Improvements For FIFA 08

[MikeGenuis]

i think that manager mode must include the national teams beside the clubs

[KingCantona07]

Be able to search by age and nationality in manager mode as well as the current search options. Possibly more precise scouting options as rest of the world is currently quite a broad area.

[SgtSchofieldP]

Well I haven't read the entire thread so some of these ideas may have been said.


- Real linesmen and referee signals
- More control over your shots (shooting along floor, curl etc etc)
- More advanced goalkeepers, instead of them waiting for the ball to slowly roll to them they go and pick it up
- More realistic and varied goalkeeping animations, they wont pounce on the ball when there is no striker near by
- More urgency in players, they will jump and slide to keep the ball in play if it has come of them last, or goal keepers will run to keep the ball from going out for a corner
- More advanced players, if there is a clear goal scoring opportunity they will run that little bit faster and push them selves (Should be same defensively)
- Goalkeepers should let the ball go off for a goal kick some times
- Players should dive would add some realism
- Players should signal to each others like point where they want the ball etc
- Resting animations, defenders actually look like they tire by kneeling, trying to catch their breath etc
- If a goalkeeper thinks the ball is going wide instead of just letting it they run to it just in case it takes an un-expected curl into the goal (The unexpected curl inst needed but the goal keeper running to the ball would be good)
- More appealing and interaction with the referee, such as shouts for hand ball or a free kick
- More fan chants, players try to put of goalkeepers during a goal kick or a penalty
- More attention to lower league clubs, thats where the game clearly lacks effort. Some player names, some team chants or even 1 or 2 real faces nothing to drastic but it will appear more time has been put into the game
- More stadiums, I would have expected Manchester City's ground to be on it same with many other teams
- More varied commentary. Maybe even more different commentators would be quite cool so we don't always have the same people every match


I know thats quite a big list but many of those features would add so much to the game so are very good ideas to incorporate or think of adding them.

Anyway thats enough from me.

[KingCantona07]

oh yeah and give us leagues we actually want. I've heard people want russia and argentina so we get ireland and the czech republic

[County4life06]

i agree with every point SgtSchofield made, except the players pointing where they want the ball, they do that already

[LacrosseplyrPlyr]

Originally Posted by nokiaman4e

You are able to sub at half time .

I meant when you are visual simming

[SgtSchofieldP]

i agree with every point SgtSchofield made, except the players pointing where they want the ball, they do that already

Well true but its a very poor system and the animations are very poor for it. I mean better pointing animations and they also point when it would be a good idea to actually pass it or put a through ball.

Same goes with when the ball goes out for a throw in, players just put there hand up and dont even look and they still remain in a 'ready' position. Since the ball is out of play they should turn to the ref/linesmen and then call etc.


Edit - A few more suggestions...


- More creativity 'powers', being able to create a stadium, create more players and also being able to edit more of the player such as how fat/thin you want them instead of just slim/average/stocky.
- More hairstyles and other accessories
- More cinematics and more random ones too better use of the crowd a few pans of the stands after a goal etc
- Players should get more use to playing, when I play football I'm slightly rusty at the beginning despite warming up but then I improve. You know what I mean
- More realistic stats to players, just cause a player is in league 2 doesn't mean their stamina is not as good as someone in premiership. (This also links in with lack of effort put into lower league teams which in turn lets the feel of the game down)
- More styles (not specifically individual styles) but more then one set of animations to take a free kick, dribbling animations etc


Well I could go on and on about different ideas for 08 but I don't really have time, so I'll just shut up.

[KingCantona07]

Originally Posted by LacrosseplyrPlyr

I meant when you are visual simming

you can do that as well.

[himel7403]

things should be fixed ::

http://footballcommunity.ea.com/foru...ic.php?t=50796

[himel7403]

is it too late now for posting/replying improvement for FIFA08

[ThosWog]

Originally Posted by AsmodaiPlay

oh yeah and give us leagues we actually want. I've heard people want russia and argentina so we get ireland and the czech republic

Lol, I agree. Give us the Russian/Argentine/Australian leagues, and give us the Dutch, Czech and Japanese national teams. Who cares about the Irish league ( )?

[fbsk07]

there should be pre-season friendlies in manager mode

[EcuaGuayaco1]

Hello this is my first post and I think for Fifa 08 the should get both kits of every team, for example in Fifa 07 Ecuador doesn't have its alternate uniform, the shirt is white and the pants are black when in reality the real second uniform is blue I couldn't find a picture of it but here's the third uniform. http://www.uksoccershop.com/index.ph...image&pID=3467 You can at least put this in Fifa 08 please. Thats my two cents.

[Raydaman10292]

i havent read the whole thread but heres a few ideas:
- you control the training like shooting practise, etc.
- pre-season friendlies
- international management
- have reserve,youth teams so you can move players between squads
- bigger clubs have real youth players like liverpool have lindfield,anderson,spearing,etc.
- to be able to start rivalies with clubs, if u have a match were theres a few red card in the next meeting between the clubs the teams are rougher with each other
- better contacts, like ends career at club, fee rises if player plays 25 games stuff like that

[vecc22]

I would like to request the ability to use purchased soccer balls in Manager Mode for Fifa 08.

