FIFA 15

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4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 463 Ratings

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  1. Heresticus
    Sep 30, 2014
    2
    Yes, graphics and presentation is really well. Plus soundtrack; yeah these are the only features that prevents me to give 0 to this piece of **** But you know what, this game has no gameplay mechanics at all. This is not FIFA! FIFA has never been such an arcade game. Until 15. You can't defend properly, every pass is accurate, every shoot goes to net. Ridiculously easy free kicks, easyYes, graphics and presentation is really well. Plus soundtrack; yeah these are the only features that prevents me to give 0 to this piece of **** But you know what, this game has no gameplay mechanics at all. This is not FIFA! FIFA has never been such an arcade game. Until 15. You can't defend properly, every pass is accurate, every shoot goes to net. Ridiculously easy free kicks, easy shooting, easy passing, easy dribbling... This game is so **** easy and so **** fast as well and as a result, this game offers no 'reality', no 'football'! If you have always been a FIFA fan, don't buy this game. You will definitely get disappointed. What happens if you buy? Let me tell you. Every time you play, you'll laugh and laugh more, get burst, then laugh again and again, and start to bewail with tears the money you spent to this game after a few minutes when you regain consciousness. This may end up with a broken Logitech gamepad. Don't do this!… Expand
  2. wincreeder
    Sep 29, 2014
    0
    they are making same **** every year since fifa 11 which was a playable game, but from 12 they started making crap with good graphics, they are focusing on graphics but forgetting about gameplay, i thought football is a passing game, but things just changed my friends now football is a dancing game, if you like to dance on field then you will like it, but if you like to play passing,they are making same **** every year since fifa 11 which was a playable game, but from 12 they started making crap with good graphics, they are focusing on graphics but forgetting about gameplay, i thought football is a passing game, but things just changed my friends now football is a dancing game, if you like to dance on field then you will like it, but if you like to play passing, crossing and shooting football game which we see every day in a real match then its not for you, all i want is a good gameplay, realistic gameplay but they are removing it every year by little bit, once fifa was a fun for me but now its a waste of money and waste of time, i am done with fifa (Ea Sports F###k The Game)… Expand
  3. AllBecauseOfYou
    Sep 28, 2014
    1
    Joke game, don't know what EA have done but defenders are just terrible in this game. Every half decent fast player in FIFA 15 controls like Cristiano Ronaldo in FIFA 14, it's a **** joke, meanwhile the defenders just stand around like plonkers.

    Big gaps between defence and midfield, and there seems to be nothing you can do with your formation or tactics to fix that. During kick off you    Joke game, don't know what EA have done but defenders are just terrible in this game. Every half decent fast player in FIFA 15 controls like Cristiano Ronaldo in FIFA 14, it's a **** joke, meanwhile the defenders just stand around like plonkers.

    Big gaps between defence and midfield, and there seems to be nothing you can do with your formation or tactics to fix that. During kick off you can run past the attacking and midfield in 2 strides, having the rest of the pitch to run at defenders, who just stand there like idiots and even manually tackling one player is not easy.

