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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
@@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.
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 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 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
4:23 So i've heard this in The Diamond Minecart's (as far as i know) most recent musical intro, but i don't know if the song he used is ACTUALLY his, or just something he borrowed for his intro after the older one was (aparently) taken down for copyright.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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?
You didn't even talk about the soundtrack ... The soundtrack is awesome
11:06: CaN sOmEoNe TeLl Me WhO sCoReD?!
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😂
"Can you spot the difference?" Pierre: "I can."
So good.
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.
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)
We've been waiting for this! Thank you guys for the frequently quality content!
I can hear Riot by Bullet for My Valentine just by looking at the thumbnail
whoever edits these deserves a huuuge raise! legit always have tears from laughing every time
Thank you 😄
14 is my favorite NHL of all time and I've been playing them since 01
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
I need game reviews all the time from you boys. Also editing is top notch👍
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!!
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 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! 🤟🏽
The editing was amazing in this one.
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.
GM Connected... the Great White Buffalo...
It’ll return someday...maybe...hopefully
Whoever is in charge of your memes and sound bites is amazing
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
YAY NEW BARDOWN VID! WHAT A GREAT CANADA DAY! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I thought it was second on July
TheBandit025 Canada Day is today
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.
DO A GM CONNECTED WITH EVERYONE
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.
I literally played this the other day lol
Ps. Happy Canada day!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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
Let's go happy Canada day
me to lol i actually played this so much on my ps3 i had to buy a new disc lol love it
I love watching the BarDown crew
You guys are just fun to watch and plus you know it’s not hosted by old farts lol
I love the edits in all the BD vids lmao.
By far the best video for a long long time 😂😂😂😂
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!!
Seeing that Hawks roster takes me back to the good ol’ days.
DZ and Corwin have a bond like no one else.
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.
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.
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
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.
The edits are amazing
me a the 1975 fan when guys started playing 👁👄👁
NHL 14 was my all time favorite NHL game. When NHL 15 came out on next gen it crushed me.
This was my first NHL game I ever played and it’s still one of my favorites! Wishing I still had my 360.😭
Especially liked the be a pro theme. Pre and post game interviews, Happiness level from teammates, management, fans.
11:12: HONDAAAAAAAAAAAAA
NEw jersey was the the best team in that game
Gooed vido i have now been waching for 1 yere . You guys are my favs my dreem is to meet you guys but i live in st louis
Editing is on point, boys. :)
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.
7:26 oh the hope we had for Corey😭
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
Me: *coughing dying laughing at the The Hills intro* 🤣
NHL 14 was the best on the ps3 was the way to go
Getting traded on draft day. Hilarious 😂
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
The 1975’s “Guys”: *is a somber tune dedicated to the homies*
DZ & Corwin: *literally trying to kill each other*
sounds like another certain be a pro player..... when the ptsd kicks in lmao - Turtles _yay
11:43 guy rly just said that about my hometown team 😒😵
It is a crap logo tho....
Best video I've seen in a while lol.
Your game reviews are amazing
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.
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
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.
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
Thanks for the Ferris shoutout Z lol
The 360 was so much fun I loved the lobby
I never expected that of all my favourite teams, the moncton wildcats would be the ones to get their logo shredded
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
That moncton part made my day lol
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 editing is great
Anything with a "Back to the Future" reference gets a thumbs up from me.
NHL 2014 was the first hockey game that I actually played alot, we also had alot of the PS2 NHL games and the 94
Underrated thing missing here. The winter classic mode was goated. So fun to play in the snow and they need to bring that back
Happy Canada Day from Ottawa, Bardown members! 🇨🇦
Whoever edited this video is a 🐐
11:08 the Captions said: Somewhat totally looped gold lmao
plz keep making more game capsules and nothing else
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.
The random car is the best feature in this game
You guys need to include the Canucks more PLEASE. Also I’m a Canucks fan so it’d be fun for me :D
Brings back so many memories 😢
i remember getting to open one present in 2013 on christmas eve and being so happy when i got this one
A 6v6 GM Connected Mode was my dream back then! :D
Editing is still legendary
NHL 13 and 14 have a special place in my heart
So glad to say that this is the first nhl game I played and I haven’t stopped
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 😊
13:18 looking back at it, they had a futur NHLer on the 4th line of a qmjhl team at 16 years old 48 overall
Still playing nhl 2014 XD I remember how excited I was when I did buy it.
Great video bArDoWN lol 😂
4:23
So i've heard this in The Diamond Minecart's (as far as i know) most recent musical intro, but i don't know if the song he used is ACTUALLY his, or just something he borrowed for his intro after the older one was (aparently) taken down for copyright.