good? NHL 15 on the 360 is probably my favourite NHL of all time.
wrong it could never be the most complete if it aint on PC. so 2004 is still the best and most complete game EA ever made
If this game was released in 2019 on the current gen consoles with NHL 20 it would be a better game
That should be a great idea! I love that!
Joshua Seeley but why is 20 so bad and how is 14 so good?
@@Savies NHL 20 isn't bad. But the majority of nhl games on the ps4 console generation were garbage. So people look back at 14 which had all the features and game modes people are still asking for today.
@@RevanBCsame also in NHL 24.
@@SaviesNHL 21 is also bad. The graphics in NHL 21 was worse compared to even NHL 98 PS1, a hidden gem of PS1 SPORTS GAMES.
Someone take Corwin’s spot in our NHL GM Connected League 😂
Daniel Zakrzewski I’M IN! 😂🤣 Jk I don’t even have an Xbox 360
I have but im not paying for Xbox live lmao
Me I'll do it
I'll do it but you will lose tho
I’m down
I still regularly play NHL 14. Its legendary, hasn't been a better one since
Facts
what do you play Ive been trying to find lobbies lmao
The servers are still up? If so, then I'm going back to playing EASHL on 14! Even the drop ins were infinitely more fun than this pond hockey CHEL crap they have now.
Matthew Howard omg i remember playing drop ins and grinding to Legend 3. those were the good ole days 😢
You got that right, loved the three star players came out on the ice. Loved the skill tree, by manually adding points where you wanted. But, in 14 as AI stick poking was insane which is not fixed even in 20.
As a Redwings fan Seeing Datsyuk brought back the good memories. Then I remembered the lottery this year.
😪
I’m a Blackhawks fan and I do think that you guys deserved the 1st pick, but I’m sorry, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing when I saw that
A patriots and red wings fan?
@@oksharks358 lol i'm from montreal but i'm a redwings fan.
Lol rip this didnt age well
Do a 32 hour stream with Dylan Bartley where you break JBJ’s records
It was a great game!
I don't know why but as a caps fan 8:46 killed me 😂
Was also Corwin’s favourite part lol
@@danielzakrzewski.bardown awesome lmao
"Can you spot the difference?" Pierre: "I can."
So good.
Give us more Dylan Bartley, did he end up getting traded? WE NEED TO KNOW
Dylan Bartley? Who is he btw?
@@purwantiallan5089 Did you watch the video lil bro
@@purwantiallan5089 Did you not watch the video?
What feature from NHL 14 should be in NHL 21? 🤔
TSN Winter Classic mode
TSN Live the life or GM Connected
soundtrack easily
Winter classic glass breaking
Live The Life & GM Connected.
I would get off work and play 3 EASHL drop-in games almost every night before my gf would come over...NHl 14 was so good
Literally a masterpiece. Drop ins are such cancer now that you dont need to keep your grades up to unlock attributes. Im done supporting EA until GM connected and custom attributes come back.
You didn't have a gf tho at least the game was good😂
11:06: CaN sOmEoNe TeLl Me WhO sCoReD?!
You didn't even talk about the soundtrack ... The soundtrack is awesome
This brought back some good memories. Honestly the biggest thing I miss from 14 (and 15 too) are some unreal intros revealing the logo. The lights coming on inside the arena really felt cool and I can’t think of anything similar in the recent chels.
NHL 14 is the best NHL ever it has high impact,winter classic,the sound track and everything
I liked nhl 04 better but 14 is next for me
The sound track was one of if not the best in any nhl game
I like NHL 15 and 16
14 is my favorite NHL of all time and I've been playing them since 01
whoever edits these deserves a huuuge raise! legit always have tears from laughing every time
Thank you 😄
Going back in time was a fun experience guys! Thanks for that. I liked the NHL 94 feature, but I’m way more hyped about the NHL ’94 rewind!
Was having a bad day and this video really cheered me up. Thanks Corwin and Z!!
Happy to hear it cheered you up! 😄 hope you’re having a dope day! 🤟🏽
Daniel Zakrzewski Yeah! I did really end up having a dope day. Thanks!
The Moncton part made my day lol I live right by there
Where do you live (city)
One thing I wish they added was 1 maybe 2 outdoor stadiums. That was by far my favorite game mode on this game. EA Sports you can make nhl ones outdoor but not an nhl game outside wtf???
Pretty sure they had a winter classic mode in the game, bc that was the year the leafs and wings played in The Big House, and although I don’t think they had the rights to that arena, personally I don’t think it was a bad effort. But outdoor arenas wouldn’t have been a bad inclusion either tbh
And the shadows are awful lol
John Wick holy shit it’s John wick 😂😂😂
I can hear Riot by Bullet for My Valentine just by looking at the thumbnail
I’m from Moncton and that into for the game just hit different lmaoo
Moncton gang
Moncton sup
@@patrickbaxter3895 word
Moncton gang let's gooo!
