FIFA 14: My Review - The Things I DISLIKE about the game! (Part 2 of 3)

[@jonnybrowne5137]

I hate the way on career mode you sometimes have 2 games in 3 days then have an entire week without a game!!! Space the games out more evenly.

[@Raffomol2]

I love that strength and height are more important this year. I play so differently now focusing more on long balls to strong forwards, especially when i'm with league 2 teams in career mode

[@karvatonhelari]

If you change the career mode squad from team management, it lags and freezes . But if you change them just for the 1 game before it, it works just fine.

[@danielaguilar1997]

MGH, I am ps3 user and my menu are extremely painfully slow, it takes literally 10 seconds each player to switch and it absolutely destroys me and the fun I want to have with fifa. Not only that but a lot of times maybe 1/3 times i try to switch a tab with the d pad it actually switches double so scouting player is almost Impossible. Do you have any info if EA are going have a patch or something?

[@giroboy2012]

where did you get your fifa 14 from? i didnt get a £40 token for next gen fifa 14

[@ambassadorofpain1]

You missed a vital point, be able to switch between first/second team with just one button before a match including simmed games. That way you wouldn't have to keep manually changing everything.

[@simpsons703]

If you have bought a coin boost on fifa 14 early release you will get a loading screen saying you have received a gift and you have to restart the game which is very annoying I hope when they release coin boosts that loading screen goes away.

[@superangeloism]

There should be an option for the Global Network Scout to look for backup players. There is a 'first team quality'-option so why not a backup-option?

[@kingdom97ncfc]

Agreed with the referees. They also seem to be blowing when I am on the opponents half still. EG. I took a corner. It got headed away to edge of box, I had the ball, was about to shoot...they blew for full time. Also, when it is +4 added time, he seems to blow the whistle very quickly. Not even +2 minutes added.

[@MrJoe0726]

They're always offside, I especially get annoyed when you're controlling say your CAM (4-2-3-1) and are waiting for your winger to make a run, but half the time they either stand by the opponent player marking them or run off into the distance offside. I also find that some try to get back onside and then when you pass the ball has gone too far past them v.v

[@gabriel86722]

MGH. make a video about ps4 and Xbox one. the differences. which one is better in your opinion and which one are you going buy.

[@tueuz]

Can you maybe write some key points in the description in the future? I love the topics you touch on but dont have time to watch long videos. Thanks

[@MrJoe0726]

Ahh, that's a good idea. I'd also prefer to change any injured or red carded players just before your game starts, instead of having to do it in the CM menu, because otherwise your player is kept out of the starting XI until you put them back in. Also it's a pain having to change your squad for one red carded player if you just want to sim a match.

[@TheMysticKnightX]

Fifa 14 works perfectly on my Xbox, no freezing or EA server issues, are you sure they're issues for Xbox users and not PS3 users?

[@SuperDylan72]

FIFA 14 is by far the worst football game I have ever played

[@TheAllGreatMonoblos]

the age problem is a big thing for me. I've been playing as AS Roma and their star player Francesco Totti has been around forever. And as a result Fifa takes his skills from pretty high down to about 65 in just 1 season

[@XboxGamingAdam]

FIFA 14 is free with the Xbox one at game if you pre order for the first day release of the Xbox one

[@CrdgzX]

Sometimes I scroll through menu & it skips one more spot than what I want, kind of annoying. Also, goalies seem to not catch anything and just put their hands in front & hope it ends on your defenders foot.

[@M0rphKing]

The major problem I have is when I'm about to shoot anywhere near the box and an opposition player knocks him over from behind or takes his legs away and the ref never gives a foul...

[@Kmh0719]

I hate how in career mode so far, the ref gives the other team free kicks and advantages when I just bump into them but when they totally run over my player without touching the ball I get nothing... That's what pisses me off the most... And the goalkeeper moves for a freekick according to how you move your wall btw

[@origbot]

i havent got laggy menus and i just bought an xbox from ps3 6 months ago so it must be your console??

[@oldmanjenkins28]

I noticed last year in career mode when I was Liverpool, andy carroll was on loan but returned from loan 3 years later, wonder if its the same this year because i'm QPR and I got a lot of stars out on loan and I don't wanna pay the recall fee next season in the EPL

[@Skelanimal6x]

I have an xbox, and for mgs it does freeze when playing FUT and when I'm paying online seasons it tells me my disk is unreadable in the middle off the game.

