id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> The next-gen version of FIFA 14 features 3D crowds, many more player animations, and advanced AI (click image to enlarge). If you liked this article and you would certainly such as to receive more facts relating to services and the need for earth friendly solutions that help us sustain our shrinking amount of natural resources. kindly visit the web page. EA Sports With the PS4 and Xbox One launching over the next couple of weeks, I've been asking my fellow editors whether they're getting one, and if so, which one? Many currently have a PS3 or Xbox 360 -- or both -- so they're in the game, so to speak, and would be candidates for a new system. However, the answer I'm getting more often than not is "neither." Most seem to have have adopted a fairly cynical attitude toward next-gen consoles and as such, are taking a wait-and-see approach and won't be hopping on the early-adopter bandwagon.

I'm a bit more sanguine. While I've gotten some hands-on previews of next-gen games that haven't wowed me -- the games look prettier but they don't necessarily play any better -- I have a thing for sports games and I like what I've seen so far on the next-gen front.

I recently played a near-finished version of EA Sports' FIFA 14 on an Xbox One and also got a look at Madden NFL 25 on the Xbox One. It's hard to put a percentage on just how much better each game is because it's hard to separate gameplay enhancements from graphical enhancements.

I captured the real Gareth Bale getting captured before he left for Real Madrid. His virtual self now looks more like the real thing in the next-gen version (click image to enlarge). David Carnoy/CNET

FIFA already plays great on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Not surprisingly, my immediate reaction in playing the Xbox One version was that everything looked more detailed. Players looked more like their flesh counterparts, the field looked more like real grass, and the stadium (Barcelona's Camp Nou in my match) felt more alive with 3D spectators, some of whom waved flags in the stands (the same is true of Madden).

As I said, nothing is wrong with the physics engine of the existing game -- players already move pretty realistically on the pitch -- but the next-gen version (powered by EA Sports' new Ignite engine) looks and feels that much more realistic. It's one of those things where you say to yourself, "Yeah, this is better. Not night-and-day better. But definitely better."

Some of the changes are more subtle. For instance, the designers were able to add many more animations (little movements players make when dribbling, passing, shooting, or receiving the ball), so you don't end up seeing the same ones over and over. Also, they've added more commentary, so you don't hear the same phrases repeated multiple times in a game.

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