Friday, October 3, 2014

FIFA 15® - The Review

FIFA 15 is an association football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on 23 September 2014 in North America, 25 September in Europe and 26 September in the United Kingdom and Ireland for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and Windows Phone. On PC, FIFA 15 runs on EA’s Ignite engine with the same features as the PS4 and Xbox One editions.

A demo was released on 9 September 2014, with three new teams - Chelsea, Liverpool and Napoli - alongside the previous game's demo's teams: Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona, Manchester City, Boca Juniors and Paris Saint-Germain.

Critical reception of the game was generally positive.


Ultimate Team

Concept squad, one of the new Ultimate Team features.
This year's Ultimate Team features a new feature, in which users can sign loan players for a limited duration of matches. Another new feature is The Concept Squad, where players have an access to the game's database and can create a "dream squad".[8] The concept player's card is grey colored.[9] A number of new legends are also introduced to the game, including Franz Beckenbauer, Roberto Carlos, Peter Schmeichel and Hristo Stoichkov.[10]

Licensing
A full list of the game's leagues, clubs and national teams was published on its official website on 18 September with the description "Experience true football authenticity with FIFA 15 - featuring 35 licensed leagues, over 600 clubs, 16,000+ players and 41 licensed stadiums".[11]

EA Sports had signed a deal with the Premier League as the Official Sports Technology Partner. In this way EA are licensed under Premier League development. This deal allows all 20 Premier League stadiums to be included in the game, including the seven stadiums from FIFA 14. Official Premier League scoreboards and television graphics are also in the game, as well as real-life referees, chants and advertising hoardings.[12] However, the official Premier League graphics are only visible on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will continue to use generic EA Sports branded graphics for these matches.

FIFA 15 received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website GameRankings provides an average rating of 81.57% based on 15 reviews for the Playstation 4 version.[38] The Xbox One version received a similar average of 82.17% based on 12 reviews,[39] and the PC version 64.00% based on 2 reviews.[40] Another review aggregation website Metacritic gave the PlayStation 4 version a 82/100 based on 29 reviews,[41] the Xbox One 84/100 based on 19 reviews[42] and the PC version 76/100 based on 5 reviews.[43]

Chris Schilling of IGN gave the game a score of 83%, saying "FIFA 15 is still one of the best sports simulations around, with superb animation and big-match atmosphere", although finding flaws in the frequent use of cutaways and the quality of the game's artificial intelligence.[48]

A score of 8 out of 10 was given by GameSpot writer John Robertson, who concluded "If you're looking for football that is exciting, exaggerated, and immensely entertaining, FIFA 15 is the game to get" but was critical of the game's commentary.[47] The same website brought up that PC users had found bugs on their version of the game, and also complained about button mapping and lighting.[52]

Steve Hannley of Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 4 out of 5, saying "Shrewdly taking advantage of current-gen’s capabilities with added emotional intelligence and improved animations, this is easily the prettiest EA Sports title this year", but he criticised the "relatively unchanged" game modes


FIFA 15
FIFA 15 Cover Art.jpg
Global cover art featuring Lionel Messi
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesFIFA
EngineIgnite engine (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Impact engine (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Vita
Nintendo 3DS
Wii
iOS (ultimate team only)[1]
Android (ultimate team only)[2]
Windows Phone (ultimate team only)
Release date(s)
  • NA 23 September 2014
  • EU 25 September 2014
  • UK 26 September 2014
Genre(s)Sportsfootball simulation
Mode(s)Single-playermultiplayer
Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(PS4) 81.57%[38]
(XONE) 82.17%[39]
(PC) 64.00%[40]
Metacritic(PS4) 82/100 [41]
(XONE) 84/100[42]
(PC) 76/100[43]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer7/10[44]
Game Informer9.25/10 [45]
GamesRadar4.5/5 stars[46]
GameSpot8/10[47]
IGN8.3/10 [48]
Official Xbox Magazine8/10[50]
PC Gamer US78/100[49]
Hardcore Gamer4/5[51]
And Gamer's Blog Will Give It 4/5
Yes I Have The Game And It's Tooo Amazing!!

Enjoy!

AND PLEASE BUY THE GAME. :)

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