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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is the official video game for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, published by EA Sports for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on 15 April 2014 in North America, and 17 April 2014 in Europe, as was the case with the 2010 edition.
Apr 15, 2014 · How 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is justifying its full-fat price tag. After the disappointing UEFA Euro 2012, EA Sports is out to prove a point with its latest tie-in. March 4, 2014...
- Rio grande.
- Verdict
By Chris Schilling
Posted: Apr 17, 2014 9:29 am
It doesn’t take long to appreciate what perfect partners the modern FIFA games and the World Cup are. EA Sports has always managed to capture the sense of occasion of a big event, and while in its annual releases its flashy presentation can at times feel excessive - albeit an accurate approximation of contemporary TV coverage - here it only adds to the grandeur and ceremony of a global sporting event. Though there are tweaks to FIFA’s core mechanics, it’s the presentation that makes 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil a souvenir piece worth bringing home.
You’ll see tickertape celebrations, flashy idents and low camera swoops over authentically rendered stadia before games, while goals and key events during matches prompt cutaway shots to gaudily garbed fans in the stands, or celebrating among thronging crowds watching on giant screens across the world. Its vibrant presentation carries over into the oversaturated colours - during evening matches the pitch is bathed in a vivid orange glow, while encounters earlier in the day see the brightness slider nudged upwards. Fittingly, for a tournament taking place in a country with a temperate climate, it feels that much warmer.
Even in the menus, daubed in splashes of tropical colour, it manages to capture the electric atmosphere of a tournament that’s capable of attracting the attention of even casual observers. As the competition begins, plenty who claim not to care about international football will find themselves inexorably drawn into its orbit. In many ways that fits with the target audience - the players who may not be invested enough in the sport at a domestic level to buy the annual editions of FIFA, but wish to enhance the experience of watching the tournament, to replay matches that have just finished to get a different outcome, for the empowering sensation of having rewritten history. It’s this audience EA Sports needs to cater to most, and as such there are problems with its approach here.
That’s because FIFA has evolved a great deal since 2010’s World Cup tie-in, and anyone expecting to jump in after four years away will face a bit of a culture shock. Though few would argue that it hasn’t made considerable strides in most areas, the more authentic physics and animation make for a less immediately intuitive and responsive game of football. It does feel a little quicker than FIFA 14, if only in the speed of transitions between receiving the ball and advancing with it, while shots seem to travel at greater velocity - but for better and worse, those who’ve played this season’s game will instantly be in familiar territory.
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil might feel like a step back to anyone coming from the next-gen versions of FIFA 14, but for those who haven’t yet upgraded, it represents an improvement on the annual release. Meanwhile, fans looking to cheer their team on this summer will get a kick out of the sizzling carnival atmosphere it generates.
Apr 15, 2014 · The world's fiercest national rivalries ignite again in the official video game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Apr 16, 2014 · Ten hours were spent in (digital) Brazil for the purposes of this review. More than a cynical cash-in, 2014 FIFA World Cup's worth comes from the depth of its key game modes.
- Playstation 3, Xbox 360
- John Robertson
- 4 min
Apr 15, 2014 · 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. PS3, Xbox 360. Is EA's tournament tie-in a great new football game, or just a very well made souvenir?
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EA SPORTS 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil features multiple innovations and improvements to the award-winning gameplay of EA SPORTS FIFA 14, putting players in control of their nation’s fate.
