http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/fifasoccer2005/preview_6098037.html

enjoy,

NK.

So you were right about the hands on...:)

that the E3 version of the game was deliberately weighted in the attacking side's favor so that show goers wouldn't have too much difficulty scoring goals

It's exactly this attitude that makes FIFA so far behind PES in terms of realism and gameplay. For ****s sake.

Yes, they shouldn't make the game easier for show goers, because it's these "show goers" that want to see something new and intelligent, who's going to say: "See FIFA 2005 over there? It's dead easy to score I'm going to buy it".

It's just dumb!

NK.

Good point. a lot of the show goers are not interested in football though and those who have no idea about the sport want to score non stop (because they are going to be mostly americans and they have no concept of the game)

Thats just a lame excuse though. Why in the world would they do that?

E3 is not open to the public.

it is on the last 2 days I believe.

Either way, I'm sure we all agree EA shouldn't make it easier, just because it's E3.

NK.

i agree. They need to show the game, not a modified version of it.

maybe it was their excuse for the poor defence AI :confused:

i was thinking the same thing:D
I doubt it though.
Even if it is, they could easily have it fixed before the release.

Originally posted by ishan1990
...a lot of the show goers are not interested in football though and those who have no idea about the sport want to score non stop (because they are going to be mostly americans and they have no concept of the game)...

Actually, no. Having been to E3 before, the "Americans," at least those from the USA, who bother to stop at the FIFA booth at ALL are usually those with a fixed interest in football, and are likely experts - you have to become an expert to be able to engage football at all in the States, almost. In addition, most "Americans" I saw at the FIFA booth the time I went were from places in North and Central America that were not the USA, so your generalization is quite simply wrong, and, as an American who has worked at the highest levels of football, not reflective of any reality of which I'm aware.

Americans in PARTICULAR want the best; that's why you see the evolution in, for example, the Madden/Sega/ESPN NFL series; the NHL series; the NASCAR series, of games, by EA.

For some reason, at the higher/highest levels, its believed that soccer needs to be "dumbed down," an approach, interestingly enough, that Disney has employed in its MLS television coverage regularly...

Instead of going for authenticity, and building a base around that niche (can you say KONAMI or Sky Sports?), EA, and Disney, and all the entrenched corporate giants, have gone for "an experience."

Which means take all the soccer out of the soccer game, and focus on other things (EA's focus being on the newest-latest TM'd gimmick to the gameplay, and Disney's focus being on human interest stories surrounding the players, and T-and-A halftime shows at the All-Star game, etc.)...which is a disgrace.

I look forward to wholly ignoring FIFA 2005 the way, in my galactic ignorance, I used to ignore PES.

With this hands-on demonstration of the "same old, same old," I guess I'll begin that process...now.

Peace.

*Claps*

Stirring speach, I agree with you 100%.

Originally posted by Mel Brennan
Actually, no. Having been to E3 before, the "Americans," at least those from the USA, who bother to stop at the FIFA booth at ALL are usually those with a fixed interest in football, and are likely experts - you have to become an expert to be able to engage football at all in the States, almost. In addition, most "Americans" I saw at the FIFA booth the time I went were from places in North and Central America that were not the USA, so your generalization is quite simply wrong, and, as an American who has worked at the highest levels of football, not reflective of any reality of which I'm aware.

Peace.
That parts good to hear.