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  1. Dec 20, 2013
    6
    I'm not going to say that FIFA 14 is a 'must play' game, because it simply isn't. But then when you look at FIFA games, you are essentially looking at an upgrade from the previous years title. And in this respect, FIFA 14 delivers.

    The game-play is good, flowing and marginally more realistic than previous years. However, as with all FIFA titles, when compared to last years, not
    I'm not going to say that FIFA 14 is a 'must play' game, because it simply isn't. But then when you look at FIFA games, you are essentially looking at an upgrade from the previous years title. And in this respect, FIFA 14 delivers.

    The game-play is good, flowing and marginally more realistic than previous years. However, as with all FIFA titles, when compared to last years, not massively. There is still a cadre of people playing FIFA 13 online, so if that is what you are interested in, I wouldn't recommend the outlay for slightly better graphics and updated teams. FIFA 14 is a substantial improvement on FIFA 12, but FIFA 13 is a good point between the two if you already own a copy of 13. Yet I still find something different about FIFA 14; something that makes me glad I bought it. When going up against the AI I find that they adjust themselves to the game. Playing multiple games against the same team but with my team different caused different styles. Teams play more like they are famous for; Barcelona dominate possession, Manchester City go for attacking while being vulnerable at the back, Chelsea remain hard to break down. This is good.

    Overall, is FIFA 14 worth it if you have FIFA 13? Probably not. Is it a good game? Definitely. If you didn't get FIFA 13? I would definitely say worth it.
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  2. Jan 5, 2014
    6
    What can I say? Fifa 14 is a pretty solid game in the series, but it still lacks some features that would make it great. Two examples come into my mind, first, it would be the difficulty levels. There aren't 5, just two, either the AI acts retarded and you can do anything you want, or, in the second scenario, on legendary, your players look like the have a serious phobia for the ball. TheWhat can I say? Fifa 14 is a pretty solid game in the series, but it still lacks some features that would make it great. Two examples come into my mind, first, it would be the difficulty levels. There aren't 5, just two, either the AI acts retarded and you can do anything you want, or, in the second scenario, on legendary, your players look like the have a serious phobia for the ball. The second issue, which personally I find outrageous, is the momentum thingy... It should have never happened, and it should never happen from now on. It makes the game completely not fun to play. Overall, the motions, the graphics and the interface look good, and always liked the music. Expand
  3. Nov 10, 2013
    5
    Pros:

    -Added momentum
    -More proactive AI
    -Fixed pace problem

    Cons:

    -Players all play too similarly Mertesacker shouldn't be able to keep up with Neymar or Falco yet thats exactly what happens.
    -Passing in FIFA is still light-years behind PES
    -New Ignite engine not used on PC port
    -Headers are the new pace.

    Overall same game new meta. 5/10
  4. Dec 22, 2013
    6
    It´s hard to talk about this because they went horribly wrong with creating this... it´s still pretty much the same as before, but now it is harder, more glitches and bugs and the thing I really hate is, that when you are surrounded by players, there is no chance of kicking it out. I like this game and i recommend it, but sometimes it gets annoying
  5. Nov 16, 2013
    7
    Definitely not as good as FIFA 13.

    Let's start with the good side, which will take considerably less space than my rant about the game following this paragraph. EA has completely overhauled the menus in the game. It is very Windows 8-esque that takes some getting used to, but is ultimately an upgrade over previous versions. Of course, we have new licenses (most of them South American),
    Definitely not as good as FIFA 13.

    Let's start with the good side, which will take considerably less space than my rant about the game following this paragraph. EA has completely overhauled the menus in the game. It is very Windows 8-esque that takes some getting used to, but is ultimately an upgrade over previous versions. Of course, we have new licenses (most of them South American), which is also nice to see. Graphics are okay (not on par with many other PC titles, but whatever), and you have more than enough options to customize your game, just like every year.

