Hey there. After reading some posts regarding the responsiveness when passing etc i have to disagree. Sure, in theory you want the player to pass when you press the button. In practice it would start to be a different game. I played Pro Evolution Soccer and ISS before that rather than FIFA. i wanted a simulation of football. FIFA was an arcade game. 60 yard screamers and bicycle kicks and goal scoring "sweet spots". Now i play FIFA because Pro Evo refuses to change even though it's been stuck in the same trap for 2-3 years. FIFA has improved rapidly in that time. To improve FIFA you need to see what it does better than Pro Evo and what Pro Evo does better than FIFA. MAIN ISSUE? Pro Evo is too fast. sit back and watch someone play it. it looks nothing like football now. Playing against the AI is stupid when it sprints down the line, turns on the spot on an instant, sprints with the ball the other way, crosses the ball with weak foot, on the sprint onto a strikers head. what was the point in my defender shielding him and pushing him into the corner and onto his weak foot. players move so fast and it looks unnatural. physically impossible. In real football if your right footed, you can't pass until your right foot is coming forward. in Pro Evo you press "pass" and instantly the ball is gone. even if the player is using that foot to step it will still super quickly be able to come forward instantly to the ball. Play Pro Evo. you'll see what i mean. it's so unnatural. FOOTBALL IS NOT THAT FAST! players cannot turn on the spot at full sprint. They have to slow at some point. start to change towards Pro Evo and it will turn heads back to Pro Evo because FIFA is closest to the actual GAME of football. change that and people will return to Pro Evo because of what it does do better...
Pro Evo's strengths are subtle but have a large effect. Goals are just so rewarding. to score a 20 yard strike is truly pleasing in Pro Evo. FIFA has gone a long way to give the same satisfying feeling, but it isn,t quite there for me. Pro Evo doesn't have the nice graphics (it's pathetic attempts at licencing are boring now.... merseyside reds) but when a cutscene shows, it looks like it would on TV. FIFA looks very arcade like on some cutscenes. watch football on TV. when not in broadcast camera view, when watchin Becks step up to that free kick. when watchin Pirlo get booked, when watchin Ronaldo react to a close effort, Pro Evo does those in between bits much better. Replays are better too. The Master League and Manager Mode both have good and bad points. all i'm saying is take what make Pro Evo does great, add it to the great things FIFA does and bye bye Konami. FIFA is better on most levels. Would love to see a really realistic Manager mode. Champions League games at night. one week warm night at San Siro, then rainy night at Anfield. Teams should actually try to Strengthen weak areas with realistic signings. Oh, and more fouls in FIFA. Football is full of them. and a little diving and bad decisions. Unless FIFA wants to take an arcade direction. but leave that to lesser titles and FIFA Street style games. watch real football, Pro Evo, look again at FIFA09 (brilliant btw). copy ideas, drop things that are "arcadey".
oh, can i round goalkeepers easier next year too? tough buggers!!
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