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

[FluffyTonka]

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lol Diouf pulled up lame after a shot.

the struggle is real

[Cavani161]

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Have a question here. I'm looking just to play an online friendly by selecting any team against another person...but I can't find it...I see "online friendlies", but it's telling me to add friends to play against them. Where is just a regular head to head match with any team?

[tessl]

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I don't own the game. Is the clock still accelerated?

[demencia_total]

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Game is pretty good but not much of an improvement over 14 (the PS4 version). Not really looking into messing with any sliders, but if you play Full Manual and at World Class/Legendary difficulty, bumping the Pass Error slider for the CPU is a must unless you want to watch a ping pong match. Even with the slider at 70, you still see some ridiculous sequences of perfect one touch combinations with ridiculous back heel passes into the box by the CPU with mid tier clubs. Maybe even the First Touch Error slider should be considered into this too as they seem have a clear edge over the Human player when receiving passes. Otherwise, game plays solidly, although I would still like to see more fouls. Haven't seen too many in 30 minute matches, but at least now the CPU does get called for them and carded if they are obvious.

[gopher_guy]

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I don't own the game. Is the clock still accelerated?

Yeah, based on however long you have the halves set to.

Although this year, when the ball goes out of play, instead of stopping, the clock ticks at real time.

[tessl]

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Yeah, based on however long you have the halves set to.

Although this year, when the ball goes out of play, instead of stopping, the clock ticks at real time.

Thanks for the reply.

[gopher_guy]

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The commentary in this game is fantastic.

Don't play NBA games, so I can't definitively say that it's the best commentary in all the sports games, but I'd be shocked if the commentary in NBA games was better, because I think Tyler and Smith are just great in this game.

I think they really pull off the conversational style. At one point, Martin Tyler asks Alan: "So, Alan. Spurs, your thoughts?" and he goes: "Well... How much time have you got?"

Even going back to things they were talking about, if they get interrupted. Feels very natural.

[tg9er]

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I've only had a chance to play 4 games so far but the game feels great from an attacking standpoint. Love some of the new one and two touch pass animations and errant passes feel much more realistic (I play assisted). I've only scored one goal on a header so those seem to have been toned down drastically.

The CPU seems more competent in attack and actually look to pass to build up as opposed to just dribbling in circles. I've even had the CPU attempt a few shots from distance.

Defending unfortunately feels even worse than Fifa 14 which is an amazing accomplishment. I play world class and if I'm not constantly swarming the ball it's a virtual certainly the CPU is getting a quality shot. Containing the player with ball seems ineffective as none of my AI teammates mark any runners.

The back four seem completely disorganized and midfield support is nonexistent. AI controlled players completely ignore players and the ball and allow the CPU to simply dribble or pass the ball to the spot for an easy look almost every possession.

I also feel like I lose 9 out of every 10 headers off goal kicks which is extremely annoying.

[daddytorgo]

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I've only had a chance to play 4 games so far but the game feels great from an attacking standpoint. Love some of the new one and two touch pass animations and errant passes feel much more realistic (I play assisted). I've only scored one goal on a header so those seem to have been toned down drastically.

The CPU seems more competent in attack and actually look to pass to build up as opposed to just dribbling in circles. I've even had the CPU attempt a few shots from distance.

Defending unfortunately feels even worse than Fifa 14 which is an amazing accomplishment. I play world class and if I'm not constantly swarming the ball it's a virtual certainly the CPU is getting a quality shot. Containing the player with ball seems ineffective as none of my AI teammates mark any runners.

The back four seem completely disorganized and midfield support is nonexistent. AI controlled players completely ignore players and the ball and allow the CPU to simply dribble or pass the ball to the spot for an easy look almost every possession.

I also feel like I lose 9 out of every 10 headers off goal kicks which is extremely annoying.

I'm honestly relieved it's not just me having issues defending and finding that contain is totally ineffective.

Wondering if we need to drop the difficulty level down in order to actually have a shot at defending realistically...

[Merkaba]

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Really loving the game so far from the couple of matches I put into Career Mode and UT yesterday. So far it's pretty challenging for me on Pro difficulty so I might stick with that for the foreseeable future.

