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

[woody2goody]

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I don't want to turn this into a PES vs Fifa Thread but where PES has failed to me in the last few years it has been in the gameplay in Final Third of the pitch whether your playing offence or defence. Fifa has always been the opposite of this to me except on the defence part.

I haven't been into either in the last few years and it breaks my heart because I love me some futbol/soccer but both games have disappointed me over the last 5 or so years. Hopefully I can get back into this year but I am already not to please with one game already.

I agree with that. Until 2012 PES was fantastic in the variety of goals scored, and it's general play. In 2014 I felt they took a step back in that regard. I will play it but I can't say I'm that interested any more.

[Turbojugend]

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Dude....how much longer is it gonna take for this demo jeeeeez!

Unfortunately, at this point I'm thinking it may be next week. It's late in the day and I can't remember the last time the PS Store bothered to update for a demo on Thursday - Monday.

I really hope I'm wrong though. I snagged the PS3 demo last night just because I was jonesing so hard but it looks like sautéed gutter-trash compared to current-gen.

EDIT: For whatever it's worth:

http://www.gamezone.com/news/2014/09...-north-america

[Mattuk123]

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Played this for a good few hours now and just can't get on with it doesn't represent the sport very well where it matters. The game heavily favours attack over defence. The defensive ai is awful, they do not defend as a team just individuals there is no anticipation/awareness. it's very poor tactically. Teams play too similar to each other like past games. The goalkeepers decision making is shocking at times. Dribbling feels a bit loose(if that makes sense).

The game still has some great things going for it. Ball physics for passing are very good, nice weight to the ball. The collisions between players amazing. Animations are excellent as well.

As poor/unfinished Pes 2014 was it still felt more like actual soccer than Fifa. My only hope is Pes 2015 now.

[SamuraiX]

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Ok seriously what is up with the PS4 demo?

[jared52]

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Ok seriously what is up with the PS4 demo?

Well, based on the info in the link above, they must have found something they want to fix before putting it out on the PS4. But really, I think they are just annoyed about the EA Access thing and this is our punishment.

[Murph]

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Well, based on the info in the link above, they must have found something they want to fix before putting it out on the PS4. But really, I think they are just annoyed about the EA Access thing and this is our punishment.

Nah. The NHL 15 demo went up without a hitch.

[sars973]

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Downloaded and played 4 games with my fake UK Account.

When I got my PS4 recently and played NBA 2k14 for the first time, I was blown away.

Now that I have played this, I don't think blown away even begins to cover it!

There are still some issues with the physics/player interactions and defense AI, but overall this is perhaps the best sports game created so far.

The level of detail is amazing; it's almost scary how real some players look.

CAN'T WAIT til the 23rd!!

[jared52]

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Nah. The NHL 15 demo went up without a hitch.

Yeah. Poor speculation on my part. However, they are having to really smooth over NHL 15 because it's so feature-short.

[Turbojugend]

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It does sound as though there's an issue with the PS4 demo (although they're being vague), maybe they want it sorted before it hits the NA market.

[BBallcoach]

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My god, the demo makes me want FIFA 15 now!!!

[ncaafootball14markus]

I can't take this krap anymore!!! For the next several hours, I am officially a PS4 owner "residing in Europe". Finna' create that fake account bruh.

[Turbojugend]

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Finna' create that fake account bruh.

Och, d'yer wanna make summit ye gadge?

[Ermolli]

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I've played like almost ten games, half against my brother and the other half against the CPU so here are my thoughts so far:

Overall I like the graphics but I don't think it's close to NBA 2K14 which imo are the standard in sports gaming (until 2K15 comes out). The stadiums, atmosphere and ball are fantastic; faces are well scanned but I feel they like detail (by this I mean the textures) giving them a plastic look which sometimes lighting make them look worse; I don't like the body models, basically they are all the same and players look like they're rugbiers with their huge shoulders and upper body; boots and ball look nice; kits are ok but when it stretches logos, numbers and names stretch which is awful and irrealistic which it's a issue they've had since I remember.

