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[dubcity]

Quote: Originally Posted by demencia_total

So essentially, you cannot defend properly while you are in control of the player, and you cannot defend properly while you're not in control. Awesome. The tactical defending seems like a great idea, but the execution is complete garbage.

Yeah. Tactical defending and the impact engine are two of the main reasons that playing FIFA at higher difficulty levels is generally a soul crushing and painful experience in the long run.

[niharjhatn]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

Yeah. Tactical defending and the impact engine are two of the main reasons that playing FIFA at higher difficulty levels is generally a soul crushing and painful experience in the long run.

Probably a bit more dramatic then I'd put it.. but yeah

I mean FIFA's been around for a long time. I've been playing it since '98 on PS1 before moving to the PC version... people are going to get good at the game. REALLY good.

Yet how the game plays at legendary difficulty is terrible - teams don't play like they are meant to. Forget about it being 'challenging'. Sure I still lose games, but the losses always seem to be those "oh lol" losses.

As I am on PC, I do have the luxury of mods eventually fixing the game, but until some big AI mods come out (or some wondrous patch by EA) I'm done with 13. Might go back to 12 or just get PES this year.

It shocks me that the DEMO gameplay was so fabulous... and to me at least seems drastically different to how the real game has panned out. I dunno WTF went wrong with the final release.

[sars973]

Playing as Chelsea in my manager mode I faced Tottenham in the Capital One Cup. They started Gareth Bale at LB. Needless to say I took advantage of that and won 4-2.

Weird stuff lol.

[Krebstar]

Quote: Originally Posted by sars973

Playing as Chelsea in my manager mode I faced Tottenham in the Capital One Cup. They started Gareth Bale at LB. Needless to say I took advantage of that and won 4-2. Weird stuff lol.

Why is that weird? It was his natural position for many years. If you look at his profile in the game, I'm sure it'll have LB listed as one of his positions.

[Altimus]

I've given up on this game... PES might be a lost cause as well unless the next patch tweaks a few things.

Back to FM13 full time looks like.

[dubcity]

I've gotten to the point where I've started doing player edits to try to increase fouls. Custom tactics and sliders do nothing when defenders are so overpowered with tackling ability. They are seemingly incapable of making sloppy challenges. They either get the tackle right, or they don't attempt a challenge at all. I decreased all players' standing tackle and sliding tackle ability to 1, and they still made perfect tackles whenever they were close enough to an attacker. And sliders challenges are completely broken in this game. I've even been trying feints and skill moves, but doing that all game results in an average of 1 extra foul per game.

Just for the hell of it, I went back and played a couple of games of FIFA 10, just to see the difference. Playing the exact same style of play, I drew 20 tackles in my first game. There's got to be a middle ground. I just don't get why EA is unwilling to address this. This isn't football. This is a bunch of robots sprinting around the field, making short passes and never taking chances.

[bigh0rt]

Quote: Originally Posted by Krebstar

Why is that weird? It was his natural position for many years. If you look at his profile in the game, I'm sure it'll have LB listed as one of his positions.

It certainly was, and is listed in the game.

[MrOctober430]

Can I get any other commentary in the game besides French, Spanish and English. Is German commentary available for US versions?