FIFA 15 News Post

FIFA 15 Demo Available Now on Xbox One, 360, PC, PS3, PS4

08:10 PM - September 8, 2014 by Panicshade

The FIFA 15 demo is now available on Xbox One (queue it up here) and weighs in at 3.07GB total. The playable teams in this year's demo include:

Borussia Dortmund
Napoli
PSG (Paris Saint Germain)
FC Barcelona
Boca Juniors
Chelsea
Manchester City
Liverpool

If a PS4 version of the demo happens, it will most likely be up sometime tomorrow afternoon. Be sure to leave your impressions here on what you play!

UPDATE: The FIFA 15 demo is available now for Xbox 360. Click here to queue it up.

UPDATE #2: The FIFA 15 demo is available now for PC. (Another link here)

UPDATE #3: The FIFA 15 demo is available now for PS3.

UPDATE #4: The FIFA 15 demo is available now for PS4.

UPDATE: The demo launches on September 9/10 for Xbox One (already available for Xbox One in North America), PlayStation 4, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 (Gold Members; Silver Members from September 16). Dates and timing vary depending on platform and location.

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# 201 grushcow @ 09/10/14 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NowAndLaterCARZ


	Yea this is exactly what i did, but after the liverpool vs man city initial game it gets super laggy when you connect to ea servers. its basically unplayable unless you play it offline. but then after 30 min or so it tells you it cant verify the license and it will be suspended. but regardless the game is amazing, totally worth creating a japanese account until its available

Ya I just did it offline and it's worked fine, but ya that sucks.

# 202 GlennonTheGr8 @ 09/10/14 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Paradingwolves


	Do we have actually people pining for the days of FIFA 95?

There was mention of that version actually playing truer in midfield. Same as people consistency saying NHL 94 was the best hockey game ever,

I just tell them "I played it before it was popular" and walk away.

Any updates when this is coming for PS4, the Sony store is terrible, always late! hmph[/quote]
You don't understand sarcasm too well and have completely missed the point.. What a surprise.

# 203 orion523 @ 09/10/14 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GlennonTheGr8


	So apart from the fact there isn't a midfield presence at all, you can score with runs from the halfway line against a Chelsea team, you can score from 40 yards out with Raheem Sterling, Jose Enrique being outmuscled by David Silva, Steven Gerrard scoring a rocketing volley on his left foot despite not striking it properly, Fernando Torres scoring from 25 yards out with his weak foot, Daniel Sturridge having a 10 yard start on John Terry and still gets caught up, and Napoli playing A HIGH LINE AGAINST BARCELONA.... Despite all of that in my first 4 games, this game is so realistic!! Haha.. Jeez.

Having played sports, all sports for the first twenty some odd years of my life,(before it caught up with me and I started breaking down lol)and being a sports gamer for nearly forty, there's one thing I can assure you of, there is not a video game created that is "realistic"
If you want realistic take your ball and go outside.
Video games are meant to be fun representations of your favorite sport, nothing more, nothing less. As for the FIFA franchise specifically, the dev team does a very good job of giving all manner of gamers a tremendously well produced, well thought out and highly customizable product that can be tailored to give you the experience of your choosing.
And while the sliders and options that the game provides can be manipulated to give a very good simulation style experience, it's certainly never going to be perfect and it's absolutely not going to be realistic. It's a video game, have fun with it.
Another thing I forgot to mention, the keepers. They were rebuilt from the ground up so yeah, they're not perfect in the demo, but the demo is quite old and the keepers are more more polished in the final release. At least that's what I've been told.

# 204 aparks87 @ 09/10/14 01:59 PM

Do people not realize that sports games will never ever be 100% representative of said sport? Game company's #1 goal is to make $$. They will make their game to appeal to their largest audience - Casual Sports Fans. I hate to break it to some of you, but die-hards are in the minority and always will be. So, to expect a 100% realist true-sim representation of said sport is just silly.

The companies who are able to provide the best balance for die-hards and casual sports fans tend to produce the best games on a consistent basis.

To those saying FIFA isnt realistic....what are you HONESTLY expecting here? lol.

Of course, anybody who is a mega fan of soccer (or any sport) can sit there and pick apart every fallacy that doesn't represent the real sport. Congrats! If thats what you'd rather spend your time doing...then hey...go for it. Id rather enjoy the game for what it is. IMO. Fifa consistently produces quality games..they may be the most consistent EA dev team out there actually.

# 205 Gnemi @ 09/10/14 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by orion523


	Having played sports, all sports for the first twenty some odd years of my life,(before it caught up with me and I started breaking down lol)and being a sports gamer for nearly forty, there's one thing I can assure you of, there is not a video game created that is "realistic" If you want realistic take your ball and go outside. Video games are meant to be fun representations of your favorite sport, nothing more, nothing less. As for the FIFA franchise specifically, the dev team does a very good job of giving all manner of gamers a tremendously well produced, well thought out and highly customizable product that can be tailored to give you the experience of your choosing. And while the sliders and options that the game provides can be manipulated to give a very good simulation style experience, it's certainly never going to be perfect and it's absolutely not going to be realistic. It's a video game, have fun with it. Another thing I forgot to mention, the keepers. They were rebuilt from the ground up so yeah, they're not perfect in the demo, but the demo is quite old and the keepers are more more polished in the final release. At least that's what I've been told.

