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Read it and weep. The following excerpt is taken from this article on the next Madden : http://mymaddenpad.com/2013/04/24/run-free-with-madden-nfl-25-all-new-precision-modifier/

So NHL got an upgrade to player movement physics last year, Madden is getting it this year, and yet FIFA, the biggest sports game on the planet, again goes without.

What's the deal with the FIFA devs? Clearly their EA counterparts at Madden and NHL get the importance of player movement physics, but though the FIFA community has been vocal in their desire for proper movement, the FIFA devs do nothing.

If this was about FIFA, it'd be music to my ears:

There are five major areas of focus that EA SPORTS paid close attention to when it came to the run game.


Locomotion

Let’s talk about the improvements of locomotion first. One of the most glaring issues with previous Madden NFL versions in regards to locomotion was the ability to swerve and lack of footplanting with runners. Some of the running in Madden was just unrealistic and just impossible to do in real life and should be impossible to do in the game with proper footplanting. I know you’ve seen it, we are running down the sideline and with a defender coming we swerve, zig zag, and swoop around our defender without even planting a correct foot. Our Game Changer group; especially with the additions of some guys from the SIM Standard (Azure, SimFB, and Smitty), really made sure that EA knew the community wanted to get away from this type of legacy issue and pointed to 2K doing it right. There is no reason why a game like 2K had correct footplanting in their game years ago and it wasn’t in Madden 7 years later. So EA took a hard look at NFL2K and implemented their own version of footplanting mechanics that I think was done nicely. Now when I played the game back in February, there were still a very small amount of sliding, but it was also very early in the build. EA just had to bite the bullet on this one and get it done and I think the Sim Standard guys are pretty happy about what EA has accomplished. Make sure you check out their impressions, videos, and articles as well from their time with the game. Madden NFL 25 now has authentic hard cuts at 45, 90, 135, and 180 degree angles to eliminate the swerve, the zig zag, and the unrealistic running.

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Kylie Minogue highlighted the importance of Locomotion in the 80's and it is just getting through to devs now?!
 
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Gab_ said:
Our game changers aren't doing their job good enough. Burn them!
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Trust me, player movement physics is brought up by us regularly and consistently. It's just that, unlike the Game Changer program for Madden and NHL, the FIFA devs have essentially ignored the program and we basically just talk amongst ourselves now.

I'm not sure why there's such a difference in approach toward community feedback between the FIFA studio and the NHL and Madden devs, but it's a massive shame.
 
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Rodelero said:
You can make a 50 degree sprint turn on FIFA 13?
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No, you cant. But is that anything to be congratulated for? When, not sprinting, you can still make super fast unrealistic 50º and 180º degree turns with the ball attached to player's foot?
 
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azur said:
No, you cant. But is that anything to be congratulated for? When, not sprinting, you can still make super fast unrealistic 50º and 180º degree turns with the ball attached to player's foot?
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I'd say it's a good thing, yes. That you have to slow down to jog to make an even remotely sharp turn weakens dribbling. That jog turns can be performed too frequently, primarily because there is a lacking sense of momentum, doesn't make the feature any less warranted.

They've made it quite clear that, at least when sprinting, the player will take more time to turn now. 180 degree turns in particular will take far longer to accomplish. They've also said there will be a greater difference between how much players will let the ball get away from them when sprinting.

This change is good for a lot of reasons. It's just a huge pity it has been done before the more important change to movement.
 
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The best (meaning funniest for me) way to play footie games in general is 2 vs 2 multiplayer.Lots of fun and banter which make you forget about the game's flaws.I had an idea and I don't claim to be the first guy on Earth to have thought about it.
What if when you and your friend choose a team you could also choose each 5 players from the team you would control and pressing the L1/LB button would only select you these 5 players.
I mean for instance Man Utd, what if I'd control RVP, Carrick, Evra, Vidic and Valencia and my friend the rest.
It would reduce the crazy chaos created by when both players keep selecting players and change the player selected.
What do you guys think of that ? Specially the guys who are used to play with many people
 
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FIFA, even on legendary became too easy.

One way to create an excellent chance was to put someone fast & agile (e.g. Kagawa) on the left wing, run to the goal line, cut in & back out past the defender to create an excellent shooting angle.
 
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All games are easy if you exploit them, playing the same way over and over and over to create easy chances has worked on every game since the dawn of Football games, the solution is to show a little self control and always look to play proper football rather than video game football ;)
 
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Placebo said:
All games are easy if you exploit them, playing the same way over and over and over to create easy chances has worked on every game since the dawn of Football games, the solution is to show a little self control and always look to play proper football rather than video game football ;)
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Thanks for perfectly describing how Barcelona plays irl. I couldn't have put a better one myself. That's exactly how I've been feeling whenever I watched them. No wonder I find them boring.

I know this is off-topic, but seriously I just had to comment to thank you for this description. Perfectly fits how I feel.

So, thank you!

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Lami said:
Thanks for perfectly describing how Barcelona plays irl. I couldn't have put a better one myself. That's exactly how I've been feeling whenever I watched them. No wonder I find them boring.

I know this is off-topic, but seriously I just had to comment to thank you for this description. Perfectly fits how I feel.

So, thank you!

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Barcelona would be described as cutback whores in the PES league I used to play in.
 
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i think the menu' system is what made me quit the game for good, granted there were several things i didn't like about the gameplay (speed and the feeling of playing the same game over and over). but u can't possibly have such sluggish, unresponsive menu and crap tactical options. it took ages just to sub a f player.

and once i started to play nba2k13 i couldn't go back to fifa, the difference in quality was just too huge to be overcome. fifa ain't bad but it's far away from the best sport games out there (mbl, nhl and nba2k).
 
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