FIFA 15 Demo Available Now on Xbox One, 360, PC, PS3, PS4

[GlennonTheGr8]

I've just had a 5 v 1 situation against Napoli (RAFAEL BENITEZ' team) in the first 5 mins (virtual mins) so about 40 seconds basically... He's one of the most tactically astute coaches in the world especially when it comes to defending. In another case, I kicked off and with Rickie Lambert, I bypassed the whole Chelsea team and slotted it away. That's the equivalence of Peyton Manning out running the Seahawks defence on is own 10 yard line and somersaulting at the end. This game has no midfield and it never has. Well, maybe back in 1995 it did but damn, this is bad.

[Brahvocado]

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Every sports game is flawed, it will always be incredibly difficult to get a full simulation experience because there are far too many variables in sport. What it comes down to is whether or not the game has workable flaws. Sliders can make everything better in an EA game. Will it be perfect? No, but it's not like the non-EA sports games are miles better. They are all about the same, it's just different aspects of the game that each title does well.

I never judge a sports game based off it's demo because, for me, it's not complete until I've gotten the full version and fully integrated a set of sliders to the game.

Some of you guys need to understand that we here at OS are absolutely NOT the target demographic for these sports games. 80 percent of sports game players are not looking for a life-like sim, they just want fun and fast paced action with lots of goals/touchdowns/homeruns etc. EA absolutely delivers on that particular front.

So is fifa ever going to be a completely accurate representation of soccer? No probably not. Is it the best option we have available? Yeah, it is (sorry PES users).

Until another company decides to take a serious cracked at making a soccer game, this is what we have. You either see it for what it is, a well presented base for you to tweak to your liking, or you just don't play the game.

People see PES/older fifa titles with rose-tinted glasses. After properly adjusting sliders, fifa 14 was the best soccer game we've seen yet and it's not even close.

[Turbojugend]

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I do understand why people get super-focused on the details, but I tend to think of FIFA less as a "hardcore football sim" and more like a fantastic video game that represents an amazing sport I like to follow. In that regard, every last-gen FIFA game was a step forward (some definitely more than others), and the current-gen versions are following that tradition.

Hell, we'll probably be complaining about stuff in FIFA 19 and beyond, but that doesn't mean that every FIFA title for the last five or six years hasn't been a great video game on its own terms.

[Battman]

no disrespect to some people here, but, after playing all other sports games and then fifa 14... its remarkable to see people moan and bitch about it. its by far the best sports game on the planet. i guess its impossible to make everyone happy...and you have all this nostalgia talk about a game 10 years ago and wasnt nearly as good as people insist but like anything hipster.. anyways. im off on a tangent cuz i want to play the fifa demo for ps4 today. bah.

I never played Bball, Hockey or Baseball but I played a lot of football. And FIFA resembles in no way the real game! The ball physics are ****e, have always been so. The CPU defenders block the pass lines with mathematical precision(you can feel the vectors in the background calculating the perfect position of the defender.) You can not play halfpaced half high passes into the gap. Your defenders are too dumb to set the attackers offside, the more they seem to try everything to avoid setting them offside. Dribbling is awful. Far too complicated and not responsive at all. And bedide the numetous gameplay flaws: The managing part in season mode is horrendous: Trading, contract negotiations have nothing to do with real life. And last but not least my "favorite" funkiller: This game is scripted! Most goals happen in or around extra time. And whats even worse: The whole season is scripted. When you play a great season some other team will, too. If you play mediocre the chances that all other teams will is high.

I will never understand why this game gets so much love from reviewers. Either they are all bribed or they are blinded by graphics and presentation. By the way: The german commentators are by far the worst in any sports title. Dumb, out of sync and repetitive. If anyone critisizes the MLB The Show commentators should listen to the german i*****.

If you think FIFA is better than NBA2k or MLB The Show you have never really played these games.