Yeah, absolutely this. I didn't get a chance to play FIFA '14 on a next-gen machine, not even in passing. I'm on a PC and was tethered to the old gen game. Now that I played the 15 demo for all of 20 minutes, I have to quit entirely everything I was doing with 14, including a 7 year career with my beloved Nottingham Forest. I think 14 was still the best iteration of the last 5 years, but I consistently found it to be far too much effort to casually enjoy/engage with: scoring was incredibly difficult with the exception of trivializing mechanics with crosses and lofted throughballs. I just never felt there was enough variety to goals.

AI teammate defending was woeful with 14; however, so I absolutely hope that has been improved with 15.

With all of that said, the presentation elements are breathtaking. In 14, the first thing I did before starting a match was make it a night game / clear so that I could see the details of the pitch when playing. With 15, there is so much dynamic range and detail (even on my 2008 Dell!) that I can play in virtually any lighting conditions.

Good to be back at OS arguing FIFA. Can't wait to check in with you all you gents over the next six months! Now where's Gonira?

# 206 Turbojugend @ 09/10/14 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gnemi


	with my beloved Nottingham Forest.

Hell yeah! COYR!

# 207 GlennonTheGr8 @ 09/10/14 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by aparks87


	Do people not realize that sports games will never ever be 100% representative of said sport? Game company's #1 goal is to make $$. They will make their game to appeal to their largest audience - Casual Sports Fans. I hate to break it to some of you, but die-hards are in the minority and always will be. So, to expect a 100% realist true-sim representation of said sport is just silly. The companies who are able to provide the best balance for die-hards and casual sports fans tend to produce the best games on a consistent basis. To those saying FIFA isnt realistic....what are you HONESTLY expecting here? lol. Of course, anybody who is a mega fan of soccer (or any sport) can sit there and pick apart every fallacy that doesn't represent the real sport. Congrats! If thats what you'd rather spend your time doing...then hey...go for it. Id rather enjoy the game for what it is. IMO. Fifa consistently produces quality games..they may be the most consistent EA dev team out there actually.

That's right... So tell me, why is FIFA the shining light of sports games then? I'm responding to those calling it realistic, I'm not claiming it should be. People talk as if the only thing EA get right is FIFA in terms of beautiful and realistic gameplay, I'm merely pointing out that it isn't...

# 208 KG @ 09/10/14 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GlennonTheGr8


	That's right... So tell me, why is FIFA the shining light of sports games then? I'm responding to those calling it realistic, I'm not claiming it should be. People talk as if the only thing EA get right is FIFA in terms of beautiful and realistic gameplay, I'm merely pointing out that it isn't...

Again, most people don't say they get it 100% right, just more than Madden, Live, NHL.

# 209 Hunkerdown @ 09/10/14 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by orion523


	Having played sports, all sports for the first twenty some odd years of my life,(before it caught up with me and I started breaking down lol)and being a sports gamer for nearly forty, there's one thing I can assure you of, there is not a video game created that is "realistic" If you want realistic take your ball and go outside. Video games are meant to be fun representations of your favorite sport, nothing more, nothing less. As for the FIFA franchise specifically, the dev team does a very good job of giving all manner of gamers a tremendously well produced, well thought out and highly customizable product that can be tailored to give you the experience of your choosing. And while the sliders and options that the game provides can be manipulated to give a very good simulation style experience, it's certainly never going to be perfect and it's absolutely not going to be realistic. It's a video game, have fun with it. Another thing I forgot to mention, the keepers. They were rebuilt from the ground up so yeah, they're not perfect in the demo, but the demo is quite old and the keepers are more more polished in the final release. At least that's what I've been told.

Enough said^^^^^

Can we stick to real feedback of Fifa demo, not bashing party. At least if you do not like fifa you have another choice in PES, not like some other sports like NHL and NFL. Play, give non biased feedback, and move on.

# 210 aparks87 @ 09/10/14 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by aparks87


	Do people not realize that sports games will never ever be 100% representative of said sport? Game company's #1 goal is to make $$. They will make their game to appeal to their largest audience - Casual Sports Fans. I hate to break it to some of you, but die-hards are in the minority and always will be. So, to expect a 100% realist true-sim representation of said sport is just silly. The companies who are able to provide the best balance for die-hards and casual sports fans tend to produce the best games on a consistent basis. To those saying FIFA isnt realistic....what are you HONESTLY expecting here? lol. Of course, anybody who is a mega fan of soccer (or any sport) can sit there and pick apart every fallacy that doesn't represent the real sport. Congrats! If thats what you'd rather spend your time doing...then hey...go for it. Id rather enjoy the game for what it is. IMO. Fifa consistently produces quality games..they may be the most consistent EA dev team out there actually.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlennonTheGr8


	That's right... So tell me, why is FIFA the shining light of sports games then? I'm responding to those calling it realistic, I'm not claiming it should be. People talk as if the only thing EA get right is FIFA in terms of beautiful and realistic gameplay, I'm merely pointing out that it isn't...

