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Bingham67 said:
Bah they can show it at E3 and Europeans will see with game sites.

Hopefully get some more details soon all dried up. :))
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yes they could but they didn't last year so I don't want a build up of hype for a game that is highly unlikely to be there at this current moment in time
 
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i have never known E3 to show a soccer game(has they call it) so its not surprise that we wont get no info about it till liepzig
 
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Ah some snippet of news at least.

From what we've been hearing from both EA and industry insiders, the NDA of further FIFA 09 news ends June 30th. Therefore July should be a huge month for FIFA 09 fans.

I predict not only will we discover what new elements are in the game and the obvious new screens, but we should also see the first video of the game moving. That along with the official website opening showing off a brand new community initiative, things are going to get mental for all things to do with FIFA.

And, yes, that does include us. Someone pass me my medication.

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So it seems Ronaldinho will be on all the covers again. :( Surely they should go for someone different, I think Kaka should be the new face of FIFA
 
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I've never liked the idea of having kits as unlockables, if a team has a black home kit and a white away kit, and they play Newcastle at St. James', Newcastle have to switch unless you've unlocked that team's third kit, which is just daft. It's FIFA, not Battlefield, don't lock things like that.

Boots and balls I can understand, they're insignificant.
 
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Who cares who on the front of the box?

If it mattered it should be Sloth from the Goonies

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I'd be happy to see Maria Sharapova on the front cover. I wouldn't mind in which kit, perhaps not even wearing a kit.
 
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Someone put this on FSB:

hey Guys, i was given a behind the stage preview of fifa 09, in an EA press conference here in Canada, it wasn't this week, but 3 weeks ago, it's only now i've come out to post about the event. especially after the PES 2009 screens released made some people forget where its at.
It was a secret viewing of fifa 09, and i'm going to share my experiece with you guys.

keep in mind it was an old build of the game.

back on topic: I saw actual gameplay!! yes in motion!

i will go into detail, starting....now

let me break down what i saw for you guys:

-The game starts in usual EA fashion with the 'EA' and 'EA HD'logo and everything.
the sound aswell is all there.

-the developer made it clear to me that the build i saw was not the final build what-so-ever...
i noticed that too, when the game began there looked like there was a problem with loading the profile it also stopped the user skipping and going straight to the Arena!, so that part had to be super-skiped(using a game engine tweak)
to the Arena.

-in the Arena, it was Wayne Rooney this time, which i thought was a great relief, tired of always having Ronnie in the EA Arena vids.
may i also point out that the graphics have been improved its nothing to scream about in regards to fifa 08, but the way light and dark, shading and tone is used is better, making players look much more lifelike, and in general better than fifa 08, but you'll have to wait till you see it yourselves!

-the assistant developer, showed off the new animations engine, the players dont 'pop' into different animations anymore, its all blended and synced properly, i liked what i saw.
when i collided with the keeper, the collision took into consideration the angle the players collide, speed at which they were going, location at which they collided and player strength, being Rooney its safe to say the keeper didn't come out top, toppling over to the ground, with rooney bending over to make sure the keeper is alright, sure enough he is. brilliant detail EA.

-he showed off a few new skills too, but i can not go into detail as to what they looked like. quiet a few of them looked complex/hard to pull off.

-then we started a match between Man utd and Chelsea, can i just say that their pre-match menus are looking stunning, as good as fifa 08 menus looked fifa 09's are better, they are also much faster to access, or at least they looked faster to me.
the match options were highly limiting, only a 5 mins match was available and the choice of two balls, that was it, i guess that's what we'll most likely see in the demo if they release a demo this year.

-when the match had been fully set up, we carried on practicing in the arena, he showed of some of Rooneys' new shooting animations, they look great as ever, one time he shot the ball, the keeper was at the other side of his post(bcuz we've been shooting the ball at him a few times...) Rooney had directed the ball to the opposite corner of the goal post, the keeper dives across the post and rolls realistically, the animation was simply stunning, he didn't get to it of course...