    But that's about it. I'll point out the downsides now:

    First, of course, is the issue that the PC version of the game doesn't get the next-gen engine, but is stuck with a current-gen console port instead. In addition, EA decided to create more "realism", slowing down the game a lot, which really only leads to frustration instead of immersion. And it's not even that the developer changed the pace to make the players run slower, but also the reaction times of the players are utterly laughable. Fair enough, top teams are just about playable, but if you want to play a League 2 team in career mode, you'll have to prepare back up controllers to be used in cases of wrecking them in frustration. Additionally, you'll have a player chill on the floor after a diving header or a loss of balance, seemingly ignorant to anything happening around him. If this wasn't annoying enough, somehow EA decided to completely leave the extremely dense AI as it was before, again leading to some extremely frustrating moments. You'll have players running around like headless chickens when ordering your team mates to pressure, and attackers running straight into you when you beat the last defender, of course messing up your chance. Attacking is very tedious in other ways as well, however, as the slow pace of the game will become a huge burden when playing weaker teams that will park the bus.

    It's not like the game is completely flawed, but come on, EA. I honestly thought they were going to pay more attention to PC after the recent versions have been on par with their console counterparts, but apparently not anymore.

    Clearly, you can get used to the game, but it takes a lot of patience (which many don't have) to get there.It's really a chore to play and it's honestly the first FIFA I've regretted to buy this far.
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  6. Nov 6, 2013
    7
    This game looks like a bad version of fifa 13.
    When you come out of the goal with your goalkeeper and want to get back the keeper moves extremely slowly instead of running back into the goal.
    Heading is way too overpowered and pace does not not count anymore. When Puyol can outrun Bale something is wrong. They also still didn't fix the impact engine, red cards when you don't make a
    This game looks like a bad version of fifa 13.
    When you come out of the goal with your goalkeeper and want to get back the keeper moves extremely slowly instead of running back into the goal.
    Heading is way too overpowered and pace does not not count anymore.

    When Puyol can outrun Bale something is wrong.
    They also still didn't fix the impact engine, red cards when you don't make a foul and no whistle when you get tackled from behind.

    I hope FIFA15 will be better than this.
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  7. Oct 1, 2013
    5
    How to score a goal in FIFA14:
    1) Make a diagonal run with the ball
    2) Play a Lobbed through ball over the top to a pacey winger 3) Pacey winger outpaces the fullback 4) Play in a perfect cross no matter how terrible the player is at crossing 5) The Big Centre Forward heads it into the net. 6) Repeat Honestly this is worse than FIFA08 when all you had to do was sprint to the line
    How to score a goal in FIFA14:
    1) Make a diagonal run with the ball
    2) Play a Lobbed through ball over the top to a pacey winger
    3) Pacey winger outpaces the fullback
    4) Play in a perfect cross no matter how terrible the player is at crossing
    5) The Big Centre Forward heads it into the net.
    6) Repeat

