FIFA 13 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[rckabillyRaider]

Quote: Originally Posted by Altimus

This is why there is no reward feeling to it... the defender should be in my back pocket and he's not. They need to get some of the Stoke defenders in the office for FIFA 14.

yup. I'm disappointed that the same trick from 12 is still in also. Sprint straight ahead to edge of the box, stop abruptly, cut in and hit an easy goal at an angle. I'd say that's successful about 75% of the time.

[bigeastbumrush]

After making slider adjustments..I'm officially blown away by this game!

I didn't like it when I first played it..even playing on Slow speed. But after I made slider adjustments...this game rocks!

I'm a casual player so flame away. But I love the little things. The game is still a bit too fast and scoring is too frequent for my liking. But overall..this game is it for me. I was on the fence heavy. But I'm sold.

[johnnynapalm]

Has anyone figured out how to view their replays from the demo? EA Sports World is all fubar'd for me.

[foster1979]

Will be very interested to see how Krebstars Custom Tactics work for this game. I think it is the best fifa ever.

[dubcity]

Quote: Originally Posted by Altimus

This is why there is no reward feeling to it... the defender should be in my back pocket and he's not. They need to get some of the Stoke defenders in the office for FIFA 14.

I seriously don't understand the logic with the AI defenders. It's like they play this bastardized, ineffectual combination of zonal and man D. The worst parts of both strategies. And increasing the marking sliders just opens up a whole 'nother can of worms; they play too tight at midfield, and you can make 2 passes and have just one defender between you and goalkeeper. But I could go on for hours about how frustrating the sliders are in general.

The FIFA 12 D was bad enough, but it's absolutely ridiculous in this demo. Even at higher difficulty settings.

[razorkaos]

Did you guys know that RVP is in the demo? i dont know if it works on PC and PS3 versions, but, on the xbox, start the demo. in the main menu, logout from xbox live, then log in again. choose Arsenal, and you will find RVP there.

[Gnemi]

As much as I'd like to think EA will listen to the complaints about AI defending, don't hold your breath.

You'd think they'd go all out and make AI defending really tight and difficult on Legendary.

It's as though something in the engine of the game doesn't allow for useful defense. The cheap cut-in from the edge of the box goal that's being described wouldn't happen if the CPU merely marked!

By the way, I haven't experimented with CPU marking slider but I'll go ahead and assume it makes little or no difference to the observations of Altimus et al.

[RoyceDa59]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gnemi

As much as I'd like to think EA will listen to the complaints about AI defending, don't hold your breath. You'd think they'd go all out and make AI defending really tight and difficult on Legendary. It's as though something in the engine of the game doesn't allow for useful defense. The cheap cut-in from the edge of the box goal that's being described wouldn't happen if the CPU merely marked! By the way, I haven't experimented with CPU marking slider but I'll go ahead and assume it makes little or no difference to the observations of Altimus et al.

Zero difference even maxed out, it was the same last year.