Well, I didn't read any of the previous posts, so I'm sorry for that if I post something that someone else has posted. But I'll post what I think needs changed.
1. Corners. The corners in FIFA 2005 are just lame. All you have to do is play online to see that. Everyone chooses near post, and chooses the person standing inside the 6 yard box and scores on a header everytime, unless you know how to defend it, then they score 75% of the time. I hate to compare FIFA and PES/WE, but the way the corners are in PES4 is how FIFA should have their corner system. In PES4, the corners are taken just like the free kicks from your end of the field in FIFA 2005. You don't choose A, B, X, or Y (XBox Controls)...you just position your player in the direction you want to play the corner, and judge the power. That's how it should be. Because the corners in FIFA 2005 are exactly the same everytime. Not only that, but you can't play the ball to someone outside of the box, and you can't play a short corner, which really doesn't make sense.
2. Tactics glitch. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. If you change the tactics during the match with the on the fly tactics feature, it changes the position of the players on the pitch. I'm not talking about changing the formation, I'm talking about tactics. Example: If you change your tactics from Attack to Neutral, it will switch your Left Striker and move him to Right Striker, and vice versa. The whole point of being able to change your tactics on the fly is so you don't have to pause the game and go into the Tactics menu to change them, but if you change the tactics, you have to go into the Substitution menu to move your players back to the positions that you started them in. It does the same thing if you change your formation. Example: If you change your formation from 4-4-2 to 4-2-3-1, it will move your Left Center Back to Right Center Back and vice versa.
3. Keepers. They are much improved from last year, but again, by playing many games online, you can see how they are exploited. So many times, I've played against the type of person that can't score unless he takes long shots from outside the box, knowing that the keeper will punch it over the goal line for a corner 95% of the time. Then he takes the corner, chooses near post, picks the guy in the 6 yard box, and scores on a header nearly everytime. If the keeper has 1-2 seconds to figure out where to position himself to make the save, there is no reason he should be punching the ball over the goal line for a corner 95% of the time. He should be catching the ball instead. I think that they need to change that.
4. Free Kicks. The free kick system is not bad, but you should be able to take a short free kick, even when you're in shooting range.
5. Referee and Linesmen. I believe that this is 2 years in a row that the Referee and Linesmen haven't actually been on the field. The only time you see the referee is in cut-away scenes. Why he and the linesmen aren't on the field is beyond me.
6. Announcers. I don't mind Ally McCoist and John Motson, but for crying out loud, someone needs to tell Mr. Motson how to pronounce the names correctly! There are so many names in FIFA 2004 and 2005 that he says incorrectly. I thought when FIFA 2005 came out, they'd be fixed, but that wasn't the case. They just added more names that were pronounced incorrectly.
Overall, I like FIFA 2005, it's an improvement on FIFA 2004, and a welcome one at that. I just feel that there are things in FIFA 2005 that could be changed, and if they are changed, it could improve the game immensely.
1. Corners. The corners in FIFA 2005 are just lame. All you have to do is play online to see that. Everyone chooses near post, and chooses the person standing inside the 6 yard box and scores on a header everytime, unless you know how to defend it, then they score 75% of the time. I hate to compare FIFA and PES/WE, but the way the corners are in PES4 is how FIFA should have their corner system. In PES4, the corners are taken just like the free kicks from your end of the field in FIFA 2005. You don't choose A, B, X, or Y (XBox Controls)...you just position your player in the direction you want to play the corner, and judge the power. That's how it should be. Because the corners in FIFA 2005 are exactly the same everytime. Not only that, but you can't play the ball to someone outside of the box, and you can't play a short corner, which really doesn't make sense.
2. Tactics glitch. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. If you change the tactics during the match with the on the fly tactics feature, it changes the position of the players on the pitch. I'm not talking about changing the formation, I'm talking about tactics. Example: If you change your tactics from Attack to Neutral, it will switch your Left Striker and move him to Right Striker, and vice versa. The whole point of being able to change your tactics on the fly is so you don't have to pause the game and go into the Tactics menu to change them, but if you change the tactics, you have to go into the Substitution menu to move your players back to the positions that you started them in. It does the same thing if you change your formation. Example: If you change your formation from 4-4-2 to 4-2-3-1, it will move your Left Center Back to Right Center Back and vice versa.
3. Keepers. They are much improved from last year, but again, by playing many games online, you can see how they are exploited. So many times, I've played against the type of person that can't score unless he takes long shots from outside the box, knowing that the keeper will punch it over the goal line for a corner 95% of the time. Then he takes the corner, chooses near post, picks the guy in the 6 yard box, and scores on a header nearly everytime. If the keeper has 1-2 seconds to figure out where to position himself to make the save, there is no reason he should be punching the ball over the goal line for a corner 95% of the time. He should be catching the ball instead. I think that they need to change that.
4. Free Kicks. The free kick system is not bad, but you should be able to take a short free kick, even when you're in shooting range.
5. Referee and Linesmen. I believe that this is 2 years in a row that the Referee and Linesmen haven't actually been on the field. The only time you see the referee is in cut-away scenes. Why he and the linesmen aren't on the field is beyond me.
6. Announcers. I don't mind Ally McCoist and John Motson, but for crying out loud, someone needs to tell Mr. Motson how to pronounce the names correctly! There are so many names in FIFA 2004 and 2005 that he says incorrectly. I thought when FIFA 2005 came out, they'd be fixed, but that wasn't the case. They just added more names that were pronounced incorrectly.
Overall, I like FIFA 2005, it's an improvement on FIFA 2004, and a welcome one at that. I just feel that there are things in FIFA 2005 that could be changed, and if they are changed, it could improve the game immensely.
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