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Day Two playing Fifa:
Well I had another go at it today offline getting used to the game.
My impression of it today is a bit better than yesterday. The player collisions are the best I have seen from Fifa so far. Everything seems a whole lot more polished than 08 and you feel you have a bit more control than before.
The game speed at normal still feels a bit too fast to be enjoyable. It is playable but not enjoyable. It feels like you are just knocking it up to your striker without giving too much thought in it.
It is here that we encounter what I see as a problem. Everything seems too automatic. The game feels like it rewards those who choose assisted as the assisted passes always seem to be the best possible pass that could be delivered. Assisted through balls are just perfect. After a while it doesn't even feel like you are playing...it feels like the assisted ai does all the thinking for you and it even creates amazing things that you had not previously planned to do.
I went back to manual settings because I like to create my own stuff and in 08 my own stuff was better than the assisted stuff. However in 09 my own stuff was too difficult to pull off...in the end I realised that the assisted settings created better stuff than even I would have hoped for.
Sad really.
Later on I might have another go with the game speed at slow.[/b]
From what you wrote, it is everything I've feared would be an issue with the game. I was thinking of actually spending money on the game just because of the improvements and the fact that I'm bored as hell waiting for PES 2009 and Football Manager 2009, but I think I'll just wait it out now as I originally intended. Also, when looking at the cost of FIFA 09 I can take that saved $60 and put it towards the $70 it will only cost me to purchase both the new PES and FM.
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Lol um..well this is Day Four for me now...and my opinion has totally reversed!
Day Four:
Just had time for one game today
I had a go playing it on broadcast view.
OMG!!! This reminds me of playing it on broadcast view in Fifa 2005.
I have to say that I am now in love with playing it offline. Broadcast view really does it for me. This is because the game LOOKS like real footie.
Now in Fifa 08 they DID NOT have broadcast view. Actually they didn't have a ton of stuff. So I had to play this silly soccer on tele view etc etc....whyich did not look like a sim to me but just a game.
Now on broadcast view on my 47 inch 1080p TV it is like "Wow this is real football"!!!
I pull the height and zoom fully back...and I really enjoy watching the game as I play as if I was watching a real game being show on TV. Broadcast view is simply BEAUTIFUL!
Now I feel my moves actually look better...I dunno what it is...but my little manual through ball passes that I use as a "manual" pass all over the park...well....they LOOK SO GOOD!
I don't know if it is me or my imagination but I think I can "see" runs better....whether they be my players or the opposition. On tele view it didn't look so natural and somtimes I would miss runs.
Well I am really buzzing after just ONE on Broadcast view and this is only my fourth day playing the game but I think that when I learn to play with this view I may perhaps have an edge online with the way I see runs taking place. It is a hard view to get used to...but when you do get used to it then its very rewarding...can't wait to get back home tonight to play again.
All in all this game is a very good ***le indeed. I can't see PES doing better....I know this sounds bias but it looks like Fifa have taken the good things of both franchises and combined it into this game.
