FIFA 09 Demo Available, Impressions Here

[BrianFifaFan]

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I have a question : online, do you have to use manual passing? Or can you stay with assisted passing/shooting..etc? I am just wondering if practicing with everything set to manual is a waste of time and just makes the game tougher, or if you NEED to learn this skill for online play.

They're going to have it where you can use either manual,assisted or auto online and then break it down where guys can find opponents who use the same settings. I thought that was really cool as I play everything but shooting manual (I use semi) It makes it kinda hard agianst the auto passing/crossing guys. I just love how much more organic the game plays on manual.......

[BrianFifaFan]

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You guys gotta start capturing some goals and stuff like that to put up. I'm dying as my 360 is somewhere in Tennessee right now!

[callmetaternuts]

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Since i have zero access to a 360 for a few days, how is it compared to every other EA soccer title with the suction passing, or not letting you take control and run into open area or run onto passes? I played UEFA 08 a good bit and had a hard time with a few things

1) When a pass would be coming to me, it would lock me into an animation series that you cant ge tout of and cant run onto the ball or attack it
2) The CPU doing ridiculous clears that happen to land at the feet of one of their attackers
3) Not being able to win a freaking header
4) Double teaming a CPU striker in the box with him still winning the header

Any thoughts on these with FIFA?

[Pared]

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This is much better and looser than UEFA. That lock thing you're referring to is very very minimal.

[Qb]

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the atmosphere in the shootout is AMAZING.

Yup. Euro was pretty darn good, but this seems even better.

Caught some corner netting on a curling penalty - woot

I've noticed that it's easier to place the finesse PKs (makes sense, but I think this is improved from 08). Unless it was a really highly PK shooter, it's hard to pick the corners with the driven ones.

Also, I think finesse shots in the run of play are much improved and more useful. I've scored some beauties messing around in the arena, but I rarely think to try it in the game. I'll have to find someone with the "finesse shot" trait and give it a go later if I can remember to do it...

[BrianFifaFan]

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For the PC guys, the PC demo is available:http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB...ch+and+link+GB

I'm gonna give it a whirl, seeing as I'm dying here.

[Altimus]

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Absolutely loved the demo and I can't wait till October!

The gameplay seems a lot smoother than UEFA and not forced with some of the moves/interactions.

Trick plays seem a lot more fluid, maybe it's just me.

Quick goalie throws; finally! Last year when you tried to get a quick throw in with your goalie, it wouldn't work. He would slowly get up, and move around and than throw it. Now of a quick shot you can throw it in for a quick counter attack.

First EA title to support full 1080p support on the PS3. Thank you EA.

I also noticed there wasn't as many cut scenes as in UEFA. Hopefully this is because this is a demo. I enjoyed seeing the interactions between players in the last game.

All in all, can't wait for FIFA 09!

[Bahnzo]

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Alright, after playing for a couple days, I've now decided that I hate this demo!.

2 mins is such a tease, I just wind up being frustrated playing a great game and then it's over way too quick. Bastards!

[BrianFifaFan]

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Alright, after playing for a couple days, I've now decided that I hate this demo!.

2 mins is such a tease, I just wind up being frustrated playing a great game and then it's over way too quick. Bastards!

That's what I was thinking yesterday. Another thing I'm liking about the demo is that it seems like it's really hard to score quickly. That bodes well for the full game. But it does kinda suck for the demo, as you hardly ever score. Well, I only played about 8 matches total, so thatwas my experience. How many goals have you scored Bahnzo?

[emc12]

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i havent scored a goal in the demo and ive played like 20 matches im playing on world class with everything manual except shooting its on semi, does anyone
else think the passing is messed up with manual i liked it better on 08 it seems
you had more control over where you passed the ball

[BrianFifaFan]

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i havent scored a goal in the demo and ive played like 20 matches im playing on world class with everything manual except shooting its on semi, does anyone
else think the passing is messed up with manual i liked it better on 08 it seems
you had more control over where you passed the ball

I don't mind the passing in manual on the demo. The whole game this year just feels more "free." I actually like that passes are less perfect this year. It'll make it more back and forth, more realistic.

