2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

 PlayStation 3
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
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  1. games(TM)
    Jun 3, 2014
    70
    There is a greater sense of physicality present. [Issue#148, p.106]
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  2. Eurogamer Portugal
    May 27, 2014
    70
    The limitations of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil are significant when compared with the latest FIFA developments. Reduced in game modes and created for a world tournament, it stands as a valid product for mid-season.
  3. DarkZero
    May 20, 2014
    70
    It might only be worthwhile for a couple of months, but 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is a solid, fun and good football game to fill in the downtime between World Cup matches.
  5. PlayStation Universe
    May 17, 2014
    70
    FIFA World Cup 2014 has enough for both newcomers and veterans alike, but the appeal is embedded so deeply in the World Cup playoffs that that appeal won't last past the actual soccer season. It features great gameplay and a fair amount of modes at a discounted price, and the overall presentation makes other sport franchises look childish at best. Nonetheless, the strength of FIFA World Cup Brazil is in its cashing in on the World Cup itself rather than in the sport, resulting in a good start and a bad finish.
  6. Joystiq
    May 5, 2014
    70
    2014 FIFA World Cup is a reliable on-field game, and its depiction of soccer is as superb as that of FIFA 14, but it's only valuable to the sport's biggest World Cup fans. It behaves more like a one-off version of the sport, one that's not particularly worthwhile with another main entry in the series just months away.
  7. Push Square
    May 5, 2014
    70
    If you've spent a lengthy amount of time with FIFA 14 on the PS4, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil's visual quality and gameplay fluidity can take some getting used to, but this is still an enjoyable package if you've caught World Cup fever.
  8. JeuxActu
    Apr 22, 2014
    70
    It's hard to understand why EA wants to make FIFA more casual, more accessible, as the series is a record seller every year. It's also quite hard to get why FIFA World Cup: Brazil 2014 is sold as an entire game whilst it's more like a big DLC. Of course, all the official content make the game interesting as long as you take it for what it is: a fancy football game far from the demanding gameplay of FIFA 14.
  9. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 15, 2014
    70
    While its presentation is bogged down with messy menus and woeful atmospherics, packing in all 203 eligible teams and simply letting the tournament happen provides a platform for the magic to be recreated over and over again.
  10. Eurogamer
    Apr 15, 2014
    70
    As it is, Sepp Blatter's EA Sports FIFA Coca-Cola Budweiser World Cup 2014 Brazil is partly a game many of its audience will already own, and partly a very, very well made promotional souvenir - one that will aid your enjoyment of this summer's festivities hugely, but that doesn't quite justify its price tag.
  11. Play UK
    May 31, 2014
    69
    Still a fine game of football, but starting to show its age. [Issue#244, p.56]
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  12. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2014
    60
    Neither gameplay nor game modes will make you return to this game after World Cup in Brazil ends. [06/2014, p.67]
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  13. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jun 5, 2014
    60
    Bunch of fresh animations doesn’t merit a buy. The Brazilian setting is well done but the game is still way too overpriced. [Issue#242]
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  14. The Digital Fix
    May 20, 2014
    60
    Still, it’s decent fun whilst it lasts.
  15. 4P.de
    Apr 17, 2014
    59
    As a soccer fan I am disillusioned: One of the world’s leading publishers is not able to reproduce real World Cup feeling.
  16. InsideGamer.nl
    May 19, 2014
    50
    There aren't many reasons to buy 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, because you might just as well get FIFA 2014. The big difference is, that FIFA 2014 has loads content that this version doesn't. It's not a bad soccer game by any means. There's just no reason for its existence.
  17. Level7.nu
    May 12, 2014
    50
    2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil isn’t a bad game. It offers a setting that’s perfectly fit for the occasion and includes almost every license that you can expect. But since it’s largely the same game as FIFA 14 the price tag feels a bit to high, especially considering that very few will play after the real world cup is over.

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 103 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 103
  3. Negative: 45 out of 103
  1. Nicholasandrew
    Apr 24, 2014
    0
    Being to the point -
    - The passes are horrible, even if you aim to the player you want to pass the ball, its really hard to do it.
    - The run    Being to the point -
    - The passes are horrible, even if you aim to the player you want to pass the ball, its really hard to do it.
    - The run is useless, is never good enough
    - The player skills are also VERY limited.
    - The match opening lasts too long
    - The graphics is the same, and sometimes is pretty worse than the others FIFAs games.
    - The penalty aim is pretty confuse.
    - If the ball is crossed into the area, 80% of the times its going to be a GOAL, cause your defese player never jumps to head the ball out of the area. -- The game is simply horrible, and doesn't worth your money.    … Full Review »
  2. welctoj
    Apr 17, 2014
    0
    Not only one of the worst football games ever released, but one of the worst videogames ever. EA can't stop disrespecting and robbing theirNot only one of the worst football games ever released, but one of the worst videogames ever. EA can't stop disrespecting and robbing their consumers money.

    This is not a FIFA 14 reskin, this is much worst, this is a FIFA 10 reskin. The gameplay is absolutely horrible, unrealistic, extremely fast, with horrible passing, IA, player changing and etc

    The graphics are the same than every FIFA

    But the worst part is obvious the scripting. You don't play this game. You juts follow the script EA planned for every match. If you play the match 3 times, you will have the same result every match, the CPU will score always in the same minute with impossible goals.

    It's all designed for casual and noobs that play online feel they can play something when they're crap players. And that's what this game is about, a crap, disgusting game for casual players and noobs, but hey, FIFA 14 was that too, but now they went to far, the few things were right in FIFA 14 gameplay were removed for absolutely no reason, this is not even realistic anymore

    A big fat joke from EA, which is a joke company too. They should go in jail for selling a con like this. This isn't a product, this is a frauld. Don't buy it. If you bought it, get your money back, cancel your order or something like that, there's still time to runaway from this huge disaster    … Full Review »
  3. MILKYJOE81
    May 2, 2014
    1
    This is by far the worst game of the FIFA franchise released to date. How EA can make a game that has gone so far backwards is beyond me butThis is by far the worst game of the FIFA franchise released to date. How EA can make a game that has gone so far backwards is beyond me but I'll try to explain anyway.
    There are so many things wrong with this game that it is hard to believe I have bought the finished article and not a test version, the players dont put through balls or passes in the direction you press, defenders do not want to head away crosses, and the strikers look like they are kicking a ball of iron when they try to strike the ball!
    I am disgusted with myself for even purchasing this game in the hope that it would be an improvement on the last FIFA, but it is obvious that EA are going to concentrate on FIFA15 for the nextgen consoles and so this has been completely overlooked when making FIFA WC.
    So bad....so so bad.....    … Full Review »
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