FIFA 12 Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

**slthree** · 09-27-2011, 03:23 PM

Re: FIFA 12 Season Ticket Early Release Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS

I haven't picked up either footie yet. Its painful for me to wait but I'm holding out for as much info as possible.

Did you see the "5 players forward"? Did they remove a defender?

I want to make sure its not just commentary

Originally posted by clid"?pperfan811

Playing Barac (Me) vs Real Madrid 10 min halves pro and it's a 1-1 game about 80 min in Madrid gets possession and I just heard the commentators say "it looks like a tactical switch" "they've gone into a much more attacking form, it almost looks like they have 5 players forward" *wording might have been slightly off but it's basically what they said*.

As a side note so far this game has 4 fouls so far which have all come from standing bumps; also 2 others where the advantage was played by the ref. No cards though.

**bosoxfan1** · 09-27-2011, 03:30 PM

Re: FIFA 12 Season Ticket Early Release Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS

wow! first game was having a great time on pro, everything manual except shooting (semi) playing with real madrid against ajax (cpu)... went to extra time and in the 92nd minute scored for the 3rd time with cristiano... As i went to watch the replay, the game freezes on me

(xbox 360 slim)

**bcruise** · 09-27-2011, 03:45 PM

Re: FIFA 12 Season Ticket Early Release Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS

Originally posted by theaub

Was there a patch when you downloaded it from ST? Just picked it up and there is one...wonder if that has to do with the fouls.

Pretty sure there wasn't.

**Krebstar** · 09-27-2011, 03:48 PM

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Originally posted by theaub

Was there a patch when you downloaded it from ST? Just picked it up and there is one...wonder if that has to do with the fouls.

Say what?! How did this post get overlooked? I'm intrigued.

**younggrease** · 09-27-2011, 03:50 PM

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wait, I just rented this from Blockbuster with my month past. You can't play online without Online Pass? So I gotta spend 800 points on that too?

**bcruise** · 09-27-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by younggrease

wait, I just rented this from Blockbuster with my month past. You can't play online without Online Pass? So I gotta spend 800 points on that too?

Yep. EA's been doing this with all of their sports games for quite some time now.

**clipperfan811** · 09-27-2011, 03:54 PM

Re: FIFA 12 Season Ticket Early Release Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS

Originally posted by slthree

I haven't picked up either footie yet. Its painful for me to wait but I'm holding out for as much info as possible.

Did you see the "5 players forward"? Did they remove a defender?

I want to make sure its not just commentary

I can't honestly say, it was so late in the game that they really only got like 2 or 3 possessions. I did notice that they pushed the ball up the field with more urgency when they did get their touches.

I love how the game feels when you try to play a realistic game. Like others have mentioned, if you fall back and play solid defense you'll force them to play it back and look for an opening. It's beautiful to experience.

**clipperfan811** · 09-27-2011, 04:00 PM

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Originally posted by mjarz02

I do agree with most, that fouls are an issue, however I dont think its as bad as some are reporting. You have to work to draw fouls and cards. Using L1 or L2 or flicking with the stick to draw contact works pretty well. I think this was EAs intention to make people work to draw fouls.

I hope they tweak it a tad, but I think it will just take some getting use to.

I agree with you it's not a huge deal against the ai but I just played online and the guy kept running into me and sliding all over the place, it would be nice if there were a few red cards thrown for that sort of reckless play. Maybe as I get better at shielding at the right moments I'll be able to draw those cards. We'll see how it goes but I'm still enjoying this game immensely.

**CarryTheWeight** · 09-27-2011, 04:01 PM

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Wanted to say just how impressed I am with the PC version quality-wise. If you have a capable system, the graphics and performance are nearly flawless. So much clarity and depth in the graphics and hardly any loading times or slowdown. I haven't noticed any huge bugs or hitches lately, which is good...but compared to the PS3 season ticket version, 12 on PC is unbelievable. I hope a port of this quality is something EA considers if they decide to continue with PC sports gaming in the future.

**Krebstar** · 09-27-2011, 04:03 PM

Re: FIFA 12 Season Ticket Early Release Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS

Originally posted by clipperfan811

I agree with you it's not a huge deal against the ai but I just played online and the guy kept running into me and sliding all over the place, it would be nice if there were a few red cards thrown for that sort of reckless play. Maybe as I get better at shielding at the right moments I'll be able to draw those cards. We'll see how it goes but I'm still enjoying this game immensely.

I think at this point we'll only see more cards/fouls with a fix of some kind from EA. The collisions and animations are there, the referee code is not. They said they had to rewrite it all with the impact engine, so hopefully they can tweak it for a patch.

**bcruise** · 09-27-2011, 04:07 PM

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Sort of an impression, sort of a question (I don't own the game now, though I played it on Season Ticket and am on the fence about the PC version):

Why are there so few stats tracked in this game? I looked around the career mode and only saw a handful that didn't even include shots taken. They track so much more in the in-game information, I just wondered why it doesn't show outside the game. It is good in one way though - Less work to match the sim engine stats up with those produced in-game, although in-game yellow/red cards are a problem even then.

**BrianFifaFan** · 09-27-2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by Krebstar

I think at this point we'll only see more cards/fouls with a fix of some kind from EA. The collisions and animations are there, the referee code is not. They said they had to rewrite it all with the impact engine, so hopefully they can tweak it for a patch.

Yeah, the fouls need patched bad! I love so much about this game, but fouls are almost non-existant. I've been straight taken down in the box and nothing.... This is a big deal for me.....

**RoyceDa59** · 09-27-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by BrianFifaFan

Yeah, the fouls need patched bad! I love so much about this game, but fouls are almost non-existant. I've been straight taken down in the box and nothing.... This is a big deal for me.....

Same here, it is frustrating, because I see some blatant fouls not called in the box. Like people being clearly shoved down off the ball in and outside of the box. I really hope it is fixed because like you said it is also a big deal for me.

**Krebstar** · 09-27-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by BrianFifaFan

Yeah, the fouls need patched bad! I love so much about this game, but fouls are almost non-existant. I've been straight taken down in the box and nothing.... This is a big deal for me.....

It's made even more annoying by the fact that there are some great animations that occur naturally. Several times I've been taken down in the box as well, jad my leg kicked from under me and...nothing.

Other than a few wonky moments here and there, the impact engine is pretty nice. If it were paired with proper foul calls, oh boy...I can only imagine.

**RoyceDa59** · 09-27-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by Krebstar

It's made even more annoying by the fact that there are some great animations that occur naturally. Several times I've been taken down in the box as well, jad my leg kicked from under me and...nothing.

Other than a few wonky moments here and there, the impact engine is pretty nice. If it were paired with proper foul calls, oh boy...I can only imagine.

Yeah to me it needs tuning because I have seen quite a few laughable moments with the player impact engine. I have seen one where a player was shoved and flew from the goal down to the corner flag.

FIFA 12 Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

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