FIFA 09 PS3/360 Discussion Thread

[fernadez]

From what I have seen so far with the advantage, it tends to play the advantage if the ball is passed to another player, if you are fouled but recover to run on then it will pull the play back for a free kick.

Probably not right but what I think so far.

I was thinking that, but i've also seen someone get fouled and continue running and play was allowed to go.
That has only been when the play was in alot of room though.

Think its definatly got something to do with passing it off though.

[sweetkilla]

if u want a player switch to go straight to a player u want. Use the right analog stick and aim it to the direction of the player you want to control hope that helps

[Beattie]

Who the f**K is that meant to be on the left?

Regarding the faces, its obvious if you stick a photo on a model its gonna look better than a rendered one because its a photo!!

It's a PES v. FIFA of Alonso..

[pepper63]

I just played as Argentina and Messi is quicker than a cheetah on speed.

[fernadez]

if u want a player switch to go straight to a player u want. Use the right analog stick and aim it to the direction of the player you want to control hope that helps

I'll give it a go, my fingers might be to pro-afied to adjust to that though.

[luke909]

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5751/carewhe7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/carewhe7.jpg/1/w1280.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img264/carewhe7.jpg/1/)

Carew looks like the scariest footballer I've ever seen, I don't think anybody would attempt to tackle him.

[Chelsea4ever]

Bit of a random one...but does anyone know why Mutu is called Murgu? I thought it was like the dutch squad being fake, but it seems like the rest of the romanian squad is correct?

Also a shame you cannot edit his name, or edit players appearances aswel.

[sweetkilla]

Previous cocaine abuse issues I think is the reason

[Murkurial]

Same here. No more until release day.

I'm just looking forward to a complete rundown of the 10 v 10 online mode as none of the hands-on previews will talk about it. I heard, I think in one of the many David Rutter interviews, that you will be able to boot people from rooms and I'm still waiting to hear if you'll be able to limit the number of people that can play on your team. I'd rather not have to have a full 10 if I don't want it and I'm the host. Also, in discussing the 10 v 10 club mode the guy explained that anyone who isn't controlled by a human, will be controlled by the CPU but that if someone wanted to control the remaining players they could do so by choosing ANY. But this has to be done before the game starts. I'm thinking to myself, yes, I believe anyone who has played FIFA 08 understands how the ANY position works. But the fact that he felt the need to get so in-depth about a feature we all know about make me think that EA probably didn't allow us to designate one person to be ANY. If that's the case I'm going to be quite pissed of as it seems like it'd be so easy to implement. At the very least we'd better be able to boot people.

[Gunners`]

guys i will get my game today after 12 hours :) am just waitting for the shop to open :P and you know what he sell it for 100$ too much i know but what i can do we are in kuwait so its better then nothing i will try to sell MGS4 and GTA4 for getting this :/

[jonneymendoza]

Played an online game Chelsea v Man-Utd i got 3 players sent off Tevez 2 yellows and Ronaldo straight red, and Hargreaves red. Refs don't play around on here.But i still only lost on pens.
still a dirty cunt online eh? :LOL:

[Ferraritim]

I'm just looking forward to a complete rundown of the 10 v 10 online mode as none of the hands-on previews will talk about it. I heard, I think in one of the many David Rutter interviews, that you will be able to boot people from rooms and I'm still waiting to hear if you'll be able to limit the number of people that can play on your team. I'd rather not have to have a full 10 if I don't want it and I'm the host. Also, in discussing the 10 v 10 club mode the guy explained that anyone who isn't controlled by a human, will be controlled by the CPU but that if someone wanted to control the remaining players they could do so by choosing ANY. But this has to be done before the game starts. I'm thinking to myself, yes, I believe anyone who has played FIFA 08 understands how the ANY position works. But the fact that he felt the need to get so in-depth about a feature we all know about make me think that EA probably didn't allow us to designate one person to be ANY. If that's the case I'm going to be quite pissed of as it seems like it'd be so easy to implement. At the very least we'd better be able to boot people.

There has been a rundown about 10 vs 10.

It's possible to play with less than 10 man. It's possible to create an own team and kick people out. It's possible to scout for new players. Everything is possible.

[Rodelero]

The EndWar beta will get me through... whenever it comes online.

[Dr Force]

I'm getting my Sanyo Z2000 delivered tomorrow :))

Schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet;))

[Dr Force]

Nice set-up you got there.:TU:

Thanks matey, we decided to go for a cinema room and extend the kitchen earlier this year.

Watched loads of films so far, now it's time for a bit of gaming:applaud:

[Azure]

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5751/carewhe7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/carewhe7.jpg/1/w1280.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img264/carewhe7.jpg/1/)

Carew looks like the scariest footballer I've ever seen, I don't think anybody would attempt to tackle him.

lol what have they done to his eyes? still way more alike than in PES though.

[wan_d7]

i think both carew doesn't look like Carew. :S the left look like carew's grandpa,and the right is,carew's dead zombie(??) :LOL:

[winston]

There are things that really piss me off about this game. I thought from the demo that EA would've managed to remove the players turning and seemingly dancing rather than merely collecting the ball - sometimes they knock it off the pitch with their heel. If there's any consolation, at least the cpu is affected too.

When I modify the auto switching to zero, I expect the computer to NEVER (NEVER EVER EVER EVER) CHANGE MY FUCKING PLAYER. But no... it has to change it. Great. Whoever was responsible for that at EA Sports deserves a slap upside the head.
It's incredibly dumb when you play with 2 or more human players on the same team: on lots of occasions have my mate and I played a through ball to one another, only to find that the game has switched the controller of the recipient, meaning you end up passing to yourself (which in turn fucks up the run that you or your mate is making.)