    This is arcady attacking football at best, if that is all you care about then enjoy, but expect to not defend properly.    … Expand
  4. YellowPinkie
    Sep 28, 2014
    0
    Looks and sounds great courtesy of the Ignite engine; flawless presentation - all leagues, teams, grounds players present and correct, so, all good then? No. There's no online team play - that's 95% of what I play. 2v2 is the sweet spot for this game and it's been removed. Online is ruined for me and so the game is ruined. Bravo EA, last FIFA I'll be buying, you bunch of dullards.
  5. felix45
    Sep 28, 2014
    1
    Game became completely casual. Besides gives the impression that it was done by people who are far away from football. All actions are tied to illogical scripts that can't be controlled. The only positive thing in the game is good graphics.
  6. VictorShuktomov
    Sep 28, 2014
    2
    The game is good, but 1800 rubles per year? Wtf? Groundlessly very expensive comparing to other games. Could have give a discount to thouse, who have previous FIFA games.
  7. Dovafox
    Sep 27, 2014
    4
    This game is a pure reskin from Fifa 14. Oh also, the Ultimate team is just **** pay to win, you CAN'T argue with that. The offside system is completely bugged out which bites you in the arse everytime...
    The online has NO matchmaking, you can end up against a player that has wasted probably 400 dollars the first week to get the "ULTIMATE" team that wrecks your **** ass by the first    This game is a pure reskin from Fifa 14. Oh also, the Ultimate team is just **** pay to win, you CAN'T argue with that. The offside system is completely bugged out which bites you in the arse everytime...
    The online has NO matchmaking, you can end up against a player that has wasted probably 400 dollars the first week to get the "ULTIMATE" team that wrecks your **** ass by the first minute even if I was bad. The player also often fails to pass the ball where I want it to be neverthless I am looking straight at my target.    … Expand
  8. Saff3rUK
    Sep 27, 2014
    7
    OK, I have to eat a little bit of humble pie. I first reviewed this game and game it a 4, believing I had played enough games to make an accurate determination. I decided to go give it another go, ramping up the difficulty to World Class, adjust some sliders to slightly increase the CPU's error frequency in passing and first touch. The result? A MUCH more rewarding experience! Now, I amOK, I have to eat a little bit of humble pie. I first reviewed this game and game it a 4, believing I had played enough games to make an accurate determination. I decided to go give it another go, ramping up the difficulty to World Class, adjust some sliders to slightly increase the CPU's error frequency in passing and first touch. The result? A MUCH more rewarding experience! Now, I am having to seriously play the ball, and, giving the my players a little more time while holding the ball, they actually do run into space more intelligently than I thought.
    You see the truth is, in previous FIFA outings, I would dink the ball about the pitch fairly quickly, trying to move it up as quickly as possible, and it worked. Trying to do the same again in 15 can work, but it was this way of playing that caused me to become frustrated. Holding onto the ball, waiting for the runs, and being a little bit more patient is paramount.
    I've played about 10 games on World Class now and I am thinking more about my tactics, what instructions to give my players and using more quick tactics than ever before.
    World Class seems to also have unlocked varied ways in which the CPU will try and score against you. I mentioned before that most of the time, on Professional, they would constantly trot up to my corners and then try and wind in. Now I'm getting shots coming at me from all over the pitch which is much better.

    Finally, the biggest revelation and realisation that occurred to me last night is when I realised that defending is VERY different to how you would approach it compared to FIFA 14. I used to use the jockey and contain buttons all the time, but it seems they have been nerfed in 15, now instead, the trick seems to be to get close enough to the opposition player and time the standing tackle right, and suddenly, your defenders are not useless anymore!

    So, I can't delete my initial review, and I will caveat the positives with the fact that it is still a bit of a grind and not quite the beautiful game of football we would all love to play and see, but putting more time in to this game has made me realise I was wrong on some aspects.

    I'm somewhat nervous to play online because I think that will just annoy the living **** out of me again.    … Expand
  9. krhysc
    Sep 26, 2014
    2
    Short and sweet - Nice new animations, crap AI (again), perfect tackles as fouls (again), GUI looks exactly the same as its predecessor (again). This will be my last FIFA game as I'm fed up with paying £40 every year for the same game. Shame, guess I'll have to go outside and actually kick a ball to induldge my interest in football.
  10. Tubey
    Sep 26, 2014
    8
    To get one thing out of the way quickly, there's no way, at all, by any standard, this game should score less than a 5 from anyone. I can sort of understand a 5 or 6 as perhaps people are a bit blunted by the iterative nature of FIFA and the lack of substantial improvement to modes like Career and FUT, so the standards you expect on a yearly iterative game may differ substantially to mine.To get one thing out of the way quickly, there's no way, at all, by any standard, this game should score less than a 5 from anyone. I can sort of understand a 5 or 6 as perhaps people are a bit blunted by the iterative nature of FIFA and the lack of substantial improvement to modes like Career and FUT, so the standards you expect on a yearly iterative game may differ substantially to mine.