Please take a few moments to re-read the bolded and try to understand my point please.

# 211 GlennonTheGr8 @ 09/10/14 02:37 PM

Nah hold up... I see guys bitch about completion stats, bitch about how Geno Smith can shred a defense, bitch about QB's not throwing it out of bounds under pressure, u see people bitch that db's are psychic, you see people bitch about too many sacks, offensive line awareness, high 3 pt percentages on nba 2k, lack of fast breaks, canned animations... You all agree... I point out a few things in a game that represents a sport that you don't much care for and I get criticised?!? Haha, damn!

# 212 GlennonTheGr8 @ 09/10/14 02:51 PM

Oh and their seems to be a high amount of goals being conceded and scored in exactly the same fashion... A player by the byline, cutting back in and smashing it in the net with the goalkeeper reacting and diving in the same place every time... I've seen the exact same goal on about 7 diff occasions... Fifa has always been famed for certain ways to guarantee a goal.. It used to be 'run down the wing, press x twice and then square it to an opponent to tap it in' this little move by the byline seems to be this years trick.

# 213 OneDrop @ 09/10/14 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GlennonTheGr8


	Oh and their seems to be a high amount of goals being conceded and scored in exactly the same fashion... A player by the byline, cutting back in and smashing it in the net with the goalkeeper reacting and diving in the same place every time... I've seen the exact same goal on about 7 diff occasions... Fifa has always been famed for certain ways to guarantee a goal.. It used to be 'run down the wing, press x twice and then square it to an opponent to tap it in' this little move by the byline seems to be this years trick.

I'm not sure I'm playing the same game as you.

# 214 GlennonTheGr8 @ 09/10/14 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OneDrop


	I'm not sure I'm playing the same game as you.

Nah probably not, I'm just making this up for the hell of it.. Fortunately, the PS4 records so I'll put a vid up of these examples...

# 215 NHLandPESFan @ 09/10/14 03:02 PM

Played a game of the demo last night on PC, very impressed. I am glad EA is finally doing right by the PC and giving it the next gen version, graphics are spectacular in 1440p. I have been playing the World Cup game non-stop lately and this game addresses some of the issues I have with it (players bobble the ball too much and seem incapable of fielding a pass cleanly for one). Collisions look more realistic. It seemed to easy to just blow by defenders but I didn't change any options, maybe game was on easy level? Tied 1-1 as Liverpool v Man City, fun game.

I would pre-order this game but I am philosophically opposed to paying $60 for a yearly game I cannot trade in later so I won't be buying day 1 unless they have some kind of pre-order sale. EA really needs to pass the savings of digital distribution and no console license fees to the user instead of keeping it all for themselves.

# 216 BL8001 @ 09/10/14 03:03 PM

Yep let's move along from the whole what FIFA means in the grand scheme of things if we can.

Let's focus more on the demo.

As far as the lackluster defending goes on the xbox one and my personal hopes it's fixed for the full game. I have played the xbox 360 demo and the defenders take better angles, I talked to someone who played the PS3 demo and he says the same thing is happening with better angles on that platform too.

The real tell here would be if the PS4 version is like the 2 previous gen versions of the demo. If it is that bodes very well for the xbox one version to be "fixed" for the full game.

What you are looking for on the PS4 is when the CPU dribble attacks do your defenders stand still or go towards the attacker but over pursue to the wrong side (towards the touch line) or do they simply run the wrong direction from the attack?

I see those things happen frequently on the one but not as much on ps3 or 360.

Another absent feature seems to be LB for player runs. I can do it on the 360 demo but the one demo LB never seems to trigger a run.

That too to me may be a good sign. There is no way the full game would have LB to trigger player run removed.

Also! just scored a nice goal off a FK in the 360 demo. The type of goal that would never happen in 14 and before versions of this game. Posting a vid in a second...

http://youtu.be/_p-ah79N6P0

This would never happen in previous fifas. In 14 and before it would have been gone and on a CPU counter attack in a heartbeat, my threat to their attack in no time flat.

# 217 Resurrection403 @ 09/10/14 03:13 PM

Ea site now reads that demo is coming soon, instead of available shortly. This leads me to believe well have to wait next Tuesday.

# 218 wrestlinggod1 @ 09/10/14 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Resurrection403


	Ea site now reads that demo is coming soon, instead of available shortly. This leads me to believe well have to wait next Tuesday.

Smh that's a disappointment

# 219 Brahvocado @ 09/10/14 03:16 PM

Now that we got all that arguing out of the way we can get back to demo reviews.

Lemme just log onto my ps4 here and fire up this demo, everybody hold your breath I'll be right back.

# 220 Turbojugend @ 09/10/14 03:16 PM

I've heard -- and I don't know if this is truly the case or not -- that certain sports game demos are intentionally "looser" to allow for more open-ended gameplay (and scoring) to appeal to casual fans who might just be giving the game a spin. Especially in football demos where time is limited and an endless string of nil-nils is a valid result. If that's the case then we'd need to see the final product to accurately judge the defense anyway. Just a thought.

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