2014 FIFA WORLD CUP (EA Sports)

You guys have any tips about the training portion of the game? Or is there a good site with discussion on that topic? Some of the drills, like passing, and pace aren't so hard, but the shooting drills seem just impossible! I'm not sure what I'm missing, but in the "edge of the 18" shooting drill, I'm lucky to get a single point during training!

 

Yeah I never do the edge of the 18 one. I do the hit the boxes every time I want to increase a player's shooting. It's much much easier. Also, not sure if you know this, but you can turn miCoach off and actually select which players you want to train. The miCoach just takes the lowest players you have in that area and forces you to train them, but turning it off allows you to coach any players you'd like.

 

Thanks, I did start using that feature yesterday. Hit the boxes looks easier for sure, but it's still tough to even get past the keeper most of the time.

 

I think the game play in this version is dramatically more realistic than FIFA 13, so much so that I didn't enjoy the game for the first few games that I played. You really have to plan for the reaction of the ball when it is being received by the player as opposed to previous versions where it really "stuck" to the player. It's a lot of fun.

The other change I like is the buildup of speed that players show. Instead of going from zero to top speed in the blink of an eye, they show a more normal acceleration phase.

 

I don't think we will ever get a fully realistic game of fifa because it would be boring. In real life, there are numerous low scoring matches like 1-1, 0-0, 1-0, etc. EA doesn't want that in their games because that would bore way too many users. There will always be some unrealistic factor in each fifa game just to add some excitement. EA wants players to score multiple goals each game because goals = fun. That is why pace can still be abused, crosses are over effective and corner conversion rates are considerably higher than real life.

I'd love a realistic fifa because I love passing soccer, but I also like the fast paced nature of fifa games. I am not a big fan of the World Cup game because it seems passing is less effective. Crossing is a bit harder, but it's so easy to score off headers. I hope fifa 15 is not like the World Cup game, but that is just my opinion.

 

I was so excited when I found out my country Ecuador had actually been licensed.
It seems like a lot of countries that normally only have generic kits and badges now look like they do in real life. Really well done on that aspect EA

 

Isn't Ecuador in Fifa? Pretty sure they are

 

I think he's referring to the fact that their kits are fully licensed in 2014 FIFA WC, whereas they had generic kits in FIFA 14

 

Yeah, I remember in the last world cup game they had generic kits so I didn't expect them to have the real ones for this game. I hope they keep putting in more real kits or at least keep the ones they have right now.

 

I still haven't played "Fifa World Cup Brasil" because EA was stupid enough not to release for next gen consoles! And cool Ecuador is finally licensed but that doesn't make up for poor ratings, outdated squads and players that don't look realistic! As for Fifa14, it sucks and I might actually be switching back to PES (Konami) ... Hopefully Konami improves the gameplay cuz everything else is pretty realistic!

 

I don't have a next-gen console (nor do I really want one) so that didn't really bother me. Weird how they couldn't make them backwards compatible though. Or even just release the same game with little to no changes and sell it as the "better" version like the did when the xbox 360 and PS3 were new.

Poor rosters and faces are going to stay until EA starts hiring way more people to work on the game and right now they know they don't have any need to so they'll keep doing the same. It's not like the quality of a smaller and less popular country like ours is going to make any change in their sales.

My excuse to skip this game was actually gonna be that I didn't expect Ecuador to have real shirts and that really bugs me anytime I play the other Fifa games.

 

Its a shame they not bringing out a PS4 / XB1 version. always want to play after a real match finishes. Hoping for a DLC of a sort.
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World Cup iQuiz- Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.donaldouk.worldcupiquiz

 

so no ios version?

 

I've tried to adjust the screen size but I still can't see the stupid bar. This must be a new thing because I can see it perfectly fine in FIFA 12. My TV is a bit old, but I've never had a problem like this.

 

Ah ha! At times, I play on an old CRT too. If you've already adjusted the screen size (smaller, not larger lol) I doubt there's anything else to adjust... At first, before I had adjusted the size, I used to take penalties blind and I actually scored a bunch lol

 

Lol man it pisses me off when I lose games because I couldn't see the penalty bar. It's so stupid. Sometimes I'll get lucky and make a few. I wish they would stop messing with the penalty system. Just leave it alone and fix the speed of the game. It's WAY too fast right now. Teams with speed are almost unstoppable. Ever tried playing Brazil, Germany, or Portugal with a slow team like Italy or France? Lol what a headache!

 

For those of you who have played as the US in this game, I have just about given up playing with them. The agility and ball control of even the best players is horrible, and for those that aren't considered good is just unfair. Whenever any team with good players presses the vast majority of American players, the ball is stolen, often in really bad spots. The passing is atrocious and defensive ability is just pi$$ poor. I've started to play with my second favorite national team, Belgium, and I win most games due to the sheer number of star players, but my heart just isn't in it to beat other teams as anyone but the US.

I've found that the "star" players just have an unacceptably high bias compared to the nuts and bolts players that if you play against them, that player can just score at will or waltz into the box and set up the other players for tap ins.

The other bull$hit is on kickoffs, for some reason the person kicking off can immediately bypass 6 of your players and be in on your back 2 within 2 seconds. If it is some one like CRon or Suarez, they score.

For me, the game is a major disappointment compared to the 2010 version which I played for 2 years after the WC.

Anyone else?

 

Here's your answer for the kick off problem: Hold Left trigger and A. You'll auto follow him and at the right time put a tackle in with B if he's managing to fend you off. If he doesn't, holding A will cause your player to be close enough to him to get the ball when he makes a mistake and runs into you.

For the star player stuff, it's normal. Play with CR7 and abuse through balls from CMs, between the LCB and LCB. If you time it properly, he'll be yards ahead of the defender with his runs. Rinse and repeat with any fast winger

I've have zero honor when it comes to FIFA games. I've tried playing realistically, normally, like a real football team would play. The truth is, no one does that online. Everyone is just looking to pad their stats. So abuse abuse abuse is now my style of play

 

Will they update the roster when the final squads will be announced? There are some players that aren't in the game but are on their team's squad like Griezmann for example..

 

Yeah some players I wish would be in the game even if they're not going to Brazil.

 

The game sucks with trying to change out your squad. I can never get it to work. Really poorly put together

 

It's a simple bug that should have been fixed by now. They've had, what, a month to fix it?