    Honestly this is worse than FIFA08 when all you had to do was sprint to the line and pass sideways to score.
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  8. Dec 27, 2013
    7
    FIFA 13 was amazing but this one is worst, the players are too slow performing any action and don´t know how to defend, they don´t go after the ball and can´t place themselves in the best position. The graphics are the same for years and the commentaries are a joke. I shouldn't spend my money on this version.
  9. Sep 22, 2014
    5
    FIFA is a tipical first impression game. It looks great for the first time, it looks good for the second time, but when you start to play regularly a career offline you will eventually experience lack of detail and content.
    For example cpu transfer choices are random and stupid. You can easily sign a top player for free when he has six months left of his contract. CPU teams do not extend
    FIFA is a tipical first impression game. It looks great for the first time, it looks good for the second time, but when you start to play regularly a career offline you will eventually experience lack of detail and content.
    For example cpu transfer choices are random and stupid. You can easily sign a top player for free when he has six months left of his contract. CPU teams do not extend their stars' contracts. Also, loaning players out is a nightmare, you just cannot loan out enough players, and this is also pretty random. You cannot play them in a reserves team, because FIFA do not have one. Basically, you will need to include below 70 players in your 85+ squad from time to time. If you want your youth players to stay in the youth team, they will want to cancel their contracts by time, usually in the worst situation.
    Match quality is also poor. The replays are lifeless and sometimes useless. Like when the keeper is kicking out the ball and an offside occurs. The camera does not shows the actual situation, only the goalie. The half time and full time cutscenes also very repetitive and lifeless. I also need to mention those cheap cup win scenes, which the game has only one. It is screwing up the whole atmosphere for a champions league win.
    And now comes the worst part, the actual reason I hate the series for years now. The matches are simply run on rails. I become extremely frustrated when I beat Sunderland into the ground with a 3 times in a row champion in my 5th season and they score a goal from their first attack in the 83rd minute making the results 3-1. I just want to play a clean game, but the cpu rarely let me to do it. 3-1 is a very common result, because I play mostly uneven matches in the BPL, still, they mostly have that one goal. There are some other nice results like 4-2, 2-0, 2-2, which the game likes pretty much. A football game is needed to be balanced and controlled, but not this much. Moreover, when the cpu scores a goal from first attack it usually does from a laughable position or by hitting the crossbar and running for the rebound. Usually, you do not have the actual chance to avoid these goals even with a world class defend line. I would be glad if I could try this game with a memory emulator, so I can reload a few seconds older state and see that the same things happen or not.
    Some says that this years FIFA (15) is less railed, but as far as I see it is not that much better. It still wants to make every match memorable, surprise-full and tense, when in the real life most of the matches are simple and boring. This game is suitable for some light-minded play with my friends, but nothing more.
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  10. Oct 14, 2013
    6
    First, Graphics from 2008. This has to be a straight port from XBOX or even worse. Actually I was counting on this, since it seems like the latest trend with all games so I am not surprised. God forbid' (beside Crysis 3 and a very few games) a game developer would utilize at least a modest PC's computing powers, let alone a high end machine! You can have your 4-6-8 core processor with 15First, Graphics from 2008. This has to be a straight port from XBOX or even worse. Actually I was counting on this, since it seems like the latest trend with all games so I am not surprised. God forbid' (beside Crysis 3 and a very few games) a game developer would utilize at least a modest PC's computing powers, let alone a high end machine! You can have your 4-6-8 core processor with 15 Gigs of RAM and 2 videocards in SLI, this game won't max your system EVER. Actually you could just use your mother's internet-only Walmart computer to play this game.
    Ok, now to the game.
    I have played plenty of FIFA titles in the past, going all the way back to Sega Genesis. I knew the exploits, I knew the limitations of the AI or the shortcomings of ball handlings and lack of AI. But I haven't played a Fifa game since 2009, not counting my mobile app (2012). Let me tell you something. This is really FIFA (insert any date from the past 20 years) with addition of extra graphics, animations and SOME improvements overall. Yes, they slowed down play, yes, they improved AI so I can't just slowly walk across the field without being challenged, yes scoring is harder.
    But play it for several days and the novelty wears off, and you feel like you are playing the same game you played 5-10 years ago.
    AI still attacks with sometimes unbelievable ball control and untouchable ball players, regardless of their condition and status. It seems like their overall grade only counts if they are your team! Especially on harder difficulties.
    Now coming about the difficulties. The lowest (amateur) settings means, that the AI is just making very laughable mistakes. It doesn't look realistic, since the players still attack with the fury and ball control precision they do in higher difficulties, but they seem to get a brain-fart attack. run and forget what they were about to do and leave the ball for you. It looks superficial and just laughable.It gets so easy, that it will bore you to death, you will be looking for challenge in no time and crank up the difficulty. As you go higher on the difficulty level, they become near untouchable. No matter how much you slide or block, they seem to have an energy-shield around them and the ball is like tied to their legs when they gain possession. They don't even have to dribble, just run with the ball. You try the same and they tackle you in no time. That's not how "difficulty" should work. I should still have my level of game, while the AI would employ better tactics and reading my strategy better and try to block me the best it can.
    So in a summary, this feels old and tired already, seen it before, played it before, although there are now less exploits and the AI may lack less than 5 years ago, but it's far from anything you'd expect in a software in 2013.
    So why I gave 6? Because all the modes and options you can try, and playing it occasionally, you may have some fun for a while. But old school FIFA players don't expect to see much new, and newcomers you will see the shortcoming and mediocre game mechanics and the severely outdated graphics within no time.
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  11. Jan 25, 2014
    5
    I read a different review that said "much more realistic, much less fun". and I completely agree. The control on the ball is much more realistic, as is the first touch mechanic and all those things. However this makes it much more difficult to control, and makes your players more prone to mistakes that you can't control. Unless you're counterattacking it never seems like there is enoughI read a different review that said "much more realistic, much less fun". and I completely agree. The control on the ball is much more realistic, as is the first touch mechanic and all those things. However this makes it much more difficult to control, and makes your players more prone to mistakes that you can't control. Unless you're counterattacking it never seems like there is enough space to build a play. Players close down on you too quickly and since the ball control is less tight it can be very difficult to keep possession in tight areas or get past a couple defenders. Yes this is realistic but it's so not fun. Plus it includes some frustrations from the previous versions: ball clipping through feet/head at the worst times possible, computer AI perfectly controlling powerful blocked shots, occasionally it is frustrating/boring trying to regain possession when the computer decides to be a hog. Rating this game in cursing exclamations per game I'd say Fifa 13 = 2-3, Fifa 14 = 10-15. Heavily frustrating. If you're planning on buying it maybe just update the squads for 13 and wait to see what 15 has in store Expand
  12. Apr 20, 2014
    5
    The last FIFA game i played was the 2010 iteration. And i liked it very much. When i got this one, i was expecting a major improvement.

