What Lessons to Take from FIFA 09

[Stulad]

I'm sorry but I have to disagree.

FIFA 09 is not an example of a football game where anything can happen - where are the handballs, dives and dodgy refereeing decisions?

The commentary team agree with everything that happens on the pitch - totally unlike real life. There is no controversy or excitement and every game plays out in the same fashion, excitement may come from scoring a last minute winner, but there is no "I can't believe that just happened" moments at all. Gone are the days when a freakish game of pro evo 5 left me with 2 goalie sending offs and Rio Ferdinand keeping me in the game. Also the games that my uni mates and I would argue over thanks to a last minute penalty that was outside the box. FIFA's refereeing is too precise, the atmosphere does not change from a cup game to a friendly and the commentary team are far restrained from a real life Sky Sports broadcast.

That said, the game has an amazing engine - they should keep this as it is and concentrate on bringing TV presentation and atmosphere to the next game, along with a healthy dose of unpredictability...and for god's sake - make it easier to round the goalkeeper!

[asu666]

+Game Play
+Defensive Switching on Right Stick
+Licensing
+Graphics
+Touch Play on Right Stick
+Not too much Raise on Every Shot (you here me PES 09)

-Removed Ability to Change Kit Numbers Manually
-No Master League Type Mode (Only the Best in the World Allowed)

[wco81]

Bought it for the multiplayer online. Mostly playing non-ranked games, meaning no stats are tracked.

Don't like the lobby or session setup. Why have 5 minute counters instead of 2 minutes like NHL 09?

Also, one thing in FIFA is that the captain can kick players from the pause menu. NHL doesn't have that. But why not let you kick players in the session, so that people who aren't clicked in aren't holding everyone up?

Or kick people from the position selection screen too.

Multiplayer games are great once you get in them. But starting them is so tedious and worse even than NHL 09.

[schnibsey]

I purchased the PC version as it had been a while since I last played Fifa football (98 on the playstation). I have found the game way too complicated the the instruction manual is completely inadequate. In the online game I found my Xbox controller wont work although it will against the AI (work that one out) and yes I have checked the controllers menu. In my opinion they have tried to cram too much into the experince with so many gaming options. I wouldnt recommend it.

[BlyGilmore]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stulad

I'm sorry but I have to disagree. FIFA 09 is not an example of a football game where anything can happen - where are the handballs, dives and dodgy refereeing decisions? The commentary team agree with everything that happens on the pitch - totally unlike real life. There is no controversy or excitement and every game plays out in the same fashion, excitement may come from scoring a last minute winner, but there is no "I can't believe that just happened" moments at all. Gone are the days when a freakish game of pro evo 5 left me with 2 goalie sending offs and Rio Ferdinand keeping me in the game. Also the games that my uni mates and I would argue over thanks to a last minute penalty that was outside the box. FIFA's refereeing is too precise, the atmosphere does not change from a cup game to a friendly and the commentary team are far restrained from a real life Sky Sports broadcast. That said, the game has an amazing engine - they should keep this as it is and concentrate on bringing TV presentation and atmosphere to the next game, along with a healthy dose of unpredictability...and for god's sake - make it easier to round the goalkeeper!

handballs would be nice. had one last night that had to have hit the guys hand inadvertantly and it wasn't called.

the other stuff though I don't agree with. i'd much rather be playing a nice clean game of soccer than having to deal with the worser elements out there. (IMO one of the dumbest things Madden did was add blown calls so you could challenge them).

and with the commentary you often hear "well i don't know what they were thinking there" and "he really needed to score there" or "he's got to be kicking himself - he had a great opportunity and couldn't capitalize!" type calls.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlyGilmore

(IMO one of the dumbest things Madden did was add blown calls so you could challenge them)

How would you handle this then? From a game development mindset, that's really one of the most ideal ways to incorporate human error into the officiating.

Unless blatantly obvious calls get ignored...?