    But the core game itself is fine (odd random bug aside) with improved AI movement, greatly improved goalkeepers, a smarter aerial system where headers aren't the equivalent of a cheat mode and, last and least importantly, the graphics.

    The scripting arguments are, as per usual, stupid, but it's going to happen when a shot hits the post late on or you concede a scrappy goal, because nerd raging at the game itself is easier than looking at where you got it wrong. It's common in the Football Manager community too, it's the nature of the beast with sports gamers.

    As noted, bugs exist. I've played the PC and PS4 versions (the PC version, barring FUT, is probably the superior version surprisingly), and frame rate issues are real at times and ruin immersion in the game.

    But there's nothing inherently wrong with this title. Metacritic, for all its' plus points, will never reflect with a user score the games quality, so my advice is to ignore what everyone here says (including me) and play the free demo. You'll know inside 5 minutes whether you rate it or not.    … Expand
  11. xTobyMc
    Sep 26, 2014
    6
    FIFA 15 is definitely an upgrade to FIFA 14 for PC users, with the developers finally giving us the Ignite engine, something we should have received when FIFA 14 was out. With the Ignite engine's new physics and animations, the game definitely feels a lot more realistic in terms of the players looking like real people and showing emotion, as well as the expanded techniques for shooting,FIFA 15 is definitely an upgrade to FIFA 14 for PC users, with the developers finally giving us the Ignite engine, something we should have received when FIFA 14 was out. With the Ignite engine's new physics and animations, the game definitely feels a lot more realistic in terms of the players looking like real people and showing emotion, as well as the expanded techniques for shooting, making saves, etc.

    However, despite the new engine, the game doesn't feel hugely different, as you'd expect with this type of game that's simply recycled annually. There are still so many bugs in-game too, and considering the game doesn't expand beyond the stadium, I'd expect them to iron out all glitches and bugs by now. If MMO's can be bug free on release, surely this game should. I've already experienced moments where the ref is giving my player a yellow card, and the screen just gets stuck looking at the ref, I had to wait about a minute for it to return to the game.

    PC performance is also poor. When the game runs normally, I get well over 100fps on max settings and everything is fine. However, for some stupid reason, when going into replay animations or taking a goal kick, the FPS drops to 30, it's extremely annoying (I have turned off Vsync for those that may wonder). I also cannot Alt+TAB out of the game, because when returning to FIFA, it enters windowed mode with a letterbox view which is unchangeable unless I restart the game.

    Players still act like idiots as well. Goalkeepers still make saves and take about 5 seconds to stand up again, meanwhile the opponent has tapped in a rebound shot. Players go flying to the floor (due to the physics engine) from the smallest of contact. Players go to control the ball and somehow it deflects off their shin about 6 metres ahead of them, despite the pass being extremely low powered. etc, etc, etc, the list goes on.

