nickclubman
Starting XI
Just went into my local HMV store in Leeds City centre and discovered a lovely PS2 demo playable. So I didn't play it.......
Joke!!
The gameplay is much improved, but very similar! It almost 'feels' just like FIFA 06, but it's slower and the animations are slower and more realistic. Passing isn't easy but you can tell there is more assistance with good players'.
Goalkeepers are better, I played a barcelona v man-utd (from what I remember they had 1 team playable from quite a few leagues, italian, spanish, english, mexican, etc). the CPU goalkeeper had the ball in his hands, dropped it and ran out of the box and booted the ball up the field! Much more realistic. Ronalidinho's free-kick is in there I am sure.
The shooting is harder, I noticed it is far more balanced although I was playing on SEMI-PRO and I couldn't change that difficulty. the defence is better for you and cpu.
Back to shooting. You can't just hit the target whenever you want, I hit some wide shots plenty of times, I even had a shot that got parried by keeper and my player ran up for what would be (in 06) an easy tap in, but because of the way I ran up and powered up the shot it went seriously wide! haha. Bout time EA had a harder shooting system, bout BLOODY time! I scored a beautiful long shot, didn't look unrealistic though...made me wanna shout out but in middle of HMV store you gotta compose ya get me?! none of this 'YEAH MOTHA F*CKA HOW U LIKE ME NOW HUH B*TCH SUCK THAT, SUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK THAAAAAAAT!!!'. yeah you get me.....
Well, the overall feel to it is good, some kid was watching me play and said 'is this a two player demo?' so i said yeah, played him and beat him 2-0 DID I DO YOU GUYS PROUD? haha.
The graphics are better, and better proportions of players' i believe. Couldn't hear the sound sadly. But the gameplay is deffo in Pro Evo territory and if current-gen is, next-gen on 360 is gonna do some crazy as* gameplay! Can't wait, but then again i'm a FIFA fan.
oh and the right stick special moves have gone, but I read you can only pull off the best moves when you're on top of the game (like winning 3-0 and the crowd are lovin you!)
Overall, this game is by far the best FIFA, BY FAR!! Plays solid, feels realistic, overall very good experience of a football game. EA are on the right tracks here. If they keep it up, they'll be some converts I tell you.
Nick.
Joke!!
The gameplay is much improved, but very similar! It almost 'feels' just like FIFA 06, but it's slower and the animations are slower and more realistic. Passing isn't easy but you can tell there is more assistance with good players'.
Goalkeepers are better, I played a barcelona v man-utd (from what I remember they had 1 team playable from quite a few leagues, italian, spanish, english, mexican, etc). the CPU goalkeeper had the ball in his hands, dropped it and ran out of the box and booted the ball up the field! Much more realistic. Ronalidinho's free-kick is in there I am sure.
The shooting is harder, I noticed it is far more balanced although I was playing on SEMI-PRO and I couldn't change that difficulty. the defence is better for you and cpu.
Back to shooting. You can't just hit the target whenever you want, I hit some wide shots plenty of times, I even had a shot that got parried by keeper and my player ran up for what would be (in 06) an easy tap in, but because of the way I ran up and powered up the shot it went seriously wide! haha. Bout time EA had a harder shooting system, bout BLOODY time! I scored a beautiful long shot, didn't look unrealistic though...made me wanna shout out but in middle of HMV store you gotta compose ya get me?! none of this 'YEAH MOTHA F*CKA HOW U LIKE ME NOW HUH B*TCH SUCK THAT, SUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK THAAAAAAAT!!!'. yeah you get me.....
Well, the overall feel to it is good, some kid was watching me play and said 'is this a two player demo?' so i said yeah, played him and beat him 2-0 DID I DO YOU GUYS PROUD? haha.
The graphics are better, and better proportions of players' i believe. Couldn't hear the sound sadly. But the gameplay is deffo in Pro Evo territory and if current-gen is, next-gen on 360 is gonna do some crazy as* gameplay! Can't wait, but then again i'm a FIFA fan.
oh and the right stick special moves have gone, but I read you can only pull off the best moves when you're on top of the game (like winning 3-0 and the crowd are lovin you!)
Overall, this game is by far the best FIFA, BY FAR!! Plays solid, feels realistic, overall very good experience of a football game. EA are on the right tracks here. If they keep it up, they'll be some converts I tell you.
Nick.