[GlennonTheGr8]

So apart from the fact there isn't a midfield presence at all, you can score with runs from the halfway line against a Chelsea team, you can score from 40 yards out with Raheem Sterling, Jose Enrique being outmuscled by David Silva, Steven Gerrard scoring a rocketing volley on his left foot despite not striking it properly, Fernando Torres scoring from 25 yards out with his weak foot, Daniel Sturridge having a 10 yard start on John Terry and still gets caught up, and Napoli playing A HIGH LINE AGAINST BARCELONA.... Despite all of that in my first 4 games, this game is so realistic!! Haha.. Jeez.

[Battman]

no disrespect to some people here, but, after playing all other sports games and then fifa 14... its remarkable to see people moan and bitch about it. its by far the best sports game on the planet. i guess its impossible to make everyone happy...and you have all this nostalgia talk about a game 10 years ago and wasnt nearly as good as people insist but like anything hipster.. anyways. im off on a tangent cuz i want to play the fifa demo for ps4 today. bah.

I never played Bball, Hockey or Baseball but I played a lot of football. And FIFA resembles in no way the real game! The ball physics are ****e, have always been so. The CPU defenders block the pass lines with mathematical precision(you can almost feel the vectors in the background calculating the perfect position of the defender.) You can not play halfpaced half high passes into the gap. Your defenders are too dumb to set the attackers offside, the more they seem to try everything to avoid setting them offside. Dribbling is awful. Far too complicated and not responsive at all. And beside the numerous gameplay flaws: The managing part in season mode is horrendous: Trading, contract negotiations have nothing to do with real life. And last but not least my "favorite" funkiller: This game is scripted! Most goals happen in or around extra time. And whats even worse: The whole season is scripted. When you play a great season some other team will, too. If you play mediocre the chances that all other teams will is high.

I will never understand why this game gets so much love from reviewers. Either they are all bribed or they are blinded by graphics and presentation. By the way: The german commentators are by far the worst in any sports title. Dumb, out of sync and repetitive. If anyone critisizes the MLB The Show commentators should listen to the german i*****.

If you think FIFA is better than NBA2k or MLB The Show you have never really played these games.

[GlennonTheGr8]

I never played Bball, Hockey or Baseball but I played a lot of football. And FIFA resembles in no way the real game! The ball physics are ****e, have always been so. The CPU defenders block the pass lines with mathematical precision(you can feel the vectors in the background calculating the perfect position of the defender.) You can not play halfpaced half high passes into the gap. Your defenders are too dumb to set the attackers offside, the more they seem to try everything to avoid setting them offside. Dribbling is awful. Far too complicated and not responsive at all. And bedide the numetous gameplay flaws: The managing part in season mode is horrendous: Trading, contract negotiations have nothing to do with real life. And last but not least my "favorite" funkiller: This game is scripted! Most goals happen in or around extra time. And whats even worse: The whole season is scripted. When you play a great season some other team will, too. If you play mediocre the chances that all other teams will is high.

I will never understand why this game gets so much love from reviewers. Either they are all bribed or they are blinded by graphics and presentation. By the way: The german commentators are by far the worst in any sports title. Dumb, out of sync and repetitive. If anyone critisizes the MLB The Show commentators should listen to the german i*****.

If you think FIFA is better than NBA2k or MLB The Show you have never really played these games.

Thank you... A perfect response. I have also played football all my life. Like I said, if people want casual then fine but people that moan about other sports titles and then claim that the only thing that EA get right is FIFA, is just darn right ludicrous.

[Battman]

Thank you... A perfect response. I have also played football all my life. Like I said, if people want casual then fine but people that moan about other sports titles and then claim that the only thing that EA get right is FIFA, is just darn right ludicrous.

I could go on with dozens of other problems with this game. It is just a typical EA Sports game: good graphics and presentation and NO depth at all. Compare EA Sports games to NBA2K and especially MLB The Show: You can sense the programmers love for their sports (you can see it in the details!) in these 2 titles. And EA: No love for detail. And that is especially the case with FIFA. NHL was always the more ambitious title (until 2015 it seems). FIFA was always a shiny Shell with no depth in the core.

[Entiae]

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People have different opinions. Some of you desperately need to realize that.

