FIFA 13 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[Qb]

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What you guys are saying might be true that by putting the marking slider at 100 makes the AI overplay...

That's what I thought when I had crazy scores with high marking in '12, but someone above suggested that lower marking values equals tighter marking.

It will be interesting to see people weigh in on the season ticket. I am curious to hear what has been tweaked post demo.
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How much is season pass? If you buy it now would it be good up through Madden and NCAA of next year or would it expire at the end of this year? Kind of pointless to buy season pass this late if such is the case. It would be good for a weekend rental of FIFA and nothing more? Does it cover NFS?

I have ST, so I'll try to post some impressions. Although I didn't play the demo too much due to the short halves. To answer your questions, ST is $25 and it lasts for one year from subscription date. You'd get the early release for FIFA13, Tiger Woods, NCAA, Madden, NHL, and possibly part of FIFA 14 (depending on release date). I'm almost certain Need For Speed is not part of the deal, only EA Sports titles. There are some additional incentives for each game, often related to UT card packs, and 20% in-game DLC purchases like UT packs.

[NaturalSelected]

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That's what I thought when I had crazy scores with high marking in '12, but someone above suggested that lower marking values equals tighter marking.




I have ST, so I'll try to post some impressions. Although I didn't play the demo too much due to the short halves. To answer your questions, ST is $25 and it lasts for one year from subscription date. You'd get the early release for FIFA13, Tiger Woods, NCAA, Madden, NHL, and possibly part of FIFA 14 (depending on release date). I'm almost certain Need For Speed is not part of the deal, only EA Sports titles. There are some additional incentives for each game, often related to UT card packs, and 20% in-game DLC purchases like UT packs.

Also, free creation center DLC which was about $10 last year I believe.

[Gnemi]

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I may not fully understand Ultimate Team (it doesn't appeal to me whatsoever - Pokemon anyone?), but as it is undoubtedly a cash cow, I wonder how much its development influences the overall FIFA engine and mechanics. It reminds me, to some extent, of the relationship between PVP and PVE in MMO games, most notably of course World of Warcraft.

[Altimus]

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I see fouls called correctly the majority of the time, it's just hard on the higher levels to get the ball off the CPU when they start spinning around.

I love manual controls, Manager Mode, and the licenses. I can live with a lot of the faults except the poor markin in/or around the box. We shouldn't need a slder to tell our defenders to not give attackers space in the box. I've tried both marking settings (75 & 5) to no avail.

Don't want to say the lower setting is a placebo effect but the defending is broken/or near broken in FIFA. The game is built for offense and the defense isn't coded to counter what you can do on offense.

[RoyceDa59]

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Don't want to say the lower setting is a placebo effect but the defending is broken/or near broken in FIFA. The game is built for offense and the defense isn't coded to counter what you can do on offense.

I fear it could be the same for the final version as well, but I guess I will see this Friday. I look forward of getting a weekend of FIFA's career mode in, that is what I did last year, but pass that I don't know if it will have that lasting effect.

[Azamien]

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I think the earlier poster is definitely onto something. I adjusted the marking slider downward and there was a marked difference (pun only slightly intended).

[Gnemi]

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I think the earlier poster is definitely onto something. I adjusted the marking slider downward and there was a marked difference (pun only slightly intended).

Same. It helps.

[Altimus]

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I fear it could be the same for the final version as well, but I guess I will see this Friday. I look forward of getting a weekend of FIFA's career mode in, that is what I did last year, but pass that I don't know if it will have that lasting effect.

Yep. I currently have both games on release day shipping from Amazon but if FIFA doesn't sell me over the weekend then I'm canceling the preorder Sunday night.

[ezio]

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I fear it could be the same for the final version as well, but I guess I will see this Friday. I look forward of getting a weekend of FIFA's career mode in, that is what I did last year, but pass that I don't know if it will have that lasting effect.

I agree. I believe it will be the same as well but I will grab the early release and see what it is like but I don't expect it to be much different.

[Broncos86]

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All that being said, I keep playing the FIFA 13 demo over NHL 13. Having ST, I'll be playing FIFA 13 heavily over the next weekend to get a good feel. I didn't play Madden or NHL demos like this.

[Gnemi]

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Yep. I currently have both games on release day shipping from Amazon but if FIFA doesn't sell me over the weekend then I'm canceling the preorder Sunday night.

How will you do that? Even if you have Season Ticket, you'll have to pay for the full version of FIFA in order to download it, right?

[Gnemi]

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Oh, I think I understand how it works:

From here:

Download your favorite EA SPORTS titles 3 days early and get into the action while your friends are still dreaming of throwing 40-yard bombs or ripping the back of the net. Carry forward your progress and achievements when you buy on launch day to stay ahead of the game.

So, effectively speaking, it's like a 3-day rental for $25. If you hate the game, you're done. If you like it, you can pay $60 for the rest of it.

[ezio]

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So, effectively speaking, it's like a 3-day rental for $25. If you hate the game, you're done. If you like it, you can pay $60 for the rest of it.

That is correct.

[Altimus]

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Oh, I think I understand how it works:

From here:


So, effectively speaking, it's like a 3-day rental for $25. If you hate the game, you're done. If you like it, you can pay $60 for the rest of it.

Yep, late Monday night the game just expires and you have to get a disc version. Nice thing is though all the saves transfer over to the disc version. It's probably not worth it but I really like the idea of getting the games before the weekend. You also get discount on DLC but I've never bought anything since I won't spend money on Ultimate Team.

[rckabillyRaider]

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Do your teammates defend better? Also, do the teams play differently?

I really wasn't paying too much attention to my defenders. I was more focused on how the cpu AI defenders play in the box. Though I did have some nice goal mouth scrambles, like the kind you see in PES.

As for the teams playing differently, didn't really notice it except for Borussia seemed to pressure me more frequently and not just in or near the box.

I'm gonna record 2 games. One with marking at 0 and one with marking at 100 so I can really look for any differences