The audio is great as always, the crowd is breathtaking and totally immersive, commentary is good as always although it can improve, can't remember if by playing against Barcelona or Napoli their fans screamed gol like they do instead of how English do which ruins the immersion to me.

Presentation is phenomenal, an improvement from their previous next-gen game which was already a step up from previous iterations; the EPL package is really well done and the generic one is also good, the new camera cuts during game breaks like goals or fouls are a nice touch; celebrations are too fake like they've been for some time which ruins the feel of the game, during a goal somehow the user celebration was cut and showed a normal one with a TV cut which makes me wonder why can't they go more often to those.

Gameplay is ... I don't know, having mixed feelings with it.
On one hand dribbling is tighter; player momentum is better than before; I appreciate the inclusions of set pieces during corners, the ability to choose who to pass the ball to and the team options in management and approach during games.

Having that said, there are still issues that have been bothering me for years and still are there and new ones with this game.
CPU defense is terrible and frustrating as last year or even more than before, defenders seem to avoid attackers, sidebacks stay in their position even if there's an opponent close to them going to the box leaving his completely alone to score, midfielders don't cover passing lanes and are too wide in the field leaving the center for the rivals to go through there without much opposition, centerbacks leave their mark too often and don't cover the goal as much as I'd like leaving the keeper as the only one available to avoid a goal.
About goalkeepers, they are so much worse than before, they're close to (or even) PES keepers bad. They take bad angles, don't cover the first post, deflect shots backwards into goals, clear the ball with their feet or head giving it to the other team even when they're in their area not even close to going outside of it, in a few games of the demo they've made more silly mistakes than an entire year of me playing FIFA 14.
Even though I've seen a slight increase in fouls they're still too few, I've been foul repeatedly with sliding tackles, standing tackles and obvious pushes and they weren't called; besides several fouls from behind which should've been red were yellow.
Also CPU teams seem to never miss a pass even when they're heavily marked, well contained or going against momentum; it's annoying and not realistic. Besides (something that I've felt with every FIFA I remember) every team plays the same (or very very very similar to each other), one would've thought that with so many team management options and so many editors to the game's database this would be a thing of the past but no, still the same.

Summing up it isn't as big improvement as I wished or thought but it's better as a whole, gameplay is very slightly better than FIFA 14 next-gen but it has the same problems that made me rage so many times; having that said I'll play FIFA 15 retail because my brother was going to buy it anyways and I hope there will be great sliders to find the game more enjoyable.

[grushcow]

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I don't get everyone being up in arms about FIFA not being "representative of true soccer". It's never really been a sim game, it's more a combination of arcade and realism, which what I think I like about the game even though I usually want the most truly realistic experience. PES looks great for the realism fans (pending file sharing being in next gen), but I don't see at what point FIFA has lead anyone to believe that the game's a true sim.

Personally I've loved the demo so far, made tons of fixes to what made this game so frustrating. Far greater variation in scoring which really held the game back in the past, the ball physics are great and allow for realistic deflections unlike in past games. The tighter dribbling allows for more variation too and not just the general identical challenge it felt like always happen in FIFA 14. Players feel like they're the appropriate weight, you have to take into account momentum and acceleration now and it plays a much bigger role. Can actually deke around goalies and most importantly the stupid chip lob isn't how every breakaway happens, from my experience it's actually pretty unhelpful except in rarer instances, the way it should be. If PES has share files I'll have a tough decision, but FIFA has done a lot of good with this game and it's going to have a lot of re-playability.

[RandyBass]

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Downloaded and played 4 games with my fake UK Account.

When I got my PS4 recently and played NBA 2k14 for the first time, I was blown away.

Now that I have played this, I don't think blown away even begins to cover it!

There are still some issues with the physics/player interactions and defense AI, but overall this is perhaps the best sports game created so far.

The level of detail is amazing; it's almost scary how real some players look.

CAN'T WAIT til the 23rd!!

So there are shills for demos now... Hmm.