You could argue that FIFA 14 shows EA Sports is running out of ideas, then, but for me this is a developer that knows exactly what it's doing. Neither the football match engine nor Ultimate Team were broken in any major way, and the placebo effect of a suite of control and balance tweaks, along with...

FIFA 14 is great. Picked it up today, created my Ultimate Team and played 5 matches online. I love the passing and the shooting and the balance that came with that god awful strong arming defenders could do in FIFA 13. I think this year you have to think more it's not just turn, run, shoot.

, a series that has very much raced out of the gate and dominated-its own sport at first, then the wider landscape of sports games in general-the better part of the cycle, maybe now is the time when the option that makes the most business and creative sense is to play it safe and save its bullets...

Well, well, FIFA it's quite nice to see you again. But I must be up front-I've been hanging out with another. We're not going to drop any names, but I'll just say it starts with "Pro" and ends with "Soccer." Sometimes "Evolution" is actually involved, but let's not talk about that… yet.

FIFA Street dribbling tactics; Same ol' FIFA gameplay; Many exclusive licenses

Many exclusive licenses

FIFA 14 , at least on current-gen consoles, is not the next big step for the EA Canada developed soccer franchise. Rather, it seems like almost like the studio polished the already innovative features they introduced with its predecessors: new physics in FIFA 12 and First Touch Control in FIFA 13 .

I'm a bonafide soccer fanatic and a loyal fan of the FIFA series. Having set up those credentials, I can't quite put my finger on what is off target with this year's annual installment.

Dear oh dear. You know, I don't actually know how EA have managed to do this, but from having a game that was, on the whole, a good effort in FIFA 13, they've actually managed to take about 5 steps backwards. Even worse, despite having the engine already in place etc, this is the buggiest FIFA yet.

Personally i have been a big fan of FIFA series dating back to FIFA 10, bought the game almost every year since then and have played hundreds of matches over last several years. Every year the story remains the same, a new game (with overall functionality similar to previous game) comes out with a...

Graphically speaking, the differences between FIFA 13 (review) and FIFA 14 do make for a good spot-the-difference puzzle. Players do look a bit better up close during goal celebrations, which by the way you can now control via buttons combos to do, for example, a fist pump celebration.

Great game!  Fifa 14 is relatively slower than 13, but more realistic simulation.  Gameplay graphics is smooth and the players seems to be moving into open space smarter than before.   I bought both Fifa 14 and PES 14 and liked this better. Only compliant is the interface transition is rather slow.