[@ColorfullHD]

Matt, I've had a couple of matches where the ref would give a red for everything, literally everything. Those matches ended as 6 vs. 5 for example. Am I the only one sometimes having to watch a referee that's on his period give me 6 reds in a row for nothing?

[@crypticd3lirium121]

Is this game worth it because am going out tomorrow so fifa 14 or nba 2k14

[@TRICKYY11500]

My PS3 froze for the first time in career mode. It was in the worst of times too, managing Spurs beat Liverpool 0-2 which would make me 4 pts behind man utd (on top of the league) Man Utd lost to crystal palace and Chelsea tied with Aston villa. With only 4 games left in the PL. FML.

[@trishalvarma]

@mgh : The reason why the menu lags is because the graphics are designed to be processed by Ps4. The new graphic chip reads it faster than the PS3. If you play FIFA for too long on your ps3, you might over heat and ruin your system. Thy designed FIFA for the European bundle of Ps4. Nothing is different about it for ps3 except platform.

[@LOLlies47]

I concede penaltys for running beside a player, but when the goalkeeper completely takes me out or a defender murders me, I get nothing...

[@xandercorvin1947]

I hate in the career mode, that my players slowly out of contract never accept any contract renewal, though i fullfilled their demands (money, year) and granted them crucial 1st team role. dont get this thing.

[@bigmekus82]

hey bros, please how do u record your games? what software?

[@RyanMowser]

are they gonna release any new boots in addition to the new ones in fifa 14?????

[@MrJoe0726]

It really does, the majority of people notice it. The CPU do the same or even worse tackles on you and nothing is given.

[@SteveOMan1466]

I'm annoyed with the whole new transfer system. Whenever I put in simple instructions for a player (say striker) in Germany and my scouts find nothing. The most irritating part is that you don't know what there rating is. :L overall its pretty good. very laggy though.

[@liamwebber2103]

fifa 15 wish list: 1. be able to be a youth team manager 2. Better my player (more features) 3. No ea handicap 4.bring back LT, L2 for skill moves. 5. create your own club, start in the low divisions and work your way up 6.more Boots/balls 7. Champions league naming rights 8.managing countries in manager mode give you money for your team. 9. more detail in stadiums. 10.gta v and FIFA in the same game ;)

[@Hurley76]

its not that tall and strong players are over powered, because they arent. its that heading is over powered. im so happy that tall and strong players are actually relevant in this game. thats my play style, rickie lambert is my main man in my team and hes amazing! they apparently patched the game to fix heading but its still an issue

[@renaudchomette9988]

Agreed about the menus. takes wayyyy too long. Disagree about keepers, I just saw Mandanda make incredible saves vs Dortmund and a couple of horrible errors too. Not too sure about headers & finesse as they go both ways.

[@NukesBanan4]

Do you get lag on career mode?

[@TheMysticKnightX]

11. More Central/South American, African and Asian leagues 12. More National Teams 13. Better International Management 14. Copa Libertadores 15.More lower divisions of leagues 16. The "Champion's League" of Africa and Asia (if there is one) 17. Being able to customize a player's looks (change hairstyle for example) 18. More Stadiums 19. Create a Stadium (Career Mode) 20. Create a Skill Game and be able to share it (just a cool little feature)

[@rahimalam29]

One thing i dislike is that when u play a match it gets dark the kit the boots everything. There are a lot of flashy boots on fifa 14 but when u play a match it looks like the players are all wearing black

[@tiagorodrigues9913]

did they release an update? my career menus stopped lagging

[@kingdom97ncfc]

I see that too. Was losing 2-1 to Southampton on World Class yet was beating Chelsea 2-0 on Professional. Doesn't make sense.

[@travellingblade3015]

Things I have personally noticed are: OP crosses OP headers WAY too many offsides that are Clearly on side Everyones as fast as usain bolt you aim a pass but it misses OP finesse shots Neither the AI or I can score so all games end in 0-0

[@actuallydanyt]

I agree fully, on FIFA 14 I was playing on Professional and thought it was way too easy. Turned it up to World Class and it was literally impossible.

[@amypage3189]

Taller and stonger players like Ibrahimobic among others can be almost unstoppable Crappy penaties called and CPU never commits fouls Inconsistent goalkeepers It seems that sometimes after you score the lead taking goal the opposing team cracks open allowing you to shoot ahead 2-3 zero. P.S. Very wellmade video.

