First of all I would like to congratulate EA on making a vast and enjoyable improvement between 2004 and 2005. I enjoy 2005 a great deal and my little brother (who isnt as FIFA biased as I am) Is also addicted. There is however room for improvement (isnt there always) but I feel FIFA 2005 was a very good and enjoyable game.
1. Animatioins in 2005 are pretty realistic and enjoyable to watch. I do however find that they are somewhat overused. The animation for example when the defender grabs the forward by shoulder and pulls him down, is cool, but gets very old very fast when it happens every other game. I also feel like something needs to be said about the sprinting animation and while im on it, sprinting in general. When players run "all out" It looks like there running a marathon, I wanna see my players HAULING SOME ASS!! They need to lower there bodies dig into the ground more, and get those arms churning. This would add such a cool effect to the game becuase running would look so much more realistic. Not only is the animation for sprinting a bit off however but the gameplay aspect as well. I would suggest a short speed burst meter that declines entirley after 3-4 seconds. After the meter is gone the player will decrease his speed quickly, but the sprinting meter will recharge completley within say 8 seconds. This would make sprinting more real because that is typically how most people run.
2. Ball physics were good this year, but 3% of the time looked ridiculous, occasionly when bouncing off of players, and hitting the net.
3. Make the crowd and the stadium a solid object, I'm tired of seeing the ball fade into the crowd or through the walls of Saint Jame's Park. It would also be cool if EA could get the stadiums 100% spot on. The Goals are way to far away from the crowd in alot of stadiums. Highbury for example the goal is like 2 feet away from the crowd. In the game its like 5 or 6 yards away.
4. I want a deeper career mode still... This year was an improvement no doubt, but I would really like an even deeper career mode. I would like to host a small tournament in the off season within my career mode, schedule friendlies in the off season, schedule practices, and have more control over how and if my team develops. I want it to be almost difficult for me to be a successful manager when it comes to these things. I want my players to be far more affected by their moral. I also think EA should revamp there scheduling creator, I had an away game and it showed an airplane (indicating a travel date) but there is no travel day home, I had a game the next day so im assumeing my players all just materialized in the stadium right after their first game. EA needs to work that out for sure. Just a deeper career mode would knock my socks off.
5. More faces but im sure you guys are thinking well duh...
6. Better comantary, i hear really cool comentary now and then but usually its the same overused crap, try to intigrate the new lines in better.
7. More stadiums, especially relevant ones, Champions league finals host, UEFA cup finals host, Domestic cup hosts, ect. Which brings me to my next point, Put cup finals at a neutral ground. I'm tired of playing the FA cup at home or away, I want to play at some sweet neutral stadium like in real life.
8. More dynamic weather, Make it an option so when selecting a team to manage, Show a Global climate map which displays the climate in the specific location of a given team. So for example If i Select Corinthians in Brazil it will show a Hot climate and the area will be in red or orange or something (like weather on the news). If i select a Norweigen team however it would be dark blue and cold. The objective at which I am getting at is that depending on where you play the weather will follow (if this sounds familiar think of FIFA 2004, "Dynamic weather so choose your home wisley")
9. More shoes and try to get the official balls for the champions league and at least the official balls of the big 5 leagues.
10. Make shooting on direct kicks and option sometimes im in a piss-poor shooting spot and i would rather cross but it just isnt possible.
11. keep create a player but make the created face visible in the lineup.
12. Better transfer market, just copy madden's setup and make loans possible
13. Try to give each league's fans and identity I kind of felt this in 2005, in England the fans are all business and occasionaly chant, in Italy Spain and Germany they have more flamboyant displays such as flairs ect. Make this more apparent though.
14. I want a youth team
15. I want the MLS to be more crappy, I'm american I go to MLS games they are not better than PSV eindhoven, or most other teams that are under 3 stars, the MLS is 2.5 stars when i feel generous. Some players however are good and I think EA represented them well.
16. wow this is getting long the end.