This game is affected

I play the FIFA series for several years, but what EA is delivers here a bottomless impudence. It is no surprise that this is company was "excellent" for the second time as the worst company in the USA.

I will not go into every detail, there are very good reviews cover almost all aspects of the game, but a few things should be drawn entirely into consideration before buying.

1. Pay2Win:

Those like me who plays the loud EA popular game mode "FIFA Ultimate Team", thereof one must be to be that you can really have fun with the use of real money previously aware. One gets for completed games coins, which you can use to strengthen his team. If that takes too long, however, can buy a lot of players simply for real money packages that allow a same a great team together. In various forums that you spend some write up to 300 of such packages because needless for me any comment. Furthermore, you have that feeling that these players also in 1v1 game enjoy some advantages. The destroyed every game, but as long as there are people who spend money for as long as EA will be rubbing their hands.

2. Scripting / Momentum:

I admit that I initially thought that it was the "Momentum" does not exist, and that some frustrated Kids want to justify their poor results with it. By now I think about it differently. I have a very positive statistic, which is more than lost games won, and yet it just is not fun. There are on this subject on the Internet already have some good articles, so just a few examples, how to intervene in the game in order to influence the outcome:
- You can remove the opponent five times during his solos the ball but it is this jump repeatedly to an opposing player, as if these magnets in your shoes.
- Toni Kroos, who is considered a half as great rapidity such as Mario Mandzukic, suddenly can run faster with the ball than the opponent without.
- 4 or 5 slats / post goals per game are not uncommon, it is unrealistic many matches 1: 3 lost although the goal balance 12: 3 aufweißt
- (!) If, on the halfway line to a sliding tackle, it often happens that it is a corner results
- Is there a running duel it may happen that the defender suddenly his Sprint cancels what it vorbeizujoggen the opponents loose and allowed to push the ball into the goal
- If, when the opposition corner a defender on the post it happens that he does not wekköpft the ball before he takes on the goal line, allowing the Gegnger him the ball to steal from the foot. Alternatively, it also happened two or three times, that he takes the ball just behind the goal line.
- It counters from the opponent and runs with two man on target. The player without the ball will remain permanently off-side, so that one can not cross put the ball. You then shoots with the other players, it happens that the second attacker without any reason at this moment crossing the road and you shoot him -> Off.
- At flanks of the outside of 2m wide Naldo rises just not on the ball soaring so any large 1,65 opponent may loose head in
- High balls into space the defender no longer run with sudden
- The players need for a reception of the ball suddenly three seconds
- The goalkeeper decides to clarify each ball to the corner
- A pass into the path does not take on the striker, but leaves him to play in his heels
-...

Sometimes it's so sad that you could almost laugh about it. It should be mentioned again: I have a positive balance but also winning does not always fun when the clearly better opponent has no chance to move the ball through the ranks, while my own players play suddenly Tiki Taka from the finest and from any position make goal.

Other points of criticism:

- The commentators. That really takes the biscuit from the ground. The best way I find that I can not even switch to English commentary, but only a German language file exists.
- The lawn. Looks worse than in FIFA 12
- The game mechanics. a Lionel Messi does not require 2 seconds to process a ball. This has nothing to do with more realism, this is just stupid. It makes little difference whether you play with a fast player from the English fourth division, or a top player. One has the impression that whole game takes place in a basin full of tough mass, and it is simply not possible to spin or to play directly.
- The paths are partly better than in the predecessor, but sometimes what the central defender just one wonders at the center forward position looking
- The players change. One would sometimes throw the controller against the wall if you try to choose better position defender for the tenth time, but the game is always to decide only on the two midfielders to jump, who have no chance even catch the attacker
- ...

It's just sad what happened to this game, the money lust of EA has now brought it so far as that it really is no fun anymore. However, I would like to mention positive:

+ 2v2 Co-op games. That would at least theoretically be lots of fun, we bet almost always already when the next goal for the one who falls, because you can predict it very well (see section "Scripting")
+ The unlockable tradition jerseys are very well done

Further to be noted is positive then unfortunately nurnoch that I can save the money to me in future. I want to honestly win and lose face it, if the opponent is simply stronger. But I do not want to lose against an opponent, just because he invested in the game more money than I do. Also, I do not want to win undeserved, just because the game decides me to extend the helping hand ...

------------- --------- Update 21/02/2014

Now it has EA actually even managed to make the co-op games unplayable. The quota successfully start a game is 1: 5. The Hammer: There comes a message that states that do not match the squad updates the four participants. Update / Reset does not help, partly it works then against the same two opponents at the fourth attempt nevertheless. If you look at Facebook for example, 85% of all comments "FIX SERVERS!". Unbelievable. Actually, I was going to suggest that a Canadian development studio might prefer should devote a curling simulation, but I would like the sport and its fans but then do not. EA is now only for semi-finished or completely unplayable products .. the Need For Speed ​​series, Battlefield and now the FIFA series are all totally depraved, which is also reflected in the respective reviews. We are now migrated collectively on other games from EA Sports and EA Games I'll buy in the foreseeable future no single Prodkut more.