FIFA 14

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 606 Ratings

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  1. Karl_Maks
    Jun 8, 2023
    4
    EA should add new features to FIFA where you don't have to spend money on. Besides that, the FIFA franchise is in general good for casuals.
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Jul 27, 2022
    0
    Haven't ever enjoyes soccer in real life so it's no surprise the virtual version is it's own disappointment . It really is just soccer which i guess is what the game says it it but given the attention it has I really assumed they was something else to it .
  3. Blanche
    Jun 9, 2016
    2
    One of the most important aspects of FIFA is the gameplay. This one fell so short of the previous one. I understood that they were trying to promote realism and make the game less fluid to reflect that, but I just remember this game being unbelievably unresponsive to whatever I pressed (particularly shooting, there would be a massive delay). Pace was also a terrible problem because moreOne of the most important aspects of FIFA is the gameplay. This one fell so short of the previous one. I understood that they were trying to promote realism and make the game less fluid to reflect that, but I just remember this game being unbelievably unresponsive to whatever I pressed (particularly shooting, there would be a massive delay). Pace was also a terrible problem because more often than not I'd find myself with players as fast as Gareth Bale during gameplay being matched with someone as slow as Mertesacker even off the ball. The worst FIFA game I have ever played hands down, I tolerated the absolutely abysmal gameplay for a month before snapping after not being able to deal with no more. I also remember Career Mode being very laggy when scrolling through menus. Very annoying just to do the basics within that mode outside of matches. The graphics is the only pretty good thing I can take from this game, otherwise I would have scored this a 1. Never again.… Expand
  4. elmejorjuego
    Sep 25, 2015
    0
    is a bad bad gameplay fifa no difference with other pes there's nothing fun about this game is good or graphics do not buy nothing in this game to amuse you
  5. SJS270959
    Mar 24, 2015
    3
    This is not a fun game to play. Online games are perhaps the only way to play this game where all players are equal. As for playing a game against the ai the first thing I noticed is 1, Your defenders are total no brainers, they simply cannot defend worth a damn. All at sea for crosses, and corners, over the top through balls also leaves my back 4 flat footed. Simply put I feel my line upThis is not a fun game to play. Online games are perhaps the only way to play this game where all players are equal. As for playing a game against the ai the first thing I noticed is 1, Your defenders are total no brainers, they simply cannot defend worth a damn. All at sea for crosses, and corners, over the top through balls also leaves my back 4 flat footed. Simply put I feel my line up consists of 1-3 2. In attack the ai defenders are still masters at one touch tackles. Or perhaps I am just not good enough to play this anymore. I have playing for hours to try and get a result against Inter Milan playing as Rosenborg. In the end I had to mess with cpu ratings, drop down to amateur and play it slow. The result 4-4. Bring back FIFA 10 I used to win games on that edition. I think I will play golf in the future.… Expand
  6. vikesh2206
    Dec 21, 2014
    4
    FIFA 14 replaces the quick pacing of its previous installments with slow, heavier gameplay which extinguishes the excitement and fun of the franchise.
  7. rman1256
    Sep 14, 2014
    0
    The thing about Fifa is that they change nothing and they make you buy it just because it has a bigger number on it. You could buy Fifa 06 for 5 bucks and you will see it is the exact same thing. Trust me DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!
  8. Laurmus
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    Fifa is a joke, EA sports aren't even trying anymore. It is just fifa ultimate team with something on the side. I used to love career mode in fifa, but now it is just there so that they can say it is there, nothing you do has any influence outside the pitch. the team sheets (rosters) does not fit the real world. özil was in madrid fellaini was in everton (there are more), hell not even allFifa is a joke, EA sports aren't even trying anymore. It is just fifa ultimate team with something on the side. I used to love career mode in fifa, but now it is just there so that they can say it is there, nothing you do has any influence outside the pitch. the team sheets (rosters) does not fit the real world. özil was in madrid fellaini was in everton (there are more), hell not even all of the kits are there, they just made some up in some of the same colors (chile's national team's kits)
    the gameplay is terrible, no realism at all, no tactical influence, dribble and shoot that is it, you can change the tactics, but all you really control is the player with the ball.
