FIFA 17 Trial Available For EA Access & Origin Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZO

As someone who thought the Journey was dumb when it was first announced. I actually liked what I saw of it last night. I played it for about 2 hours. Didn't get very far in even in that time. But the way they are handling it is by far the best story driven sports mode to date. Way better than anything NBA 2k has done. Yes the cut scenes are cheesy. But the presentation overall is pretty good. They actually make you do drills to train. They present you with your information in a visually appealing way also. And the part where you pick the team I thought was fantastic. How they prepared a little speech for each team. And commented no how well you'd fit and how soon you'd likely to get playing time. Aside from that I didn't check anything else out. And I haven't played enough to comment on gameplay yet. But I can say so far it feels like a shell of the beta on the pitch.

This sounds promising! Esp. considering you can actually pick your team. Def. would not have been well received if you could only play with MANU.

[Zac]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHedges2

This sounds promising! Esp. considering you can actually pick your team. Def. would not have been well received if you could only play with MANU.

Yeah you go through the exit trial. You play two 11v11 games. And do some drills. And you are earning a rating the whole time. The goal is to finish in the top 10 among everyone in the trial. The higher you finish, the more teams offer you a chance. The first time I finished first and every team was a choice for me. I got it first time without even really trying. But I didn't choose a top tier team, because of playing time. I went with M'boro. As they sounded like the team to get the most playing time early.

[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZO

Yeah you go through the exit trial. You play two 11v11 games. And do some drills. And you are earning a rating the whole time. The goal is to finish in the top 10 among everyone in the trial. The higher you finish, the more teams offer you a chance. The first time I finished first and every team was a choice for me. I got it first time without even really trying. But I didn't choose a top tier team, because of playing time. I went with M'boro. As they sounded like the team to get the most playing time early.

Awesome stuff. Really excited to play this mode.

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[RIFRIG]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheDutchDad

Curious why The Journey is limited, but no matter...will have fun.

It's probably only 5 or 6 hours long.

[KTBFFH]

Quote: Originally Posted by schnakenpopanz

How can your perform the low driven shot? And how do you get the long through balls to work? Do you have to be on manual passing?

As far as I know you can perform each shot/pass type on any control scheme. I tried on both assisted and full manual.

The low shot is done by powering up the shot with B/Circle then tapping the shot button again before it is shot. This works for headers as well.

The finesse or curled through ball is done by holding R1/RB and powering up the through ball on Y/Triangle.

Hope this helps!

[L4velle]

So I changed Barnsley stadium name to Oakwell but is still showing as Ivy Lane when I go into match. Any ideas?

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[Benja190782]

I must say after playing for 3 hours with my EA Access version. It's a massive improvement from the demo.

The gameplay speed is spot on! And it's NOT faster than the demo!
I must say it's the best football experience I've EVER had! The crowd adds so much immersion! Ball physics is spot on! The responsive controls is amazing! Defending feels fun again! The randomness is back!
I'm sold!

Playing on full manual and SLOW is so much fun! Even on PRO and WC it's a realistic experience you get. Legendary feels really balanced this year.

The reflections and randomness is really nice to see.
You can even hear the crowd go "shoot" when outside the box! It's amazing!

There's some bugs yes - like the BPL package - but overall, best FIFA ever!

[kennytomson]

Quote: Originally Posted by fearwhatnow

What makes no sense is that after so many pages there only 2 posts of actual gameplay impressions and there are like 10 posts about missing cosmetic features.

with only 10 hours to play i'm jumping around to see what is included and what is not...mainly cosmetic. once i have unlimited time, then i will start to play longer games and can comment on the gameplay.