    Oh, and Ultimate Team FIFA points are far too expensive as always.    … Expand
  12. Sawt00th
    Sep 26, 2014
    4
    Bugs bugs bugs, how'd you like em, how'd you like em.....I played a game where the cameraman hovered from the behind the goal moved all the way up to the other end of the pitch and stayed in the opposition box, to make matters worse, he counted as me being offside......awesome work. A real master class EA. That was on my 2nd game? Game-test much EA???
  13. Nanduker
    Sep 25, 2014
    3
    It's by far the worst release of all the FIFA's. Although the demo looked good as soon as you buy the game and try the FUT 15 you will realize how many things it lacks and how many glitches it has. It won't matter wether you are skilled or not, the final result will depend on how lucky you are or you are not with the glitches. A 5 years old kid could just take a pad press forward, shootIt's by far the worst release of all the FIFA's. Although the demo looked good as soon as you buy the game and try the FUT 15 you will realize how many things it lacks and how many glitches it has. It won't matter wether you are skilled or not, the final result will depend on how lucky you are or you are not with the glitches. A 5 years old kid could just take a pad press forward, shoot and score.
    The graphics are great at least, the only thing they've donbe properly since it is the only thing people care about these days.    … Expand
  14. corv1n
    Sep 25, 2014
    1
    EA selling same game from year to year, only slightly improving graphics and changes interface. Same scripts, same mechanics, same bugs. If you bought fifa 14 and you didn't liked, then don't buy this game, it's not much different.
  15. xVinci
    Sep 24, 2014
    0
    This game is a buggy and unplayable mess. Just do some Googling and you'll find what you need to know, long story short all the players run to the CENTER (including Goalkeepers) and stay there. To do a workaround you have to CHANGE THE NAME OF YOUR PC!!! (Just think about it for a few sec, and then throw Fifa along with EA into the garbage).
  16. orisnas
    Sep 24, 2014
    5
    FIFA15 is a great game```````If you didn't have FIFA14. I think I should get a 50% off for FIFA15 since I've got a same thing last year,then I will give it a 8
  17. claudiufulga
    Sep 24, 2014
    10
    After first minutes of play, the game is definitely different from the previous versions. Improved graphics quality, AI, off the field animations, commentary (although may still seem repetitive).
    However, there are some silly bugs (the most annoying being the one when all the players run towards the ball like a stupid child). EA needs to fix the bugs ASAP.
  18. mboner1
    Sep 23, 2014
    10
    Great game, I have played fifa since the early days and this is a massive improvement over fifa 14. Much faster gameplay, first touch is much more intuitive with the higher skilled players being able to do quicker moves, taking on and beating players 1 on 1 running , dodging, doing special moves has never felt so good.
  19. Dragon_Fly
    Sep 23, 2014
    9
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    Pro:
    Game is considerably more exciting to play. It's not as easy to Steam Roll superior team on Amateur; the AI is much more intelligent. Navigational Control of the ball with attitude I have never seen in Fifa 14; most notably when one picks up the Skilled Dribbler Specialty. The visual graphics    ================================================================================
    Pro:
    Game is considerably more exciting to play.

    It's not as easy to Steam Roll superior team on Amateur; the AI is much more intelligent.

    Navigational Control of the ball with attitude I have never seen in Fifa 14; most notably when one picks up the Skilled Dribbler Specialty.

    The visual graphics are incredible compared to Fifa 14; if one doesn't pay close attention... the crowd looks very diverse...

    It's a tad bit harder to score with the same sense of feel used in Fifa 14; one can't just mash the button and get ball in the upper corners of the goal.
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    Cons:
    My game is unstable in Fullscreen mode and I have to run windowed to keep it form freezing; when game does freeze I would just Ctrl+Tab to go to windowed mode and it unlocks. Still better than having to lose the whole match and Save Point.

    If one just barely misses the post, the ball will bounce off instead of flying out of bounds.

    Still can't see the contract length with your current club.