The player switching really pisses me off. Manual switching should mean manual..100% of the time!! Swearing is very much justified with regard to this aspect of the game.

I simply cannot stand cpu interference yet the demo shows the game is still full of it. I'll doubtless be on here swearing a-plenty after the full release. Being better than PES won't mean it's immune to stinging criticism.

[Scutch]

Bit of a random one...but does anyone know why Mutu is called Murgu? I thought it was like the dutch squad being fake, but it seems like the rest of the romanian squad is correct?

Also a shame you cannot edit his name, or edit players appearances aswel.

You cant edit names or appearances? :SS

[Placebo]

You cant edit names or appearances? :SS

Same as Fifa08......

[jonneymendoza]

has it been confirmed yet that the game speed difference is more noticeable between slow, normal and fast in the ps3 version?

[juju123]

Hi,

54 stadiums for Fifa09, very nice and great job by EA ^^

http://www.neozeta.com/showthread.php?t=5662&page=180

[deem]

Yes, it is.

At least it seems it to me.

[deem]

Hi,

54 stadiums for Fifa09, very nice and great job by EA ^^

http://www.neozeta.com/showthread.php?t=5662&page=180

Cheeky bastard, I took those yesterday!

[FlawlessCowboy]

Goal I scored on the FIFA demo yesterday. I don't normally video / post goals, but this really is one of the best I've ever scored!

[/URL][URL="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6x36x_best-fifa-goal-ever_sport"]Dailymotion - Best FIFA Goal EVER, a video from flawl3sscowb0y. FIFA, GOAL, PRO, EVO, AMAZING (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6x36x_best-fifa-goal-ever_sport)

[eliasg]

greek site gameover.gr gives FIFA09 9.5/10 :)):))

http://gameover.gr/articles/FIFA-09.6016.html

[JayD]

Brilliant, brilliant goal.

[Azure]

wow, neat pass :)

[janneblaffa]

Can someone PLEASE tell me if you can play night games at San Siro? In fifa 08 you could only play day or dusk at san siro.

[Placebo]

greek site gameover.gr gives FIFA09 9.5/10 :)):))

http://gameover.gr/articles/FIFA-09.6016.html

It's all Greek to me, sorry ;))

Positive

* Excellent animation
* To an auto-updating statistics
* Online games for up to 10 players

Negative

* Payment for extra information for statistical championships

If that's the only negative they can find with the game that's rather good :)

Pretty good review really, seems fair and balanced, they gave Fifa08 8.5 on both systems and PES2008 6 on PS3 and 6.5 on 360.

[WILDSTER180774]

will that shop near the covered market sell it early? Dont Asda in charlton sell games at midnight or do they close up the games/dvd section?

teah rang the shop by the market, hoping to have it thursday but he said that last year with pro evo and didnt get the delivery til friday morning. Plus he will sell it top whack if he gets it early.

[Ozkar]

LOL ;))



Must say I'm happy with the one we got :)



I got this one: http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/erl_19315075/100311823.html and yes we're very, very happy with it, picture quality is great, and sound is amazing considering the price :)



Still waiting for confirmation on the Swedish version's text/commentary options.

Allright cool. I'm gonna go with Philips 42PFL7403D. Seems to be a decent TV as well. It's like a djungle out there. Might as well just pick one and go for it :))

I ordered my xbox360 copy from game.co.uk this year. Last year I bought Fifa 08 here in Sweden and there was no english commentary. And since you are from Sweden just like me you know that the game is pretty much ruined if you have to listen to Glenn Hysén and his bullshit :))

[Placebo]

Allright cool. I'm gonna go with Philips 42PFL7403D. Seems to be a decent TV as well. It's like a djungle out there. Might as well just pick one and go for it :))

We got our TV from Elgiganten, really good price, we also got the 3 years warranty/insurance for 1,100Sek extra, we don't have content insurance so handy to know if we're drunk and kick it over they give us a new TV ;)



I ordered my xbox360 copy from game.co.uk this year. Last year I bought Fifa 08 here in Sweden and there was no english commentary. And since you are from Sweden just like me you know that the game is pretty much ruined if you have to listen to Glenn Hysén and his bullshit :))

My understanding is that the Swedish version will have English comms this year because of the reaction to Fifa08, still waiting for my promo copy from EA so if it hasn't arrived by Thursday I guess I'll have to go out and buy a copy :)

[Woodzy]

Well, Fifa 09 is about to be shipped according to Game, so i can probably expect it tomorrow. With that said, i'm about to delete the 09 demo, after playing it for the last few hours, and actually becoming very good at it (apart from the damn shooting.)

I'm now gonna play 08 for a few hours, probably for the last ever time. Gonna miss that game.

Anyone with the game btw, what's Be A Pro season like? Not much been mentioned on it, is it as simple a game mode as we're to believe? Or can you transfer clubs during transfer windows etc?

[jonneymendoza]

Yes, it is.

At least it seems it to me.
is that a reply to the game speed differences?