    Now i understand that football is still football, there's nothing to do about it. But i expected the graphics to at least be a little better. And it wasn't, which was very disappointing. Another thing that bothered me, which i strangely have no
    The last FIFA game i played was the 2010 iteration. And i liked it very much. When i got this one, i was expecting a major improvement.

    Now i understand that football is still football, there's nothing to do about it. But i expected the graphics to at least be a little better. And it wasn't, which was very disappointing.

    Another thing that bothered me, which i strangely have no explanation for, was how the game lacked any soul. I remember how excited i was playing FIFA 08 and 10. But here, not so much.

    On the other hand, the game is challenging. The mechanics are pretty good. And i enjoyed the Player Career game mode.

    Overall, the gameplay is good, the graphics suck, and i realized that this will probably be my last FIFA game to play.
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  13. May 17, 2015
    5
    First off, full disclosure - I'm a PES fan, and the last FIFA I really played was way back in 1996 I believe. Compared to that version of FIFA this game is really quite good. But it's nowhere near as good as PES 2006 was before KONAMI lost their way. And looking at the latest incarnation of FIFA it becomes apparent PES at least partially has lost its way in an attempt to imitate FIFA.First off, full disclosure - I'm a PES fan, and the last FIFA I really played was way back in 1996 I believe. Compared to that version of FIFA this game is really quite good. But it's nowhere near as good as PES 2006 was before KONAMI lost their way. And looking at the latest incarnation of FIFA it becomes apparent PES at least partially has lost its way in an attempt to imitate FIFA.