I might be a bit rusty from not having played much FIFA since 13 but I'm finding it pretty rewarding to score goals after constantly trying to find my way through my opponent's defense.

The presentation is amazing this year and the commentary seems pretty great as always. While the number of cutscenes can sometimes get a bit frustrating it's not too much of an issue for me so far.

I'm also finding defending to be harder than the last few FIFAs I7ve plkayed but then again I've always been pretty bad when it comes to defending

[thechef128]

Like I posted in the other fifa page. It runs smooth and I like everything except for the fact that the goalies seem non existent. Seems like by the comments, most of Yall play vs the cpu. But playong online vs user. They score Everytime and the goalies don't do much.

[gopher_guy]

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Apologies for spamming this question again, but to my knowledge it hasn't been answered yet.

Has anyone been able to get to practice mode? Where you can practice set pieces and other situations?

If so, what system are you on, and how did you get there?

[eyeamg0dly]

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overall i feel like the game is interesting but there are a couple glaring issues I am seeing right off the bat. Every year I start off playing in the lower leagues because the players aren't as good and it helps me learn the game nuances before I start playing with the better teams. Better players can cover up the problems from their stats.

cpu passing - This was an issue in just about all other past fifa games, but adjusting the sliders in the past could give a better result stat wise. This year I am convinced the slider is broken.

touch - last year this was a big jump because players with poor touch ratings would take a lot of bad touches and result in turnovers. This year seems like everyone can handle the ball like Zidane.

shot speed / finishing - I am not sure what to think about this one, however it seems like if you take a shot in the box the ball is launched like a canon. I am certain it is the new ball physics. I haven't tried but I think this can probably fixed with shot speed and accuracy sliders.

agility - seems like the cpu is much more agile on offense and your defenders are moving around in mud. This combined with perfect passing and touches really makes defending much harder.

despite that, I am liking the game overall. New ball physics are very nice. Finally the ball bends like it is supposed to. Fouls are finally being called, although it seems too easy to get them by isolating a defender and using a move to get around them.

[kashik]

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My impression so far of 15 is that it should have been DLC for 14. I really regret paying full price for it. I'm not saying the game is bad, it just isn't that different from 14. Gameplay is largely the same, which isn't necessarily bad because an overhaul wasn't needed... but that means a lot of the problems from 14 (and before!) are still there. My biggest gripes with gameplay are with defending and goalkeeping. Defending is just dead stupid, forget about the cpu helping you. It gets tiring to see your defenders falling over themselves, not providing any meaningful assistance with RB, or just plain not tracking an attacker. Goalkeepers were supposedly a big feature of 15. There are lots of cool new animations, but the execution is broken. One minute they're superman, the next they're letting in the easiest of shots. A lot of times you can even catch them diving in a strange direction that makes no sense for the shot or attack.

And on top of that... MM looks like it wasn't touched at all. As far as I've seen, it is exactly the same as 14. I guess online is the major focus for Fifa now, and that's cool because I like playing online as well... but MM was a huge reason why I bought 15. That's my bad for preordering.

Overall, I'm really disappointed with what I got. Again, it isn't a bad game, it's fun like 14 was but now with some added elements and some tweaked gameplay... I just feel ripped off by EA. These games should not be on an annual release schedule. In a perfect world 15 would've been a $30 DLC package.

Apologies for spamming this question again, but to my knowledge it hasn't been answered yet.

Has anyone been able to get to practice mode? Where you can practice set pieces and other situations?

If so, what system are you on, and how did you get there?

You raise a good question... I was in the arena and couldn't find it either. Are we both missing something?

[clipperfan811]

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Apologies for spamming this question again, but to my knowledge it hasn't been answered yet.

Has anyone been able to get to practice mode? Where you can practice set pieces and other situations?

If so, what system are you on, and how did you get there?

I don't have the game yet but I felt the agony in your posts, so I looked up the official FIFA 15 manual and this is what it says. I think someone mentioned something similar, hopefully it's there.