Problem is, in a high-tempo game like Fifa, with its tight margins for error and all-important timing, that second counts. Matches aren't ruined by any means – rather, they're simply thrown off in a second. In Fifa 14, thanks to clumsy new biomechanics, space is a truly rare commodity.Īttacking is revitalised by Pure Shot, but Precision Movement clogs midfield and defence. The effectiveness of a simple turn, bread and butter of football, has been neutralised in the maelstrom of 22 men on the pitch, all dizzyingly scrambling for ball possession and losing it just as quickly. So-called 'stepbased location' is a technical triumph, players now weightily planting feet when running and pushing off from pivots, but it's an awkward fumble of a feature in practice.įor one, players take ages to get going. They're actually less frequent, and this is thanks to EA's other new back-of-the-box feature – Precision Movement. Keep in mind, long shots aren't a magic button. Thunderous volleys, first-time belters and off-balance lashes - they look natural and feel right, thanks to improved ball physics and a slew of new contextual animations. It's difficult not to feel a flutter in your gut as the ball falls to your long distance specialist on the edge of the box. Essentially, efforts on goal have a greater tendency to dip, bend and rise, giving them ferocious unpredictability. Fifa 14's new Pure Shot mechanic fits all three criteria in one. Both have their virtues, but draughts works better as a video game, more immediate, easier on beginners, and generally more fun. Yet, Fifa is, still, better.Īfter a decade of juggling between the two, I've settled on this analogy: PES is chess, Fifa is draughts. PES continually improves and Fifa doesn't – at least to the naked eye.
That's the curious thing about their great rivalry. PES 2014 earned a deserved four stars in our recent review, but against what a hopeful community tells you, this is not the year PES beats Fifa. Later, brash words are rescinded and shoelaces gazed at. "It's back!" It happens every year – this hoped for resurgence. "C ome quick!" the PES fan shouts, as if peering from his bedroom window and seeing fresh snow.
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