FIFA Soccer 14 Next-Gen (PS4) Impressions

[BL8001]

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

Did the weekly challenge games make it to next gen?

Also does the CPU attack better and by that I mean on CG the CPU won't shoot but when they do it goes in. So the human player takes 15 shots and 1 or 2 go in and the CPU takes 1 or 2 and scores 1 or 2. I want the CPU to shoot and miss more. Like reality.

Does the CPU still perform miracle clearances? Example, racing toward their own end line they bicycle kick the ball back to the middle of the pitch right to the feet of a CPU player who immediately starts the counter attack. That nonsense happens frequently in CG.

Are the CPU keepers Lev Yashin no matter whether it's Plymouth argyle or Chelsea you are playing against?

Is offsides called so infuriatingly strict as CG? CG it's just ruthless to the point of annoyance.

Does the difficulty change in a way different to all fifa's in the past? By that I mean on amateur your team is brilliant and moves stunningly gracefully and the CPU is stupid and slow. Then as you move up difficulty levels the CPU becomes amazingly smart and quick to every ball while your team becomes brain dead and feels like the speed and accuracy of the controller input changes for the worse. CG fifa has the worst difficulty programming of any sports game in my opinion.

I have read the quality of everything changes when you move away from the marquis teams. So if you run Le Havre vs sm Caen does it feel like CG?

[NightmareBooster]

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

Did the weekly challenge games make it to next gen?

Also does the CPU attack better and by that I mean on CG the CPU won't shoot but when they do it goes in. So the human player takes 15 shots and 1 or 2 go in and the CPU takes 1 or 2 and scores 1 or 2. I want the CPU to shoot and miss more. Like reality.

Does the CPU still perform miracle clearances? Example, racing toward their own end line they bicycle kick the ball back to the middle of the pitch right to the feet of a CPU player who immediately starts the counter attack. That nonsense happens frequently in CG.

Are the CPU keepers Lev Yashin no matter whether it's Plymouth argyle or Chelsea you are playing against?

Is offsides called so infuriatingly strict as CG? CG it's just ruthless to the point of annoyance.

Does the difficulty change in a way different to all fifa's in the past? By that I mean on amateur your team is brilliant and moves stunningly gracefully and the CPU is stupid and slow. Then as you move up difficulty levels the CPU becomes amazingly smart and quick to every ball while your team becomes brain dead and feels like the speed and accuracy of the controller input changes for the worse. CG fifa has the worst difficulty programming of any sports game in my opinion.

I have read the quality of everything changes when you move away from the marquis teams. So if you run Le Havre vs sm Caen does it feel like CG?

To answer your questions (by paragraph):

-Yes

-IMO this hasn't changed. I had a game in my Portsmouth CM yesterday where I beat Rochdale 2-1 in extra time. I was 21/15 in shooting and the CPU was 6/2 if I remember correctly. They don't shoot more, they do miss some, and they do score when they want to.

-This one is a little up in the air for me. I'll have some games where the CPU defends well yet the keeper is on vacation and everything goes in. Then I'll have games where the keeper is blocking well taken shots with his eyes closed.

-Offsides hasn't changed. EA has already stated that the engine will always make every offside call, even the ones that are offsides by millimeters.

-This is definitely still the same. While the added animations make the game play better you have to remember that this is the same game, just with those added animations. EA's method of increasing difficulty is still to make your players dumber and slower. Also, I still believe that on WC and up, even with the accel and speed sliders the same, the CPU still gets off the mark quicker. I picked up Adam Campbell from Newcastle who has accel and speed in the 80's. How he's getting beat to 50/50 balls and getting closed down on by League 2 defenders, when he has more than a few steps on them from a well placed through ball, is a mystery to me.

-I can't speak to this because I almost never play with the marquis teams. I will say that for the most part unless the gap in quality between two teams is sufficiently large, say 5* vs. 2*, there isn't a very noticeable difference in quality between less well known teams.

[BL8001]

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

Thanks very much Nightmare.

An xbox one is appearing in my home the 25th so this is definitely one of the games I am getting. Just looking for a heads up on the main things I don't like about CG.

[NightmareBooster]

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No problem. One thing that has changed between the two versions that I really like is that there is less (not none, but considerably less) of the BS tackles that the computer would commit, where you would beat them one way and they would shift their position (often times with their feet OFF OF THE GROUND!) and toe poke the ball away. The added animations make it so that for the most part their feet have to be on the ground for them to move...for the most part, lol.

[PhiPsi1]

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@All -

I'm still on the fence on whether or not to take the wrapping off of FIFA 14. LOL! I'm wondering if any fellow PS4 brethren purchased PES 2014 on ps3 before jumping on board to PS4...How does the gameplay compare (obviously, the ps4 should get the nod on graphics I assume) between the two and which of them is more 'sim' and less 'scripted'...I'm on the fence whether or not to get a ps3 (great deals at the moment) for pes 2014 (and apf 2k8 - need my football fix as well beyond madden 25)...OR should I just wait till next gen pes 2014 for my soccer fix.

Thoughts? Cheers fellas!

