FIFA 13 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[Gnemi]

Just to reiterate: for all of you who haven't yet tried changing sliders to ~46-48 for Speed, Acceleration, and Passing/Shooting, it makes a world of difference. You can spend both 3 minute halves of the demo with no scoring and few chances aka. actual possession and build-up football.

[ZoneBlitz]

So now I am confused. I was really impressed with the demo.

First, the presentation and graphics (menus, animations, player models, etc...) just blew me away. Add in the announcing, crowd noise, etc... and licensed teams, and now the immersion is awesome. Then, playing the game, I was amazed at how much better it is than FIFA 12. While still not quite there, it made a significant jump towards simulation football as opposed to arcade football. That improve really deepens the immersion for me. Plus, the added realism makes it really fun.

I am really thinking about playing this game this year.

I tell you the truth, if FIFA added realistic computer AI, real football strategy, and teams that play like their real life counter parts, this game would obliterate the competition.

[jayhawkblue]

Something I saw when I was playing the game earlier but didn't get a chance to play around with: match starting time. Now set to real times instead of just day, night, overcast, etc. Has anyone played an afternoon match where the sun is out to begin with and then it progresses into night as the match goes on?

[dubcity]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZoneBlitz

So now I am confused. I was really impressed with the demo. First, the presentation and graphics (menus, animations, player models, etc...) just blew me away. Add in the announcing, crowd noise, etc... and licensed teams, and now the immersion is awesome. Then, playing the game, I was amazed at how much better it is than FIFA 12.

I'm noticing the crowd noise improvements more and more. The crowd goes nuts when the home team steals the ball in their own penalty area, or when the anticipate a shot. It's a little thing, but it makes the game more fun.

[Broncos86]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

I'm noticing the crowd noise improvements more and more. The crowd goes nuts when the home team steals the ball in their own penalty area, or when the anticipate a shot. It's a little thing, but it makes the game more fun.

Count me as one of the individuals REALLY impressed with the demo. I just bought NHL 13, and I keep playing the FIFA 13 demo. The sound is excellent in the demo. I had an instance where I pushed a ball through and the defender had it, but I made a play on the ball near the penalty box. At first, the crowd got loud with anticipation, quieted a bit when they saw the defender with it, but then went into an uproar as I stole the ball and broke into the box.

I'm really looking forward to FIFA 13. For me, the gameplay is just compelling. I keep wanting to play match after match. The AI has been able to really lock me down if I just try to run it down the sidelines, or try some hokey strategy. They've been aggressive on me and I've had to back-pass quite a bit to maintain control.

[daddytorgo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gnemi

Just to reiterate: for all of you who haven't yet tried changing sliders to ~46-48 for Speed, Acceleration, and Passing/Shooting, it makes a world of difference. You can spend both 3 minute halves of the demo with no scoring and few chances aka. actual possession and build-up football.

This. Although by slowing things down and promoting actual buildup I find that it actually helped me score more.

[Panicshade]

I find myself playing the random skill challenge that loads up before the match a lot before I finally go into the match. I am a very mediocre player so it does take me a while to catch on to what I have to do on some of them.

I wish they would have had the option in the demo to play those outside of the pre-match loading screens. I know they will be there in the full retail version.

[razorkaos]

finally tried the demo. playing on the 360, legendary, full manual controls, slow speed and sliders (speed-accel=46, pass speed=48, for both sides).

first thing i`ve noticed is that legendary looks easier than world class. on legendary, i can walk through defenders and get inside the box easily, and they block shots far less than on world class. cpu looks desperate on world class, and they really ignore build up and midfield play. sometimes, they make a 40yd pass through all my players, reaching a striker alone in the box. wing play is easier now, cpu seems to let you go down the wings without bother you. also, noticed that few problems are still in the game, like the bug when you play with manual player switching, and sometimes, the cpu refuses to accept you command to switch the player. it happens more often in the box, when you are trying to defend an air ball. still in the box, GK`s AI vs air balls is still ridiculous, they don`t try to intercept a cross by punching the ball, as would be obvious. Instead, they keep stepping on the goal line, watching the ball reach its intended receiver.

Attacking AI works, but it`s not as great as people think it is. Your strikers really make more runs forward, but 90% of the time, they run to the wrong lane. Most of the time, the striker runs towards a defender instead running to the open space. AI defenders look dumber too, making defending a lot harder as you have to manually retreat with some of your CB`s that suffer from Lucio`s Syndrom, when they think they are strikers...

Overall, the gameplay needs some improvement, but 13 its far better than 12. Presentation looks better too. Menu is cleaner than 12`s, and during the game, i`ve noticed even players warming on the sidelines and what should be the teams coaches. I`m curious to see how the brazilian commentary will be, once they put a sports presentator to comment the game, with a real commentator and former player on his side...