[@MirDochEgalTV]

i dont think headers are op i mean schalke for example they play just like this farfan is running down the wing crosses it in the box and huntelaar scores. and i dont thing its frustrating because basicly EVERY goal that u concede is frustrating and it is pretty realistic when a strong tall player scores headers! the other things u said (especially finesses) i agree

[@borgy017]

Freezing really pisses me off especially when you are playing Career Mode and you have played a lot of it. Since most people don't autosave or save after each game, you lose everything to that point in time which is really annoying.

[@Majicmilla]

I have no problems with the menus. I'm running the game from disk too. For me the thing that I really dislike is the difficulty levels. I played FIFA 13 on Legendary and it was realistic, I won BPL one year then the next finished 3rd. In FIFA 14 World Class is near impossible yet Professional is too easy.

[@LuigiTheItalian]

does fellaini have his face in the game? I havent bought it yet

[@RMarks95]

I got the chance to play fifa on the PS4 and it feels a lot different from the current gen consoles, The graphics are a lot better all around, the menu's are fixed and I looks like it is going to be even more enjoyable then the current gen version.

[@jannsch24]

i had just one freeze in careermode until now (when i wanted to sign richards), but I think UT is way more fun than it was in 13 You definitely need some time to get used to the game, but after that it is really good.

[@CjParodybros]

the servers are pretty annoying getting disconnected all the time and also the menus being laggy. The headers i think have been slightly fixed.

[@iPokerrr]

The problem is they judge offside even before the player makes the run, when most times you want to dummy and another player gets the ball.

[@rkodestiny27]

brother, off topic, but are you going to post NJPW Destruction on your page?

[@cluelesspigeon80]

I dont like that when you try to past the ball with the first touch but the player decides to control the ball instead then the chance has gone but he does the pass anyway and kicks it of the field.

[@xkanekidsonx]

I have a strange problem. When I play fut I will win like 3-0 then at the end of the game it will say please wait for ages then it will send me back to the main menu, then when I go back on fut it counts as a loss. WTF anyone else?

[@GianfrancoGeraci]

All the career mode problems seem to be caused by the early release. Don't know why people don't wait for the retail copy.

[@jonochau4146]

The menus arent laggy when your in team management before the match though.. why is it laggy everywhere else :(

[@MrTommy717]

does yours freeze aswell, I thought I was the online one

[@ericgacari6215]

Havent had issuues with refs however an issue ive been having is slow reacting players or the players just dont react after you switch player

[@MrJoe0726]

For me, the cpu defender passed back to the keeper and he just totally missed the ball and it went into the back of the net, counting as an OG for the defender.

[@buddysmith4425]

my FUT coin bonuses (like 5x 1000 coins per game) arent in my catalogue since my first time going on. They just dont appear anywhere, does anyone know how i can fix it??

[@jackbascombe1328]

I'm on Xbox and the first 2 days of the early release would freeze every 2 minutes, but then on the disc game mine hasn't freezes yet and I'm on my 3rd season of career mode

[@mvpperrycg5904]

Im guessing that the laggy menus might be optimized for the next gen and ported over to 360 and PS3 maybe

[@cobiewarwick5931]

everytime i try and end my season and "it says loading up a new season this may take a few minutes" half way through loading it freezes my xbox but nothing else does its just that career mode is fucked for the time being

[@sexyboy_naruto_needforspeed_13]

try the pc version of the game, you will never disconnect from the ea servers and the menus aren't laggy

[@Edgethebest2011]

Yeah when i play a match in career mode and when it says players warming up it either freezes or it just stays black the screen but i fixed it goin to another career mode of mine

[@Arsenaldude21]

The problems I have is the ref doesn't give me fouls when I get fouled. The goalies are so over powered in some games for me when I need points but when I don't they are shit and I score 3-5 goals. 1 thing they should let us search the rating I think because I don't like the scouting network.

[@BiGSH33N]

they dont give you free kicks ever tho. ive had like 3 since i got the game on monday and i've finished my first season of career mode.

[@josephshort663]

Havent got a red card yet but I cant find shortlist anywhere??

[@v3t34l4v3rg4]

I'm pretty sure the menus will be fixed on the next gen console, I think its because the game is build for a Ps4 or a Xbox one and not ps3 or Xbox360

[@kukuchev711]

Matt, they may rushed it, but they are preparing it for the PS4/XBOX ONE next-gen consoles. :)

[@smackdown629]

does jose renia play for napoli now?

