NHL 15 Critic Reviews
28 Total Reviews
8 Positive Reviews(28.6%)
20 Mixed Reviews(71.4%)
0 Negative Reviews(0%)
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GamingTrend
September 9, 2014
Unfortunately, it really is just more of the same but with an impressive visual bump.
GameTrailers
September 9, 2014
The choice to rebuild from square one on a new engine has resulted in a game that doesn’t necessarily stand up to last year’s on paper, but shows promise when taking into account the track record of EA Sports NHL. In the game of hockey, sometimes you have to make the counter-intuitive decision to take a big penalty to prevent a season-ending goal.
Cheat Code Central
September 10, 2014
NHL 15 shows a lot of movement in the right direction on the new platforms and is a strong basis to make even better games for years to come.
IGN
September 9, 2014
It plays extremely well, whether online or offline, proving why EA Sports' long-running series has been the king of the ice for over 20 years. But there needs to be a reason to keep playing, and it's there that NHL 15 falls short and feels somewhat vacant.
God is a Geek
September 15, 2014
Where NHL 15 falls down is with its replayability and game modes. Not only are fan favorite modes missing, but the ones we do get are not feature complete. If you can deal with only having a few modes, then NHL 15 is well worth buying, but the lack of variation is sure to become an issue over time.
Pelit (Finland)
October 25, 2014
NHL 15 lacks all the game modes. It is just an engine update for the coming seasons.
SpazioGames
October 27, 2014
NHL 15 is an episode full of contradictions and choices that have puzzled us. Still, it proves solid as ice, accessible and deep as ever, enhanced by Ignite that seems to have found its raison d'être in hockey games.
CD-Action
December 13, 2014
New engine’s impact on game’s quality is noticeable, but still rather small.
ZTGD
September 22, 2014
Sadly, as it stands right now there is too much missing to make it feel like a complete package.
Play UK
October 19, 2014
It still plays a great game of hockey but in losing game modes and features that long-term players will miss, NHL 15 on PS4 is pretty hard to recommend to fans.
Shacknews
September 9, 2014
If you're expecting a completely stacked, feature-laden game as you've gotten in the past, you're bound to be disappointed and on the phone with EA's customer service department, wondering where the majority of your game content has gone. However, if you're an avid hockey fan, you probably won't mind hitting the ice and taking part in a well-rounded contest of hockey, and seeing what the new visuals and audio have to deliver.
DarkStation
September 22, 2014
The action on the ice is fantastic. It looks great and plays even better. However even with the beauty on the ice there is a lack of substance within the game that makes NHL 15 feel like it needed another year before being released on the new consoles.
Digitally Downloaded
September 25, 2014
Taken from within a vacuum, NHL 15 is a perfectly solid hockey title, however longtime fans of the series are bound to be disappointed by the things that they have grown used to over the years that are missing.
Level7.nu
September 29, 2014
NHL 15 is a promising but lacking premiere on the new consoles. Basic
mechanics work great and the new physics engine improves the shooting
and skating quite a bit. Unfortunately there isn’t much more to do
than shoot and skate since most of the in-depth content is missing.
What isn’t missing though is odd bugs and lousy defensive play. NHL 15
is still a good game, but it should have been better.
XGN
October 5, 2014
NHL 15 looks beautiful but behind its face there are some lacking elements. The last NHL game had obviously more modes than NHL 15 has now. It still is a fun game but not the best NHL game to get.
Gaming Age
September 17, 2014
If I were to sum up NHL 15 in one word it would be “disappointing.”
4Players.de
September 13, 2014
This is not about what hasn’t made the cut into the final product. Sometimes it can be good to start over. This is about what it is there. And this is not enough. This is almost as if in this case EA stands for Early Access.
Game Informer
September 9, 2014
With the startling amount of missing content, kneecapped modes, and uneven gameplay in NHL 15, either EA Sports isn't giving EA Canada the same level of resources as its other sports franchises or the development team is woefully incapable of negotiating a console transition. If the publisher doesn't care to put a winning effort into its NHL series, hockey fans have no reason to jump over the boards and buy the game.
Playstation Official Magazine Australia
November 28, 2014
Gameplay-wise, marginally better and prettier than the last. Content-wise, the worst example in recent memory of the tight-fisted annual sports game model.