EA Sports FIFA World uses three different methods of control: keyboard, mouse and gamepad
FIFA World is a free-to-play massive multiplayer online football game by Electronic Arts. It was announced on 9 August 2013 and later an open beta was released on 12 November 2013 in Brazil and Russia. The open beta was made available globally on 20 May 2014, with support in English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Turkish. Italian was included with the release of version 9.0 of the game on 5 November 2014. Players can play the game using their keyboard, a combination of their keyboard and mouse or a game controller. Like with the main releases of FIFA, Lionel Messi features on promotional images and the title screen of the game. Arda Turan was announced as an ambassador for the game in Turkey on 27 August 2014, with Eden Hazard announced as another ambassador for the video game on 15 September 2014.
The authentic FIFA experience is now free-to-play on PC, bringing the world’s biggest sports video game franchise to new audiences around the globe. FIFA World delivers award winning console gameplay, full authenticity, and popular modes from the FIFA series including FIFA Ultimate Team, Online Seasons and Match Invites. FIFA World offers fans new and innovative ways to play; with easy-to-learn mouse based controls, live services that deliver relevant and timely football content, plus social features that connect gamers to the pulse of the sport and to each other like never before.
FIFA World also plays a respectable game out on the pitch, although it does lag behind the most recent versions of FIFA in several key respects. Matches last around eight minutes and it's still a fast-paced game of zippy, inch-perfect passes that seesaws from end to end, taking in crunching tackles and an overabundance of simple one-two through-balls on the way, but it lacks FIFA 14's enhanced physicality and refinements to the controls. It isn't quite FIFA 13 either. I went back to that game on PlayStation 3 and was reminded of its huge emphasis on player pace, whereas FIFA World's crop of players feel a little more sluggish and lose the ball cheaply. Visually, too, it falls some way short of modern FIFA; perfectly acceptable to look at it but lacking any bells and whistles.
FIFA World Coins are the currency in the online soccer game FIFA World that allows you to get new players. Use your Coins to purchase packs of random player cards. The better the quality of the pack, the higher is your chance to pick a top star like Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to considerably improve your FIFA World team in an instant. The FIFA World interface is similar to the one you'll find on FIFA 14: large and well-designed panels that are easy to understand, and if you've never played the Ultimate Team mode on any FIFA, it includes a useful tutorial.
FIFA World controls are very simple: with the mouse, you select where you want the player to aim. With the left button, you make short passes; with the right one, you shoot. With other keys, you can perform certain actions including changing players, or taking the goalkeeper outside his area.
EA Sports FIFA World uses three different methods of control: keyboard, mouse and gamepad. It also offers access to the Football Club social hub, in-game rewards for gameplay accomplishments and weekly featured tournaments for Ultimate Team, erm, teams. It requires a persistent Internet connection and an Origin account to play, though EA claims the game was "built to be enjoyed on average spec laptop computer or desktop personal computers."
Although it’s quite easy to play with the mouse and keyboard, you get the best gaming experience with a controller. FIFA World supports gamepads, including the Xbox for PC one. If you're using a controller, the right analog stick is used to dribble (you don’t get as many options as in FIFA 14, but it’s quite good).
