FIFA 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (PS4, XB1)

[gottaplaysome]

Re: FIFA 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (PS4, XB1)

Awesome hearing all of the positive impressions!!

Can anyone confirm that ONLINE COOP SEASONS in the game? I heard that this mode was taken out of the FIFA 14 Next-gen version last year.

That was my favorite mode from FIFA 14 on Xbox 360.

Online Co-Op Seasons is shown on one of the menus. I've not tried it yet though.

[Azamien]

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I thought Clint Dempsey was on the North American cover along with Messi? I just picked up the game and it is just Messi.

Canada got a non-US cover this year. It also just says "FIFA 15" on the cover and spine rather than the "FIFA Soccer 15". Or did they change that this year for the US version as well?

[JogaAM7]

Re: FIFA 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (PS4, XB1)

Awesome hearing all of the positive impressions!!

Can anyone confirm that ONLINE COOP SEASONS in the game? I heard that this mode was taken out of the FIFA 14 Next-gen version last year.

That was my favorite mode from FIFA 14 on Xbox 360.

What? I bought FIFA 14 last year for PS4 the first day it came out and Co-Op seasons was in the game... I played over 300 games (was the main game mode I played). So I'm not sure who told you that it wasn't in the game...

[rckabillyRaider]

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I agree the player models look a bit off. Gameplay is definitely more realistic. My only gripe is that I can't adjust the screen size. Apparently, this is a PS4 issue. Hope that gets fixed.

I thought it was just my tv or system. Glad to see I'm not imagining things. Hopefully they fix it, but it's not a big deal.

[Wavebird99]

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If you could just stop and stand your ground and then shuffle left or right to contain, defense would be much more enjoyable.

You can do this fine. Whenever I hold L and stop moving the left stick my defender plants and holds his ground. You can also shuffle while you hold the L button depending on where the attackers go.

Granted on higher difficulties its certainly more difficult to contain attackers, which can be frustrating, but I dont agree with the notion that you cant "stop" on defense at all.

[BL8001]

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You can do this fine. Whenever I hold L and stop moving the left stick my defender plants and holds his ground. You can also shuffle while you hold the L button depending on where the attackers go.

Granted on higher difficulties its certainly more difficult to contain attackers, which can be frustrating, but I dont agree with the notion that you cant "stop" on defense at all.

off to try this

and you mean LT right? or LB? What L is it?

[Wavebird99]

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Yes, LT, not the bumpers.

Once you start holding it your defenders go into a "defensive" stance I guess is how you would put it. You can coral attackers much easier this way.

[BL8001]

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Yes, LT, not the bumpers.

Once you start holding it your defenders go into a "defensive" stance I guess is how you would put it. You can coral attackers much easier this way.

Ok yeah jockey.

But my players still seem to be sliding around a bit and not just holding their ground. Thanks for this though, I will try it again.

[talucchesi]

This is the best Fifa game, and the best sports game I have EVER played. Playing with Barca with minimal formation changes and on slow game speed was incredible. Fifa should be VERY proud of this product that they put out.


Seeing Messi begin to celebrate before the ball even crossed the line was one of the greatest things I've ever seen

[gopher_guy]

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Man, I REALLY need to work on breakaways...

[BL8001]

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Man, I REALLY need to work on breakaways...

I was the in the same boat with the demo until I tried these two ways.

Use RB+shot to finesse it far post.

Or just tap b quickly to keep the shot low. Low shots are serious problems for the keepers this year.

[gopher_guy]

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I love the time wasting that the CPU does.

I mean, it's frustrating when it's happening, but it's cool to see because it's realistic. I was trailing late to West Brom with Spurs, and they were running the ball to the corner, and doing other stuff to waste as much time as possible. It was kind of cool. Gives a different feel to each game based on what is happening.

[gopher_guy]

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Maybe I'm missing it somehow, is there a way to practice in the arena?

In past FIFAs, you could always hit select, and then choose the number of attackers/defenders, work on FKs, stuff like that. Looks like the only options in the arena that I'm finding are switch sides to become the goalie.

[BL8001]

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Maybe I'm missing it somehow, is there a way to practice in the arena?

In past FIFAs, you could always hit select, and then choose the number of attackers/defenders, work on FKs, stuff like that. Looks like the only options in the arena that I'm finding are switch sides to become the goalie.

its down there on the right/bottom in one of the menus.

there are 3 dots on the image and you RS over to the mode

Oh wait, if you are in the arena I think its select button or whatever the xbox 360 equivalent select button is on your controller, the left back button thing, whatever it is called. That should call up the practice menu

[the_2000s_kid]

Couple quick notes:

--Still can't do 12 minute halves, which is a major disappointment to me, but I will do 10 minute halves this year. I did 15 minute halves last year because of its pacing issue and it took me the full 12 month FIFA cycle to make it through 5 career seasons. I play an average of one game or so per day. 15 minute halves take too long.

--Difficulty this year is insane. World Class is so hard that it almost feels broken. You can get stuck in, park the bus, etc. and still get battered. I think Pro is quite possibly this year's World Class. Sliders will make a big difference I'm sure.

--BL8 pointed it out elsewhere, but there are so many camera angles that work wonderfully! *gasp* My favorite might be...END TO END! It feels like you're part of a team playing football instead of playing a video game that looks like TV. I might actually play that camera angle because it makes midfield link-up play 1000x more effective/intuitive.

I discovered that camera in FIFA 14 on last gen, and it was easily my favorite camera in the game.