FIFA 10 Gameplay innovations blog

[EA_LukeDidd]

Many of you would have seen the improvements being made to the gameplay engine in FIFA 10 PC from the news being released from the media following our European media tour, which took us FIFA Producers to London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Munich, Warsaw and Moscow. Some of you who read the forums would have seen some details that I have been sharing with you over there.

Throughout the development of FIFA 10 PC I have been saying that our focus for FIFA 10 PC was the gameplay engine and to deliver a game that you would all enjoy playing. You have also heard me say that FIFA 10 PC is not NG or CG but that we were focusing on bringing some of the best bits from NG to PC and taking the PC in its own direction. I hope that reading the blog will illustrate some of the ways in which we are doing this.
We have been approaching the development of the FIFA PC gameplay engine with 2 main focuses in mind, Gameplay Innovation and developing the Core Gameplay. This blog will cover off details of our Gameplay Innovations.

Game Play Innovation
This year we really wanted to change the way you played FIFA 10 PC. In order to do this we had to change the way you play and control the game and also change the way the AI plays against you. Looking at our Gameplay engine with this in mind gave us our 5 gameplay innovations that are unique to FIFA 10.

First off all, we’re pleased to announce the inclusion of 360⁰ Dribbling and 360⁰ defensive Movement for FIFA 10 PC.

Our complete list of gameplay innovations are:
1. 360⁰ dribbling
2. 360⁰ defensive movement
3. AI Team Styles
4. Custom Team Styles
5. Scout Report

360⁰ dribbling
Those of you experienced with FIFA 09, are fully aware that the players could only move in 8 directions. This actually restricted movement to Up, Down, Left, Right and the Diagonals in between, and for those who noticed it, it made for a somewhat frustrating and unrealistic experience. With 360⁰ Dribbling you now have the freedom to move using all 360⁰ angles, which gives you the freedom to move anywhere you want. This is the first time this is being offered in any football game and means that you will have a much smoother and fluid experience. With the right amount of practice you will be able to dribbling around players like never before. Dribbling is not the only benefit you will get from 360⁰ Dribbling, it now makes passing much more realistic and controllable. Basically you will find yourself making passes not possible before simply because you can now point to anyone on the pitch.

360⁰ Defensive Movement
Like 360⁰ Dribbling, the 360⁰ Defensive Movement allows all off the ball players the freedom to move and defend using 360⁰ awareness. This makes for more accurate slide tackles (being able to pick the exact angle of the challenges), more shoulder to shoulder defending (subtle movements allow you to press against shoulders more easily), and ability to chase and close down opponents.

Team Styles (CPU)
All CPU Team’s will use 26 different team styles, 9 attacking, 5 defensive and 12 team specific plays. I will be writing a blog going into specific details but here is a list of the attacking and defensive styles:

Attacking team styles
- Wingplay
- Target Man
- Counter Attack
- Attacking Full backs
- Total Football
- The Hole
- Box Overload
- Side Overload
- 3rd Man Release
Defensive Team Styles
- Offside Trap
- Pressing
- Zonal Marking
- Flat Back
- Clearance (Long ball)
- Man Marking (as per FIFA 09)

Custom Team Styles
Like CPU team styles, I will be writing a blog on this. However, the user will be able to use a combination of the 9 attacking and 5 defensive styles, as seen above, to create their preferred playing styles. Use these styles to your advantage.

Scout Report
Full details of the scout report will also be in the Team Style blog, but to give you a quick insight the scout report will provide information on the Team style, formation and key players.

The Gameplay innovations are only part of what we have in store for you in FIFA 10. Over the coming weeks and months I will be putting together blogs on Core Gameplay, Team Styles, Online Refinements and Game Modes.

I’m looking forward to reading your feedback on what we’ve been doing for FIFA 10.

Cheers
Luke

[1soccer23]

Very nice!!

[JoeCole12]

Wow, wasnt expecting that

[snake25]

:O 360 degree movement it can't be true.....I didn't expect that

[Raiden]

360° dribbling YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS SSSS FIFA 10 RULEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ!!!!

[SAIMAN009]

Oh, my list of thank you Luke Didd

[Outsider87P]

Looking forward to the video to see the impact of 360 dribbling in the PC gameplay engine

[TH014]

WOW!! 360 Dribbling!!!!!!!!! Am I dreaming????
I'm just curious How it would work with the keyboard.

[Ei8t]

360 degree btw where is the video?????

[1soccer23]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM going CRAZZZZYYYYY!!!!!!!

[Nischal]

WOW!!! 360 is IN !!!
WHAT'S NEXT ???

[iforwin]

AAAAA very good !!!11!

btw where is the video?????

+1 )))

[Ei8t]

Originally Posted by Outsider87P

Looking forward to the video to see the impact of 360 dribbling in the PC gameplay engine

You have played the game so did you see any change in the dribbling(360)???

[TH014]

HAHAHA. I swear I almost can't believe this!! Just brilliant!

[ilian92]

That's absolutely amazing news. Looking forward to the demo.

[Nischal]

So Luke, is there Arena Mode or not ???

[Ei8t]

I hope the dribbling animation are like FIFA 09 or 08 NG that would be sweet

[Megaman1646]

wow 360 degree dribbling what , that is awesome !!

[Outsider87P]

Originally Posted by Ei8t

You have played the game so did you see any change in the dribbling(360)???

Man, as Luke said, there was no that feature in the game I tried!

[snake25]

Originally Posted by Outsider87P

Looking forward to the video to see the impact of 360 dribbling in the PC gameplay engine

So this is why you said that you had the sensation that you are playing the Ng version...am I right???

[iforwin]

Mr. Luke, gameplay video will be today or not?

[Geork7]

WOW! I was very surprised! 360 movement! That is nice and i'm looking forward for the vid!! thanks Luke

[JoeCole12]

Luke you're the man

[Outsider87P]

Luke, a question: will the 360 dribbling be possible only with analog sticks of the gamepad and with keyboard+mouse or also with normal keyboard configuration?

[BoGdaNuTz]

Originally Posted by TH014

WOW!! 360 Dribbling!!!!!!!!! Am I dreaming????
I'm just curious How it would work with the keyboard.

well i guess when using keybord and running forward ( from left to right ) , you will press right key and you wanna go diagonaly down to the corner for a cross ( let's say ) you will press right + down key and the player won't go directly diagonally as the 8 movement system , i guess his movement will be more circular ... lets see , any video soon ?