FIFA 15 News

FIFA 15 is only just over 2 weeks away and I cannot wait for it to come through my letter box on Sept 26th, and be waiting for me to come home and play. With the game being so close to launch there is no shortage of news. One of the most exciting things for me, and no doubt to all of you guys out there, is the new Team Sheets option.

According to FIFA this feature will allow you to customise 6 different team sheets per club and alter you formation, tactics, and roles based on on your next opponent. You can also assign player instructions to fit your system and change the game.

This is great news for all FIFA fans. I am sure you all know what it's like trying to keep any more than 30 players happy, even with playing in 4 competitions. It's going to be great to have different formations, players etc so you can have an experienced team for your league and Champions League games, and younger teams for cup games. This feature is also important for youth development, which has also been improved for FIFA 15.

Over the last few days EA Sports have released the top 50 rate players for the game. I bet you could never guess who is rated at number 1? Yes, it's Ryan Shawcross. No, it's obviously Lionel Messi. Personally I believe it should be Cristiano Ronaldo but considering Messi and EA Sports have a partnership it will never happen.

I doubt there will be any more major news on the game that hasn't already been released. Other big things that were announced were mainly to do with game mechanics, my favourite tweek being the improved AI in goalkeepers. Hopefully the mechanics work perfectly fine. How often have you experience a goalkeeper come out to make a save, or commit to diving in one direction? That should no longer be the case with the new improvements.

The FIFA 15 demo is released tomorrow (09/09/2014).

Handheld Fun - FIFA 14 for iPad

Hey guys, welcome back to 3 Lives Left.

As planned, today's post is Handheld Fun and I will be talking about the iPad version of FIFA 14.

FIFA 14 is free to download on all mobile and tablet platforms and promises a lot. However, as you would imagine, with a free version of such a huge title there must be costs somewhere along the line. These costs come in the form of having to pay for the privilege of playing Kick-Off mode and Career Mode, both costing £2.99/EUR 3.50/$4.79 each.

One good thing is that Ultimate Team is completely free and any activity that you do will sync to your console copy (if you have one).

It's graphics are pretty good considering the hardware lacks compared to consoles. The game also has full licencing so there has definitely not been any scrimping on game play experience.

There are two different ways to control the movement of your players/team.

One way is to use the Touch Controls. This method allows you to have more control not just over the player that has the ball but also players that don't have the ball e.g. being able to make an attacker go on a forward run and make space for a shot.

The second method of controlling your team is the standard button press commands (pass, shoot, sprint, etc).

One downfall is that every attacking move seems like it is repeated over and over. I don't know if this is down to the game design or if it is down to the fact that the game has to be limited as a result of it being on a handheld device.

Overall there is not much difference in the game other than the graphics and the platform that you play it on.

I would recommend downloading this game if you a FIFA fan purely because it is free and you have access to Ultimate Team.

Anyway, that is it for this week's post. Stay tuned for next week's article - Next Gen Weekend.

Thanks guys,

3 Lives Left

FIFA 14 - First Thoughts

Hi guys and welcome to the blog. This is 3 Lives Left and here you can find all of the new info on upcoming and current games and films, including my thoughts.

Today I am going to talk about the new stuff that EA Sports has released regarding the new FIFA 14 game. In order to keep this post short I will just be talking about the new career mode.

This screenshot shows FIFA's new scouting system. According to EA Sports, the scouting network and the entire Career Mode no longer bases it's player database off of an Over-All for each player. Instead, at first glance, it seems as though the game will require more tactics and the need to make the right decisions at the right time in terms of what players to buy, what players to sell, how to use the budget wisely, in addition to fielding the right team to get the win.

This is FIFA 14's brand new Career Mode interface. It looks much more crisp and elegant compared to previous installments of the franchise. FIFA 13's Career Hub was not very difficult to navigate around but this new hub looks even easier to navigate around and here's why:

The new RSS Feed replaces the old news feed so that all news can be seen in one, compact section.

Emphasis and extra inclusion of the new Global Scouting Network.

Preview of the next fixture plus other news in a side panel. This may or may not decrease the amount of on-screen pop-ups that we used to get in FIFA 13.

Anyway guys, that is the end of the post. Stay tuned for more info on FIFA 14 as well as other Games and Films.

- 3 Lives Left

For more information on FIFA 14, please visit - http://www.ea.com/uk/football/fifa14