[KingCantona07]

and 3rd kits

[paulroachhair]

i am sure it's too late to be suggesting things now, but here's my two bits:

- be able to customize the appearance of your players in manager mode. i'm sick of having 11 players that look identical. it makes me happy when my players have a variety of footwear, especially if it is brand-name.
- to that end, if you insist on keeping the EA Sports brand shoes as defaults, make them snazzier and spread them around! I think that nowadays black shoes are the minority compared with white, red, or other-colored shoes. Again, it sucks to play with a team where all the players look identical.
- put more work into the goalkeeper's behavior. for example, if I press triangle (I have the PS2 version) to get the keeper to charge for a ball, the defenders should get the heck out of the way so I can catch it. Also, the keeper should be able to attack the ball like a normal human being, not move to some point where the ball will end up and then wait for it there...that's completely artificial and unrealistic. For the most part, however, the goalkeeper's save animations are fantastic.
- please PLEASE please PLEASE give me control over my through balls again, like in FIFA 2004. It drives me mad to be running at goal and having a teammate come bursting through on a fabulous run and play him a through ball that sends him into the corner instead of on goal, because some algorithm thought that's where I wanted to put it. Let me control the weight of it, please!
- Make the trick stick more practical. I can't tell you how many times I'll have one defender to beat and I want to do some kind of ball fake, and I jiggle the right stick and nothing happens. I think that the stick is too complicated--it should be something like move stick right, juke and go right. Move stick left, juke and go left. Right now, it's like, move stick right, whack ball 5 feet to the right and go chase it. Completely unrealistic and useless in one-on-one situations, which should be this game's bread and butter. At the very least, make the R2 button work similarly to the way it worked in FIFA 06--I could often use that to make my attacker cut past an onrushing defender and yet keep the ball under control--so sweet when it worked!
- Is there a button in FIFA 07 to do a wall pass/give-and-go? If not, put it in FIFA 08.
- No more auto-switching defenders. Worst idea ever.
- Let me have control over the players in loose-ball situations. It's annoying to have to fight with the algorithm to let me go to a pass that's not going to make it to me in time. Sometimes it lets me go, but not always.
- One on one with the keeper, and I want to finish far post, please let my attacker swivel his hips so he can use the correct foot to place the ball around the keeper. If I am approaching the keeper from his left-hand side, and I want to put the ball far post, I should use my left foot, so make it easy for me to do that.
- Manager mode, don't make the transfer window depend on the amount of games you have. That's unrealistic. You ought to be able to do real-time negotiations like in real life, even if it's something like only one deal per day or something.

So maybe some of that will make it into FIFA09. Anyway I look forward to the next gen, especially on PS3.

[SgtSchofieldP]

About where you mention the trick stick its cause you aren't using it right.
If you are sprinting with the ball and use it then you will just knock the ball to the way you tapped and will have to chase it.

Try it without sprinting and also read the manual it explains how to do many of the tricks you can do with the trick stick.

[HASSARD2004]

How About When U Create A Manager You Hav The Choice To Make Him Player/Manager, wat du u think?

[klashnekoff nth]

heres something you can definatly put in all versions of fifa 07


look here
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HbQOTl7XjY4&NR=1

the eridivise doesnt have that many star names but they do have skills that star players have but other players dont

i would like it if in fifa 08 if you were able to easily edit what skills each individual players have and how thhey se their skill e.g.

if you want to make c.ronaldo make an step over with just one flick of the right analog stick instead of two

or say you want to give your created player an rabona move

[DimluvsSVWB]

I want Fifa 08 more realistic. Like players could mess up and fall (like when doing a trick)( less often depending on your skill lvl ).

I hate it when in managermode all the real existing players retired, probably unfixable but still.

[KingCantona07]

Originally Posted by HerrDIM

I want Fifa 08 more realistic. Like players could mess up and fall (like when doing a trick)( less often depending on your skill lvl ).

I hate it when in managermode all the real existing players retired, probably unfixable but still.

i think that's meant to part of the fun - finding talented young players as the stars of today get old and retire.

[ChivasFan649]

good suggestions guys, you've posted most of my ideas now EA put them on the game

[coninho89]

i don't give a thing anymore what will be new on fifa. every year we all want things to get better, and it isn't getting better. i won't buy any football games anymore.. no fifa and no pes. it will be manager games for me, because they don't have as many irritating things as this kind of games.

every year it's the same thing.. can we get this in fifa or that.
and what do we get..

they add new things but make new mistakes, it's every year the same thing. it's only about making profit for ea and konami.

[coninho89]

i don't give a thing anymore what will be new on fifa. every year we all want things to get better, and it isn't getting better. i won't buy any football games anymore.. no fifa and no pes. it will be manager games for me, because they don't have as many irritating things as this kind of games.

every year it's the same thing.. can we get this in fifa or that.
and what do we get..

they add new things but make new mistakes, it's every year the same thing. it's only about making profit for ea and konami.