romagnoli
Misses Retri
- 7 August 2004
Don't feed the troll.
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The most frustrating part of it all is how well some things are implemented, most notably the manual controls.
It's like they only understand certain aspects of football. IRL Tackling is an art form but on FIFA any form of button mashing is effective. Button mashing/miss-timing should result in a foul or the defender being off balance (being disadvantaged) 9 times out of 10.
The tackling system in 11 is the worst (I can remember) in any footy title.
To be honest I haven't been on the EA FIFA forums since the game was released. Are the same issues being raised on that site?
Medal of Honor is getting a workout at the min but like a junkie I need a footy fix. The novelty of FIFA 11 is wearing off! I've tried PES 2011 and it's just not for me. I can understand why people like it but personally its just not for me, it does some things well but it does too many other things (to mention) badly.
To be fair to the FIFA forums, people do seem to be more outraged at both EA and FIFA 11 than in the past. And yes, the pathetically simple and overpowered defensive system is a hot topic, and it is not going completely unnoticed how unbalanced and unrealistic gameplay is right now. While CM is constantly ridiculed, deservingly so, for being poor, shallow, and arguably broken.
It will always be guesswork trying to figure how representative the forums are of FIFA's larger customer population but some things are obvious and you would think might have larger implications: 1) Discontent is at its highest since I started visiting the forums for FIFA 08; 2) The "hardcore" - from us here at evo-web to even the more FIFA fanboy GCs - are largely absent from the official forums; 3) The fanboys, usually out in force on the FIFA forums, are relatively quiet.
Regardless of my feelings toward EA at the moment, one thing I'm sure of is that Rutter et al are not complete idiots. They must know what's going on. They must know the issues with the game. I have little faith in EA at the moment but if they do choose to go big with FIFA 12, from CM to proper gameplay fixes, there is still a top-quality football game to be delivered by this crew with this engine.
EA are a joke, although that's being unfair to the other EA Sports studios that deliver quality games and post release service like NHL and NCAA Football.
I won't be holding my breath for a "realism mode" any longer than I will be for a decent manager mode.
Unless EA makes some substantial additions/improvements to both gameplay and CM, or unless PES somehow backtracks, my adventures with the dark side might be over. It's just not worth it. Fuck EA.
I feel that the main problem with the game is that the players have no sense of inertia, no consequence to moving in a particular direction. You can move your players at incredible speeds and in completely conflicting directions with no hesitation whatsoever, making the game far too quick. Add to that the slower passing mechanics, and you have players all over the park with overpowered turning, sprinting, acceleration and stamina, and the ball travelling generally at a much slower speed. The result? Huddles of players constantly on top of each other, pressuring (don't get me started on the 'jostling' rugby tackling - all it does is offer the AI a cheap excuse to dominate you physically and is a cheap way of 'simulating' higher difficulty levels) and a constant turnover of possession. Yet all of these problems didn't exist in the technically 'inferior' FIFA 08 and 09. Odd that.
The more and more I think about it the more I feel the game is being developed for kids.
EA introduced the 'Dad pad' settings on FIFA WC which made the game more accessible to kids who probably don't fully understand football. Then FIFA 11 comes along and the tackling system has been simplified. What next?
Its obvious to me that EA are trying to make the game more accessible to as many gamers as possible. The problem is in doing this they have lost sight of their hardcore gamers.
I played a few games today offline and I still enjoy the game. It just annoys me how easy it is to tackle. Half the time you don't even need to press a button! All you need to do is just get close to the opponent and the AI makes the tackle for you.
Not as palpable as EA's contempt for we the Fifa buying public, release a patch which fixes next to nothing, loads of issues left and they just go back into hiding, ignore all questions about the remaining bugs/issues, only thing they ever post about is promoting UT, pathetic.
I don't know how people can say Fifa is the better game online when it's full of quitters. I'm not having that! Every match you're winning they quit out of. What is the point in even playing the game people ??
I can easily say that as I only play within a community and I play All Manual. Pisses over PES for me especially when my opponent plays All Manual too. We have a little league going as most over there are still assisted pussies (who think they (not them AND the AI) are good at the game) so I avoid those leagues like the plague.
I need to find more random manual players though as when searching lately I'm not finding games anymore. Never had a problem a little while back.
I gave PES a good go (and I used to love it) but it's still not there for me. At least in FIFA you can force your opponents to play Manual. I say force but they've agreed to it first within the community. In PES, there are patches in the game that are more pingpongy than assisted FIFA. I said patches! Not overall, but it's still not quite right for me.
Assisted FIFA is complete and utter shit but All Manual, after a little while is where it's at for me. Had some great games so far.
Give credit where it's due, UT was a genius idea by someone at EA. It'll be interesting to see what UT 11 pulls in with its additional six months. You think instead of stock options EA offers the FIFA devs UT options?!
Maybe we'll get lucky and EA will put that UT pack $ to good use. Like, say, hire a couple more CM devs.
I hate to say it but if UT is an indication of where gaming is going - does anyone think it isn't? - then maybe EA need to find some creative way(s) to make additional money off of CM. I despise the idea of it based on principle but I'm also a realist, and if a little extra money gets me a decent CM, then so be it.
A couple ideas: 1) CM as paid DLC; 2) Micro transactions from transfer market activity; 3) Purchase additional leagues; 4) Purchase additional editing options, like 3rd kits, boots, etc.
Again, it pisses me off to no end that EA can't (won't?) provide a decent manager mode like ML, especially when FIFA has more money, more resources, and more years behind the series than Konami (I might be wrong on that last one but just run with it), but if I'm going to continue playing FIFA (which right now is a BIG *if*) then I'm going to require a decent CM.
On a similar note, although I'm not much of an online FIFA player it sounds like some B.S. that EA are now bringing in extra cash with its online pass but online issues remain a huge problem for people. Maybe they should start charging for Clubs!
Oh, and what about Creation Center? Maybe give us some decent options, charge a few cents per downloaded player, and BAM! Cha-ching!
can you guys settle something
If i put a match on 10 minutes halves is it slower than one with 6 minute halves. It feels that way but when my friend asked me to explain if it was true or not and if so then why i couldn't really explain why except that it just feels slower. Perhaps that the defensive AI messes up less thus leading to less chances and therefore less goals but this was my only point really and i've thought this since Fifa 09.
So is it slower the longer the half length or is it a placebo effect?