[BrianFifaFan]

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Real quick impression of the PC demo. Real nice front end. Graphics are better than ever before, but the players are really herky-jerk and not responsive. But you can tell they worked on ball physics and graphics. AI seems a little smarter, as well. But still not NG level, not close. Brian

[mdbussen]

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As a PES fan, I'm really impressed with the FIFA 09 demo. The gameplay speed seems just right to me and the responsiveness of the controls have been improved (though still not quite equal to PES IMO).

PROS

- Graphics look fantastic. Previous FIFA efforts all had good graphics but also had an annoying "shimmery" look and the player models were all very stocky and cro-magnon looking. The models and faces all look very good in the demo and the animations, while sometime not as fluid as I would like, look very good.

- The shooting mechanics/physics are fantastic. I used to see ridiculous shots from distance where players would generate stupid power from goofy angles or when facing the wrong way, etc. Or, in 07, the shots were all "floaty" and it was impossible to rip a nice shot on goal and beat the keeper! The shooting in the demo was realistic and very impressive.

- Compared to previous FIFA games, it felt like the space in midfield was reduced. I think that this is also the case in EURO but I'm comparing it to 07 and previous games, where it seemed like the players were too spread out in the pitch and there was tons of space in midfield. Now you really have to work the ball around and make quick passes to keep it away from the opponent as opposed to picking it up in your own half and dribbling it for awhile without anybody closing you down.

CONS

- Demo froze at least 4 times on my Xbox causing me to restart I saw that at least one other person had this problem, so it's not just me. Clearly this is unacceptable in the full release of the game but I'm not too worried.

- Curl on freekicks is RIDICULOUS. If they maybe halved the amount of curl you could put on the ball it would be more realistic. Did score a great freekick with Robert of Toronto FC to beat Chelsea though

Still have to play the demo more to decide if I will buy FIFA but it is looking like a purchase for me so far!

[emc12]

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yea its still not there with pes gameplay wise the freekicks look very exaggerated when you take them but when you watch a replay they look
pretty nice, im hoping pes09 will beback at its best will have two great soccer
games to switch on this year

[BrianFifaFan]

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As a PES fan, I'm really impressed with the FIFA 09 demo. The gameplay speed seems just right to me and the responsiveness of the controls have been improved (though still not quite equal to PES IMO).

PROS

- Graphics look fantastic. Previous FIFA efforts all had good graphics but also had an annoying "shimmery" look and the player models were all very stocky and cro-magnon looking. The models and faces all look very good in the demo and the animations, while sometime not as fluid as I would like, look very good.

- The shooting mechanics/physics are fantastic. I used to see ridiculous shots from distance where players would generate stupid power from goofy angles or when facing the wrong way, etc. Or, in 07, the shots were all "floaty" and it was impossible to rip a nice shot on goal and beat the keeper! The shooting in the demo was realistic and very impressive.

- Compared to previous FIFA games, it felt like the space in midfield was reduced. I think that this is also the case in EURO but I'm comparing it to 07 and previous games, where it seemed like the players were too spread out in the pitch and there was tons of space in midfield. Now you really have to work the ball around and make quick passes to keep it away from the opponent as opposed to picking it up in your own half and dribbling it for awhile without anybody closing you down.

CONS

- Demo froze at least 4 times on my Xbox causing me to restart I saw that at least one other person had this problem, so it's not just me. Clearly this is unacceptable in the full release of the game but I'm not too worried.

- Curl on freekicks is RIDICULOUS. If they maybe halved the amount of curl you could put on the ball it would be more realistic. Did score a great freekick with Robert of Toronto FC to beat Chelsea though

Still have to play the demo more to decide if I will buy FIFA but it is looking like a purchase for me so far!

Great impressions. Especially from a PES-lover. :wink: You should read the info on Fifa Soccer Blog. Suffwan, who went with Therizing up to EA Canada played the latest preview today or yesterday. He said the game is even better than the demo and Lepzig builds. Improved graphics and even more responsiveness. We'll be seeing you on the Fifa Boards a lot more I hope?