FIFA 13 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[PeruvianPlaya954]

Different year, same crap.

Sorry, I buy FIFA every year because of licenses and what not but this is seriously not good enough. The game is played at a frenetic pace 99% of the time and players can still turn on a dime and jam the turbo button while asking for assistance from a CPU-controlled second player.

Yes, they fixed things like not so many easy breakaways and immaculate first touches. But this game is clearly catered to the average joes who know about soccer but don't really watch it, yet they will dish out $60 a year on this game because of the arcade-like speed of it all. It's like playing an NBA game on a bigger field, so back and forth all the damn time.

Ever see the computer try to kill off a game instead of go for another goal, which leaves them exposed at the back? Ever see a CPU team try and bunker down and counter? No, because they all play the same.

Sad times we're in, in terms of soccer gaming. Nothing out there is quality and this is coming from someone who has dished out lots of money on games over past decade.

Only way this changes (and it would take a miracle to happen), is if all of us diehard gamers who visit boards stop buying it. Yes the casuals and rares will buy it but if a good chunk of us don't give EA revenue, then the message might be clear that they need to cater to us, too. By buying the game as is, they're just going to keep churning out the same crap over and over with minor adjustments that they tout as 'great'.

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigeastbumrush

Can someone please explain what Marking is/does.

If you are talking about marking a player, It allows you to cover a certain player on the other team with a player from your team so that they will try and stay with that player. Kind of like plaiyng man to man if you will.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by orion523

The Good: David Silva begins this play with an outlet from his own end(not shown) before eventually continuing his run and scoring the goal. http://www.ea.com/soccer/videos/ugc/135208322

What was TV5 doing? He just let Silva run by him while he watched?

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by PeruvianPlaya954

Different year, same crap. Sorry, I buy FIFA every year because of licenses and what not but this is seriously not good enough. The game is played at a frenetic pace 99% of the time and players can still turn on a dime and jam the turbo button while asking for assistance from a CPU-controlled second player. Yes, they fixed things like not so many easy breakaways and immaculate first touches. But this game is clearly catered to the average joes who know about soccer but don't really watch it, yet they will dish out $60 a year on this game because of the arcade-like speed of it all. It's like playing an NBA game on a bigger field, so back and forth all the damn time. Ever see the computer try to kill off a game instead of go for another goal, which leaves them exposed at the back? Ever see a CPU team try and bunker down and counter? No, because they all play the same. Sad times we're in, in terms of soccer gaming. Nothing out there is quality and this is coming from someone who has dished out lots of money on games over past decade. Only way this changes (and it would take a miracle to happen), is if all of us diehard gamers who visit boards stop buying it. Yes the casuals and rares will buy it but if a good chunk of us don't give EA revenue, then the message might be clear that they need to cater to us, too. By buying the game as is, they're just going to keep churning out the same crap over and over with minor adjustments that they tout as 'great'.

I agree with your post except for one thing I think the other game is very much back on track this year.

[PeruvianPlaya954]

Quote: Originally Posted by ezio

I agree with your post except for one thing I think the other game is very much back on track this year.

I don't. They fix some things wrong from last year's edition every year but have a whole bunch of new errors that will be fixed next year, etc., etc.

[stmark]

http://www.ea.com/soccer/videos/ugc/135308422 nice goal i scored

Spectacular own goal by me smh
http://www.ea.com/soccer/videos/ugc/135309678

[orion523]

Quote: Originally Posted by KG

What was TV5 doing? He just let Silva run by him while he watched?

I thought the same thing actually, but I've never played football competitively so to tell you the truth I'm not actually sure what his assignment was. Maybe someone with more pull than me can get this video to someone who can do something about it. CPU marking was at 66 BTW.

[FluffyTonka]

After playing some more of both demos.

PES is the much better game on the park. The ball physics, manual passing, player creativity to get into space etc ... makes for an unpredictable and exciting game. The player modes on PES are complete and utter pants.

Meanwhile fifa is the opposite. their menus, leagues, licenses and career mode are excellent, but the gameplay feels stale and the mechanics of the players and movement and ball physics make for predictable gameplay. Every 5th or 6th game on fifa is exciting and gets me out of my seat, the rest are just meh ...

Especially after playing 400+ games of fifa 12, it's just hard to get excited over the game in terms of buying it.

It might be 6 months of NBA2K for me ...