Hello, I'm back
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You really shouldn't judge FIFA 13 from videos I can tell you that.
This game feels different when you play it personally. People know me for being PES fan, but FIFA 13 breaks concepts set by FIFA 12.
Refined elements like Tactical Defending and First Touch errors are things you notice straight away. Hopefully this gets rid of kick-rush games online as receiving the ball while sprinting is near on impossible to do now. Thank God!
Now main concept behind FIFA 13 was bringing unpredictability to the game. Simply speaking, scripting the game to have those "amazing" moments you won't forget. For this we will have to wait for full game as I believe, this will make career mode more interesting
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Then you have the focus on Attacking AI and I must say, EA can pat themselves on the back. They promised and delivered. You players aren't static wax figures sitting there and doing nothing. If he can find space to RUN he will try and RUN on position to where the pass may go. If his lane is blocked by defender, he will do clever run sideways and open the way for pass to reach him, etc. This was seen in your teammates AI. Computer AI as you noticed is still in attack at all costs mode, but it probably can be tweaked using sliders, so no bad news here
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The biggest issue comes with defensive AI. Still broken and sadly, without source code impossible to fix by any patch. Your sidebacks/fullbacks, sometimes central defenders will always allow attacking guy to go ONSIDE to 1-on-1 situation with GK. You could see this even in first trailer for FIFA 13 when the full back stops suddenly to let the guy go through. Yep, it's in bloody game!
Now you mentioned Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. Loved 1st demo (PC), loving 2nd demo (EU one on PS3).
But not everything is rosy for KONAMI yet. I still think FIFA will edge it this year, but not gameplay wise, more like in what it has to offer.
There are bad news coming from WENB and Adam though
. He said the changes to Master League KONAMI made, are terrible (the thing he pointed is mixing some elements from BAL to ML by accident, making Master League far less realistic/authentic).
He said to wait for more news about this matter in September. If that comes true, well, FIFA is the only option for those long Winter nights.
Enjoy!
Nice to be back ^^.