    Here's a quick breakdown of what I don't like in FIFA 14:
    - Everyone is running in treacle; the game is a lot slower than English football. PES made this mistake too and it makes the game less fun.
    - Passing is slow and reinforces the feel that you're playing football in a highly viscous liquid environment
    - First touch pinball; most of the players can't control the ball at their feet, and it pings around madly with nothing you can do about it. This is another FIFA feature that has infected PES as well
    - Almost every shot is blocked by defenders and unlike in PES, you can't easily create space using the basic controls. FIFA expects every player to be performing skill moves and tricks to create space. This isn't how football works.
    - Over-reliance on skill moves (see above) - this also applies to other parts of the pitch. The issue is confused by the fact that not everyone can pull off all moves, and even the most basic moves might fail to be pulled off by some players. This also makes learning the game confusing when you have no idea if you're not doing the right move or the player just can't pull it off. I'm not talking about particularly skillful tricks here, but simple changes in direction and stepovers.
    - Defending is weird; it's really easy to win the ball back with your attackers and midfielders. It's really hard to win it back with your defenders. It should be the other way around. The reverse applies when you have the ball - getting the ball to your attackers is a doddle, not losing the ball with your attackers within a few microsends is a challenge
    - Goalkeepers are overpowered, one-on-ones are extremely hard to score
    - Shots tend to go either straight at the keeper, into the corner or just wide (unless you really miskick). Maybe it's just me, but I can't figure out how the aiming is supposed to work on any setting other than manual (which is far too difficult for me).
    - Passes are iffy in that they often go to the wrong man; or they go to the right man, but you're given control of a man in between. I have yet to figure out how to take control of the player the pass is actually going to. The AI likes moving this player away from the ball, or has him stand there watching the ball dribble into touch.
    - Through balls are almost always intercepted, but lofted through balls always reach their target with the attacker in the clear.
    - The UI is a mess. Not sure why it gets so much praise. Starting the game requires you to make far too many choices, such as choosing the same settings file you've always used. I have no idea why the designers thought that you'd want to create a new settings file each time you play (the default). Or why you need to confirm that you want to load a saved game multiple times after choosing to continue said saved game.
    - In the same vein, the squad selection screen doesn't give you any indication as to what positions a player can play in aside from their primary position. You're supposed to remember this. There is a function (not always available) to switch through the players that can play in the selected position, but this only works before a home game - it's bugged when away and you can't use it.
    - Painful transfer system in career mode, made even more painful by a poor UI
    - Transfer deadline day requires you to sit around for 10 minutes pressing X. Great fun.
    - Skill games before every match (no thank you)
    - Celebrations that are hard to skip (there's a button combo, but I have no idea what it is after remapping the controls)
    - Match highlights that aren't highlights while skipping actual highlights

    What I like:
    - The player change mechanic is far superior to PES, which really made the game infuriating to play. FIFA's option to only have players switch automatically when "air balls" are played is how it should be. The ability to change players with the right stick is nice, albeit somewhat finicky at times (but great for corners/free kicks). The AI that determine what player you switch to when using the switch player button could do with some work though.

    What I don't care about either way:
    - Licenses: FIFA has some. If you really care about licensing over gameplay, kudos to you

