FIFA 13 Season Ticket Early Release Impressions

[ZoneBlitz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Altimus

For now I can say yes. Defending is questionable... No, I've seen Stoke and Valencia play completely different when it came to trying to get goals. Where Stoke was trying to score off headers, Valencia took most of their shots outside the box.

Teams playing differently is huge for me since I play mostly off line.

Are there midfield battles?

[Real Talk]

Quote: Originally Posted by sva91

Can someone elaborate on the ESPN integration? Is is just the score ticker or is there more? And I know this isnt gameplay related, but does Dempsey have his face in the game? Or any other US players?

Dempsey does not have his face but has a similar face and Micheal Bradley, Landon Donovan, and Cherundelo or however u spell it have real faces which is surprising considering Dempsey is the only one who plays in the EPL on the national teams.

[Real Talk]

What happened to the boots from the demo. What happened to all the nike half white shoes because most players still wear those and they were in the euros and olympics and now nobody even has them and they were taken out for what reason

[Broncos86]

For now, I'm HIGHLY impressed. Playing as the Rapids, whose highest rated player is a 68 OVR, you can REALLY feel the difference in skill. Wow. I'm really liking what I see.

[rckabillyRaider]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

For now, I'm HIGHLY impressed. Playing as the Rapids, whose highest rated player is a 68 OVR, you can REALLY feel the difference in skill. Wow. I'm really liking what I see.

nice. Sounds good! Can't wait to give my LA boys a go. Still downloading

[Broncos86]

Quote: Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider

nice. Sounds good! Can't wait to give my LA boys a go. Still downloading

First Touch is huge. When I played the demo, those teams, of high rating, were good at settling the passes. A lot of my guys on the Rapids weren't nearly as good, so I didn't have the precise passing. I really had to be careful, and defenders were able to pounce on me a bit because of it.

There were a lot of situations where I just had to play the long ball because I couldn't depend on my defenders or midfielders to settle some of the balls and control it. I just had to make sure I got it out.

[ggsimmonds]

Played a game and wow, it plays well so far. I seriously underestimated the effect the new first touch would have.

I decided to create a elite midfielder (86 ovr) and throw him on DC United to get a better grasp on different calibur players feel/perform and wow. He was able to dominate the game but it was more than that. Passes to him were fielded a lot more cleanly if they reached him. His passes carved the other squad up and when I tried the same with others it typically ended badly. Seems like playing with lower level teams will result in more unpredictable outcomes due to their poor first touch.

I'll probably spend most of the remaining night with the skill games to improve.
Going to be a fun weekend but my hygiene and social life may suffer lol

[Dos_Santos]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dos_Santos

Love the game so far but I was under the impression it had a connected careers (online dynasty with friends) like Madden. Am I missing it? I want to do a EPL with two buddies.

Plays a fun game on the pitch but I am going to cancel my preorder as I was expecting the ability to play a private franchise with friends. Not sure why EA hasn't implemented an online league yet.