2010 FIFA World Cup Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here

[stmark]

love the graphics. the freedom of the controls are excellent.the pace is picked up which i love. shots have a lot more umph to them best fifa game play to date imo. there are more errant passes by the cpu also .more unpredictablity which is great, more is needed but great to see progress(hope to see more in fifa 11) the defense is more fair you can clear the ball out with power and distance one time clearances are improved. love the directional chest control, overall excellent improvements. hope to see these changes in fifa 11 just a tweak more freedom with the controls and we will be golden.

[jorge380]

I am loving this game.I dig the world map menu.

[Mo]

One thing I did not like is those automatic free kick goals are still in. Meaning if you commit a foul anywhere near the box, it's gonna be a goal nearly every time.

[karlos]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth

Downloading for PS3 now. Can't wait. Anyone who has it for both 360 and PS3, care to post the differences?

I tried both the 360 and PS3 versions last night for quite a while.

Firstly, the overall flow of the game feels improved more natural - better close control of the ball if you use slow dribble but still the option of bursting past a player with a flick of the right stick and sprint button. The control feels more polished and the passing a little more varied. Tip go into controller options menu to change the controller from assisted shooting and passing to "semi" or even "manual".

I find the comparisons between the 360 and PS3 versions are exactly the same as Fifa 10 - the game looks a little better on 360 (more solid feeling) slightly better looking textures and a little more polished. Cut scenes are slightly less jerky than on PS3 but still not perfect - some are fine crowd scenes etc. However, the game just controls better on PS3 and I don`t think it is just using a different controller - it feels sharper, more responsive and more fluid.

I felt the same about Fifa 10 - looked better o 360 but felt better on PS3. I usually buy multi-format on 360 Madden / NFL etc as the 360 version usually just shades it graphics wise (on multi-format titles) and personally thought Madden and NHlL were better on 360 having tried both. So no bias here - I just keep the best version on whichever console that is.

Didn`t really want to get the game but the World Cup is such an event and this game does look like it will be very good - Oh Dear !

[FORMULA316]

having just bought Euro 08 for $3.99, I am not inclined to make this a day one
purchase. Maybe when there is a sale.

[Blublub]

Meh. Ah yes the EA FIFA cash machine that is their WC editions. I'd be very leery, as all of the World Cup editions have sucked pretty hard since WC 98. Don't fall for the confetti!!!

Holy Jeezus, did anyone else have stuttering with the match intro and horrible slowdown with replays on the PS3 version? Utterly pathetic if they feel this is acceptable in the final release...

I see very little improvement over FIFA 10. But then again it's awfully hard to tell with the two minute match halves they give you in the demo.

[FORMULA316]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blublub

Meh. Ah yes the EA FIFA cash machine that is their WC editions. I'd be very leery, as all of the World Cup editions have sucked pretty hard since WC 98. Don't fall for the confetti!!! Holy Jeezus, did anyone else have stuttering with the match intro and horrible slowdown with replays on the PS3 version? Utterly pathetic if they feel this is acceptable in the final release... I see very little improvement over FIFA 10. But then again it's awfully hard to tell with the two minute match halves they give you in the demo.

Seems smoother on the 360 yet still rather sluggish. Demo build sluggish?

I would have preferred a downloadable mode from with 10 for the World Cup.

[poster]

Downloaded the PS3 version. Controls feel good. So hard to get a feel with the short half lengths, but like how it feels. Wish we could hack the settings like some PC demos. It did look kind of blah, and I noticed it was in 720p. Not sure if that is just for the demo or if the 360 demo is in 1080p? Kind of disappointing if the PS3 isn't in 1080p.

Will probably download the 360 version as well over the weekend and try to compare. Slow still feels too fast, but the pace does feel a little slower if that makes sense. Hard to tell if the pitch is bigger, maybe a bit. Custodians seem to react better which is good.

Liked that both Italy and Spain each had two different home/away kits.