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FIFA Soccer 10 Demo Available in Europe (17th for US), Post Impressions Here

12:34 PM - September 10, 2009 by Pared

For those of you that can grab the FIFA Soccer 10 demo, please post your impressions here.

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# 181 Qb @ 09/28/09 11:18 AM

I haven't played the demo for about a week now, but catching up on the discussion in here it seems it's much of the same:

1) 360 control is a big plus, not only for player movement, but for aiming as well. Manual passing was frustrating for me last year, as you could tell that the ball could only be passed at certain angles.

2) The AI is over-aggressive. As much as I wish the dev team could get it "right", I'm resigned to doing a massive custom tactics assignment to get an enjoyable offline experience. I saw positive results in getting the AI to sit back & contain more on defense in 09 and while not as overwhelming, getting them to slow down a bit on the attack as well. If only there was a way to get EA to halve all of the default CTT values, we'd be in business...

3) Head-to-head against someone who wants to play "football" should be a blast. I had many good games against with like-minded OSers who didn't play in the typical online style. All manual often was a bit too sloppy, but when compared to playing assist-heavy games, it's by far the lesser evil. Plus, again I have a hunch the 360 controls will greatly benefit manual players.

# 182 StormJH1 @ 09/30/09 02:56 PM

I'm an American who casually follows European soccer and has enjoyed EA's FIFA games on and off since 2002. I always preferred the overall EA package to PES/Winning Eleven, even though I did have some fun playing with the latter at times.

I had 08 on 360, but as nice as it looked, I had difficulty scoring b/c I felt like I wasn't totally free to move and pass how I wanted. Having sat out a year, I played the FIFA 10 demo and noticed the improved control right away.

FIFA 08 looked like it should've been an excellent game, but it was so animation heavy and "on the rails" that it was tough to keep playing it. I'm hoping FIFA 10 has made significant progress on that problem, but I need more time with the demo. Set pieces editor and Live Season 2.0 look pretty sweet (but I shouldn't have to pay to unlock and out-of-the-box retail feature).

# 183 greenhorn @ 10/04/09 01:04 PM

So I�ve been working on making the switch to all manual in anticipation of the full release.

Shooting is so hard! Any tips? Am I not a purist if I put shooting on semi?

My only gripes with all manual so far are throw ins and keeper throws. Does anyone else find that they can�t throw the ball short? I just tap the button on a throw in and the ball travels about 15 feet int he air, also when you lock on a man to throw to and move him around and then throw it doesn�t go anywhere near. Having trouble on keeper throws when I try to make a long throw down field, it either goes sailing out of bounds or straight down the pitch. Hope that just takes practice.

Anyway I can tell all manual is going to absolutely amazing once I get the hang of things.

# 184 Other Guy @ 10/06/09 02:08 AM

Quick question. Is anyone else seeing unbelieveable success shooting from distance???
I'm not just talking about right outside the box or 20-25 yards. I mean anything in the attacking half of the field has a legit chance of going in. I've been scoring from 30+ yards with regualer consistancy. I've hit from 50+ with Messi.

Anyone else seeing this? I don't think its the finesse shot bug either, I just let em rip full power.

# 185 reo @ 10/06/09 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RTP2110


	Quick question. Is anyone else seeing unbelieveable success shooting from distance??? I'm not just talking about right outside the box or 20-25 yards. I mean anything in the attacking half of the field has a legit chance of going in. I've been scoring from 30+ yards with regualer consistancy. I've hit from 50+ with Messi. Anyone else seeing this? I don't think its the finesse shot bug either, I just let em rip full power.

It's been patched. The demo does not reflect this obviously.

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