Peter Withe
It must be. It is! Peter Withe!
- 10 August 2018
Game looks much better with HDR turned off on Series X. But I find this to be the case with all football games, HDR is poorly implemented in a lot of video games.
FIFA 22 Discussion (Console Versions)
- Thread starter elloco
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I played one quick match last night before bedtime so I can't form a real opinion yet. But I didn't turn off the game in disgust, and that's more than i can say about the last two iterations, especially 21.
In the match I noticed a grey arrow above some ai player's head and I really couldn't figure out what that was. I guess it has something to do with a new option in the controller settings called "Icon cursor" or something like that which you can activate by pressing R3. Does anyone know what that is. Havn't found anything in a quick google research yet.
Edit: Found it on the Fifa homepage. Just another feature I will never use.
In the match I noticed a grey arrow above some ai player's head and I really couldn't figure out what that was. I guess it has something to do with a new option in the controller settings called "Icon cursor" or something like that which you can activate by pressing R3. Does anyone know what that is. Havn't found anything in a quick google research yet.
Edit: Found it on the Fifa homepage. Just another feature I will never use.
des8686
League 1
- 17 May 2020
I'm getting serious flashbacks to Italia 90 on the megadrive with the fouls..there aren't any!
In 2 matches I had one foul in each, one of them was a penalty to earn me a hard earned 1-0 victory vs watford with man utd. World class seems a step up from 21.
Seen some crossing but there's still occasions where it turns all fifa and they revert to their odd logic of making several passes inside the box. Definitely improved though. Weight and inertia seems heavier too, perhaps not enough for some but it's a definite improvement
Seen some crossing but there's still occasions where it turns all fifa and they revert to their odd logic of making several passes inside the box. Definitely improved though. Weight and inertia seems heavier too, perhaps not enough for some but it's a definite improvement
Anth James
International
- 22 September 2017
Guys, how's the positioning/tracking on Next Gen? Is it improved vs 21 or current gen 22 if anyone has played both? I'm playing the PC version and there's a marginal improvement - but it's still game breaking and awful in this regard.
nikolapfc89
P.F.C
I would like to hear reviews from guys who all like and play 16 like @Nisoley etc.
Anth James
International
- 22 September 2017
On a scale of 1-10, how much an improvement would you say?
bsmaff
International
I have two big issues with the game at the moment, except for the obvious of defending being completely w**k.
1. Finesse shot - Any shot from outside the box to the left or right of the D will fly into the top corner with anyone with 80+ shooting.
2. Goalkeepers - They go from being super human, to then having weird animations and letting in shots a pub keeper would save - They also need to fix that they parry everything, even if a shot is just a little to their right or left they dive and push it out into play or for a corner, it has become very annoying.
My impressions of it at the moment after a few games, it is an improvement over FIFA 21, but this isn't difficult considering FIFA 21 was the worst of the series.
The ball just plays a lot more natural than it did in 21 and the constant through balling and quick counter attacks have been fixed and the shitty cut inside goal has been removed.
The improvements that are needed:-
Defending needs improving, they have completely destroyed block tackles and sliding tackles, with them being completely ineffective and give away too many fouls.
Animations need to be looked at and resolved, people have always said about the skating in FIFA, but TBH I never really saw it - Until now, FIFA 22 is very bad with the player skating and it is something that just looks plain wrong.
Make the CPU play with more variety, especially on Legendary - This is something that makes offline play awful, the CPU knows how to score with every attack, so therefore will do the same attack everytime, so as soon as you know how to stop this the CPU simply doesn't score, but in the first 2/3 matches you will concede a lot of goals.
That is stuff EA should be able to resolve, but as for positioning issues and un-interested players, I know this is something I just have to live with.
1. Finesse shot - Any shot from outside the box to the left or right of the D will fly into the top corner with anyone with 80+ shooting.
2. Goalkeepers - They go from being super human, to then having weird animations and letting in shots a pub keeper would save - They also need to fix that they parry everything, even if a shot is just a little to their right or left they dive and push it out into play or for a corner, it has become very annoying.
My impressions of it at the moment after a few games, it is an improvement over FIFA 21, but this isn't difficult considering FIFA 21 was the worst of the series.
The ball just plays a lot more natural than it did in 21 and the constant through balling and quick counter attacks have been fixed and the shitty cut inside goal has been removed.
The improvements that are needed:-
Defending needs improving, they have completely destroyed block tackles and sliding tackles, with them being completely ineffective and give away too many fouls.
