Have played some games tonight career pro and be apro among other things, I hate to say it but this fifa craps all over last years. I have just some slider tweaks and hey presto this plays better than a fully modded 13 game (fidel DB / product ini (among others).
I play some pro, last year I played John Terry defender for a season (yeh I know who does that right?) well if you want to get an idea of tackling/defending without auto tackle rubbish with AI defence that will teach you & show you. So I did the same with 14 as Terry, man alive the difference is so much more obvious and highlighted when doing this.
The walk animation transition when not on ball and turning, blocking shots, tackling collision is so much less ridged. Slipping weight onto player to get the ball or jostle off the pitch is really nice. There is such poor elements to this game mode wise and online but not for what I play for.
Also no more AI turns that were impossible to defend or be able to counter/mirror/run with, and that invisible line on a cross that made your player look up while running with striker who will intercept causing you to auto slow down even though you were full throttle control .. they have killed that crap for sure. If that's what I am happy for that would be it the most.
I also noticed in Pro career at any time if you drop back to menu you can ask to be subbed right away or sim the game from that point. If you sub it will set manager to swap you, drop you back in game, when ball goes out you get subbed & you can sim or watch the rest of the game (AI v AI) or just sim it to the end of the game. Which is handy if you just give up
or manager isnt subbing you and energy is low or injury (last year sometimes manager would do nothing and you spent the rest of game getting low stats becuase you were crippled). good as well if you just want to start a match, then sub yourself right away and kick back and watch the game
.. although im not sure if manager will punish you for it too many times.
Im into pro and this is very welcomed indeed.
Another thing is manager now more tactfully switches play from attack to defend etc (dpad) throughout the game, last year it might happen once near the end, now its fluent.
The only thing that's puzzling me now is stamina, I play CDM and running around all the time and the levels at the end of the game I would expect at half time last year ... thats an "interesting" one. I wonder if its to do with the slowing down of play now with sliders? If that actually has an effect tied more with momentum? Hmmm. You also dont get penalised so heavy on everything with your rating through a game as a pro too which I like, last year some things you could not avoid and you would get marked down for it. I need to play over a longer time to check out more about stamina though, it maybe just more balanced and im expecting 13 values.