    (the menu is extremely slow)
    the game needs realism, tactics, and effort, but right now it has nothing, and to be honest the only reason to buy this game is FUT (Fifa Ultimate Team) which also is lazy.    … Expand
  9. GOODFELLA87
    Aug 9, 2014
    0
    Scripted/Handicapped garbage with terrible servers, all EA care about are people who spend real money on packs thinking better players will make there squad better when in reality your bronze team is better than ronaldo ibrahimovic messi etc because its handicapped to help noobs have a chance
  10. Aristotle12
    Jul 23, 2014
    0
    I just bought the Fifa14 game and seriously wish I had read these reviews before doing so. This Fifa game is the worst of all. It is so clunky and disjointed. The screens are terribly slow to load, navigating is ridiculous.

    Come to game play and the only real word to describe it is horrible. Every second kick is offside. in one game, I had 11 offsides, while the CPU had 5 offsides    I just bought the Fifa14 game and seriously wish I had read these reviews before doing so. This Fifa game is the worst of all. It is so clunky and disjointed. The screens are terribly slow to load, navigating is ridiculous.

    Come to game play and the only real word to describe it is horrible. Every second kick is offside. in one game, I had 11 offsides, while the CPU had 5 offsides itself. I'm serious, offside from a goal kick? Off side from a free kick, EA, do you actually know the rules of football? Offside if the player gets involved, not if he's over the other side of the pitch. are you serious? In the same game, the CPU must have some boot on him, 3 times he kicked it out for a goal kick, from his own goal kick, like wtf?

    Also, would have thought with the commentary, that you would know the names of teams and players by now, after 21 years of producing a football game, after all, they're built into your game. Commentators talk about "the team who won" etc, without saying the name of the team, same with "the player who scored deserved to score" again, use his name!!

    I find it astonishing that EA Sport have gone so far backwards with their gaming. Fifa 14 is without doubt the worst game to play or navigate. There is no way I will purchase Fifa 15, it would need a complete, start from scratch rebuild. I thought Fifa 12 was average, compared to Fifa 8 & 9, but my god, Fifa 14 is an absolute bomb. I want my money back!!    … Expand
  11. PaBST
    Jul 16, 2014
    3
    A game with such a high prize tag on it, plus a in game payment feature, you expect that you actually feel some kind of achievement by playing this game. Though, most of the time, you feel the controls are unresponsive, your players will make unlogical passes that aren't based on your controls, they will stutter step in situations where it doesn't make sense to do this, the over the topA game with such a high prize tag on it, plus a in game payment feature, you expect that you actually feel some kind of achievement by playing this game. Though, most of the time, you feel the controls are unresponsive, your players will make unlogical passes that aren't based on your controls, they will stutter step in situations where it doesn't make sense to do this, the over the top through balls will leave your defenses unresponsive for a few seconds, if your opponent passes you will change players, even though you just picked a player to intercept a possible pass, the AI will somtimes chose a plater for you that won't have the slightest chance to defend a header or get to the ball, while it other times wont let you change players when a through ball is more suited a player THAT IS CLOSER.
    All in all I'm SO dissapointed in the amount of effort that has been put into this game to make it feel like a arcade game more than a real life simulation.
    EA - With the amount of money you are harvesting from this, I'm amazed that your biggest concern is the way the ball rolls, when such a high amount of your community cries for you to fix things as this.
    Even though I enjoy playing football, this will be the last FIFA game i'm going to buy or own.    … Expand
  12. Heisenberg14
    May 16, 2014
    1
    This game is a waste of money and time, the gameplay is very bad, the players are so slow. EA has ruined FIFA. I recommend FIFA 13, is so much better.