Animations need to be looked at and resolved, people have always said about the skating in FIFA, but TBH I never really saw it - Until now, FIFA 22 is very bad with the player skating and it is something that just looks plain wrong.
Make the CPU play with more variety, especially on Legendary - This is something that makes offline play awful, the CPU knows how to score with every attack, so therefore will do the same attack everytime, so as soon as you know how to stop this the CPU simply doesn't score, but in the first 2/3 matches you will concede a lot of goals.
That is stuff EA should be able to resolve, but as for positioning issues and un-interested players, I know this is something I just have to live with.
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nikolapfc89
P.F.C
Love this. When team loosing too much, less fans.
des8686
League 1
- 17 May 2020
7 for me, personally. It's way less ping-pong and the ball feels like it has a bit more weight to it.
Anth James
International
- 22 September 2017
Cheers. I’m talking strictly positioning and 1v1. How do you find that vs 21?
Yesh I agree with this , I haven't felt the need to mess with sliders to get cover or prevent attacking runners
davidgrohl
League 2
- 2 December 2004
@saturator are you playing using legacy or tactical defending?
PRO_TOO
Team Heffernan
nice AI goal at min 12 in the first video! i like the scramble before and how the AI chest it down before having a blast at goal!
when i played last night, i had a keeper bringing my striker down. a penal was awarded, no card given!
i did not have many fouls and when i did, the ref was very shy giving cards!
Tactical defending mate😉
nikolapfc89
P.F.C
Anyone use LG smart TV for XSS/X?
I want to make perfect settings for this game. Maybe you are right about HDR. Colors are bad but i like contrast etc.
And about graphics i really love it. It's best football graphics ever for me. Lighting is fantastic. Maybe grass and pitch need to be better with more options also. Not only one squared large, but different types of it cause we can see in real life different structure not only color
Looks fantastic
I want to make perfect settings for this game. Maybe you are right about HDR. Colors are bad but i like contrast etc.
And about graphics i really love it. It's best football graphics ever for me. Lighting is fantastic. Maybe grass and pitch need to be better with more options also. Not only one squared large, but different types of it cause we can see in real life different structure not only color
Looks fantastic
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Flipper the Priest
International
- 15 July 2003
Not to be a Negative Nelly but they should be the best graphics ever. Are they as good as they could be? That's the question.
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Anyone see the mascot's faces during the team line-ups by the way?
Don't have nightmares.
- Staff
- #2,240
It's always a case of "if only" with FIFA, but man oh man. If we could turn off 1v1 and add fouls, it'd be sensational.
As it is - the 1v1 defending presents a real problem, and it's not a problem that can be fixed with sliders.
As it is - the 1v1 defending presents a real problem, and it's not a problem that can be fixed with sliders.
davidgrohl
League 2
- 2 December 2004
Thanks. Just last things: could you suggest e some slider parameters to slow down match rhythm?
papinho81
Champions League
Gotta love that moon walk!
Anderson_PES
League 2
- 5 November 2014
I KNOW this isn't a big deal for many, but for me this "issue" is kind of an immersion breaker. When playing career mode in prevoius FIFA's there is almost never any empty seats when playing matches, it doesn't matter what league or division you are playing. When I play Serie A or a team in the lower divisions, I want the stadiums to be half full in most matches, because that the case IRL. It also makes the big matches feel more special if the stands are crowded in just those games.
I haven't played FIFA for the last couple of years, so don't know if this has been "fixed"?
I haven't played FIFA for the last couple of years, so don't know if this has been "fixed"?
My footage was a bit speed because there is always the night bug who accelerates the game. But this year, the game is playable at night!
I will post my sliders tonight after some new matches
I want to see more faults!
We got long rang, marking, good AI, crosses but not enought faults.
With that, the game will be awesome!!
When you say sensational, is it really that good, apart from 1 v 1?
I've learned to live with 1 v1 in my own defence but how easy are you finding it to break the opposition backlike because of 1 v 1? Is there still some difficulty, or is it just a cake walk?
Anderson_PES
League 2
- 5 November 2014
Thats great news, thanks mate!
- Staff
- #2,248
Just had a horrible realisation.
Think I'm going to be sick.
The first game I had last night - the one with these stats:
The one that felt really good - low shot count, difficult to bypass the midfield, bit more marking...
I was playing the "intro match", the one that only happens when you first boot the game.