[GlennonTheGr8]

I could go on with dozens of other problems with this game. It is just a typical EA Sports game: good graphics and presentation and NO depth at all. Compare EA Sports games to NBA2K and especially MLB The Show: You can sense the programmers love for their sports (you can see it in the details!) in these 2 titles. And EA: No love for detail. And that is especially the case with FIFA. NHL was always the more ambitious title (until 2015 it seems). FIFA was always a shiny Shell with no depth in the core.

Absolutely... MLB The Show and nba 2k are the most consistent and PES always use to be and I'm hearing that it's back but I'll wait and see for myself as I've heard that before. As I said, if you truly understand footie then there's no way you can say it's realistic on the field. Every team plays the same and always have... When I play against Barca, do they frustrate and attempt to keep possession? Nope. When I play against Liverpool, do I get bombarded with their blistering counter attacks, does Gerrard spray the ball about? Nope. When I play against Chelsea, do they do everything in their power to frustrate with stubborn defending after taking a lead? Nope. Does every team feel exactly the same? Yep... It's terrible and they've got away with it for too long. People are wising up on the whole but it'll sell regardless because EA are geniuses at marketing! "Next gen goalkeeper" I've just seen Cech watch a timid strike come his way and dive out the way of it as if it was laced with explosives... Awful.

[Paradingwolves]

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If you think FIFA is better than NBA2k or MLB The Show you have never really played these games.[/quote]

I've played The Show every year, this years version was incredibly buggy, great game but it has it's own frustrating bugs. how many times did you run to a grounder with your infielder only to have the field animation not kick in and the ball go right through his legs, how many times did your outfielder field a ball off the wall then casually throw it in and give the hitter an extra base? How many diving catches did the CPU make a game against you? How many casual pick off throws ended up in the seats, for me it was enough that I refused to ever even throw over because 1 out of 3 went into the crowd.

No sports game is perfect, you want a perfect, real game of football with real life physics? Get a ball, go outside and find a damn field. Seriously hipsters, Fifa 95 was amazing?! really!? so if EA was to duplicate that game with todays players would that make you happy? I'm sure it would cost them much less to do this so they'd be more than happy to grant your wish.

FIFA is a fun, not perfect (god help them for this) game that allows you to play the beautiful game with the best players in the world and it looks great while doing this.

[The_Wise_One]

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I can't find the demo on PS4. Is it up?

[Murph]

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I can't find the demo on PS4. Is it up?

North American version is not up yet.

[gopher_guy]

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I mean, player intelligence and 'all new next gen goalkeepers' ah right....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_vMXNXUuVw

Do you have videos of all the other times when the goalie AI performed wonderfully?

[Battman]

Absolutely... MLB The Show and nba 2k are the most consistent and PES always use to be and I'm hearing that it's back but I'll wait and see for myself as I've heard that before. As I said, if you truly understand footie then there's no way you can say it's realistic on the field. Every team plays the same and always have... When I play against Barca, do they frustrate and attempt to keep possession? Nope. When I play against Liverpool, do I get bombarded with their blistering counter attacks, does Gerrard spray the ball about? Nope. When I play against Chelsea, do they do everything in their power to frustrate with stubborn defending after taking a lead? Nope. Does every team feel exactly the same? Yep... It's terrible and they've got away with it for too long. People are wising up on the whole but it'll sell regardless because EA are geniuses at marketing! "Next gen goalkeeper" I've just seen Cech watch a timid strike come his way and dive out the way of it as if it was laced with explosives... Awful.

My absolute favorite: "Improved ball physics!" Improved since 2000....and still not good.
But I can not argue, that FIFA is fun playing (online or) against friends. Against the CPU, especially in coop mode switching players in defense is a total pain in the youknowwhat. And in season mode all the flaws and omissions are a total fun killer. The longer you play FIFA (and I have been playing it since the early nineties) the less you are willing to accept the same flaws year in year out. But I have a young son who has a blast with this game, together with his friends. That is the sole reason I still buy this game (and hence can give a judgment). But I am sure that one day he will be as annoyed as I am. Because he will learn one thing: EA does not care!