[coolboywind]

The 34 "problems" I experienced in FIFA09 (Xbox 360)

1. Edit team formations without saving them.
The game can allow the gamer to use an edited formation without saving it on the memory card or hard disk, because sometime we may just want to quickly try it once only. The temporary formation can be present until quiting the game.

2. More convenient substitution.
Add an option of "substitutions" to the pause menu will allow the gamer to quickly change players.

3. Fast switch the player of a free kick.
Should allow allow the gamer to easily switch the player for a free kick (not to enter the menu and xxxx). As I remember, FIFA UEFA 2008 (for PS2) is good at this point, isn't it?

4. Unchangeable free kicker.
It seems that sometimes the kicker of a free kick cannot be changed, normally at around the sides of the box.

5. Make it more notable when a player gets a card or injured.
This can be done with an eye-catching mark on that player's head or on his stamina bar when switching to him ), so that the gamer can always be aware that he/she should be more careful when using that player for sliding tackles or needs a substitution.

6. Selecting a team is a bit time-consuming.
Pro Evolution Soccer's two dimensional team selection interface seems more friendly, doesn't it?

7. Auto-tactics and auto-substitution
It would be much more helpful to add "auto-tactics" and "auto-substitute" optionsby which AI can determine marking the opponent's key player and according to stamina and abilities decide when and whom to substitute. Sometime we would just like to play an casual and non-competitive game. Why not allow AI to do those?

8. Rematch.
The game is better to allow the gamer to change his/her formations and tactics, not just simply restart the play with everything the same as the previous match.

9. Team switch after an exhibition match.
After playing an exhibition match, it seems that a gamer cannot switch to a different team quickly but have to quit to the main menu to select "exhibition" and then XXX. That is rather troublesome...

10. Auto-save and annoying prompt for saving.
Some time I'd like to save the progress manually after I create a turnament but DON'T want the game to overwrite that save file, because I want to load it in the future to REPEAT that turnament. BUT when I disable the "auto-save" option in game settings, everytime I finish a turnament match the game asks me whether to save the game or not, can EA just make it not so annoying and just let the gamer handle everything, or at least allow the gamer to turn off the prompt?

11. The one-two.
When the gamer uses the one-two, the player that passes and runs always raises his arm and point to somewhere, regardless whether the ball is intercepted or not. That seems boring, untrue and sometimes silly.

12. Weather problem.
In Manager Mode, the weather seems never to change, but always be the same as game settings in an Exhibition Match.

13. Fast free kick.
The game should enable fast free kick.

14. Goalkeeper behaviors.
The goalkeeper should be more active in saving some balls which can cause corner kicks. In FIFA09, they are a bit lazy at this point.

15. The referee.
The referee seems not so good at the time of blowing a whistle. Sometime the whistle is too late, sometime the whistles are totally unnecessary since the attackers are still holding the ball and having a good chance of scoring.

16. A Bug in player transfer.
For example, if a Chinese player is transfered to a club, he cannot be found in the China's national team squad any more. Besides, the number of players in Chinese national team is reduced to 29 players, not 30 like other national teams any more (this player and his position is missing!). This problem may also happen when a player existing in a national team but not in any league in FIFA09 is "transfered" to a club.

17. Prefered positions and abilities.
In reality, some players prefers to play on the left or the right side, but in FIFA 09, it seems that this does not make a difference.
Often in the game, a player gets a higher ability at a position which does not happen in reality.

18. Job security in manager mode.
When I used a one star team of English Cocacola League 2 to play the Manager Mode, my team encountered Arsenal (five star) in F.A. CUP. I lost by 0-1. Why my job security was still lowered? Is it a shame for my one star team to be defeated by a top Premium League team for one goal only?

19. High lights replay.
Why only 3 high lights at most are shown in the replay after a match?

20. Prefered player list for transfer.
Why not use a "prefered list" for some players the gamer is interested but cannot buy or loan immediately, so that he/she can find them quickly?

21. Top 20's.
Why not add a "top assists"? This is also important, isn't it ?

22. Saving relays.
Why doesn't the game allow to save replays on the local hard disk ?

23. Intuitive comparison between players.
A POLYGON can be used for this purpose, just like in PES and Football Manager. That helps a lot much the gamers to view the general characteristics of a player and understand what kind of player he is (dribbler like Quaresma? Attacking MF like Deco? Organizer like Pirlo? Defensive MF like Sisoko? Striker like Luca Toni or Aguero?)

24. Sequence of the values of the player stats.
I do not think it is the best way to sort those stats in alphabet. It's better to arrange them according to the players' positions, since for different positions there are relatively more important stats.

25. Captain change.
When the captain is substituted off, we cannot specify another player as the captain, why ???

26. A complete and step-by-step training mode.
The free training on the main interface is a very good idea. But what if we want to train our teamwork and defending skills, such as passing, tackling, corner kicks and indirect free kicks?

27. Recording of a whole match on local hard disk.
It sounds attractive to gamers, doesn't it?

28. Inch or CM ?
About the height of the players, if the game allow the gamer to choose his/her favorite unit, shouldn't be much better?

29. Player stats after a match.
After a match, only the stats of the "man of the match" is shown. Why not show stats for each player?


30. Rules of "shots on target"?
I found that if a player scores a goal by hitting on the pole and reflecting into the net, it is not counted as one "shots on target". Is this the correct FIFA official rule or a bug?

31. Created turnament
When a created turnaments is finished, it cannot continue to the next season, why? That also makes autosaving meanlingless, because loading the save only brings you the final result.

32. Music problem
When auto-saving the progress during play, the background music play is somehow interrupted.


33. Change of the throw-in player
Change of the throw-in player should be enbled.

34. Game speed problem
Many gamers have complained this problem, since sometimes the game is unrealistically fast. I feel roughly that if the time of my console is after 23:00 pm, the game becomes too fast. Even if I set the game speed as "slow", it won't work. I have never met with such "pingpong-like" gameplay during the day time.