Fifa 14

Tommo. You need to update your squads in the menu, you may find those Liverpool stats have been updated and Sakho will be added in

I will start with a few things that get under my skin.

Ultimate Team
Ultimate team is a great mode, i remember the first day it was released, and now its FIFA's bread and butter game mode, however, EA's desire to fuck you out of your hard earned money seems more and more visible every edition, i feel like the lack of coins you are given per game is directly trying to persuade you to buy FIFA points with Real money, i will admit, i have bought FIFA points before, but you never ever get your moneys worth, it is a complete and utter wank, you have to play around 16 games and maybe win them all to be able to afford a 7,500 gold pack, and most likely you will get bugger all in it, its just an easy way for EA to persuade people to spend real money, i would argue that the only way these days to get a "dream team" is to spend stupid amounts of real money, they have conned everyone who has ever bought FIFA points and that is the cold truth.

FIFA 14
So, i spent 16 quid to play the early access and once again i am left with a sour taste in my mouth, the endless crashes, the poor servers, my career mode data has already corrupted once..... and i got to week 4 on the calendar, its a joke, the endless millions EA earn from FIFA and they cant even make a correctly functioning game.
Then it jumps to gameplay, the current Gen FIFA 14 is the slowest FIFA i have ever played and it is way to easy to score, this goes for headers too, headers are completely OP.
OK, i'll admit, i do love the new ball physics and animations, but that isnt enough, i have heard a lot of well known FIFA youtubers actually complaining at how slow it is when they played it early, without mentioning names, one funny black FIFA youtuber distinctly commented many times on how FIFA 14 on current gen was just not fun, it's slow and just not what we expect from FIFA, i have to agree, however, this youtubers will continue to play FIFA14 regardless of whether they enjoy it or not simply because it is how they make a living, and through these youtubers playing and showing off the game it will persuade the younger generation to once again purchase the newest edition of FIFA so they can stay with a trend.
Remember how call of duty first took off? it was because of youtube and a greedy publisher, and i'm sorry to say that there hasn't been a good COD since COD 4, i just really hope we are not seeing the same pattern with FIFA.

i have already had to delete a paragraph out of this because i mentioned something beginning with the letter S and ending in CRIPTING, its a shame really, but i will post this again anyway.
i am well aware that FIFA14 has received some great reviews out of the gate, but from some of the reviews i have read, the reviewers are not FIFA crazy and don't understand the ins and outs of the game.
anyway, this is all my opinion of course so chill.

Wow.

Its was too easy for opposition to score headers on UT along with the endless offsides. I feel like speed is not a factor anymore seeing as I can be running with someone who has 88 pace against a defender with 50 and he will easily catch me up and this is on all game modes

Its not my views, just posting it from EA forums, i agree with most of his points, though.

Boring.

Everyone moans about Fifa every year but it still plays a great game of football and that's all I'm going to care about when relentlessly playing it for the next 12 months.

It's also hilarious that you moan about Ultimate Team being a con yet you're the sort of mug who pays £20 for early access to a game which is coming out in 1 week ffs.

So you've not played the game except the demo? Okay, reserve your judgement for when you get the game. I bought the season pack as i expected the game to actually be good.

Exactly, which makes the game feel scripted, whats the point in having a pace stat if a 50 paced player can catch a 90 paced player? The players turn like a jumbo jet, and the first touch of players like Xavi is terrible, i don't mind the first touch with smaller players, but when your playing with the supposed worlds best then its a bit of a wind up. Especially paying £44.99 too.

Not forgetting your strikers waiting behind the defense in an offside position for you to pass to them........

I brought Season not just for Fifa but for Madden and NHL also

I've read enough reviews and played enough of the demo to know that my opinion isn't going to swing massively when the game comes out. I've read seen loads of moany opinion pieces on Fifa and rarely agree with any of them, most people just seem to just blame the game when they're not very good at it.

Anyhow, my ultimate team so far:

(3-5-2)

GK Carrizo (77 - Inter)

CB Gamberini (77 - Genoa)
CB Tomovic (78 - Fiorentina)
CB Peluso (75 - Juventus)

CDM Nocerino (77 - Milan)
CDM Gargano (77 - Parma)

RM Candreva (82 - Lazio)
LM Lulic (79 - Lazio)

CAM Moralez (76 - Atalanta)
ST Rossi (81 - Fiorentina)
ST Insigne (76 - Napoli)

Thats seems a popular formation this year

Oh yeah, a 2 month old coded demo i forgot about that... The game feels nothing like the demo.

Yeah but I'm still not going to listen to some moaning teenager on a forum over all the positive reviews Fifa has been getting so far.

Other than some laggy online play i've had no problems, there's a patch soon to sort out the heading too. And i'm certainly not a 'mug' for getting early access...

Thats good. Scored so many goals on career from CBs scoring headers from corners but conceded a load in UT from crosses on the wing

Yeah this. People always bitch about it when it first comes out, coming up with loads of reasons why its rubbish but what it usually comes down to is them just not winning games all the time because it takes time to get used to the changes every year.

But the game will always get good reviews, the reviewers are reviewing it against... PES 14... FIFA doesn't have enough major competition, its been the leading football title since PES6 ffs.

I never listen to reviews anyway, i'll stick to what i know from what i've played and i think its a step back from FIFA 13.

I think the header thing has now been patched. People are saying they had a small update to do and seems to have fixed it

This is pretty good on Android. I can't seem to sign into anything though soI can't use UT good enough

I don't think I'm buying this year, because the scripting annoyed me too much in FIFA 13. Big chance I'll give in.

It's not that I'm not good at the game, it's I don't like playing when the outcome feels pre-determined.

Scripting?

Yeah the server keep coming on and off so might be a known problem

Mine got dispatched this morning.

So did mine. ShopTo?

I've never understood the hype over FUT, and I find it hard to believe people plow tons of money into it.

Until FIFA 13, I didn't really but it's a fun game. I still don't get how people trade like they're Alan Sugar still but it's a fun game.

Also the biggest competition FIFA has this year is itself. The next gen versions look amazing on PS4/XBone

Until FIFA 13, I didn't really but it's a fun game. I still don't get how people trade like they're Alan Sugar still but it's a fun game.

Also the biggest competition FIFA has this year is itself. The next gen versions look amazing on PS4/XBone

Mine's been dispatched from Amazon, didn't even know it was out yet.

FUT is alright, H2H Seasons is still my game (and pretty much all I play) but FUT is decent, annoying when you come up against someone who has obviously plowed loads of money into it though. Anyone who buys coins is a sad fuck.

Na went with Amazon this year.

Fifa just arrived