Captain your country mode is a little messed up. Depending on your ranking and who your "rivals" are, they will take up 3 spots on the team potentially replacing your star players. Because one of my rivals was a RW, Messi never played, even when we made the World Cup...
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
Captain your country mode is a little messed up. Depending on your ranking and who your "rivals" are, they will take up 3 spots on the team potentially replacing your star players. Because one of my rivals was a RW, Messi never played, even when we made the World Cup... -
Fortunately it is NOTHING like the over-the-top arcadey demo. Something still feels off, maybe a bit too floaty, but probably can be fixed with slider tweaks. Miles better than current-gen FIFA 14 but still a long way short of next-gen FIFA 14. It is really, really hard to go back to the old graphics and frame rates once you're used to next gen...
Started World Cup Qualifiers with Poland - interesting to play at Montenegro in "Pampas Stadium" (or something like that) as my first match and to have scores coming in from a New Zealand qualifier in real time (that would be a neat little time zone trick IRL).Comment
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
Wow, thanks dude. Amazingly that's pretty much accurate too. Good sign for the rest of the lower end squads in the game.Weekend Roady - http://www.weekendroady.com Sports and Travel. I'm a fan of the Nationals (MLB), Capitals (NHL), Wizards (NBA), Commanders (NFL), DC United(MLS), Crystal Palace (EPL) and too many college teams to count...
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
I like they do have the full qualification. They missed that in 2010 where they dropped you in various spots depending on the region. In CONCACAF, CAF, AFC all have the 2 leg matches with the smaller teams first that they didn't have in 2010. And OFC has the bottom 4 play in round round robin too.
I haven't play much Fifa since the 2010 World Cup game so I can't really comment on it vs FIFA 13 or 14.Comment
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
Really have enjoyed the game so far, much more so than FIFA '14. AI teammates have performed pretty well so far in CYC. And absolutely loving the radio feature.
However, I have had the game freeze three times within the Captain Your Country mode. Two while in the menus, once while a training session was loading. Downloaded it through the Xbox Marketplace, not sure if it's an issue with the digital version.Comment
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
Really enjoying this game so far.
I am a sucker for presentation/atmosphere, so this game is right up my alley. The shots of the crowd are cool. I love the post-goal stuff (shot of the manager, and then sometimes going back to "live shots" of fans watching back in the home nation). The atmosphere in the stadiums is great so far, from what I've seen.
And of course, as a GFOP, I almost had to get the game because Men in Blazers was in it. Kind of fun hearing Rog and Davo talking as you're setting the lineups before a game.University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
A bit disappointing, Online Friendlies carry over the five game season aspect from FIFA so there's no option to select Extra Time/PKs. Me and a buddy were looking to play out the whole tournament over time and realized those weren't options.Comment
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I noticed a couple of problems:
1. Cannot change kit numbers. It really bothers me to see a number 53 playing in the World Cup.
2. It asks you to choose a World Cup Roster, but when the tourney begins, it's a random roster.
3. It does not allow me to create a goalie.
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
Captain your country mode is a little messed up. Depending on your ranking and who your "rivals" are, they will take up 3 spots on the team potentially replacing your star players. Because one of my rivals was a RW, Messi never played, even when we made the World Cup...
ST - Altidore
CAM - Me
LM - Johannnsson
RM - Johnson
Dempsey/Donovan have to come off the bench until the game (hopefully) decides to switch the rivals. I'm really enjoying the game, but definitely some curious design choices by EA in this.
edit: Finished the last game and it shifted to Jozy (3rd), Donovan (4th), Me (5th), Johansson (12th). So hopefully they drop Johannsson soon.
And the game just froze for the 5th time today. Doubt it's my console, I haven't had issues like this with any other game.Last edited by zmcman1; 04-16-2014, 02:09 AM.Comment
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If anybody is curious (as I was), here is the breakdown of licensed kits vs. fake kits:
61 Real Kits of 203 nations (30.0%)
By Region:
AFC - 6 Real of 43 nations (14.0%)
OFC - 1 Real of 10 nations (9.1%)
CONCACAF - 6 Real of 35 nations (17.1%)
CONMEBOL - 10 Real of 10 nations (100.0%)
UEFA - 30 Real of 53 nations (56.6%)
If anybody wants, I can list the 61 countries with real kits.Comment
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Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Available Now, Post Your Impressions
If anybody is curious (as I was), here is the breakdown of licensed kits vs. fake kits:
61 Real Kits of 203 nations (30.0%)
By Region:
AFC - 6 Real of 43 nations (14.0%)
OFC - 1 Real of 10 nations (9.1%)
CONCACAF - 6 Real of 35 nations (17.1%)
CONMEBOL - 10 Real of 10 nations (100.0%)
UEFA - 30 Real of 53 nations (56.6%)
If anybody wants, I can list the 61 countries with real kits.Weekend Roady - http://www.weekendroady.com Sports and Travel. I'm a fan of the Nationals (MLB), Capitals (NHL), Wizards (NBA), Commanders (NFL), DC United(MLS), Crystal Palace (EPL) and too many college teams to count...
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It wasn't. That was one of the reasons I traded the game in after a week. CONCACAF started with the hexagonal. There was that and the actual WC tournament was kind of broken. Teams that should have qualified according to the standings didn't. That game was rushed. Between that and the FIFA 10 debt glitch, I told myself I'd never buy another FIFA game. But, if this has full qualification and the bugs that were in South Africa 2010 have been fixed, I'll likely pick this up. The France '98 and Germany '06 games were a lot of fun to play. I hope they've recaptured that.
PS- I kind of wish they'd bring back indoor mode like they had in the France '98 game. That was something different, and a blast to play!MLB: Cincinnati Reds
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