[Ozkar]

We got our TV from Elgiganten, really good price, we also got the 3 years warranty/insurance for 1,100Sek extra, we don't have content insurance so handy to know if we're drunk and kick it over they give us a new TV ;)

Haha yes I will get the insurance too. You never know what could happen to the TV if you loose a game in the 90th minute ;)


My understanding is that the Swedish version will have English comms this year because of the reaction to Fifa08, still waiting for my promo copy from EA so if it hasn't arrived by Thursday I guess I'll have to go out and buy a copy :)

Oh really...damn it. Just noticed that the release date here in Sweden is thursday, but now I have to wait for the UK version until friday :brick: Well well, it's only one extra day, isn't it.

[deem]

is that a reply to the game speed differences?

Yes it is.

[DagsJT]

Cracking goal, Flawless!

[Scutch]

Same as Fifa08......

Cheers mate. I didnt get into the whole Fifa experience until now, so I'm a little lost on the features. Many thanks. :TU:

[Bitter Rivals]

looks like more people have the xbox360 version

aussies have got it already, and apparently games stores has theres today

[Placebo]

Cheers mate. I didnt get into the whole Fifa experience until now, so I'm a little lost on the features. Many thanks. :TU:

Better late than never my good sir ;))

[Rodelero]

Anyone with the game, what half lengths can be played? (Particularly, what is the LONGEST half length/game length that can be played)

[jonneymendoza]

i got to admit.PES once again has the player likeness spot on



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[andish2001]

Finally got my copy today. Game has broken release in Melbourne 2 days early and got fined 16K the guy at the shop said !!

Anyway, initial impressions were mixed:

- felt sluggish compared to the demo (as in, 08 responsiveness), although my first match was with melbourne & sydney, who are each 1.5 stars so that could well have been it. Played arsenal vs inter under lights at the emirates after and it didnt seem so bad, but i could have been getting used to it! Dont really know anymore if the responsiveness has changed from the demo.
- faces are brilliant.
- weather options not available, you can only set night or day (some stadiums dusk) and Im assuming the weather changes.
- advantage rule not fixed.
- I have player switching issues on 1 notch. Can someone recommend a switching setting that wont have me switching away from my CB when hes one on one with the CPU attacker??
- CPU is same as demo, maybe shoots a little more depending on the team, although still seem to lose their bearings close to the corner flag, which is frustrating.
- Team styles are really evident. Arsenal were presenting for one-twos in and around the box, although not many came off due to my crappy manual passing!:LOL:. Played Australia as well (yeh yeh im aussie) against brazil in Fussball Stadion, which is my favourite generic stadium so far and it was all just so real, with bresciano popping up with half chances, kewell getting run down all the time and culina dictating from the midfield. Had a great late run into the box as well with cahill in typical timmy style. Im aware that not many of you will know these players as well as I but it was a good example of team styles. Portsmouth were great as well, diop regularly drops into the hole behind crouch + defoe. Belhadj is fantastic as well! Was playing long balls to crouch and he was flicking them on, although one major issue seems very prevalent in the final game:
- On professional, it seems they've changed the balance in terms of attacker vs defender to defender. Even with defoe, i was regularly getting run down by nosworthy in 1v1's although admittedly he was doing it via physical play. Havent been someone like ronaldo yet although im sure he will be able to run away with ease. Just something I noticed. It was fixed with Vela when i brought him on for arsenal, he was really nimble and great!
- Since I have an asian region game...my arena is really funky. Under lights in like tokyo or something with big neon asian signs everywhere :LOL:
- Have yet to start any BAP or manager mode things so cant comment. Will do tomorrow.

Other than that it plays a lot like the demo, which is mainly fine. Im disappointed that a few of the AI + advantage issues havent been fixed, but hey thats life.

Extreme curl is still there as well, although if you utilise the new technique someone on here was talking about (cant remember who) of not holding it any longer then it works out alright. I just wish it curled on the whole shot rather than picking up a huge amount at the end - it just looks odd.

-Im happy to answer any requests about stats stadiums or options etc. But will not be posting images or recording videos. CBF!

[DagsJT]

Cheers for the impressions, andish :TU:

[StuartCulli]

i got to admit.PES once again has the player likeness spot on



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Perfect faces mean nothing when they're on bodies which run around like tards.

[Trance_Allstar]

My understanding is that the Swedish version will have English comms this year because of the reaction to Fifa08, still waiting for my promo copy from EA so if it hasn't arrived by Thursday I guess I'll have to go out and buy a copy :)


That is good news if true. Yeah, too much Glenn Hysén can be a bit grating.

[BobbyBox]

Can somebody play a few games on BAP season and tell us what it is like?

Like what the rating system is like etc.

[deem]

- weather options not available, you can only set night or day (some stadiums dusk) and Im assuming the weather changes.

You need to select 'overcast' for weather effects, then it's pot luck whether you get rain, snow or cloudy.

[BobbyBox]

You need to select 'overcast' for weather effects, then it's pot luck whether you get rain, snow or cloudy.

Thats a bit shit :(( but better than nothing I suppose!

[Coopz]

Can somebody play a few games on BAP season and tell us what it is like?

Like what the rating system is like etc.

I asked a BAP online and offline question but nobody replied :((

Someone needs to see if 10 vs 10 lags :TU:

[Bitter Rivals]

i wouldn't even bother about the 10v10 online issues right now

wait until the servers get full and see how it holds up then

red dot anyone?

[Ogami]

Hey people, I just have one quick question. Does it let you choose the speed of the game when playing online?

[Bitter Rivals]

Hey people, I just have one quick question. Does it let you choose the speed of the game when playing online?

good Q!

i would like to know that aswell

[DagsJT]

I think the overcast option is interesting. I like how the rain stops and starts for example.