@@mikearsenault5183 Moncton Gang!!
This franchise is what goes wrong when you release a game every year that is expected to feel different enough to be worth a $60 price tag, I play a lot of chel for better or worse but I could write a book about how this game has turned into a perennial letdown for me, what if they charged a bit more for a game like 21-22 and only release a title every other year, give that skeleton crew of developers enough time to actually make something worthwhile and patch in updates to continue to improve on it during the life cycle of each game, idk something needs to be done though, this series would be dead if they had any legit competition
Yessss, 2k needs to come in. 2k gave EA a run for their money in football in think in 2002.
I used to play nhl 14 a lot it was a great game and amazing music in nhl 14 and your channel is amazing and I hope that you have a good time playing this good game hope that you guys are safe from COVID you have a great day and I hope that you have a good time playing nhl
Thanks Daniel! 🤟🏽
GM Connected... the Great White Buffalo...
It’ll return someday...maybe...hopefully
DO A GM CONNECTED WITH EVERYONE
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I thought it was second on July
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i remember when i was 7 and got nhl 14 as my first hockey video game and the several years later, when i hooked back up my old ps3 and played it and seeing all of the old (and horrific) custom teams and players i made in the game when i was little.
I would love to see you guys do an NHL 98 video - I feel that for my generation, the EA '98 line-up was such a classic set, particularly NHL '98 and FIFA Road to the World Cup '98. Definitely a key part of getting me into hockey video games was endless hours spent on NHL '98, and would love to see how you guys feel it does (or doesn't) hold up.
I literally played this the other day lol
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I play this weekly on my PS3 lol.. it's fun to see how all the prospects like drouin mackinnon and mcdavid were a different story back The😂
SnoopdogRyderboy 78 I play nhl 14 everyday on my Xbox 360
me to lol i actually played this so much on my ps3 i had to buy a new disc lol love it
This game was legendary.
I was rated in the online top 20 last time I played 4 years ago.
Was top 50 playing as the Leafs online. Kadri was a sniper in that game.
NHL 14 was my all time favorite NHL game. When NHL 15 came out on next gen it crushed me.
This is by far my favorite NHL game EA has made to date lol. I am now going to dig this out and play the career mode thanks guys!!
I used to be in a GM Connected league of 23 people. We got through 3 seasons together. That was my most played game mode besides EASHL.
15:08 The absolute DISRESPECT to Wilfrid Laurier University lol
I mean he's not wrong
As someone who goes to UW, he is not wrong
Especially liked the be a pro theme. Pre and post game interviews, Happiness level from teammates, management, fans.
Seeing that Hawks roster takes me back to the good ol’ days.
We had two seasons of 11 people/teams for gm connected. It was awesome. Just had to make a timeframe for when the games needed to by played by and if they couldn’t then the guy who wasn’t able to just allowed his team to be played by the computer. Another thing the games started missing after ‘14 was you could bring your outside winger to set up below the inside winger for a face-off simply by holding L2 and then up on the stick or d pad before the faceoff was setup.
me a the 1975 fan when guys started playing 👁👄👁
DZ and Corwin have a bond like no one else.
meanwhile FIFA is only just now getting some of the things thats been in HUT for years so NHL still leading the way with the smallest team/budget
Or, they try things on HUT before applying it to MUT/FUT. Not saying you are wrong, I'm just taking a different POV ;)
Leading the way? Lmao FIFA series are by far and away ahead of the rest
Nope, current nhl is disqualified for having so many gamebreaking problems.
Have you not played Fifa? There's way more depth to it compared to NHL. NHL has been a hallow shell since 2014.
That’s beyond false, NHL has been 2-3 years behind fifa and madden since 2013.
The 1975’s “Guys”: *is a somber tune dedicated to the homies*
DZ & Corwin: *literally trying to kill each other*
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You guys are just fun to watch and plus you know it’s not hosted by old farts lol
NHL 14 had by far the best customization of any NHL game to date. I probably spent more time making goalie gear than I spent playing the game aha! I was playing peewee hockey when I had the game and I remember I spent a whole day creating my hockey team in the game. This game will forever be one of my favourites
11:12: HONDAAAAAAAAAAAAA
We've been waiting for this! Thank you guys for the frequently quality content!
NEw jersey was the the best team in that game
Great video series you fellas got going on. There was so much more to this game that didn’t get covered.. the lobbies in EASHL were superior to what they are now. It was also the first year that you could could take a squad in EASHL to practice mode, and .. create a play. That was the coolest, why did they not develop create a play going forward. I just hung up the virtual skates. Been playing EA from the beginning (minus 15😂). Keep up the good work
NHL 14 was the best on the ps3 was the way to go
I need game reviews all the time from you boys. Also editing is top notch👍
oddly enough, this was the last nhl game i bought and i still put in countless hours, though i only really play gm mode.