  13. JaredMessi10
    May 1, 2014
    0
    This is the downfall of FIFA history! Thanks FIFA for trying to make it more realistic; YOU **** RUINED OUR FUN! I'm switching to PES! NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF **** You will regret it.
  14. Headmeister
    Apr 26, 2014
    2
    So relieved to see all the negative opinions about this title. I've been playing fifa on and off for many years on the ps4 one, ps2, ps3. Psp -even the Nokia N-Gage - if anyone remember that! I just got the ps4 and wanted a copy for the new gen. Now I'm not a genius at fifa, I play it fairly simply but suppose I'm average at it, but this game I cannot get on with at all. The player one aiSo relieved to see all the negative opinions about this title. I've been playing fifa on and off for many years on the ps4 one, ps2, ps3. Psp -even the Nokia N-Gage - if anyone remember that! I just got the ps4 and wanted a copy for the new gen. Now I'm not a genius at fifa, I play it fairly simply but suppose I'm average at it, but this game I cannot get on with at all. The player one ai v cpu is dreadful, the game seems unbalanced with a bias towards the cpu, the passing is poor, basically everything about it is just really hard work and boring. I know EA claim realism is key but there's honestly no fun to be had in this. It's excruciatingly dull and very, very frustrating. Protracted matches v cpu on ultimate team are ground out to 1-0 affairs on any difficulty setting above semi pro. I've tried and tried to get on with it and assumed it was just me being garbage at it but I'm clearly not the only one. It's a shame, there's loads they have added to improve it over the years but the grave gradually whittled away at the excitement of this game leaving a very dreary experience. If I was playing versus mates all the time it wouldn't matter but I'm not so I have to play cpu or against kids online and that does my head in. I think the fact that Alan Smith provides commentary sums it all up.… Expand
  15. Axios81
    Apr 9, 2014
    2
    EA have become so unfocused with the franchise. They focus way to much on ultimate team which I don't play because content wise its become very repetitive and not very fun. The same goes for the Career modes because once you learn the trends its a cake walk. Also who ever coded the game play should not have let this product out the door. There are many glitches that ruin games (PlayersEA have become so unfocused with the franchise. They focus way to much on ultimate team which I don't play because content wise its become very repetitive and not very fun. The same goes for the Career modes because once you learn the trends its a cake walk. Also who ever coded the game play should not have let this product out the door. There are many glitches that ruin games (Players going invisible, sound glitches, unrealistic physics, and players standing around when the ball is right next to them). Many of the games customizing features (Madden 09 still has the best in my opinion) don't work. Chants and customs songs often don't work in games and cause the game to crash. Its very common that Away team chants are played more than often. Updating your rosters with created players complete ruins the team they were on making you reset all the squads, deleting the player and re updating. which reminds me very often during updates they are often a month or 2 behind, and players get put on the wrong teams. Lastly the career mode form swings are awful. its fun when your team is in good form but if one player gets in bad form and it spreads to your captain your screed for a month or 2 unless you buy a new in form captain. don't bother playing the games when your in bad form because it will just frustrate you and you'll still lose. then you'll be like me and play the same game 5 times before finally giving up. Lang story short the EA Fifa franchise has to start from the ground up if they want there negative image to change. Small changes like we've seen year to year recently just haven't done it and have actually regressed the game.… Expand
  16. Norris
    Mar 19, 2014
    1
    I don't have much bad to say about the game engine compared to all the other reviews, overall I enjoy the new engine and the game play it forces you to adapt (More controlled build up going from defense to attack and so on).

    However, what I can't stand with this title is everything around the game play, such as... - Extremely slow menu's. Everything you do outside of actually playing    I don't have much bad to say about the game engine compared to all the other reviews, overall I enjoy the new engine and the game play it forces you to adapt (More controlled build up going from defense to attack and so on).

    However, what I can't stand with this title is everything around the game play, such as...

    - Extremely slow menu's. Everything you do outside of actually playing games is sluggish and slow.