[@MrDopeyrusher]

I don't know what I've done or something but I've never had my game freeze, connections be completely fine (I'm also in virgin media). My only problem with this game is that in my opinion its a lot harder to score close range shots/1vs1's

[@HuzaifaElahi]

Awesome! This was uploaded much sooner than I expected thanks Mgh :D

[@Mralexman99]

I have huge problems with scoring. It feels like my players doesn´t make any runs. Proffesional is too easy and world class too hard. Please help!

[@SixFootGinger]

You get more 50/50 penalties, which is good, penalties have always had to be blatent fouls, but now they more realistic iffy penalty decisions which is nice that it's at least keeping toward the real world in that sense

[@DJsrbija5]

the biggest and only real issue I've noticed is the bullshit calls for offside. Almost every time my striker is equal to the defenders and its still called offside. I've made some awesome runs through that have just been ruined by a shit call by the ref.

[@mosergian-andrea9674]

Mat the menues are laggy because its build for the next gen consoles. I play it on PC and there are no laggs at all. Just wait for the next gen consoles and you will not have a problem with the menues.

[@sambyrne7014]

why do defenders always do bicycle kicks for clearances?

[@ambassadorofpain1]

So you have your first team which is your best players and then a second team which is your subs/reserves. So for the less important games just put your second team out.

[@phil9457]

Too many acrobatic clearances.I mean no one does that in real life. Come on!!

[@MrJoe0726]

How the other 9 outfield men on your team never tackle the opposition so it's left up to you to gain possession every time.

[@rgjmce666]

Then use autosave, for the sake of waiting a couple of second rather than risking losing loads.

[@RobinN9515]

Am I the only one who gets a lot of unvalid offsides? It even shows in the replays. It especially happens when 1 striker is onside and 1 striker is offside but he isn't involved in the play. But also sometimes when I just give a throughball and he is clearly onside (like 1 or 2 metres).

[@huntley2496]

ive had a few red cards for tackles which I thought were good, so I agree with you on that. also it pisses me off with the annoying times that the ref blows the whistle

[@GunnerGaming23]

Matt, will u get ps4

[@TheStag2013]

Whenever I try to play skill games it freezes and I have to go to the xbox dashboard it happened on FIFA 14

[@TCGaming17]

Hey Matt I am glad to see that you are so close to 300,000 subs

[@philliphirsch980]

I've always had the same problems with keepers. Sometimes they're unstoppable and sometimes they concede shitty goals.

[@Shikebkakar]

Career mode I got the penalty and the ref didn't show card as if the game is glitched I've gotten penalties many times ref goes in his pocket raises but there's no card almost like they didn't finish the game also the sound track on fifa 14 is soft u can barely hear it. Lastly when a player gets a card it's displayed at the bottom of the screen and it won't go away unless u turn off the console

[@andrewbanister8241]

I hate how their is no player individuality apart from messi, Ronaldo and 5* skillers

[@LiamHilton10]

I'd agree with most of that MGH, but I have to say, I think inconsistent goalkeepers is actually more realistic. The last fifa every goalkeeper was overpowered now it's a lot more realistic I feel.

[@ExplosiveLemonz]

I played against a guy with an awful premier league team, except for having Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge an Theo Walcott (with increased pace !!) and all he did was through balls and then if I tackled him, my players always took a pointless extra touch instead of clearing it (wth!) all the time) so after kick off I just ran to the wing with Sau (91 pace) and crossed it into Llorente (87 heading) crossed it in and he headed it in 3 times out of three - FUT 14 in a nutshell there.

[@j.cubitt377]

they dont move the analog stick right on career mode thats why! loading issues

[@TheMysticKnightX]

That's good, less pace whores and the gameplay is more realistic, I agree it's pretty slow but the only pace boost I would give is to the turning.

[@joshbet9997]

On my PS3 it crashes and I have to wait 10 minutes for the game to continue running

[@timfeyenoord1]

Sometimes the game just completely ignores my instructions and my players literally passor shoot the complete different direction I wanted to

[@Laughhouse2go]

Overpowered headers, Underpowered long shots, and its really annoying how often your defender loses the ball.

[@ChrisRBroughton]

This may have already been said but I believe it is only on the PS3 which the menus are laggy and slow. My brother has a PS3 and I have an Xbox. He has the problems with the menus and I don't, I'm not a fan boy, just trying to pass on what i think the reasoning is.

[@MyManchesterunited95]

ea discussed the menus and have concluded that there should be improvements for the next gen consoles because fifa 14 is a "next gen game" on a "current gen console"