[andish2001]

I hadnt tried any of the online options yet - Xbox live has been down for a whole day.

Apparently it just came back up now so will give a whirl and be back to answer those q's.

[pepe montoto]

For all aussies out there, EB are selling the game already. I'll pick up my "360" copy in about 13 hours.

[WILDSTER180774]

well i have just pre ordered my copy from Blockbuster. Cant be chasing around Thursday trying to find it anywhere and then paying over the odds. This year i will just have to be patient. Borrowed my brothers Call of duty to see me through. Just traded in 3 games, is this a fair price,
Virtua Tennis3 = £8
Euro2008 = £8
GTA1V = 10

[DagsJT]

GTA 4 for £10? You got robbed there :((

[WILDSTER180774]

really? how much you reckon its worth?

[BillyBoy]

Lol. I got more for my copy of PES 2008 (PS3) at Blockbuster than GTA IV. They gave me £15 trade in!

[WILDSTER180774]

not gonna lose sleep over it to be honest. but heard that blockbuster was better than game for trade ins

[DagsJT]

I guess I'd have wanted £15 for it, but that's off-topic anyway.

No more impressions from people who have the game?

[WILDSTER180774]

Well im just glad that im guaranteed my copy come Friday morning. Wont really be able to play til friday night anyway as my daughter will be off school all day recovering so it will be cbeebies for me.....torture.

[fernadez]

Right, no work today, and no distractions. Gonna put in some time one this game.

For anyone wondering about the players feeling different. This is evident in the game, Giovanni is quick and nible good turn and dribbling, while Jenas keeps losing the ball in the middle of the park. THere is a definate difference between players and teams. Arsenal move like lightning, play against them and you can see the whole midfield push forward, while against Liverpool the forwards were more isolated from the midfield.

I really need to learn to finish.

[Bitter Rivals]

from EA forums http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/fifa-09-sony-playstation-3-microsoft-xbox-360/343589-so-ive-been-playing-online-past-few-hours.html

so i've been playing Online for the past few hours
1. yes you can set controller setting restrictions
2. yes you can save your formation and tactics for online but you cannot save your squad
3. yes noobs are exploiting the long ball chip pass again

looks like you can't change game speed online

oh and pause time is 40seconds now.

so after watching this noob score and being forced to watch his celebration and replay for 1 minute, he then proceeds into the pause menu 3 times to throw on 5 defenders and change his tactics. i was so close to just quitting the game.

[Rodelero]

I'm sorry, what exactly is the long ball chip pass exploit? Can't see anyway that would be exploitable in the game.

[TjaardA]

from EA forums http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/fifa-09-sony-playstation-3-microsoft-xbox-360/343589-so-ive-been-playing-online-past-few-hours.html

so i've been playing Online for the past few hours
1. yes you can set controller setting restrictions
2. yes you can save your formation and tactics for online but you cannot save your squad
3. yes noobs are exploiting the long ball chip pass again

looks like you can't change game speed online

oh and pause time is 40seconds now.

so after watching this noob score and being forced to watch his celebration and replay for 1 minute, he then proceeds into the pause menu 3 times to throw on 5 defenders and change his tactics. i was so close to just quitting the game.

3. yes noobs are exploiting the long ball chip pass again

huh ? Never seen that in fifa 08.. How can this be in fifa 09

[sweetkilla]

I am guessing your players freeze up Rodelero happened to me vs the cpu 3 times in all my matches vs them maybe someone found out a way to do it consistently!


anway I won a free copy of fifa 09 today so should get it tomorrow aswell as my game order :)

[Rodelero]

Honestly, it sounds like he is pushing his defence up too high and using the offside trap.

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noobs doing a chip through ball, and because you havent selected your defender in time he doesnt get a run off and enough speed to catch the attacker."

Sounds like his fault, rather than the games. Will have to see when I finally get this damned game. Torture ensues.

[fernadez]

I've got done on a long through ball but i see it as my fault. When its happened my defence has been way to high on the pitch, and i've been deep in attack. The other player has just broke and played it over the defence. Obviously with the ST facing towards the goal, the chances of him getting on to the ball are good, and his players were faster then mine.

Don't see the problem myself.

[Scutch]

Check this out, it was posted in the PES Discussion thread, but is a comparison between the two games by a French magazine, giving ratings. FIFA seems to have it wrapped up :

http://forums.evo-web.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1458137&postcount=6484

[andish2001]

Ok im back with those answers. Btw that aussie whoever it was - game was selling it at 12pm today!! EB only doing it to follow suit the suckers lol.

Ok, on the questions asked.
- San siro does NOT have night option - only dusk. Sorry.
- The longest half length is 20 mins - same as 08 i believe.
- My mistake with the overcast - i did it - and it was great! rained on and off and for some reason made the game faster, which was a good change. :D
- Couldnt check the game speed online EA servers were down.

Now some miscellaneous things:
- The range of stadiums is immense. Any type of stadium you want really - its there. Unless you want riverside and the JJB all licensed - this is all you will ever need.
- My arena is NOT the funky asian one! It changed again when i booted the game up for 2nd time, to a wall, like the demo, but without all the brazilian cottages behind.
- Since XBL was up working again, I entered my live season code - it seems very well done. Easy to set up, not ambiguous (as in the entry code only allowed letters - no 0 vs O here!!), although i think the first actual update will occur next week - it did download a new one - but the stats are all unchanged, reflecting the fact that the game is already up to date I imagine.
- Ignore my responsiveness cries - It was perfect 2nd time around! Just as responsive as the demo. Have no idea why my box felt sluggish b4!!