    FIFA 14 isn't a terrible game and I only paid 10 smackeroos for it, and definitely got my money's worth. But it isn't a particularly good game either. It's not much better or worse than PES 2013, but that's not really high praise either. There must be a market for a football game out there that is great fun to play and actually feels like football - but for now you're going to have to make do with either PES or FIFA.
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  14. Nov 23, 2013
    6
    If you played FIFA 13 then 14 is no different. The game is the same product as last year's almost an exact copy. Just a new scheme to the games menus a few more commentary lines and boom there's your FIFA 14 game. Oh lets not forget the new roster update with a few added leagues and teams non of with most players would play with but love variety. Another negative is that EA advertised theIf you played FIFA 13 then 14 is no different. The game is the same product as last year's almost an exact copy. Just a new scheme to the games menus a few more commentary lines and boom there's your FIFA 14 game. Oh lets not forget the new roster update with a few added leagues and teams non of with most players would play with but love variety. Another negative is that EA advertised the Protect the Ball feature and yes it is a great feature if you the user are controller the player but, the A.I fails to protect the ball even the best players on the highest difficulty. If your wondering wether or not to skip this one thats up to you. Are you a die heart football fan? than yes/ no> if you play it casually like myself. Expand
  15. Nov 25, 2019
    6
    Better than Fifa 13 for sure, but worse than Fifa 12.
    Still you can shot 30 times and hit only the keeper, and then probably AI will score at the last minute.
    Im not really joking I won 8 games on 9 online but still I find it hard to play offline. Yes I play legend because I like challenges but jesus christ this is freaking hard lol! Thing is you can have always the ball but it does
    Better than Fifa 13 for sure, but worse than Fifa 12.
    Still you can shot 30 times and hit only the keeper, and then probably AI will score at the last minute.
    Im not really joking I won 8 games on 9 online but still I find it hard to play offline.
    Yes I play legend because I like challenges but jesus christ this is freaking hard lol!
    Thing is you can have always the ball but it does not matter when the opponent AI will score with just the first shot at the end of the match...
    I still enjoy this game, but I miss FIFA 12...
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  16. Dec 23, 2013
    5
    FIFA 14 brings very little new to the table in modes, etc. However, the actual gameplay seems more polished, you get a sense of weight passing and such unlike the previous incarnations. Career Mode is much better, but I only play career mode so I'm afraid I cannot vouch for other features. However, due to modability on the PC, you can improve the game and add quite a few teams and gameplayFIFA 14 brings very little new to the table in modes, etc. However, the actual gameplay seems more polished, you get a sense of weight passing and such unlike the previous incarnations. Career Mode is much better, but I only play career mode so I'm afraid I cannot vouch for other features. However, due to modability on the PC, you can improve the game and add quite a few teams and gameplay aspects that you can't on console so that's nice too. However, these don't make up for the fact that EA has improved very little in FIFA in exchange for 50 dollars in what could have been essesntially an update. Expand
  17. Feb 26, 2014
    5
    The gameplay is solid, but the PC release feels like a afterthought. The graphics look like a 2008-game, but the gameplay redeems it. It's still good, but it looses points for being basically the same game as FIFA 2013.
  18. Mar 14, 2014
    5
    Jogo alem de ter vindo bugado, ficou pior do que o fifa 13, fifa 13 ficou quase perfeito, nesse jogo, só pegaram o fifa 13, copiaram, atualizaram e pioraram para assim botar no fifa 14, jogo muito mediano, não gostei.
  19. Jul 11, 2014
    5
    A HUGE disappointment. Nothing new was really added to this one, which was kind of depressing. The graphics are just bad. It's 2013 EA, get it together already. This game is so bug-filled that I could take a bath in them. FUT would be great, except it's really buggy, and the fitness/contract aspects of it are a joke. It's basically just a way to get you to spend real money on it. TheA HUGE disappointment. Nothing new was really added to this one, which was kind of depressing. The graphics are just bad. It's 2013 EA, get it together already. This game is so bug-filled that I could take a bath in them. FUT would be great, except it's really buggy, and the fitness/contract aspects of it are a joke. It's basically just a way to get you to spend real money on it. The goalies are just plain awful. I have one of the best in the game, and he misses nearly every shot, and will literally jump out of the way of the ball at times. The only thing that Fifa 14 really has going for it is the physics engine, which does make it pretty realistic. The commentary was also pretty great, and made it feel like there were real people watching and commenting on your every move. Overall this game is just boring and depressing, and I really hope they fix all its problems for Fifa 15, but at the rate things are going, I highly doubt it. Expand
  20. Oct 3, 2015
    7
    Un año mas Fifa nos brindo otro muy buen juego de la saga , pero con innovación nula (cambio de interfaz y poco mas , y me pareció bastante negativo el modo manager sea tal irreal respeto la IA )
  21. Feb 14, 2021
    7
    fifa 14 is probably the last good fifa game along with 15 before EA focused on money the online is pretty problematic ngl but other than that great gameplay great song choices.
  22. Sep 7, 2022
    6
    Нічого особливого, просто чергова фіфа з покращеним візуалом і проапдейченими складами.
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    7
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    7
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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PC Gamer UK
    Nov 6, 2013
    89
    FIFA 14 has the same old problems as previous incarnations, but it remains the same great football game. [Dec 2013, p.84]
  2. Oct 28, 2013
    89
    I’m not sure there is enough extra content to warrant a purchase from FIFA 13 unless you’re a diehard fan and want the up to date player lists, but if it’s been a couple of years since you’ve looked at a FIFA title, then there is no reason why you shouldn’t be getting FIFA 14.
  3. Oct 11, 2013
    70
    FIFA 14 is the reassuring central-defensive midfielder of the series. Dependable, rather than revelatory. Physical, tenacious and tight on space. It does the job without fuss, but also lacks flair.