FIFA 13 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[happyloaf]

So far I have played about 3 hours and my opinions are kind of meh. But my biggest complaint is the AI seems to be so reliant on long balls and counter attacks. This is a change from last year but I have played in MLS and EPL games and it seems that every team I play against uses this tactic. It wouldn't be so bad if I could set my players to defensive and have them actually defend. Instead they stand around dim witted and let the striker collect the ball and get shots on goal?

Anyone else feel the same? I want to love it and am enjoying the new first touch controls but the AI is too one note and the player has limited ways to counter this. I am playing on world class. As a side note, the AI also seem to convert 50% of corners.

[stmark]

Man im loving this game Big time. Presentation exceptional. 1st touch is a dream i actually up it to 60 for cpu n user n its giving me great midfield battles unpredictability i also dropped my line height to 40 cpu n user. I play manual everything except shooting on semi.

[cake612]

I mostly play online and have only played 4 games but so far I'm pretty underwhelmed. To me the gameplay feels very very similar and I think the PR guys came up with first touch instead of just saying ball physics. The only thing I've noticed is the ball feels much livelier and bounces around more and the passing is slightly improved so it's harder to pass to the wrong target. I'll need a lot more time with it obviously but even playing the demo felt like the same game with better ball physics.

[JohnPhillip]

The game is sick. I wish there wasnt transfers in the first window but I guess we'll have to deal. Im having a ball. Right now with all my settings from Fifa 12 transferred over its playing very realistic. I havent played PES 13 yet but this is my favorite soccer game ever if not my favorite game ever. Shocking.

[Broncos86]

Any sign of an online manual in PDF?

Edit: never mind, thread up with a link. Also neat that I got a tin case for the game.

[bad_philanthropy]

I didn't really mess around with sliders in the early release, but now I'm using something close to Orion's and wow does it play much better!

[EWRMETS]

Just played a game on world class, slow with Barca against Real. I can't believe how good this game is. I loved last year's game but this game is so much improved it's almost unreal.

[kerosene31]

Just got it tonight and played a few quick games. Overall the game is fun and feels like an improvement from 12. There are still some AI issues with teammates sometimes standing around, but that's to be expected.

Playing the game with everything on manual is just too much fun.

The other thing that has always bugged me about Fifa is the stutter you get when changing players sometimes (yes, I turned off the cpu aid when switching).

Overall I'm really enjoying it so far though.