FIFA Soccer 14 Next-Gen (PS4) Impressions

[RandyBass]

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...For some reason unknown to man I have a feeling that they think fouls take the "fun factor" out of the game. It's just a dev team philosophy.

I think the omission of fouls is a company wide policy.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if they hired some firm to do testing for them, to see what the general consensus was regarding the most sellable game. Results of this testing? People don't like fouls, so default settings are all made sure to have as few fouls as possible.

EA doesn't really seem to strive to make the best games anymore, they seem to strive to make the most sellable game, to boost their stock price whatever the cost.

It's pretty much carbon copy for business in America: company starts out in the hands of creative individuals with fresh and innovative ideas, company starts to grow as product starts to do well, company goes public as the original founders essentially cash in their chips, company is then overrun by the soullessness of Wall Street who then drain it of everything that made it good in the first place, and finally the company is then replaced by a shell of it's former self and either hobbles along with the aid of marketing and public relations or the company is completely gutted by a fold or a buy out.

^An overgeneralization, but you'd be surprised how much of it actually rings true.

[KG]

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Just a couple of quick things that need changing:

Throw-ins - The ability to select who will throw the ball-in. If I'm up late and I have single ST up top I don't want him throwing the ball in if he's the closest player. I'd like to waste time in this situation. I'd still like to be able to take quick-throws if I want in certain situations.

Time - I don't understand how FIFA can have this wrong for so long. I hate seeing the clock stop in regular time, let alone stoppage time. When you get into stoppage time you have to gauge by feel when the official will blow the final whistle.

I'd say the first point is minor compared to the 2nd.


Edit: Decided to start an ongoing list of issues & potential solutions in my blog so I don't clutter this thread up. The posts can get rather tedious so maybe I'll just summarize them in here. If anyone cares:

http://www.operationsports.com/KG/bl...sues-blog-xb1/

[ty5oke]

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Was thinking about picking up the game for PS4 and trying out the demo now.

A couple things that I don't like:

- Game speed is way too fast for my liking, I can't seem to find a game speed slider in the demo
- Ball feels weightless to me and not a separate entity than my player.
- Weight of players feels off as well, I don't like being able to turn so easily, don't get a great feel of planting going on

Trying Orion's sliders in demo but I can't find a difficulty level to change either and this default level on demo is a joke.

[bwiggy33]

Re: FIFA Soccer 14 Next-Gen (PS4) Impressions

Just a couple of quick things that need changing:

Time - I don't understand how FIFA can have this wrong for so long. I hate seeing the clock stop in regular time, let alone stoppage time. When you get into stoppage time you have to gauge by feel when the official will blow the final whistle.

I'd say the first point is minor compared to the 2nd.
http://www.operationsports.com/KG/bl...sues-blog-xb1/

You absolutely read my mind. It is honestly infuriating that the clock stops once it hits stoppage time. I don't get why they do that at all. Besides lack of fouls it's my number 2 gripe.

[bwiggy33]

Re: FIFA Soccer 14 Next-Gen (PS4) Impressions

Was thinking about picking up the game for PS4 and trying out the demo now.

A couple things that I don't like:

- Game speed is way too fast for my liking, I can't seem to find a game speed slider in the demo
- Ball feels weightless to me and not a separate entity than my player.
- Weight of players feels off as well, I don't like being able to turn so easily, don't get a great feel of planting going on

Trying Orion's sliders in demo but I can't find a difficulty level to change either and this default level on demo is a joke.

Trust me you will not have issues with either of these in the final version. Plug in Orion's sliders and the pace of the game will be nothing like the demo and there will be no turning without planting. Sliders is what makes FIFA good. Out of the box I really don't like the game at all because the pace of the sport is way off. With Orion's sliders this game is taken to a whole new level. Such a realistic feeling game.

[ZachArt002]

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PS4 league forming; a spin off of TFS (which is in its 11th season). Rules. Give a holler if interested.

[KG]

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I'm still seeing a lot of scuffed and rushed clearances by keepers.

I wonder if it's a ratings issue because keepers have really low long passing, shooting & crossing ratings. So in theory if the CPU keepers hit "shoot" (B on the XB1) they will scuff it due to a low shot rating (maybe poor technique?) or scuff it due to a low crossing/long passing rating (X on the XB1) due to low ratings in those categories.

You would think that the "GK kicking" would be the equivalent of one of those ratings for an outfield player.

BTW, the scenario that I see this happening is when the CPU passes back to their keeper. It's usually due to a defender being under pressure and having no immediate outlets but the keeper usually has more than enough time to at least hoof it down field.

[blaza]

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Completely agree about the broadcast cam. I NEVER play on it (always Tele) but the default Tele Broadcast cam for online games is STUNNING.

[Yeats]

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I'm still seeing a lot of scuffed and rushed clearances by keepers.
I wonder if it's a ratings issue because keepers have really low long passing, shooting & crossing ratings.

Do you mean the weird 15-20 yard balloon clearances by CPU GKs and defenders? That's a game coding issue; I was able to fix it in the PC version by changing some gamefile codes. It doesn't have to do with player ratings, no.

[KG]

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Do you mean the weird 15-20 yard balloon clearances by CPU GKs and defenders? That's a game coding issue; I was able to fix it in the PC version by changing some gamefile codes. It doesn't have to do with player ratings, no.

Yup. Just noticed a balloon clearance by a RB who had decent stats so I agree, it's no ratings issue.

I don't mind it with a keeper who's under pressure from an attacker closing down.

The new animations make this game very enjoyable. Seeing the CPU midfielders use their body to shield a defender and turn them with a change in weight is a welcome surprise for this series.

[Alexious]

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Hey there, sorry to hijack this thread but I have pretty much no other way since I can't post new threads yet.

I've bought FIFA 14 on Amazon US with the B2G1 deal, but I'm European (so I'm still waiting for tomorrow) and specifically Italian. I'd like to be able to download the commentary in Italian.

Is it possible from the US version at all? I remember that in the old versions of the game there was something like this in the downloads section.

Thanks in advance

[wco81]

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OK, I haven't played FIFA in awhile but they've really changed it up. X used to win the ball consistently but now it's a "contain" button and you have to use O to tackle or L2 to jockey?

Neither of these are particularly effective. Elite forwards are hard to stop now.

Or is there something else I'm missing?

[jfrost32]

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So are your cpu teammates still dumb? Do they still just stand around and make terrible runs? I heard they made the ai smarter which means what your teammates become more stupid...

[Azamien]

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So are your cpu teammates still dumb? Do they still just stand around and make terrible runs? I heard they made the ai smarter which means what your teammates become more stupid...

AI teammates are much better than in old gen. At least in standard games. I have no idea about player career.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I got this a couple of days ago and I've been playing it quite a bit. Solid game, but man am I struggling to score. I'm only playing on professional, but seeing that some of you are having a go on World Class and Legendary gives me hope that I'll improve. Good looks at the goal are rare for me, and when I do get them I choke half the time and send it wide. This is a big change of pace from the last Fifa that I played a lot. I haven't tried any online at all, but I like what I'm seeing offline.