2014 FIFA World Cup - Brazil
2014 FIFA World Cup - Brazil is a PlayStation 3 sports game released in 2014 developed by Electronic Arts. It centers on competitive sport controls, sport controls, and shifts between attack and defense, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.4 / 10
About this game
2014 FIFA World Cup - Brazil is a PlayStation 3 sports game centered on competitive sport controls, sport controls, and shifts between attack and defense. Matches, challenges, and tournament goals give sessions clear boundaries, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Players, venues, animation, and score feedback establish the match atmosphere, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that opponent ai, control precision, multiplayer accessories, and period-specific rosters can affect consistency. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
FIFA is EA SPORTS’ football series built around passing moves, defensive decisions and the excitement of scoring. Across its history, careers, Ultimate Team and women’s football broadened the experience beyond individual matches.
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AI review
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Strong football is slowed by poor PS3 menu flow.
On PS3, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil makes a national-team campaign about more than consecutive matches. Formations, injuries and suspensions affect how the next game is approached. Headers and chipped passes are less easy to exploit, asking for more deliberate movement and timing. Flags, stadiums and crowd shots give the event a lively identity, though the presentation occasionally becomes loud rather than immersive. The larger friction arrives outside the pitch: mandatory mid-tournament training and poor menu navigation pull attention away from football. For someone invested in that World Cup, this remains solid match play. Players already familiar with annual FIFA releases may find the event itself, rather than systemic novelty, the main reason to return.
Strengths
- More demanding heading and through-ball play.
- Tournament decisions carry between matches.
Weaknesses
- Mandatory training disrupts pace.
- Poor PS3 menu navigation.
Who it is for: Fans of national-team campaigns who tolerate menu friction.
Play notes: 2014 PS3 test only; current online status and rosters are excluded.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Teams, formations, injuries and suspensions give a campaign continuity. Mandatory training breaks the match rhythm, so breadth does not guarantee smooth pacing. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Defenders handle chipped through balls better and headers are less automatic. Attacks demand more positioning, even if the wider football system remains familiar. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Flags, crowds and stadiums convey the festival around Brazil 2014. Some crowd scenes and commentary become overbearing rather than more immersive. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The PS3 menu obscures required training enough that the tester initially struggled to find it. This is an interface obstacle rather than football’s inherent complexity. | Reviewed | 6.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Electronic Arts
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2014
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- Local Co-opTop-downFast-paced3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyPick-up and PlayThird PersonPlayer versus PlayerReplayableSports-based PlayShort Sessions
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Top-downThird person
Release editions
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2014
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Sources
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