    - Market functions being completely broke on Ultimate Team. (I.e. search functions not working at all)
    - The supremely unstable EA servers. You wonder at times how a company at this day and age can have such bad server infrastructure.

    With the resources EA possess I am surprised how a AAA title can be so messed up this far from release.    … Expand
  17. Tommybowler
    Mar 10, 2014
    0
    Feels like outcome determined before I start. Sometimes the team works perfectly usually at beginning of season. When I get near to promotion the players act like they are drunk. I hit the post 15 times in 1 game with one on ones using finesse. The opponent got a lucky header cross and won 1-0 with my defender falling over in the box. So weird not sure why this always happens then start aFeels like outcome determined before I start. Sometimes the team works perfectly usually at beginning of season. When I get near to promotion the players act like they are drunk. I hit the post 15 times in 1 game with one on ones using finesse. The opponent got a lucky header cross and won 1-0 with my defender falling over in the box. So weird not sure why this always happens then start a new season and it seems to be ok again for a few games… Expand
  18. yossarian22
    Feb 17, 2014
    0
    The interference with players attitudes and increasing the chances of trailing teams scoring at 45min and 90min surely causes a doubling effect as gamers can also become determined or demoralised at different points in play. The ease with which goals are scored by trailing teams at 45 min and 90 min looks to be an attempt to make games more interesting rather than fair competitions
  19. cormac-healy
    Feb 14, 2014
    2
    Have to say I have been extremely disappointed with FIFA 14. I was not the biggest fan of 13 and think this is a decent step backwards. Here are my main issues:
    -Heading: What a shambles. The attacking player has such an advantage, there is an inability to change player to the defender nearest the ball. If you have a tall powerful player in your team chances are you are going to be very    Have to say I have been extremely disappointed with FIFA 14. I was not the biggest fan of 13 and think this is a decent step backwards. Here are my main issues:
    -Heading: What a shambles. The attacking player has such an advantage, there is an inability to change player to the defender nearest the ball. If you have a tall powerful player in your team chances are you are going to be very well from corners.
    -Bobbles: It seems that making a clean tackle is a thing of the past. Every time there is any sort of contact (and that is in no way restricted to opposition players, it seems the players in your team enjoy taking break for some human dodgem cars) the ball will head off in any which way, depending on which team has the luck of EA in that match. Awful
    -Passing: I have no idea how it can be so much worse than previous games. The amount of times a pass goes behind the player aimed at is ridiculous, and first-time passes are a thing of the past. Stick to through balls, they are leathal!
    -Lagging: Pretty much every second online game will be ruined by lag. Nothing to do with online connection, just something terrible going on with the servers. A nightmare.
    In general it just seems that it is almost pre-determined who will win, and no matter how you play the result has already been settled. I have played FIFA for a long time, and think it will take a lot of serious improvements in the next game for me to even consider buying it.    … Expand
  20. armedbullster15
    Feb 10, 2014
    2
    in July 2013 i was one of those people who was really excited about fifa 14 and the hype about it's major improvements. Like a lot of people i pre-ordered the ultimate edition of the game. Little to my surprise this game was absolutely woeful. I have played fifa 13's ultimate team last year and although the amount of **** was high, that game was still enjoyable most of the time. Before thein July 2013 i was one of those people who was really excited about fifa 14 and the hype about it's major improvements. Like a lot of people i pre-ordered the ultimate edition of the game. Little to my surprise this game was absolutely woeful. I have played fifa 13's ultimate team last year and although the amount of **** was high, that game was still enjoyable most of the time. Before the game came out EA's producers boasted by how realistic fifa 14 is and how improved it is. We all know EA, a bunch of money whore liers who try to steal money of us. Fifa 14 is anything but a realistic game, especially when it comes to headers. IMO this is the worst thing and the most annoying thing about this game. Headers in this game are undeniably ridiculously over powered to the top. Every **** cross is a **** goal whether it is a player with 68 heading or whether it is a player with 90 heading. When a cross goes in you see your defenders sleeping or taking a coffee and when the ball approaches the attacker they suddenly realise and try the get it, but obviosly this fails.The worst thing about crosses is you try to stop the players from crossing but if they manage to cross they you are **** caused you can't really do anything about it. IMO crosses absolutely ruin the game for me. Another thin is the slow paced feel of fifa 14. Players move slower then my grandma who is 100 years old with a broken hip bone and arthritis in her knees. Dribbling is near impossible because of the extremely sluggish feel of the players. Sometimes it's like they are walking on clogs. Another thing is obviously the over powered over the top through balls. When a player gives an over the top chip through ball your defenders seem to not know what the **** they are doing. It's like they don't see the ball going over them and heading towards the attacker. Also some of the over the top through balls are impossible to pull of in real life football but on fifa everything is possible cause EA said it's so **** realistic -_-. Also i should not forget the high amount of rebound goals one concede. You can have a petr cech with 99 everything and still concede rebound goals .It's ridiculous because the parried balls magically fall onto the attacker's feet and all he has to do is tap it in.
