FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

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  • RoyceBrown
    Banned
    • May 2003
    • 962

    #16
    Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

    Can anyone confirm if they brought back the ability to quick select free kick takers in game?

    This ability existed in the PS2 version, yet for some unknown reason has never been present in NG versions.

    Anyone who watched football knows that no team relies on the same FK taker for EVERY situation, same with corners. The ability to quickly change the FK taker depending on situation (distance, spot, etc.) is crucial. Apparently the producers of FIFA don't watch football.

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    • Qb
      All Star
      • Mar 2003
      • 8798

      #17
      Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

      Originally posted by RoyceBrown
      Can anyone confirm if they brought back the ability to quick select free kick takers in game?
      I miss this feature a lot as well. It's not as important offline, since you can just pause & adjust from there. But it really hurts in the online game, provided you get a decent FK opportunity in the first place.

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      • Bahnzo
        Can't spell antetokounmpo
        • Jun 2003
        • 2809

        #18
        Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

        Originally posted by Qb
        I miss this feature a lot as well. It's not as important offline, since you can just pause & adjust from there. But it really hurts in the online game, provided you get a decent FK opportunity in the first place.
        What they need to do, is allow you to select 2 or 3 different FK takers and then pop up a screen when you have a kick in your half to choose which one takes it. That way you could select a right or left footed kicker for the situation.

        And I was talking with QB last nite when we played a game of FIFA about this: Is anyone else disappointed that NHL gets the online Be A Pro league thing, while FIFA already has the mechanics in place, and doesn't? It's still gonna be a great game, but that makes no sense to me.
        Steam: Bahnzo

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        • PeruvianPlaya954
          MVP
          • Aug 2002
          • 1463

          #19
          Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

          Originally posted by sva91


          They look really accurate, Im just not sure if they got the two tone stripes.
          Awesome. Where'd you get that pic from? I want to see how kick *** the away one looks too. Doubt you have a pic of that from the game though.


          I think it does have to two tone stripes though, as you it looks white and then grey in the middle right there in the photo you posted.

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          • spit_bubble
            MVP
            • Nov 2004
            • 3292

            #20
            Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

            I don't know why free kicks haven't been given more attention in soccer video games... Not only in regard to who takes them, but also how they're taken.

            Set pieces are a big deal, and up 'till now there have been limited options... If any at all.
            All ties severed...

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            • PeruvianPlaya954
              MVP
              • Aug 2002
              • 1463

              #21
              Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

              Originally posted by koshi
              I don't know why free kicks haven't been given more attention in soccer video games... Not only in regard to who takes them, but also how they're taken.

              Set pieces are a big deal, and up 'till now there have been limited options... If any at all.
              The thing in Winning Eleven that I liked last year was the fact that you could send up to three guys that you ALWAYS wanted up on set pieces for that game. Needless to say, for USA I always threw Onyewu and Bocanegra up top.

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              • RoyceBrown
                Banned
                • May 2003
                • 962

                #22
                Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

                Originally posted by koshi
                I don't know why free kicks haven't been given more attention in soccer video games... Not only in regard to who takes them, but also how they're taken.

                Set pieces are a big deal, and up 'till now there have been limited options... If any at all.
                Absolutely! Set pieces are such a crucial part of football. The result in FIFA is, you don't really have any risk involved with committing a foul because a) it's unlikely to be called or b) the options for the FK are so lacking there isn't any offensive threat.


                I play in an adult outdoor Sunday league, and even at our limited level of skill, you would be truly amazed at the number of goals scored off of set pieces. I believe at one point this season 6 of the 10 goals we conceded were from set pieces.

                EA pays no attention whatsoever to this major component of the game. Sad really.


                And I LOVE the idea about being able to select 2 or 3 (or 4,5,6 etc.) potential FK takers, then have an in game menu pop up allowing you to select the taker for each FK.

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                • steveeee
                  Banned
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 843

                  #23
                  Re: FIFA 09 First Impressions (FIFA Soccer Blog)

                  maybe EA doesn't work on set pieces so much because their reffs never blow the whistle..


                  hopefully there will be more fouls this year..

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