FIFA 12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3, PC)

[Behindshadows]

Here's gameplay of the PC version...watch it to the end...

Great video...FRAPS held up well until the last 6 seconds...lmao..

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

Looks pretty choppy. What's your rig?

[Josam27o7]

I HATE the new broadcast camera, it's too far away from the other side of the field.

I HATE what they have done with shooting. It feels like I am kicking a marble. This is a dealbreaker, it makes the game SO MUCH less fun.

I HATE the R1 button assignment of secondary press.

[rckabillyRaider]

not really digging it as it stands right now. The possession numbers are way too lopsided in favor of the cpu with tactical defending. Might just be me that needs to adjust to it or the they made the AI more difficult this year. I'll wait to make a final judgement when the early release version comes out on the EA Season Ticket and I can mess with the sliders.

[Behindshadows]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth

Looks pretty choppy. What's your rig?

My rig runs it perfectly...When it's recording it drops to 50fps...

FRAPS only lags, FIFA, NBA 2k series, and Need for Speed Shift 1 and 2...

All other games I play, record full 60fps..and no lag...you can check the 200plus on my YT Channel..

[Flawless]

[RoyceDa59]

The player impact engine is cool but it is WAY over the top, almost arcadey. Sad thing is the refs don't call for hardly any of those collisions.

[Bahnzo]

Played a buncha games....3 mins halves is NOT ENOUGH. You can "Rematch" right away tho, which is good. I played all the games at the default difficulty with "slow" settings.

The new Tactical defending takes some getting used to, and even after all the games I'm still either learning, or making terrible mistakes. Haven't made up my mind as to whether it's good or bad....right now it's just different. But it's better than what defending used to be in previous games. I just can't get used to the different buttons on defense.

The CPU seems to be able to dribble almost at will which makes the defending even more difficult at times. Your AI teammates do a decent job of containing even without you telling them to with the R1 button. But they don't press very hard, and they rarely "step up" to intercept a pass, even when they are in position to do so. As with FIFA games of past, your AI teammates are often guilty of ball watching and simply don't play as intelligently as the CPU does. Sorry, but I just can't control all 11 players, even if the switching mechanism worked perfectly, which it doesn't.

Passing seems more difficult to me, and not as easy to 1-2 yourself up the field. But lobbed passes are still too accurate, even tho I felt thru passes weren't, even with the assisted setting. There needs to be a "semi-assisted" setting for lobs. But I also did have the CPU make bad passes here and there, which is great news, because they dribble perfectly and never make a bad move. They also pull off tricks here and there with the better players which is cool, but frustrating as it's difficult enough right now to even tackle the ball.

Overall, pretty good and seems like a step forward from previous years efforts.