FIFA 14 (It's Here)

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Starting to get a decent team... I think... At least I hope.


Edit: Updated with new team.
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Enjoying the game so far. Not an ultimate team fan so it doesn't bother me but the career mode and gameplay tweaks are enough for me. I like how you can turn off te first transfer window for the sake of having the right squads for at least half a season. And you can switch teams between leagues which is cool. I play as Newcastle but put my home team Brighton in the Premier League, Celtic into the Championship and Rangers into League 1. Fun times.
 
Yeah, haven't been good in Fifa in over 5 years.

Oh, just scored a fantastic lob alone over the keeper into the top left corner after a great through ball. :p

Loving that Leo Baptistao guy. He's a fantastic finisher.






Ok, Fifa 14 needs some quick patching.... Bale still in Tottenham? Fellaini still in Everton???

Did they miss deadline-day?!?! :odd:

Both are in their right places in my game
 
Holy crap ultimate team is hard, I can't even beat a 3 star team on professional with my 4 and a half star team! Earning coins is going to be fun if I can't even win :lol: I think it may be down to chemistry, but I haven't got enough coins yet to sort it out.

I've got a couple of good players from packs, I got Kone, Cristian Tello. Plus Seydou Doumbia (Ivory Coast striker) who's acceleration is 91, and sprint speed is 94. I will probably keep my Ivory Coast strike force, and I got a few good Spanish players from packs so I might concentrate on the Spaniards.
 
Holy crap ultimate team is hard, I can't even beat a 3 star team on professional with my 4 and a half star team! Earning coins is going to be fun if I can't even win :lol: I think it may be down to chemistry, but I haven't got enough coins yet to sort it out.

I've got a couple of good players from packs, I got Kone, Cristian Tello. Plus Seydou Doumbia (Ivory Coast striker) who's acceleration is 91, and sprint speed is 94. I will probably keep my Ivory Coast strike force, and I got a few good Spanish players from packs so I might concentrate on the Spaniards.

Let us know how it plays compared to the demo. I read somewhere about an early patch for it.
 
Let us know how it plays compared to the demo. I read somewhere about an early patch for it.

It plays better than the demo, but maybe that's because I've put more time into the full game. The lack of agility isn't too much of a problem, it's still there but as long as you play around it it's not too bad. But can still be annoying when trying to pick your way through the defence.

Through balls have improved, when there's really tight compact defence it can be fairly easy to pass your way through. Having said that over the top through balls can be very hard, even if you tap the triangle button it flies off your foot and straight to the keeper. And sometimes the along the floor through balls are intercepted a lot. But over all it's better than 13, it does help that players are more willing to make runs, I think CAM mentioned that a couple of days ago, but players off the ball do make more runs. Plus commentators point that out too which can be helpful.

Player speed is less prominent. I didn't play much ultimate team on 13, but from what I heard the team with the fastest players won. I don't think that's the case on this game, at least not to the same extent. I have Doumbia in my team, with sprint speed of 94, and I'm really struggling to out pace the defence.

Keepers are much better, you can have some really good shots, numerous 1 on 1s and the keeper will save everything.

Plus the opposing teams strength seems vastly better than yours, it's very hard to muscle them off the ball. Very hard.

I have only played a couple of hours, and only on Ultimate team. I will play some career later on, plus I will give clubs a go and report back in the other thread :)

I was a bit dissapointed after the demo, but now I've got the full game it seems much better. I've yet to decide whether it's better than 13 yet though, a few more hours playing through different game modes should solve that.
 
You have to be out in front by a lot to outpace anyone. If you have about two steps of a head start, I can keep people behind me with Yilmaz and Bruma.
 
Bit peed off. Thought getting the edition I bought from GAME would unlock all the Historic kits but it doesn't. I wanted to get the Arsenal 70/71 kit unlocked but now have to get from Level 14 (where I am at the moment) to Level 39 to get it. Never managed to unlock in Fifa 13 as my level indicates.

Also happened to get my least favourite Arsenal player on Ulitmate Team. Nicklas Bendtner.
 
Bit peed off. Thought getting the edition I bought from GAME would unlock all the Historic kits but it doesn't. I wanted to get the Arsenal 70/71 kit unlocked but now have to get from Level 14 (where I am at the moment) to Level 39 to get it. Never managed to unlock in Fifa 13 as my level indicates.

Also happened to get my least favourite Arsenal player on Ulitmate Team. Nicklas Bendtner.

I think technically its the Adidas bundle or something? It unlocks a level 28 kit bundle which is all Adidas I think. It's the one I wanted as it has the Newcastle kit.
 
Bought Felipe Melo, took 1400 coins away from me, and now when I select him it won't let me send him to my club and treats it as an active auction.

Solid work, EA.
 
Pace is becoming more noticeable today... I think people are starting to afford it...

Bought a Portuguese League fitness team so I wouldn't have to automatically concede defeat every 3rd game. If I like it, I'll drop the 2,000 for Jackson Martinez.
 
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Starting to get a decent team... I think... At least I hope.


Edit: Updated with new team.

Try to get Inler (Switzerland, Serie A, Napoli) for your CDM slot. Even if you don't convert him from a CM to CDM, he's still much more fit for that position than Cleverly.

Also, if you can, get this guy to link up with Gaitan.

Made you a team. Any of the strikers work, but Tevez is probably too expensive. I would lean toward Milito, but if you want pace, Palacio would be better.
http://www.futhead.com/14/squads/644706/
 
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Just played a guy online, I don't think he used the X button once. I think every pass was either a full power goalie throw or a full power through ball. And that technique actually got him chances. But I beat him 1-0, super gratifying.