Okay, on BAP Seasons:
- Chose Denilson. First match against Man City at night at the emirates. The emirates is brilliant, with the cannons on the boards (still not red though :brick:), curved corner adboards and EVENLY DISTRIBUTED nighttime lighting!! It isnt like this in all the stadiums though - only the ones with constant lights around the entire pitch - unfortunately there doesnt seem to be many. It has a real champions league atmosphere though at the emirates at night. This may be my imagination, but since XBL was back up there were more adboards scrolling at emirates as well - ones I hadnt seen in my exhibition match before!
- This mode is INCREDIBLE. The Ai just turns it up. Arsenal were playing creative, imaginative football, with me doing my best to join in - it was SO Close to real life it was unbelievable. Andy gray also compared manchester city to arsenal as well during the game - commenting on their short, quick passing game. Nice Touch.

Arsenal were clearly the better side, although thats not to say MC were crap. Jo, Elano & Petrov were a constant menace, and I was having a real tough time trying to protect the Back 4, as the manager put me at LCM (further back) replacing Eboue from the game's default arsenal lineup. They didnt lineup with default everywhere but me, however, they actually had a few different players in from the default lineup. :applaud: Additionally, when calling for the ball the player puts his hand up - i dont know if this was in previous versions as I didnt like previous BAP implementations. BTW Im playing on Tele Cam, of course. BAP cam always has shocking a shocking frame rate.

Noticed a new animation, an outside of the foot lofted pass - which i believe wasnt in the demo. There WAS one in the demo - but not this one.

Ok when you start the BAP seasons it shows you personal season objectives, like have 30 shots :-ll, have an average rating of 7.0, etc. As well as individual match objectives, like have 2 shots, get a rating of 7.0 etc.I imagine these change with each match. On the menu screen, it has two little notifiers in the bottom right corner - Squad status and international status. As denilson, my squad status was first team regular (I would call him more of a fringe player) and international status was unnoticed.

At half time. i had a rating of 7.4, which was the best rating on the field, and I thought that was fair :LOL:. No joke though, I had put some lovely balls through and was shielding the defence adequately. Not makelele, but adequately. Hence the 7.4 and not the 8.4. One particular ball i played was into the path of Van persie, who took it on the edge of the box, cut inside, and let rip on his left, powering one into the far post. It was magic, and undeniably a great visual representation of arsenal and Rvp in real life. No goal though.
The 7.4 half time rating was from 8/11 completed passes, 6/8 dribbles, and no tackles. I was shielding the defence by picking up loose balls, not tackling :P. Clichy was second in rating, and Jo was currently 3rd, having had a fair few shots.

After half time arsenal began to turn the screws, replacing sagna with a more advanced eboue and switching rosicky for diaby on the left. Almost instantly, eboue played a ball to an isolated adebayor and he beat dunne and slid it under the keeper. 1-0. Play continued in a similiar vein to the first half - although my presence was diminishing. I was finding it harder to find space and pick the right pass, which i figured reflected both fatigue and MC's growing urgency and defensive pressure. I even WANTED to be subbed off in the end because I felt denilson was so tired, but not to be. Adebayor finished it off with a header from a corner in the 74th minute, and it finished 2-0.

Full time Adebayor was 1st in the ratings, with 8.6, with reflected the fact that really, he had 3 chances and 2 goals. Most of our chances were through van persie. Clichy finished 2nd on 7.5 having successfully negated Petrov in the second half - who was unseen. I finished 3rd on 7.2, which was down from half-time and rightly so.

7.2 was due to 12/19 passes, 13/16 dribbles, and 1/3 tackles.

Its a magnificent mode, really, and I can see myself spending many, many hours trying to stamp my mark on the world game :D

[Bitter Rivals]

good read

keep them coming

[Nick Cave]

I hope they have changed the rating for MM games, I never got a player above 7.5 and mostly finished under 7...

[LemonJelly]

The BAP mode sounds immense as you described it! Looking forward to that mode now.

[Woodzy]

Great review of BAP there. The only thing that sounds poor about it is the season and match goals,they are pointless and terrible.

Any indication of possible transfers to another club?

The review has also inspired me, i was going start my season with Berbatov or Messi, but i'm thinking i might now go for a younger player.

Maybe Possenbon for United, or a first teamer for a lesser club.

[DagsJT]

I'm curious to see how BAP Seasons works if you start in a lower league team with regards to international callups.

As Woodzy said, I'm also curious to see if we can be transferred.

[Scutch]

Fantastic write up mate. Sounds like a quality outing this time for the EA boys.

[Woodzy]

Something that has really pleased me about that review also, is that the computer seems to be able to hold their own in a match. On both Euro and 08 in BAP, if my team were to score a goal, i would ALWAYS be involved in the goal, no matter what position, i'd either score or assist it.

I've changed my mind also. The season and match objectives could be good actually. They would be fantastic if they weren't so stupid. It should be more like this for example. If you were a striker, missions should be:

Season: Score 15 in a season. Assist 7. (Or however many depending on the quality of your club.)

Any idea if some goals are like that at all? Have however many shots (although, would be good as a striker,) and average whatever rating just seem stupid.

[Scutch]

Also, forgive my lack of knowledge on all things FIFA related, but is it possible to create a new player and have them enter the BAP mode? Or is it just for existing players within the game?