    Overall i could right a **** book about this **** hole of a game. I am usually the type of guy who does not hate on games but this game did it for me a long time ago and i absolutely **** despise it. I hope fifa 15 is actually better and EA take the time to realise that fifa 14 is **** Thanks for reading :)    … Expand
  21. Vaizard87
    Jan 29, 2014
    4
    Whatever the developers and designers did to the character control in this game makes me want to pull my hair out. I have been looking forward to playing this after having Fifa 12 for some time and I am not impressed at all. Please redo game. Thank you.
  22. Nikk27
    Jan 28, 2014
    0
    fifa world cup 2010 was way better than this, this is slow,frustrating and plain not fun anymore,you have to be super precise in every pass and shot and,players are too slow,every attack looks the same, and people are abusing the lobbing pass to the middle constantly, the defending is also terrible, go play fifa world cup 2010 and see all the difference, this games used to be fun now isfifa world cup 2010 was way better than this, this is slow,frustrating and plain not fun anymore,you have to be super precise in every pass and shot and,players are too slow,every attack looks the same, and people are abusing the lobbing pass to the middle constantly, the defending is also terrible, go play fifa world cup 2010 and see all the difference, this games used to be fun now is soulless "realistic ", only the graphics are better than the latest versions… Expand
  23. vizard00
    Jan 26, 2014
    0
    ok listen , if u played PES6 or fifa 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 please please dont buy this game , its a pure garbage of bugs and glitches , its not a football game, the worse sport game in years .
  24. caiodefreitas
    Jan 25, 2014
    4
    Fifa 13 was fantastic. Fifa 14 is a disaster. They tried to put more real moves and just screwd-up a perfect game. All player are slow. The result of this? When you play online, you may see ridiculous amount of offsides because players take 2 seconds do react to your pass command.
