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[Gnemi]

I prepaid the PC version and downloaded while working today. Fired it up for three quick games at 9pm Pacific Time on Professional / Slow / All Manual. I couldn't help it, I had to reduce the Sprint & Accel sliders, otherwise I left it on defaults.

Overall, I feel like this might be the year of Be Careful What You Wish For. Last year's game was $%#@ing excellent, admittedly, but it was also a bit stilted in terms of pace, movement, variety of scoring. The two biggest flaws were the overpowered crossing / headed goals (on corners it was far too easy to score goals even after the patches) *and* the penalties. I hope both are fixed this year. I also didn't like how crammed it was in midfield and the deflections and toe-poke tackles were crazy.

All of that seems to be fixed this year, but it feels a bit like a cartoon for lack of better description. That has something to do with the physics and a lot to do with the models and textures. Ibra and Mertesacker look like fcking flesh golems out there. They're ENORMOUS. Then, conversely, I was running alongside Mertesacker with Aaron Ramsay and he looked like a midget. They went a bit over the top with these models. Oh well. It's something different, I'll give them credit for that!

Attacking feels incredibly fluid this year and, small sample size, but I was drubbing Derby County with PSG 3-0 at half. Ibrahimovic is indeed a beast in this game. Then, I played Arsenal and scoring opportunities for both sides were few and far between. Played to 0-0 draw.

I'm not sure what's going to happen with difficulty settings, but I may be playing on Pro this year. It feels good to me. We'll see.

So, after a few short games playing the retail version, dare I say it but I was having...fun! Last year's game was brutal but rewarding. This year, we might all have to indulge a sort of nostalgic 16-bit era enjoyment and manage our expectations considerably when it comes to the simulation side of the equation.

[BL8001]

I agree gnemi. That's an accurate first impression.

I tried dynamic cam last night and at first hated the closeness, then noticed how when you can see the player movement so close like that the moves become silky. I was pulling off some intricate interplay between my players.

It's very bizarre how this game plays differently when you use different cameras. I actually think that is clever coding because some of the cams are borderline unplayable (because of the view) but interesting. And if the cpu was all over you with any camera view some of those quirky cams would be impossible to play with.

Then this happened. Luckily I was up 2-0 at the time. Toulouse banged in a goal about 2 minutes later to make it a nervy final 20'

This is probably a foul.

[Qb]

Haha, he ran over to taunt you with a muscle flex... Pure emotion!

We now have a retail impressions thread.