[Treetopp]

Also, forgive my lack of knowledge on all things FIFA related, but is it possible to create a new player and have them enter the BAP mode? Or is it just for existing players within the game?

Yes, you can create your own player for BAP mode

[bunsen]

So, here it is :ROCK::ROCK::ROCK:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/402/fifa09zx2.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fifa09zx2.jpg)http://img81.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[Scutch]

Yes, you can create your own player for BAP mode

Thankyou mate. Much appreciated :TU:

[Placebo]

Ok when you start the BAP seasons it shows you personal season objectives, like have 30 shots :-ll

Grrr, so dumb, but I guess it's nothing we weren't expecting, rest of it sounds decent.


I'm curious to see how BAP Seasons works if you start in a lower league team with regards to international callups.


Yeah that to me sounds like more fun, like can I get Akpo his first Nigeria cap, can I add to Jeffers' 1 England cap etc. etc. :)

[Bitter Rivals]

So, here it is :ROCK::ROCK::ROCK:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/402/fifa09zx2.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fifa09zx2.jpg)http://img81.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

is that yours and where from mate?

[mjp]

is that yours and where from mate?

think it says Munchen on the receipt so unless it's his lunch receipt (geddit???) then I'd say Munich!

[akenny]

nice to see it out on 360 . should be up soon :D

[bunsen]

is that yours and where from mate?

Yes, it is from munich. Shop near the place where the Oktoberfest takes place. 63,90 Euros.

[bunsen]

think it says Munchen on the receipt so unless it's his lunch receipt (geddit???) then I'd say Munich!

No lunch receipt ;)) You are wright it says munchen (munich).

[Placebo]

Also, forgive my lack of knowledge on all things FIFA related, but is it possible to create a new player and have them enter the BAP mode? Or is it just for existing players within the game?

Did you watch any of the Korean Fifa09 video? The first PS3 one shows the guy creating his footballer from scratch and then starting a BAP wit Man City :)

Here it is: http://filecoast.com/?file=vCGLPs89_ruliweb_fifa09_01_ps3hd.wmv

[evacuate]

nice to see it out on 360 . should be up soon :D

WHAT are you implying!? *points finger*

;))

[Placebo]

WHAT are you implying!? *points finger*

;))

I think he means it should be up on shelves at gaming stores near everyone soon.

[akenny]

:O ;) i mean should be up in uk soon ;) LOL

[Bitter Rivals]

yea he means uk cos it is popping across europe and in australia

someone from uk got it from blockbusters on saturday, so uk it seems will have stock now

[Scutch]

Did you watch any of the Korean Fifa09 video? The first PS3 one shows the guy creating his footballer from scratch and then starting a BAP wit Man City :)

Here it is: http://filecoast.com/?file=vCGLPs89_ruliweb_fifa09_01_ps3hd.wmv

Fantastico. Its difficult keeping up with the delights of this thread.

I'll recommend you for a knighthood of some variation. Hats off to you, sir.

[evacuate]

:O ;) i mean should be up in uk soon ;) LOL

Sure you do akenny, sure you do ;))

[Placebo]

Fantastico. Its difficult keeping up with the delights of this thread.

I'll recommend you for a knighthood of some variation. Hats off to you, sir.

Considering the guy posted 2.14gb of movies I'm not surprised you didn't keep up ;) If you want to see the rest of them they can be downloaded from here: http://www.fifasoccerblog.com/2008/09/new-videos-and-screenshots-courtesy-of.html

[Beattie]

ShopTo are still awaiting stock.. slightly worrying considering so many places seem to have it.

[MadsenDK1987]

http://gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/71170/FIFA+09/

Danish review of FIFA 09. They give it a 8/10, and let me translate the Pro's and Con's

+
- Userdefined Custom Tactics
- Great graphic
- Put a lot more effort in the simulator (or translated directly: they have put a lot more "meat" on the simulator :LOL: )
- Better goalkeeper perfomances

-
- Flaws happens occasionaly in the AI
- Still a step behind the PES-simulator (:LIE:) WTF?!)

Again, I can't believe the last prediction. They haven't made a review of the new PES, so I would say they compare FIFA 09 to PES08?
Clearly again. We have the big discussion of which better. And clearly the reviewer is a PES-fanboy, who like pingy and arcady football. Calling PES a football simulator. It WAS a football simulator. I am a PES fanboy, that converted to FIFA last year.

[pepper63]

Game have got them in stock today,just spoke to some twat he said most stores today or tomorrow and are waiting for an email from head office to see if the will break release.How bout i break his fingers?

[Scutch]

http://gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/71170/FIFA+09/

Danish review of FIFA 09. They give it a 8/10, and let me translate the Pro's and Con's

+
- Userdefined Custom Tactics
- Great graphic
- Put a lot more effort in the simulator (or translated directly: they have put a lot more "meat" on the simulator :LOL: )
- Better goalkeeper perfomances

-
- Flaws happens occasionaly in the AI
- Still a step behind the PES-simulator (:LIE:) WTF?!)

Again, I can't believe the last prediction. They haven't made a review of the new PES, so I would say they compare FIFA 09 to PES08?
Clearly again. We have the big discussion of which better. And clearly the reviewer is a PES-fanboy, who like pingy and arcady football. Calling PES a football simulator. It WAS a football simulator. I am a PES fanboy, that converted to FIFA last year.

These reviewers are going to look weak if PES 2009 is not up to their usual standards. Do they rate it higher because of the negative press they've given Fifa, or simply admit it isnt quite as good as expected, therefore raising the Fifa bar again.