Is it really too much to ask not to get kicked off the server? I thought they fixed this, I probably got kicked off of FIFA 13 once after Christmas.

And ASH already has 500,000 coins of transfer profit. :lol:

My opponent had one shot on goal. It was a header from about a yard off the end line at no angle. It went in. I had 23 shots on goal. At least 7 one on ones. NONE of them went in. I don't see any bias here.

2 games. 37 shots on goal. No goals. I think it may be time for a little break so EA can get their rancid bullcrap in line. Freaking atrocious.
 
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Just played a guy online, I don't think he used the X button once. I think every pass was either a full power goalie throw or a full power through ball. And that technique actually got him chances. But I beat him 1-0, super gratifying.

Is it really too much to ask not to get kicked off the server? I thought they fixed this, I probably got kicked off of FIFA 13 once after Christmas.

And ASH already has 500,000 coins of transfer profit. :lol:

My opponent had one shot on goal. It was a header from about a yard off the end line at no angle. It went in. I had 23 shots on goal. At least 7 one on ones. NONE of them went in. I don't see any bias here.

2 games. 37 shots on goal. No goals. I think it may be time for a little break so EA can get their rancid bullcrap in line. Freaking atrocious.

Only just got the game today too and have not played much at all yet so the game feels odd to me. Also while I couldn't tell you the exact value of things I have, I definitely don't have 500k worth of things, transfer profit is not very accurate. There are also many, many people with millions already. :crazy:
 
I see.

Why can't I win? Do I need to have a PL team? Is there some quota of chipped through balls I haven't met? Have I not brought enough FIFA Points yet?

I've played 10 today and not scored more than one in any of them. I've not conceded less than 3 in all but the two draws.

Every shot I take gets magically blocked and I concede like 1 goal per every 2 crosses, yet when I barely tap the square button my crosses goes over the touch line on the far side.

AGH.
 
Please do, its only for me because I have nothing better to do.

2-1, I'm winning in stoppage time. His header goes in. For no reason. Again. I just wish headers were removed from the game. They add nothing, they require no skill whatsoever, and are just a way for EA to make sure the desired result is achieved.

I never remember being this frustrated with 13. I feel like I have no influence on the outcome of any match.
 
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Please do, its only for me because I have nothing better to do.

2-1, I'm winning in stoppage time. His header goes in. For no reason. Again. I just wish headers were removed from the game. They add nothing, they require no skill whatsoever, and are just a way for EA to make sure the desired result is achieved.

I never remember being this frustrated with 13. I feel like I have no influence on the outcome of any match.

You'll be happy to know a patch is coming soon to tone down the heading and lobbed through balls, let's just hope it does not bring other issues.
 
How did I know my PK would get saved?

I will absolutely not let me win. I've played 7 games in Division 8, absolutely dominated all of them, and have only gotten 4 draws and gotten beaten constantly by chipped through balls and headers where I lose control of my defense to the computer pulling them upfield. Naturally, I haven't scored one header and maybe one chipped through ball.
 
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I'm actually quite enjoying the game, Ultimate team anyway. I could never really get into it on 13 for some reason, but with this I'm really enjoying it. Maybe it's the gameplay, perhaps it suits me more than 13. It feels chunkier, smoother, not necessarily easier to play but better. It's hard to describe.

I haven't actually experienced any scripting as yet (touch wood) on 14, it's mainly what put me off on 13, but I find it easier to defend this time round. They've scored one or two yeah but I've always had more chances.

I have found that keepers are unnaturally good, not yours obviously the keeper on the opposing team. It takes a lot of perseverance and a LOT of shots to score which is the main thing wrong with it for me, I completely dominated and had 29 shots in one game, 20 on target and I scored one. So their keeper made 19 saves, some of the pretty spectacular.
 
Which is totally awful and unrewarding. I've had at least 10 skill runs get stopped by unrealistic saves today while my keeper lets in total bullcrap.

Okay, seriously. Am I the only one that crossing doesn't work for?
 
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I think weak foot crossing may be the reason. It never made a difference previously.

Pelle outran Mangala. With the ball.

All in all, EA became less outrageous as the day went along. I won D8 with my last game of the day, and will be around 22k when everything from my pack sells. I did buy Mangala, Lucho Gonzalez, and Jackson Martinez with a Deadeye Chemistry Style today, so I'm starting to acquire some assets. I'll post my teams in the morning if I remember.

Galatasaray with La Liga thrown in:

www.futhead.com/14/squads/713994/

Liga Portuguesa:

www.futhead.com/14/squads/714053/

Anyone have any suggestions? My only idea is Pepe for Inigo Martinez but I don't see too much of a problem with Martinez so far.

May try this. I won't feel right without having it :lol:.

www.futhead.com/14/squads/714454/
 
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I've been playing 4-3-3 with good success. Varela is my favorite player in the whole game so far.

Just won D7 with a late winner from Matic. Up to 43k.

This is about as much pace and crossing as I could cram into one team. I can almost afford it.

www.futhead.com/14/squads/743705/
 
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That team looks like it costs 20k, maximum. I don't know what actually costs money there. I may tweak what I made to a 4-1-2-1-2 since I can't afford Serie A CDMs and I may be good.

But yes, I played against Andy Carroll once and I never want to again.

To someone that understands the market, is now an awful time to buy a team?
 
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