FIFA 13 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[razorkaos]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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...

one more thing: without the sliders, and playing with speed set to normal, this game feels strange and too arcadey to me.

[rckabillyRaider]

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.

totally agree. And actually I drop my sliders even lower than that.

[Panicshade]

the sliders for speed and acceleration at around 40 are still plenty quick enough and don't feel bogged down or anything

[Gnemi]

I tried it at 42 and thought it felt like the players were running in mud.

[Panicshade]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gnemi

I tried it at 42 and thought it felt like the players were running in mud.

It seemed okay to me but I guess everybody will have their own opinions on how they see it.

[daddytorgo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gnemi

I tried it at 42 and thought it felt like the players were running in mud.

I have a feeling each individual is going to have to find their own perfect setting within a broad range based upon their reaction time and stuff. That would make sense.

[Broncos86]

Quote: Originally Posted by daddytorgo

I have a feeling each individual is going to have to find their own perfect setting within a broad range based upon their reaction time and stuff. That would make sense.

Yup. Last year, I recall a giant discussion about Madden with regard to which speed was more realistic. Some said slow, others said very fast. Personal preference and perception rule the day.

[Gnemi]

Right now, I have Sprint/Accel at 45/45, Shot/Pass Speed at 45/45 for both, and Shot/Pass Error at 55/65 for CPU.

It's really good...I'm a bit stunned right now by how the game is playing. It's got a deliberate (some might call it slow) pace with an assortment of midfield and wing play. It's varied and fun.

The defense is a bit shaky though, so I can imagine scoring being a bit high. We'll see.

By the way, I'm going to be redfaced if this was in last year's edition, but the Co-Op camera is friggin' amazing. It's the only camera view I'll use.