anthony1975uk
Club Supporter
Bought Fifa 06 the other day after owning WE9 for a good few months.
My initial reaction to FiFa where as always a good one. But as always faults tend to develop and things become less convincing the more and more you play. Some of the rubbish i have read around here about some of the elements of gameplay that supposedly suck on we9 like the ball physics are like a hockey puck (!)? I mean what the hell is that all about? All i can say is that guy can't have played WE9 or any of the series for that matter because fifa 06 physics are more akin to what he describes. The ball moves across the ground like major G forces have gripped it to the soil.
In terms of gameplay i've started to discover the age old problems Fifa ALWAYS has year in year out. The gameplay is just too stiff and constrictive. I mean when the cpu has the ball his players move around like lightening, they make runs, they support. Your team doesnt even cover at the back. I read on the review on this games homepage about the improvement of off the ball running. Well i am sorry but what version of this game did you attain and can i have it as i seem to have got a demo unfinished version. Your players have NO INTELLIGENCE. They dont make smart runs, mostly its up to you to make them run by pressing L1 (depending on controller setup) and as the computer plays such a high line, you can either send your man clean through or get him caught offside, its a bit ridiculous. And while im on the point of going clean through, wheres the pace? Year upon year upon year upon year upon year, EA never get this right, ever. How come a Cisse for Liverpool i cannot out run Breen of Sunderland in a one and one race over distance? Its bloody infuriating. I have just this minute switched off fifa after playing on world class Liverpool vs Sunderland and heres what i noticed was wrong:
1. The cpu players can keep the ball like zico while your players trudge around the pitch seemingly devoid of energy.
2. At one point the Sunderland backline (yes the Sunderland that are currently in the bottom three of the prem) where zipping the ball across their backline and too their defensive midfielder with a series of one touch backheels and flicks. (!)
3. My players DONT move off the ball intelligently, YOU have to set them moving with the press of L1.
4. I lost count of how many times Cisse was beaten to the ball over equal distance in a race by far from superior players. Cisse is one of the fastest players in the premiership.
I dont mind some of the scripting with the keepers, i love the licenses and balls, the stadiums are nice and the pitch is just perfectly sized and the goalkeepers are spot on. But when you cant drill a ball across field without it looking like a weird lob on a wire you have to ask questions.
Which is why the bullcrap coming out of some people about we9 just baffles me and doesnt wash. Fair enough i know WE9 isnt perfect. I know the keepers could still be improved and maybe the pitch sizes increased and apart from licenses maybe a few more tricks for the players, but c'mon at least i can,:
1. Beat a player for pace.
2. Switch play across field with a long or drilled ball.
3. Slow the game down and not be worried that the opposition will become superhuman.
4. My players will move and make runs and create space. Will cover and automatically stick their legs out to block shots.
5. That i can lob or knock a long ball into space without it being in an arc trajectory.
I just wish sometimes EA would just work on those few key areas. I mean its little to ask isnt it? I mean cant they see it? cant you see whats wrong with it? I hope people wake up and smell the coffee and stop talking bull.
My initial reaction to FiFa where as always a good one. But as always faults tend to develop and things become less convincing the more and more you play. Some of the rubbish i have read around here about some of the elements of gameplay that supposedly suck on we9 like the ball physics are like a hockey puck (!)? I mean what the hell is that all about? All i can say is that guy can't have played WE9 or any of the series for that matter because fifa 06 physics are more akin to what he describes. The ball moves across the ground like major G forces have gripped it to the soil.
In terms of gameplay i've started to discover the age old problems Fifa ALWAYS has year in year out. The gameplay is just too stiff and constrictive. I mean when the cpu has the ball his players move around like lightening, they make runs, they support. Your team doesnt even cover at the back. I read on the review on this games homepage about the improvement of off the ball running. Well i am sorry but what version of this game did you attain and can i have it as i seem to have got a demo unfinished version. Your players have NO INTELLIGENCE. They dont make smart runs, mostly its up to you to make them run by pressing L1 (depending on controller setup) and as the computer plays such a high line, you can either send your man clean through or get him caught offside, its a bit ridiculous. And while im on the point of going clean through, wheres the pace? Year upon year upon year upon year upon year, EA never get this right, ever. How come a Cisse for Liverpool i cannot out run Breen of Sunderland in a one and one race over distance? Its bloody infuriating. I have just this minute switched off fifa after playing on world class Liverpool vs Sunderland and heres what i noticed was wrong:
1. The cpu players can keep the ball like zico while your players trudge around the pitch seemingly devoid of energy.
2. At one point the Sunderland backline (yes the Sunderland that are currently in the bottom three of the prem) where zipping the ball across their backline and too their defensive midfielder with a series of one touch backheels and flicks. (!)
3. My players DONT move off the ball intelligently, YOU have to set them moving with the press of L1.
4. I lost count of how many times Cisse was beaten to the ball over equal distance in a race by far from superior players. Cisse is one of the fastest players in the premiership.
I dont mind some of the scripting with the keepers, i love the licenses and balls, the stadiums are nice and the pitch is just perfectly sized and the goalkeepers are spot on. But when you cant drill a ball across field without it looking like a weird lob on a wire you have to ask questions.
Which is why the bullcrap coming out of some people about we9 just baffles me and doesnt wash. Fair enough i know WE9 isnt perfect. I know the keepers could still be improved and maybe the pitch sizes increased and apart from licenses maybe a few more tricks for the players, but c'mon at least i can,:
1. Beat a player for pace.
2. Switch play across field with a long or drilled ball.
3. Slow the game down and not be worried that the opposition will become superhuman.
4. My players will move and make runs and create space. Will cover and automatically stick their legs out to block shots.
5. That i can lob or knock a long ball into space without it being in an arc trajectory.
I just wish sometimes EA would just work on those few key areas. I mean its little to ask isnt it? I mean cant they see it? cant you see whats wrong with it? I hope people wake up and smell the coffee and stop talking bull.
