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Quote: Originally Posted by nvinceable1

Even though I have many gripes about the scripted repetitive nature of FIFA's gameplay I can honestly say that if they did nothing other than overhaul career mode & clubs for FIFA13 it would be a huge winner in my book. The game is still a long way from a sim, the closest I can get is playing with full manual controls against other full manual players. Nevertheless, when we take our full manual clubs online we get matched against assisted teams 99% of the time and it's always a lobbed through ball finesse shot fest, nothing even remotely resembling football. Regardless we've learned to make the best of it and we can hold our own. If they could just update the club mode that hasn't changed in a few years and at least make it somewhat stable I would be happy. Career mode speaks for itself, people want a deep and engrossing experience and FIFA career mode doesn't even scratch the surface. While NBA 2k12's MyPlayer & Association modes aren't perfect they would be a good place for FIFA to steal some inspiration from. FIFA needs something other than bland mindless kickball. I'm not even gonna touch on the AI...

I cant agree less with these opinions any more this is why the games get stale.
Fifa 11 was one of my all time fave footy games. No other game ive played gave you the control that that game did.
Fifa 12 refined things from 11 but how i say.
This trinity of gameplay jargen didnt do hardly a thing.

They just put a fancy name on what was already there in place.

The only real change was in the defending which was drastic but how many of us were already defending that way. Now the defenders dont defend whatsoever give me the overly aggressive tackling and having to fight for space 11 over the gaping no tackling defence of 12.
Sure it makes for a better game online but thats it.

The ai prances around now like they are on springs the same player jumps back and forth on the wing looking like a greedy idiot instead of making a 3 yard pass and getting out of trouble , god forbid he would look up and switch the play.
The more pressure you apply on the ai the more they prance about, seems everyone is just too agile.
The new contact looks great but thats it, there is no reason for it the foul system isnt tied into thats for sure.

I hate the way EA programs there ai it gets boosts or whatever you call it at so called critical junctures in games, end of half end of match, end of period , last minute of 3rd period.
It reacts to the control input of the human player instead of having a real intelligence.

Ive gone back to pes again its just a better single player game.
Sure the freedom has gone the control is neutered not having Fifas manual passing freedom is the only thing other than licensing that is holding it back, even though Fifa have taken just enough out of their manual passing this year to annoy me it still is miles better than pes's passing system.

So just refining career mode will not help it in my book, career mode is laughable as it is with the transfers but even if you can live with that the game on the pitch has taken a step back and until they open up the play with some intelligence it will always be behind Pes on the pitch.

Just like their NHL game people are growing bored because they spend zero time on the ai or single player.

The difference in Pes and Fifa is online offline. Pes does it the old school way Single player first online tacked on. Fifa is the exact opposite.

Take your pick .