There's still an element of FIFA's heavy-handed automation at work here, but with FIFA 14 slowing down the pace and making you work harder for a goal, the automation is far less of an issue than in last year's game. It's a wonderful thing to see in motion, and when you finally make your way to the box and score after a string of deft touches and considerate passing, it feels like you earned it. And when you do get the chance to try to stick one in the back of the net, the ball dips, arcs, and moves with the kind of unpredictability you'd expect from a small round object being whipped through the air at pace. AI performs more intelligently, boxing in players on the attack and performing runs in just the right places to create some real shooting chances, even if they're offside a little more often than you might like. What this all adds up to is a game that looks and feels more like a real game of football than ever before. It works well offensively too some well-timed shielding lets you throw your player's weight around and turn on sixpence, and allows you to brute force defenders away from the ball. The ability to actively shield the ball helps things along, giving you a little more time to plan an attack and giving your player those crucial seconds needed to line up a shot. With just a few waggles of the right stick, you can indulge in all manner of body feints, stepovers, and sideways rolls, which-when combined with the looser dribbling and slick animation-look spectacular. The best players are better equipped to perform showboating skill moves too, which are easier to pull off since you no longer have to hold down a modifier button. Figuring out who's the best man for the job and doling out the right strategy to the players is all part of the fun, and it's made easy thanks to a comprehensive and easy-to-use set of management tools that you can dive into before and during matches.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Naturally, some players are better at keeping control of the ball than others, depending on their stats. Overdo it, and the ball, which is no longer magically glued to a player's feet, drifts wide or too far out in front, giving defenders the perfect opportunity to swoop in and steal it. For every twist and turn you make, your players visibly shift their weight around and throw their arms out to keep balance. This doesn't mean you can carve a mazelike path around the pitch without consequence, though. And in typical FIFA style, it's all wrapped up in some wonderfully compelling game modes and the glossiest of presentations. A slew of clever changes to the physics-some visible in the eerily realistic-looking animation and some working their magic behind the scenes-and clever control tweaks set this year's game apart from its predecessors. This is a slower, more considered take on football that rewards careful buildup play and thoughtful strategy over brash tactics, and boy is it all the better for it. Those long-used run-and-gun attacks up the center of the pitch so beloved by FIFA players are met here with a steely wall of defence and a disheartening counterattack. There's a change of pace about FIFA 14 that can be a little jarring at first.
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