[BL8001]

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

No problem. One thing that has changed between the two versions that I really like is that there is less (not none, but considerably less) of the BS tackles that the computer would commit, where you would beat them one way and they would shift their position (often times with their feet OFF OF THE GROUND!) and toe poke the ball away. The added animations make it so that for the most part their feet have to be on the ground for them to move...for the most part, lol.

Whoa...you just blew my mind. I gotta see this.

[IlliniOne82]

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Anyone else notice the wrong ball color in career mode for the Premier League. I have it set to default for ball type but I started my career and the yellow ball was used from the start of the season. This is obviously minor but something I noticed. On the 360 version it knew what point in the season to switch to the yellow ball from the white one. I wonder if it's basing it on the real world calendar and not the in game calendar.

[Necrosis]

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Great game so far, but disappointed that they still haven't fixed the fixtures in career mode.

Playing a "pro" career with Arsenal and I've just had 4 matches in 1 week.

Sun: Off
Mon: Off
Tue: Match
Wed: Match
Thu: Match
Fri: Off
Sat: Match

Really? I have to play 3 games in a row and then get just 1 day off before playing another match?

Other than that the game has been great so far.

[steveeee]

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

@All -

I'm still on the fence on whether or not to take the wrapping off of FIFA 14. LOL! I'm wondering if any fellow PS4 brethren purchased PES 2014 on ps3 before jumping on board to PS4...How does the gameplay compare (obviously, the ps4 should get the nod on graphics I assume) between the two and which of them is more 'sim' and less 'scripted'...I'm on the fence whether or not to get a ps3 (great deals at the moment) for pes 2014 (and apf 2k8 - need my football fix as well beyond madden 25)...OR should I just wait till next gen pes 2014 for my soccer fix.

Thoughts? Cheers fellas!

I haven't played FIFA next gen yet but I do know of some big PES PS3 fans that some of them are really liking the new FIFA next gen saying it plays a lot better than Fifa on PS3...

here is a good example of a hardcore PES guy talking about it...

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I say unwrap it ... once I find a PS4... I'm upgrading from PS3 BF4 and PES to FIFA and BF4 on PS4

you can't go wrong with FIFA online either.. online FIFA is so much better than PES and it makes it worth buying the game imo even if you are more of a PES player.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I purchased PES this year, but I think I'm done with it now that I have Fifa. The gameplay is there and it's just a better put together package. I look forward to see what Konami does next year on the next gen consoles, but I'm all about Fifa 14 right now.

[MDgolf]

Noticed the ball color is yellow for BPL in career mode. Weird. Going to change it manually I guess. For Cup games it's white.

[PhiPsi1]

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

I haven't played FIFA next gen yet but I do know of some big PES PS3 fans that some of them are really liking the new FIFA next gen saying it plays a lot better than Fifa on PS3...

here is a good example of a hardcore PES guy talking about it...

I say unwrap it ... once I find a PS4... I'm upgrading from PS3 BF4 and PES to FIFA and BF4 on PS4

you can't go wrong with FIFA online either.. online FIFA is so much better than PES and it makes it worth buying the game imo even if you are more of a PES player.

Thanks for sharing this my friend. TrueBrit is legendary in the PES community, so having his 'seal of approval' is something that cannot be taken lightly.

As soon as I get home from my business trip, will definitely be giving it a go. I need a futbol 'fix' ASAP. LOL!

[IlliniOne82]

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Noticed the ball color is yellow for BPL in career mode. Weird. Going to change it manually I guess. For Cup games it's white.

Yeah I noted this a few posts above. I had this for 360 and the game's logic knew at which point to transition from the white ball to the yellow ball. The yellow ball isn't used until they change from daylight savings time but on One it has the yellow ball from the start of the season. Interesting that it's white for Cup games. I've only played 4 games of my season so I haven't played any Cup games yet. Obviously a minor detail.

I played a game last night, Liverpool against Swansea, and it was the most realistic game I've played on either console in terms of fouls called. I play with 15 minute halves and the game finished with 10 fouls called against me and 8 against Swansea including 4 yellow cards between the 2 teams. I think where I notice some of the biggest differences between 360 vs. One is in the collision animations. When I watch a replay of a foul the physics just look right.

[bad_philanthropy]

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

Yeah I noted this a few posts above. I had this for 360 and the game's logic knew at which point to transition from the white ball to the yellow ball. The yellow ball isn't used until they change from daylight savings time but on One it has the yellow ball from the start of the season. Interesting that it's white for Cup games. I've only played 4 games of my season so I haven't played any Cup games yet. Obviously a minor detail.

I played a game last night, Liverpool against Swansea, and it was the most realistic game I've played on either console in terms of fouls called. I play with 15 minute halves and the game finished with 10 fouls called against me and 8 against Swansea including 4 yellow cards between the 2 teams. I think where I notice some of the biggest differences between 360 vs. One is in the collision animations. When I watch a replay of a foul the physics just look right.

Try manually altering the time and date on your console see if it's tied to that. I have a feeling it is.

[IlliniOne82]

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I would pretty much guarantee that it is. It's a really minor issue and doesn't at all detract from the quality of the next gen version of the game. It's kind of like Madden 13 where all of the pink breast cancer awareness gear would be present during any game you played during the real world month of October, regardless of what month you were playing in game.