FIFA 14, or as I like to call it, "Soccer meets Dungeons & Dragons," attempted to reinvent the wheel with its hex-based gameplay. Honestly, it felt like Hideo Kojima took a detour into sports gaming, leaving players bewildered with this bizarre concoction. The "Red Line" hex? Seriously? Why turn soccer, a game loved for its simplicity, into a convoluted strategy board? Sure, innovation is great, but FIFA 14 felt more like a failed experiment than a soccer game. As for Hideo Kojima's thanks, did he even touch this game? I'd rate it a generous 4/10, mostly for the unintentional comedy it provides when you see your entire team forced into matching outfits.

the game that got me in this shitty franchise but god damn this game is beautiful maybe the nostalgia is talking but this game even in 2024 is in my honest opinion so f good
even tho the refs are blind, headers are op this was one of the last Fifas in which u can play with a silver squad without being a god at the game
the mcm was amazing with goated wonder kids like lukaku kdb depay marvin bakkali or pogba
ngl the player cm wasn't that special but even without the ucl linceses op headrs bad servers pace abusers this game was elite
everyone has their fav fifa and this one s mine(or maybe im just glazin Messi a lil too much ..idk ..tho if u have the chance to play this old relic I would recommend u to do so)

So after doing a short series on PS4 (streamed on Twitch come see me @mariov33 if you wanna see more of the older FIFA games) I had a great time playing FIFA 14 and although there are some things that got improved in future games like the graphics and certain aesthetic and gameplay changes, overall this game is still very fun because it's still actually challenging and it knows what it's trying to be which is the pitfall of modern FIFA. They can't decide if it's an arcade game or if it's a realism simulator and now it's just an awful blend of both. Hence, FIFA 14 a 10 year old game now, is leagues ahead of the current game.