You still play 14?
@@KrisVic91 i still do
@@nonanimeprofilepic worth a buy?
@@KrisVic91 i'd say so
@@KrisVic91 sorry for late response... but if you have a console to play it, i think 14 is monumental. i grind tf out of GM mode every now and then still.
NHL 14 I play alot, along with Madden 25, what a great year 2014 was for sport games
At the time people didn't appreciate it as much as they do now ! A great year indeed 😊
Getting traded on draft day. Hilarious 😂
Oh my god this was the game that got me into the series. Every game since then has been changing, and I’ve been changing with it, so I can’t necessarily say it’s bad, except for 16 and 18, but 14 is just so nostalgic.
7:26 oh the hope we had for Corey😭
Whoever is in charge of your memes and sound bites is amazing
Easily the best NHL I have played. That was a prime year where drop in games were a must play. Everyone had mics in the lobbies
Underrated thing missing here. The winter classic mode was goated. So fun to play in the snow and they need to bring that back
11:43 guy rly just said that about my hometown team 😒😵
It is a crap logo tho....
Nucks during the draft: “I’ll take that one”
Nucks post-draft: “I don’t want it anymore”
sounds like another certain be a pro player..... when the ptsd kicks in lmao - Turtles _yay
The editing was amazing in this one.
Goalie position in NHL 14 was actually playable and enjoyable. Human G brought a full 6 on 6 game, could thwart glitch goals and give goose eggs in eashl to clubs who relied on exploiting glitches.
NHL 2014 was the first hockey game that I actually played alot, we also had alot of the PS2 NHL games and the 94
Me: *coughing dying laughing at the The Hills intro* 🤣
Nhl 14 is definitely one of the games made by ea. Brimming with a soundtrack, features and gameplay. Definitely one of the hockey games out there.
for me the ones i REALLY loved were 01 cause it was my first nhl game , then 07 i had on psp n ps2.. but 2010 with kaner on the cover still has a big place in my heart loved that one cause it was so much better then 08 which was the last one i had before that
I still remember waking up for NHL 14 at 6 AM so I could play before school😂
I've have owned every NHL to date, all I remember about the old ones is that NHL 11 was always my favorite by far.
NHL 13 and 14 have a special place in my heart
11:08 the Captions said: Somewhat totally looped gold lmao
NHL 14 all day. 15 started the NBC broadcast which was not a upgrade in my opinion.
Whoever edited this video is a 🐐
I remember playing GM connected with a full league, but then again there was an entry fee and i took first :) well technically tied for first, the series was the final playoff series, it was tied 3-3 and both of us decided to split the pool Prize
This was my first NHL game I ever played and it’s still one of my favorites! Wishing I still had my 360.😭
I only started playing hockey bc my friend bought NHL 14 for his birthday and i played with him and fell in love with it. so to me its always gonna be up there
I never expected that of all my favourite teams, the moncton wildcats would be the ones to get their logo shredded
The random car is the best feature in this game
I wish they'd make more of the NHL games on PC... It sucks we haven't had one in more than a decade...
Anything with a "Back to the Future" reference gets a thumbs up from me.
Yes
You are actually first
As a Moncton resident, you can rest assured:
That awful logo is the least of this city’s worries.
True I live in Moncton to
For me nhl14 will always be considered the best all time purely because it was my first nhl game and that same year was when I first started watching ice hockey!
who ever edited the Porter Robinson song over nhl 15 at 0:32 all I have to say is bravo
why yes Z that is head of player safety George Parros fighting former blue jacket and current Assistant Development Coach & Team Ambassador for the blue jackets Jared Boll! 5:21
That Laurier dig was unbelievably cold
Legend says.
That Minivan is still asking who scored.
I liked NHL 15 it felt like nothing was wrong with it. I loved the graphics update and gameplay.
graphics were absolutely horrible but i LOVED the soundtrack and winter classic mode so other than nhls 19 and up this is my favorite and my first when i was like 4
06, 2004, 10, 11 and 14 will always be my top 5 hockey games. I always really liked 14 for the new additions like the enforcer (fuck 1st person fighting lmao), Live the Life, servers for it still being up and etc
The 360 was so much fun I loved the lobby
NHL 09-11 will forever be iconic to me
When DZ said "'Would you like to invite your friends? All one of them." I felt that.
Hearing them talking about my home town hero Connor McDavid got me happy I use to go to all of the OHL games and he was playing for the otters
NHL 08 will forever be my favourite, 14 is a close second
shocking how much smiling yakupov lookslike smiling matthews.
By far the best video for a long long time 😂😂😂😂