FIFA 13 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[BrianFifaFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by KG

Increasing passing error to 85 creates artificially lowered passing %'s. You get more interceptions because all passes are bouncy and slower so your defenders have more time to react to them. The passing error slider has not been fixed from last year in terms of error on placement. I just played Milan (me) vs Juve. Pirlo played a handful of balls not on the ground. I'm ok with it on long passes but his short pass is a 95. They should be crisp and on the ground. I did see 2 great foul calls and a very cool quick restart where my guy got fouled, the ball rolled on to another defender, there was no advantage and my other defender passed it to the guy who got fouled who re-started play. It was very natural.

I've seen that a lot. I like that and I finally got to see the sub board up close as the player subbed in. I'm loving the little touches....

[therizing02]

Here are the sliders I'm using and I'm getting some decent, realistic, believable results.

World Class or Legendary
All MANUAL...except shooting at SEMI
Analog Sprint ON
Game Speed: SLOW...it seems a little faster this year.

Changes U/CPU

Pass Accuracy 50/95
Marking 100/100
Line Height 35/35
Line Width 30/30
Line Length 30/30

I think the key to getting a more "sloppy" game is shrinking the amount of space. At the default line and marking settings there is unrealistic amount of space.

Shrinking the space allows you to better defend off the ball, your CPU teammates, because they are closer to their mark or more likely to make a play on the ball and show better reactions. Closer marking and reduced space should eventually lead to more fouls being called.

I'm not really sure I can give any type of impressions at this point other than I love the ball physics and the random first touches. 3 minute halves are just too quick and with the tighter settings you are really forced to think about tactics and building an attack. I've played several games where neither team was able to get a shot off.

A couple of other likes:

The arrows with a numerical value showing form
The formations are now labeled and don't just show the numbers
Random comments about players not starting
Skill Games: ADDICTIVE
Contact system is so much better


Also, when I fired up the demo about 20 minutes ago, I noticed that Arsenal had Van Persie and Song in the lineup????? Up until tonight they weren't even on the squad. Anyone else notice this???

I LOVED FIFA 12 with similar slider settings. I'll probably be tinkering around with F13 for a while before finding out what works best, but I think it will be a huge improvement over FIFA 12. Career mode sounds like it will be the best yet.

[ZoneBlitz]

Quote: Originally Posted by therizing02

Here are the sliders I'm using and I'm getting some decent, realistic, believable results. World Class or Legendary All MANUAL...except shooting at SEMI Analog Sprint ON Game Speed: SLOW...it seems a little faster this year. Changes U/CPU Pass Accuracy 50/95 Marking 100/100 Line Height 35/35 Line Width 30/30 Line Length 30/30 I think the key to getting a more "sloppy" game is shrinking the amount of space. At the default line and marking settings there is unrealistic amount of space. Shrinking the space allows you to better defend off the ball, your CPU teammates, because they are closer to their mark or more likely to make a play on the ball and show better reactions. Closer marking and reduced space should eventually lead to more fouls being called. I'm not really sure I can give any type of impressions at this point other than I love the ball physics and the random first touches. 3 minute halves are just too quick and with the tighter settings you are really forced to think about tactics and building an attack. I've played several games where neither team was able to get a shot off. A couple of other likes: The arrows with a numerical value showing form The formations are now labeled and don't just show the numbers Random comments about players not starting Skill Games: ADDICTIVE Contact system is so much better Also, when I fired up the demo about 20 minutes ago, I noticed that Arsenal had Van Persie and Song in the lineup????? Up until tonight they weren't even on the squad. Anyone else notice this??? I LOVED FIFA 12 with similar slider settings. I'll probably be tinkering around with F13 for a while before finding out what works best, but I think it will be a huge improvement over FIFA 12. Career mode sounds like it will be the best yet.

My only concern with these slider tweaks is whether or not each team will play the same or differently. Have you noticed any teams playing differently or true to their real-life counterparts?

[rckabillyRaider]

I believe RVP and Song appear on arsenal if you don't connect to the EA servers.

[IWWROCKS]

Quote: Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider

I believe RVP and Song appear on arsenal if you don't connect to the EA servers.

Yupp, also Adam Johnson and Adebayor at City too

[rckabillyRaider]

ok, I think I'm gonna be in the lower the marking slider to get better defense camp. I set it to 0 for both teams and I ended up winning 1-0 with a goal in the 89th minute. I was man city vs Milan. Played on legendary, PC version, using the time expander playing 6 minute halves. I only got off 8 total shots. The CPU got off 4 shots.

I saw a lot more activity in the box by the cpu defenders. A lot of attempted kick saves on any shot I tried to get off, whereas usually I notice them just look at the shot go by. Pretty encouraging but gotta play some more games.


***played another game, me using Juve vs Borussia. Game ended 1-1. Both of us got off 5 shots. I saw the same extra activity in the box and they actually were pressuring me more in general. On my goal, it was a shot I took from the top of the box and while it was in mid flight one of the defenders came jumping in out of nowhere and threw a header to try to defend it but to no avail. Thought that was pretty cool. Don't recall seeing that.

Placebo effect? Who knows, but I'm liking what I'm seeing so I'll stick with it.

[xicpanad]

Problem in Legendary passing still exists. I would like to have a lower % in CPU acuracy but with high passing error slider the bouncing is just too ugly, and this is with top teams, I wonder how it looks in the final release with lower league teams.
I´ve even consider playing in world class, and then use sliders to turn game more dificult. In world class, passing error slider at 60 makes the CPU miss here and there, without too much boucing effect. Problem is, the defending is weaker. I guess one has too loose something, we just have too choose what we like the most: gameplay or statistics.

[ZoneBlitz]

Quote: Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider

ok, I think I'm gonna be in the lower the marking slider to get better defense camp. I set it to 0 for both teams and I ended up winning 1-0 with a goal in the 89th minute. I was man city vs Milan. Played on legendary, PC version, using the time expander playing 6 minute halves. I only got off 8 total shots. The CPU got off 4 shots. I saw a lot more activity in the box by the cpu defenders. A lot of attempted kick saves on any shot I tried to get off, whereas usually I notice them just look at the shot go by. Pretty encouraging but gotta play some more games. ***played another game, me using Juve vs Borussia. Game ended 1-1. Both of us got off 5 shots. I saw the same extra activity in the box and they actually were pressuring me more in general. On my goal, it was a shot I took from the top of the box and while it was in mid flight one of the defenders came jumping in out of nowhere and threw a header to try to defend it but to no avail. Thought that was pretty cool. Don't recall seeing that. Placebo effect? Who knows, but I'm liking what I'm seeing so I'll stick with it.

Do your teammates defend better? Also, do the teams play differently?