Difficulty was set to Legendary, everything else was default. Which means...
...Competitor Mode was enabled.
🤢🤮
Now, the FIFA 22 Pitch Notes did say that Competitor Mode includes some AI defensive boosts:
"For players who like a challenge, we re-wrote defending Competitor Mode CPU AI, with something we call Threat-Based Defending, with the CPU better understanding who the players they should mark are, which off-ball runs they should chase, and which dribblers they should close down. With Threat-Based Defending, Competitor Mode is more challenging than before."
(SOURCE: Right here, babeh)
Now I've not experimented with this yet, but my fear is (and I voiced this at the time on Twitter to the devs)...
...Competitor Mode might contain a lot of the AI defending we crave, and also make every team play like Barcelona (though in my intro game, I have to say, Chelsea weren't chaining skill moves together or anything). What if we can't have one without the other...
Think I'm going to be sick.
The first game I had last night - the one with these stats:
The one that felt really good - low shot count, difficult to bypass the midfield, bit more marking...
I was playing the "intro match", the one that only happens when you first boot the game.
Difficulty was set to Legendary, everything else was default. Which means...
...Competitor Mode was enabled.
🤢🤮
Now, the FIFA 22 Pitch Notes did say that Competitor Mode includes some AI defensive boosts:
"For players who like a challenge, we re-wrote defending Competitor Mode CPU AI, with something we call Threat-Based Defending, with the CPU better understanding who the players they should mark are, which off-ball runs they should chase, and which dribblers they should close down. With Threat-Based Defending, Competitor Mode is more challenging than before."
(SOURCE: Right here, babeh)
Now I've not experimented with this yet, but my fear is (and I voiced this at the time on Twitter to the devs)...
...Competitor Mode might contain a lot of the AI defending we crave, and also make every team play like Barcelona (though in my intro game, I have to say, Chelsea weren't chaining skill moves together or anything). What if we can't have one without the other...
PRO_TOO
Team Heffernan
great effort pointing that out in a way everyone understands! thx!
so what to make of this!?Just had a horrible realisation.
Think I'm going to be sick.
The first game I had last night - the one with these stats:
The one that felt really good - low shot count, difficult to bypass the midfield, bit more marking...
I was playing the "intro match", the one that only happens when you first boot the game.
Difficulty was set to Legendary, everything else was default. Which means...
...Competitor Mode was enabled.
🤢🤮
Now, the FIFA 22 Pitch Notes did say that Competitor Mode includes some AI defensive boosts:
"For players who like a challenge, we re-wrote defending Competitor Mode CPU AI, with something we call Threat-Based Defending, with the CPU better understanding who the players they should mark are, which off-ball runs they should chase, and which dribblers they should close down. With Threat-Based Defending, Competitor Mode is more challenging than before."
(SOURCE: Right here, babeh)
Now I've not experimented with this yet, but my fear is (and I voiced this at the time on Twitter to the devs)...
...Competitor Mode might contain a lot of the AI defending we crave, and also make every team play like Barcelona (though in my intro game, I have to say, Chelsea weren't chaining skill moves together or anything). What if we can't have one without the other...
edit: just read your edit. got it.
Flipper the Priest
International
- 15 July 2003
Just had a horrible realisation.
Think I'm going to be sick.
The first game I had last night - the one with these stats:
The one that felt really good - low shot count, difficult to bypass the midfield, bit more marking...
I was playing the "intro match", the one that only happens when you first boot the game.
Difficulty was set to Legendary, everything else was default. Which means...
...Competitor Mode was enabled.
🤢🤮
Now, the FIFA 22 Pitch Notes did say that Competitor Mode includes some AI defensive boosts:
"For players who like a challenge, we re-wrote defending Competitor Mode CPU AI, with something we call Threat-Based Defending, with the CPU better understanding who the players they should mark are, which off-ball runs they should chase, and which dribblers they should close down. With Threat-Based Defending, Competitor Mode is more challenging than before."
(SOURCE: Right here, babeh)
Now I've not experimented with this yet, but my fear is (and I voiced this at the time on Twitter to the devs)...
...Competitor Mode might contain a lot of the AI defending we crave, and also make every team play like Barcelona (though in my intro game, I have to say, Chelsea weren't chaining skill moves together or anything). What if we can't have one without the other...
And you didn't notice any AI faffery with the ball at their feet? If Competitor Mode is now friend, not foe, so be it!