[andish2001]

Yeh guys I havent played long enough to see if transfers happen.

Only played one BAP season game so far and thats the one I wrote up so will play some more tomorrow.

As you said, its great that the Ai can hold it own - I wasnt involved in either of the goals.

Also, after I decided to venture forward once and lost the ball, i was almost directly responsible for a goal - but elano put it wide. I was relieved :LOL:

Just playing some random exhibition matches now to get the feel for the teams.

United are great - Ronaldo is clearly a step above, and Tevez, for some reason, plays, runs, and just generally looks like his real life counterpart. I played Liverpool at OT. They fucked me up on the counterattack, torres was holding off my players heaps and then letting me run past it - little shoulder shimmy's and the like. They won 2-0 with a double to fernando.

Now playing argentina vs england - and what a difference you can see/feel between the teams. England are keeping the ball in the air - and with good reason, as messi and aguero are constantly nipping at the heels of the central pairing. Messi feels amazing - has more control than Ronaldo IMO, and I managed to pull off a trademark run between 3 people and then faking inside - before gerrard came flying in from the side and dumped me, taking the ball though. For that moment though, when he'd faked onto his left and begun the wind up, the anticipation was great. At times it gets frustrating - I cant win headers with either messi or aguero unless they are virtually free, so there are periods of the game where I really have to sit back and absorb because I cant get near the ball. As soon as its on the ground now, aguero and messi are making diagonal runs galore in behind the defence, and Ive been clean through with aguero a few times. if it werent for my awful manual shooting, i rkn Id be 2-0 up!!

[akenny]

Sure you do akenny, sure you do ;))

:-pp :PIRATE:

[evacuate]

http://gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/71170/FIFA+09/

Danish review of FIFA 09. They give it a 8/10, and let me translate the Pro's and Con's

+
- Userdefined Custom Tactics
- Great graphic
- Put a lot more effort in the simulator (or translated directly: they have put a lot more "meat" on the simulator :LOL: )
- Better goalkeeper perfomances

-
- Flaws happens occasionaly in the AI
- Still a step behind the PES-simulator (:LIE:) WTF?!)

Again, I can't believe the last prediction. They haven't made a review of the new PES, so I would say they compare FIFA 09 to PES08?
Clearly again. We have the big discussion of which better. And clearly the reviewer is a PES-fanboy, who like pingy and arcady football. Calling PES a football simulator. It WAS a football simulator. I am a PES fanboy, that converted to FIFA last year.


They seem to always have to throw in that last bit in every review... it would be OK if PES actually was more realistic, but it's clearly not and that is the reason why people change game lately. He could write that he thinks PES is more FUN because that could be a valid point for some (kids ;))).

[Scutch]

Has this one been done yet?

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/fifa_09/review.html

Another 9/10.

[kobashi]

:O ;) i mean should be up in uk soon ;) LOL

if you get the chance could you let me know if it is region free. hoping I can buy it this week instead of waiting for the Asian version.

[Cammey]

Walk into Game with a retro Head holdall and demand they put fifa in the bag.

And then casually walkout.

[akenny]

:)

[kamy100]

I think most publishers have clocked on that Shopto send out stuff as soon as they get it so have started to give them their stock on Weds/Thursdays.

[andish2001]

Anywho, no more replies for the night from me - i have an early start :(

[deathcab001]

i think the problem with the reviews at the moment is that - they don't have PES2009 yet. And their reviewing Fifa on the assumption that anything fifa produces, pes will be better (like the past years).

I think that, if these games were reviewed side by side, or even pes first and fifa later, then fifa would get a much fairer review.

anyone going to download the pes demo on thursday? i might, but it sure as hell wont be interfering with my fifa playing.

oh Does anyone know if you can be subbed in BAP? :))

[Scorpio]

Has this one been done yet?

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/fifa_09/review.html

Another 9/10.

Best review I've read this far. Really hope that some of the 'other members' start reading these reviews, because if they don't they will be missing the gameplay of a true football simulation game.

I thought that I would play PES till my death bed but seeing Konami take the arcade route made me try Fifa for the first time in 12 years. Am I glad I did that...

[Jamezinho]

i think the problem with the reviews at the moment is that - they don't have PES2009 yet. And their reviewing Fifa on the assumption that anything fifa produces, pes will be better (like the past years).

I think that, if these games were reviewed side by side, or even pes first and fifa later, then fifa would get a much fairer review.

anyone going to download the pes demo on thursday? i might, but it sure as hell wont be interfering with my fifa playing.

I think that's a good point. There does seem to be a 'status quo' in a section of the games media that believes anything Fifa can do PES naturally does better. Your average reviewer seems to be still in the PES camp.

I think things are slowly changing, though, as we've seen with some of the favourable reviews of Fifa this year. Realisation is dawning. Slating Fifa doesn't seem to be the cool thing to do any more.

As for the demo: I will probably try it at the weekend. The first couple of days will be Fifa time!:DANCE:

[kellex]

Today we got Fifa 09 on 360:DANCE: I will have a go at it now and I will try and answer some questions you guys may have.

[proxi]

If you select a Spurs player as the Arena player, does the Arena look a lot like a school playground on the "other side" in Silent Hill?

[Disqo]

Game have got them in stock today,just spoke to some twat he said most stores today or tomorrow and are waiting for an email from head office to see if the will break release.How bout i break his fingers?

