Fifa 2005 Demo Thread [Mirrors - Discussions - Help]

I must say, judging by the demo, this version is much improved. Better physics, and a bit more realistic. There are many different ways to use the ball now, as opposed to 2004 where you were rather limited. The first touch thing is a good addition, and if I'm not mistaken, the worthless off the ball control is gone.

I have noticed one thing that is not quite right, the back of Arsenal's kit where the name is should be white, but it's red. I'm guessing that's because they didn't get the Nike license, so they had to make the kit a bit different so they wouldn't be sued. Ok, so I noticed another thing just now...they've mowed the grass wrong at Highbury. When viewed from the side, it's diagonal ralther than vertical, as it should be.

Oh, and sometimes, some of the players look like they have Mr. T style hair cuts, not sure why, but if you go into the replay and zoom in and out, it does odd things. When zoomed out, some of the players are generic, but when you zoom in, they are detailed with their real faces, etc.

Anyway...this is definitely an improvement on FIFA 2004 and Euro 2004. I will be anxious to see if it's just as good for the XBox. I'm going to buy Winning Eleven this year to see what the fuss is about, so it will be interesting to compare and contrast the two.

Originally posted by Hakeem
...love the new menues, really FAST!!!!


didnt check the gameplay much but I dont care about that...

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Normally you post with intelligence; this is just plain foolish.

My impressions (from someone who has already declared he will not purchase this year's iteration, but will play only PES this year)...

- For what it's worth, menus are crisper. I did recall being highly pissed at the ****ty menu integration last year, and for a couple years...

- First touch makes the game better, but not great. The AI is still dicey in defense.

- GK are more realistic in therms of their abilities and their positioning.

- Throw ins are better, corners are still retarded (and the cinematics are the same no matter what side they are kicking from, which is poor), free kicks, with a couple of twists, are still functionally the same...

- Kits, relative to the community, suck. They need to hire some of you guys.

- Maybe it's my Alienware Area-51 M, but while face shape and ID are slightly better (slightly), that "burned skin" look is still there, and the lighting still is poor. In fact, the lighting sometimes looks like lighting from a badly positioned camera, in bad light, than it ever looks in person at a stadium. Maybe EA taking their boradcast emulation too far?

- The body mechanics of the players sometimes is still whacky; a bit of robotic swivel hips are what would be needed to kick some of the balls the way some players kick them, given the angle and direction they are facing (kicking a ball 10 degress behind them with just a whip back of the leg, with out the requisite turning of the body...)

- I wonder...woudn't folks steeped in the history of the game, looking to impart continuity not only year to year between games, but really between the gaming experience and an authentic football experience make damn sure include historic stadia like Estadio Azteca (only one to host two world cup finals) and the Maracana? Maybe that's just me.

- I do have to wonder about EA Canada sometimes...you've got Henry in a cinematic (in the demo at least) lining up on the wrong side of the ball to take a corner (and then suddenly appearing on the correct side)...it DOES seem to me that a basic check on the quality and consistency may, or may not, take place during the development of the game, almost like Issac has other things to do besides make the game perfect...it's...WEIRD, to me.

- Overall , better than FIFA 2004; maybe small improvements in other areas, as a sum, will lead to an overall better experience for you guys.

Based upon the demo, though, and having gone through the first touch feature extensively as the focus of the gameplay (for those concerned with the gameplay), I still find this game far behind the movement of not only PES, but also Football Kingdom.

Chants and environs remain good though.

You folks enjoy.

iam downloading the demo ... cant wait to play ot

But it's old graphicks engine.. In movies kits was much better..

Good post Truth, good points. I've noticed all of those things as well, but didn't list them all. I will be buying Winning Eleven (PES in Europe) this year, so I'm pretty excited to see how well done it is. Do you know when the demo comes out or if it's already out?

i feel the game play not bad, so far i just play 2 games.
0-0 using ac milan
0-2 using ac milan (shevchenko, kaka)

trying to figure more free style move and so on. may be giving my review after i play more games

btw, now only have 2 expender available? hmm, the sggamez and euro expender right? which 1 is better? any expender can play 2 half?

I liked the game. The gameplay improved a lot from Fifa2004

enable offsides and bookings in the demo:

1/ open locale.ini
2/ change BOOKINGS=0 to BOOKINGS=1
3/ change OFFSIDES=0 to OFFSIDES=1
4/ save the file and run the demo

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DEMO_MAX_HALVES=2
RESOLUTION=1024x768x32
RENDER_QUALITY=2
WINDOWED=0
[OPTIONS]
OFFSIDES=1
BOOKINGS=1
RADAR=1
TIMEDISPLAY=1
HALF_LENGTH=45
DIFFICULTY_LEVEL=1
GAME_SPEED=1

The gameplay is exactly the same...my gosh, I'm not buying this game

It's not exactly the same, just similar with some changes.

Originally posted by Punkt
I liked the game. The gameplay improved a lot from Fifa2004

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What's your definition of gameplay...improved responsiveness isn't improved gameplay.

Passing, shooting and scoring is done exactly the same as previous versions, it just feels better.

Originally posted by Stuntman
Good post Truth, good points. I've noticed all of those things as well, but didn't list them all. I will be buying Winning Eleven (PES in Europe) this year, so I'm pretty excited to see how well done it is. Do you know when the demo comes out or if it's already out?

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A demo of PES4 for the PS2 will be available on the 17th of September in conjunction with the PES4 National League. If you're in the UK you will be able to pick up a demo for £1.99, which allows you to qualify for the league.

As far as a PC or XBox demo, I don't know. That just means I don't know, it doesn't mean that there isn't or won't be one...

Originally posted by Stuntman
It's not exactly the same, just similar with some changes.

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When I say exactly the same, I mean..there's no added dimension to the game, game play still feels static, passing is too fluid.

It's nothing like real football

can we enable 2 halves in the demo lukas_svoboda?

can you post your ini file content? so i just copy and paste into my ini

Originally posted by rd[r]
When I same exactly the same, I mean..there's no added dimension to the game, game play still feels static, passing is too fluid.

It's nothing like real football

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go get a ball and play yourself. thats real football

this just a game, just try don't compare to real football. unless you play football with keyboard or gamepad

I believe he's comparing it to PES, which has a more realistic feel to it.

Originally posted by ngyc
can we enable 2 halves in the demo lukas_svoboda?

can you post your ini file content? so i just copy and paste into my ini

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No, 2 halves cannot be enabled
My ini is pasted in my previous post. Although I have set DEMO_MAX_HALVES=2, I can still play only one half

FIFA is FIFA, PES is PES, when will people understand that? Fifa 2005 is awesome and compared to 2004, 2004 is completely ****... let your fanboys opinions and comment FIFA...

Originally posted by lukas_svoboda
No, 2 halves cannot be enabled
My ini is pasted in my previous post. Although I have set DEMO_MAX_HALVES=2, I can still play only one half

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In Euro 2004 Demo it was also not possible...

Sometimes I haven't got a ball . I only see the shadow. Does somebody else have this?