  25. Rallandollo
    Jan 18, 2014
    0
    When playing Fifa 14 all you wanna do is snap the disc and throw it right away. It is not only the worst soccer game ever made, it is also the worst sports game ever made. So buggy, slow and with the slowest reactions ever. Same every year. Nothing happens! EA Sports should NOT make Fifa anymore. They don't care about the actual gameplay, they ONLY care about making profits by using a lotWhen playing Fifa 14 all you wanna do is snap the disc and throw it right away. It is not only the worst soccer game ever made, it is also the worst sports game ever made. So buggy, slow and with the slowest reactions ever. Same every year. Nothing happens! EA Sports should NOT make Fifa anymore. They don't care about the actual gameplay, they ONLY care about making profits by using a lot of Money on marketing etc. So poor! I know a lot of Fifa gamers that feel the same.… Expand
  26. surfer83
    Jan 15, 2014
    0
    As disappointed as one can be with the FIFA franchise. I already had my issues with FIFA13 and how little fun I had with it...never thought FIFA14 would be worse. Just as many other reviewers, I created my account just to express my frustration with this football game. I'm not going to expand on the countless issues FIFA14 has, I feel there's about 237 people clearly stating the issuesAs disappointed as one can be with the FIFA franchise. I already had my issues with FIFA13 and how little fun I had with it...never thought FIFA14 would be worse. Just as many other reviewers, I created my account just to express my frustration with this football game. I'm not going to expand on the countless issues FIFA14 has, I feel there's about 237 people clearly stating the issues with the game. It's amazing what companies are willing to do for money and almost literally paying no attention to its loyal clientele willing to go out there year after year with circa €65 without counting all the extras everyone buys. This game made me nearly destroy my walls in anger and frustration, particularly ever since I went up to World Class where you can play a division 2 team that seems to be like Guardiola's Barcelona. Ridiculous. Never thought I'd give up on this game 2 months after buying it with at least 10 months until the new release. Big shame on EA sports.… Expand
  27. thomas481516234
    Jan 12, 2014
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS **** GAME. worst soccer game ever. i cant even believe that the people who "tested" this stupid game even allowed it to be released.
    1.) goals are small making it impossible to score
    2.) your keeper blows theirs is a brick wall 3.) your own players that arent under control wander around mindlessly and wont help you or make a run 4.) u cannot make a pass to save your    DO NOT BUY THIS **** GAME. worst soccer game ever. i cant even believe that the people who "tested" this stupid game even allowed it to be released.
    1.) goals are small making it impossible to score
    2.) your keeper blows theirs is a brick wall
    3.) your own players that arent under control wander around mindlessly and wont help you or make a run
    4.) u cannot make a pass to save your life
    5.) your own players will get in your way when you try to dribble/shoot
    6.) other teams defenders block every shot
    7.) players (on both teams) will run offsides 99% of the time and the ref will call a offside if your 1/10000000 of a millimeter offside
    8.) if your player gets fouled ref wont call it for you
    9.) ref calls everything against the players team
    10.) the difficulty setting will change whenever it wants making the opponents impossible to score on
    11.) you cannot dribble the ball worth a ****
    12.) you cannot shoot the ball worth a ****
    list goes on and on    … Expand
  28. TheCornholio
    Jan 6, 2014
    0
    By far one of the worst FIFA games I have ever played. It's too slow! even messi can't control a ball properly, just the AI can. once again you disappoint me EA.
  29. Barca1985
    Jan 4, 2014
    1
    Maybe they should just fix all the bugs that are in this game for over 3 years now instead of adding new stuff. Get rid of the annoying HANDICAP. They even deny the so called Handicap/scritping. You can't even post about it on their forums or they'll just ban you. It's annoying to first play a great game with great passing and the next game your players cant even pass 1 meter ahead or yourMaybe they should just fix all the bugs that are in this game for over 3 years now instead of adding new stuff. Get rid of the annoying HANDICAP. They even deny the so called Handicap/scritping. You can't even post about it on their forums or they'll just ban you. It's annoying to first play a great game with great passing and the next game your players cant even pass 1 meter ahead or your shots wont go in. Ball that bounces via the back of your defender against the keeper in the goal. All these stupid things make the game sh*t. Usually you would win if you'd play better but not in this game. You have to pray that the game is with you or you'll get a frustrating match and won't win.… Expand
  30. mattplays
    Jan 4, 2014
    0
    it is not the FPS games that lead to mass shootings but this game with the frustration it creates it literally made at least half the people that play this game throw their controller with anger
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 37
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  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2013
    85
    The best simulation of football, but only slightly better than its predecessor. If you’re planning to buy a new console I recommend waiting for the next-gen Fifa 14. [12/2013, p.48]
  2. Eurogamer Portugal
    Oct 29, 2013
    80
    FIFA 14 is a well done game and should keep fans interested for another season.
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  3. games(TM)
    Oct 23, 2013
    80
    There's nothing significant to complain about really. [Issue#140, p.104]
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