    The music compared to Fifa 14 sucks; they tried to reinvent the wheel.
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    All in all, I still enjoy playing Fifa 15 over Fifa 14. The control is much better and one can actually draw fouls in Fifa 15 with ease. I used to never get fouled in Fifa 14; but I have noticed that the AI does some heavy tackles in Fifa 15 and it does irk me when I get heavy tackled 3 times in a row and no foul is called.... It's still realistic about fouls...    … Expand
  20. MrEthan
    Sep 23, 2014
    10
    I played the demo and i'm waiting for the full game, but how can people who are used to playing this game on PC rate this **** below 6? This feels like going from FIFA 13 to FIFA 15 and not 14 to 15. Finally we get the next gen version. The graphics are amazing, the animations are far better, not perfect by any means though, but it's getting there. I rate this a 10 because i finally feelI played the demo and i'm waiting for the full game, but how can people who are used to playing this game on PC rate this **** below 6? This feels like going from FIFA 13 to FIFA 15 and not 14 to 15. Finally we get the next gen version. The graphics are amazing, the animations are far better, not perfect by any means though, but it's getting there. I rate this a 10 because i finally feel like i can say i enjoy FIFA more than PES.… Expand
  21. DeadFirer
    Sep 23, 2014
    10
    The game is perfect, the goalkeepers are much better and the gameplay is well balancer, the animations of the players and stadiums makes the player into the virtual field.
  22. Llaerrick
    Sep 23, 2014
    6
    no doubt about it, the graphics and presentation of FIFA15 are very good. in fact almost everything not connected to the game play itself (single player, career mode - have not much time multiplayer/online yet so will reserve comment on that aspect) is very nice.

    one noticeable change is that there tends to be more goal mouth frenzy and deflections in this edition. in the last three    no doubt about it, the graphics and presentation of FIFA15 are very good. in fact almost everything not connected to the game play itself (single player, career mode - have not much time multiplayer/online yet so will reserve comment on that aspect) is very nice.

    one noticeable change is that there tends to be more goal mouth frenzy and deflections in this edition. in the last three hours, i've probably scored more deflected goals than my entire FIFA14 play through. the goalkeeping handling is also more realistic with more spilled shots and slightly slower reflex saves. there are noticeable attempts to incorporate more AI management (the AI manager does occasionally switch formations and tactics during the course of a game).

    but unfortunately, underneath all that glitter and bling, there are still some pretty irritating and poor aspects of the game especially in career mode when you control only your player. player AI is still generally poor with limited wing play and crossing. way too many square passes to each other and the less said about your team's AI defence the better (like having 4 Djimi Traores in your defence ...). the AI problem is highlighted as generally chances are only created by your player either actively or passively (i.e. either beating your man, giving/getting a through ball, or crossing) which means that the opposition team has a really hard time scoring. on legendary setting with default sliders (except for injuries which i turned up), in 20 games, my AFC Wimbledon has only conceded 1 goal ... as much as I like winning games, there isn't much point if there really isn't that much of a challenge. also, they really need to work on the realism aspect of the game somewhat, i get it that England sucks in real life, but getting a call up in my rookie season while playing in League Two is stretching it a bit.

    so after a few hours into the game, it's pretty much more of the same except that it's better looking. don't get me wrong, while it's not a bad game and it's pretty fun, aside from all the cosmetic differences, i am a little disappointed that there aren't more real changes to gameplay/simulation in FIFA15 - for starters, better AI team-mates and opposition, more intelligent/realistic management, and less arbitrary match ratings (i get more points standing around doing nothing sometimes than actively pressing and defending). oh yes, and still the worse set pieces and set piece AI this side of the known universe. freekicks are pretty much an exercise in randomness, the AI's set-piece taker's decision making leaves so much to be desired, a throw-in routine routinely gives the ball back to the opposition 50% of the time    … Expand
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#41 Best PC Game of 2014
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#60 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 12, 2014
    80
    A finely tuned game that doesn't need to overhaul anything and offers a gameplay experience without any compromises. [Issue#246]
  2. Hooked Gamers
    Oct 27, 2014
    82
    If the team at EA Sports gets the balance right between attack and defence, this game would be near perfect. But as it stands, FIFA 15 feels like a slightly improved version of FIFA 14, a game that itself was near footballing perfection.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 25, 2014
    88
    EA Canada has done an excellent job. Yes, there are some rough edges like too many player errors during throw-ins or kicking the ball over side line in cases where it would be better to kick it to the middle of the field. Too many hits on the goal posts and bar. But developers have managed to conquer new heights where they will sure nest and polish this flagship series, until the time comes for a new breakthrough. [Nov 2014, p.96]
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