Mel Brennan
Youth Team
Originally posted by AndrewC
You didn't give the demo enough of a go.
Learn how to use first touch and give it a chance. It's a pity that PES players won't give FIFA 2005 a chance just because of its name.
On the surface it seems similar to FIFA 2004. But when you play it further you will see it's improved dramatically. Everything from passing to shooting. And even PES fans should give FIFA some praise for the first touch system. This is an innovative new gameplay feature and you would have realised that if you gave it a good go. With this we can score great, unique goals like Bergkamp's famous goal against Newcastle.
I too was converted from FIFA to PES after the 2004 version but this version is great to play. I got sick of the FIFA 2004 demo after a few matches but with 2005 I want to go back for more. You shouldn't write it off because IMO this FIFA is undoubtably the best FIFA yet.
I respect this. I think that the first touch is a meaningful improvement. I don't think that it's the revelation others do, but given what FIFA 2004 was in terms of gameplay and control, I understandthe excitement. I do think that FIFA 2005 will be a solid 1v1, human-to-human game.
But in terms of the whole package of gameplay, especially 1vPC, but, really, even 1v1, PES3 was/is great...we'l have to see about PES4. I still think that PES3 beats out FIFA 2005 in gameplay feel and engagement.
I honestly felt like FIFA 2005 made Arsenal - this Arsenal! - boring. But again, I do respect that folks are becoming endeared to first touch...it's the beginning of what FIFA fans should have had all along...but still only the beginning, in my view... the AI must be looked at seriously, not tweaked, but fro mthe ground up.