Ok, up until last year I was a FIFA fan all the way. I read about how WE / PES was all that etc... I downloaded the PES3 demo and had a great time playing it with my logitech controller (the one that looks and feels like a PS2 controller). When I read about WE7I coming to the US, I purchased a PS2 and got the game the next day, and again, had a blast. I told a friend about it (he was a FIFA fan like myself) and I let him play on his own and he loved it. So anyway, after playing the game for a year, like most of us, I was egerly awaiting for WE8I to come out. I managed to get the game yesterday from EB and played it for about an hour. At the moment I am having mixed emotions about the game, in particular the animations. In 7 animations were very fluent, especially if you had the ball and were running. If you had to run around someone, the players body would "sway", it was very fluid and looked and felt great, in 8 however, I don't see this as often. It seems the whole body of the player turns, and doesn't sway, giving a slightly unrealistic feeling? I understand the game is now more responsive, but it feels too responsive. When I have the ball and I'm passing it around it seems like the players are almost like ball magnets. I was able to get the ball from 1 end to the other by passing in about 3-4 seconds, granted you could do that in 7, but it took longer, which I liked; It's like your always hitting your targets to quickly. Perhaps I'm just use to 7 and will need some time to adjust to 8 and the way the game now players, but it is a vastly different game than 7. I'll play the game some more of course as 1 hour is not enough time to judge a game, but I was wondering if anyone else has the same feelings?