-the match kicks of, Chelsea playing from left to right, the assistant dev immediately began pounding the other developer, who was playing as the Red devils, i could see the new physical play EA had been going on about, looks far more realistic and almost entertaining.

-Drogba as always, big and strong was able to out muscle vidic and turned heading for goal, only for W.Brown to come crashing into Didier from behind with a strong/fierce sliding tackle, i looked across to the dev playing as Man Utd, he had a slight grin on his face, looking at the assistant developer of Fifa 09, he was less than pleased. needless to say the game was over for Drogba, for his standing leg was well caught. he fell to the floor Drogba-style too :)

-i was impressed when I saw this and also disappointed, impressed because it looks simply stunning, very realistic physics based contact, but disappointed because what if this happens too often in a game, it happened already in a 5 mins match...
but i'm confident EA will get it all sorted.

-Drogba taken off the pitch, Brown given a straight red card ,which i believe he completely deserved, drogba being taken off the pitch was a fifa first, it wasn't in real-time, but the cut scene sequence looked very promising, if EA add even more of them i would be a happy gamer.

-Lampard lined up the freekick, something happened before he took the freekick which i'm not going to say, lets just say those that clamoured for more freekick taking options could be in for a treat...
and what a treat, usual EA style.


-Lampard's freekick missed agonisingly wide of the left post, Van der sar doing an impressive dive across post to make sure, Man utd reliefed...i could sense it too with the crowd noise dying down.

-the core fifa gameplay remains largely the same, a few tweaks here and there, players trap the ball quicker, and make smarter off the ball runs, but gameplay speed i'm happy to report stays the same, player respone though much faster...

- the match ended '0-0' but i couldn't help but feel Chelsea should have won, if not for Browns' dangerous tackle on Didier Drogba i'm pretty sure they would have too, i would have loved to see if there were interactive celebrations this year...

-Upon leaving the assistant dev reassured me that FIFA 09 is here to remain on top, as the THE football game.
 
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I like the fact that they're saying it's not an overhaul, it doesn't need one. Sounds really promising, if the reaction times are fixed and the goalkeepers aren't the same as Euro 2008 I will be a very happy bunny.
 
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Sounds promising! :DD Cant wait for the first few gameplay video's, i hope they improve dribbling and also player individuality.
 
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Also the fact that he said this was 3 weeks ago i can see the gameplay and etc still getting improved as we speak, also i think they had to improve 08 quite a bit from 07 while 09 already has the core and just tweaks etc are needed which is promising as that should mean we get a EXTREMELY polished game.
 
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Sounds quite nice, although most what was said will probably better if I was to see it...

How come you cant say about what happened before the free kick? :D
 
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Seraphs21 said:
Sounds quite nice, although most what was said will probably better if I was to see it...

How come you cant say about what happened before the free kick? :D
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It wasnt Kamy who said it but ye to your point strange one that.

Sounds all good but not sure if i will beleive it i mean get yourself hyped up over it only to be disappointed so going to take it with pinch of salt.

Wont have to wait long though for videos i dont think so all will be revealed soon enough.
 
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Seems like all this football talk Fifa and PES seems to be earlier than last year, but I guess it would for PES as no winning eleven out this summer is there?

I hope the releases move forward, I know it will lower development time, but I would love to have them out around same time as football season starts, just feels right haha! ;) But meh autumn is fine enough :D

But yeah im not letting myself get caught up in most of this hype, will wait to see videos, the pictures ive seen so far haven't impressed me at all (as in doesnt look too different if at all to 08), so I will wait for video.
 
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kamy100 said:
Someone put this on FSB:

hey Guys, i was given a behind the stage preview of fifa 09, in an EA press conference here in Canada...<all the rest snipped>.
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If you read farther down though the same guy posts:

Sorry folks, just winding you's up. The only thing i done in canada was shoot some french people. :SS
 
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