Sglean;
No need to get mad buddy. I'm not going to attack you because you like the previous two Fifa games - that's good for you, at least you're happy - and when it boils down to it, this is all about personal choice. For me though, I think ISS is so much more realistic and enjoyable than the previous two fifa incarnations - I've said it a million times - Fifa's gameplay is too fast, pinball passing, and the pitch makes Highbury look like Wembley. I can sum it up like this - in ISS 98 I have never taken a player the length of the field, but I have gone on quick counter attacks, and you can really play realistic possession football and slowly build up attacks. To go past people, in ISS 98 you don't have 'moves' you have to use subtle changes in direction and speed - but isn't that mostly the case in real life? I mean how many times have you seen Ryan Giggs get past an opponent my feinting one way and rushing the other - not doing a step over nutmeg and 360 degree spin! In fifa I can go from one end to the other and this I all I have to do: Ok, so I win the ball in my 18 yard box with a slide tackle in which the player moves at 100 mph, and seems to be able to slide anywhere from 10-15 meters, I win possession, I know frantically press speedburst - first opposition player comes, 360 degree spin past him, second player, 360 degree spin, third player, step over nutmeg, (I'm now at the half way line), fourth player - he doesn't want to to tackle me, first defender - double step over, second 360 degree spin, now I do a rainbow flick and end the rush with a wonderful overhead kick into the top corner in which the goalie doesn't dive, he just remains standing and hops to one side with an outstretched arm. WHAT A GOAL!! Maybe realistic if I was Maradonna on steroids, but I did that on a consistent basis with PHIL BABB and JAMIE CARRAGHER!!!! Not to mention the retarded speed burst in 2000 - I have a clean break away with Michael Owen and then Steve Bould the 38 year old bullet rushes back from the half way line and catches me. Volley's and heading are hard in ISS - isn't that realistic - in Fifa2000 I can score from almost any set piece with a pass and subsequent header and volley.
You know what even do this, just set up a computer vs computer game and watch - it's the most rediculous football I've ever seen - if you did that on Fifa 98 RTWC it was amazing - especially if you let the game just 'sit' after the intro it would start an exhibtion match with changing camera angles and everything. Not to mention the game back then said so many more players names.
It would be ok if the game was FUN if not realistic - but its more of an excercise in monotony than anything else.
But you seem fit for Fifa - you feel that commentary and graphics are the most important, and that's fine - that's good for you because unlike me you don't feel that you've wasted 2x $60 = $120 over the past two years. So rather than call us stupid a-holes or idiots, why don't you just send in a resume to EA proclaiming your love for their Fifa series, I'm sure they could use yet another person who shares their views on how 'pinbol' should be played.
Ok gotta go watch Sunderland vs Man U, can't wait to see Garry Neville do a 360 spin, followed by step over nutmeg, with a double step over, a rainbow flick and finish it off with a diving header. Don't u also find it strange that non of these players eat - they all look so skinny, good thing EA got that right.....
Cheers.