Surely they have to break releas date, with all these copies floating about, what are they waiting for. I urge to indeed break his fingers

[mattpj]

these retailers should be delighted we want to buy the game early and so should the publishers, rather than not pay for it. Release the damn thing early xxxx the charts and street dates

[gomito#10]

how quiclky do you guys think I can get the ps3 version from europe?

[sweetkilla]

3-5 days

[Scorpio]

Called about 20 shops in my region here. Some of them had the game but didn't want to sell till the 2nd of october...

Soooo frustrating!

[WEtongelre]

Probably is Media Markt Eindhoven selling the 360 and PS3 version after 17:00 PM. So if we Dutch are lucky we get it today!

[sweetkilla]

Probably is Media Markt Eindhoven selling the 360 and PS3 version after 17:00 PM. So if we Dutch are lucky we get it today!

some dutch already have it saw a pic from someone who bought it from a store called infusion ?

[ajaxforever]

some dutch already have it saw a pic from someone who bought it from a store called infusion ?
Well not many Dutch people have the game...

[jonneymendoza]

Called about 20 shops in my region here. Some of them had the game but didn't want to sell till the 2nd of october...

Soooo frustrating!
patience is the key to success;))

[jonneymendoza]

ShopTo are still awaiting stock.. slightly worrying considering so many places seem to have it.
and i thought shopto where good. im gunna pblame u guys if i dont get on friday :LOL:

[Placebo]

and i thought shopto where good. im gunna pblame u guys if i dont get on friday :LOL:

Patience is the key to success ;))

[Mr_Wenger]

you'llget it thursday johnny, they're getting stock tomorrow, and then it will be sent next day delivery.

[Chelsea4ever]

Just seen a slight flaw with the offside ruling.

Playing as Lyon vs PSG, one of my defenders was down injured about 10yards out from the edge of my penalty box, on a counter PSG played a long ball over my defenders who were right near the centre line, their striker latched on it, clearly being played onside by my injured defender by miles, but it was given offside. Obv good for me in that match but if that happened online, you'd be pissed.

[BobbyBox]

Has anyone in London called CEX?

Computer Exchange 084 5345 1664 and see what they say about Fifa. It near Tottenham court road.

I'm at work - so can't phone them at the moment.

But I remember aa couple of years ago them beign quite good getting games out early.

[wan_d7]

I went to Game and asked them if there is any chance of selling Fifa early - and the little boy there said that it was against the law. I hate fucking little retards like this. I just wanted to punch him in the nuts.

As he said it, his voice went funny - like when your balls first start to drop. I wanted to kick his balls back up again!!!!

i'm sorry bobby,but i had to quote this as i keep laughing all the way today whenever i remember this. may i ask you can i quote this and put it as my sig? :LOL: :applaud: :TU:

[BobbyBox]

i'm sorry bobby,but i had to quote this as i keep laughing all the way today whenever i remember this. may i ask you can i quote this and put it as my sig? :LOL: :applaud: :TU:

Be my guest - very polite of you. I didn't ask the guys I have qoutes in my Sig. I just did it :DD

[wan_d7]

:) i do need to,as nowadays copyright sue is all around the globes! :LOL:
thanks by the way. will update in a minute :TU:

[Bingham67]

Cant beleive you guys at FSB havnt received copies yet you should of had them last week. :((

[Murkurial]

Can you limit the number of people that can play on your team? Like, instead of having to let 10 players be user-controlled can you set it to something like 5? Also, can you designate an ANY so that 5 people now, instead of just 2, can't choose ANY together. And lastly, can you boot people?

[Bingham67]

http://i35.tinypic.com/qyhjxf.jpg

Out in Sweden Webhallen

[Placebo]

Cant beleive you guys at FSB havnt received copies yet you should of had them last week. :((

I'll be getting my promo copy Friday or Saturday apparently :)

[Bingham67]

I'll be getting my promo copy Friday or Saturday apparently :)

I see cool :))

[kevano22]

Goal I scored on the FIFA demo yesterday. I don't normally video / post goals, but this really is one of the best I've ever scored!

Dailymotion - Best FIFA Goal EVER, a video from flawl3sscowb0y. FIFA, GOAL, PRO, EVO, AMAZING (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6x36x_best-fifa-goal-ever_sport)

YouTube - Van Nistelrooy Beltter (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sMIZduidr-4)

:) I win

[akenny]

great goal ;)

[evacuate]

Did that go through his body? Never going to buy this game nao!!!2

[DagsJT]

Kev does win! :SHOCK:

[MadsenDK1987]

Hope that bug is fixed. Looks so lame, when the ball goes through their body. You won't notice it, when you knock of a belter like that, but then watching the replay, it doesn't feel that great, when you see what just happened.

Also the bug, where the goalkeeper suddenly get that magic touch, where he can sweep the ball with his invisible hand extender. Even if the finish is going to the top corner and he makes a Superman jump and save it with his ..... dah dah dah ....... INVISIBLE HAND EXTENDER! :oooh:

That's the things that annoys me the most.

[Bitter Rivals]

both goals a chip through ball exploits lol

;-)

[Murkurial]

Please, can you limit the number of people that you can have on your team? Like a few people were asking, instead of having to play 10 on your squad controlled, can you set it to 5. Also, can you designate an ANY because if not I can see some real bull**** cropping up where 5 people choose ANY instead of 2 like FIFA 08. As the MM hasn't been changed, and I don't really do the whole BAP creating a player thing, I will be playing BAP online alot and this is something they should have fixed.

[Tim7]

Flawless wins as it was a full on volley :-pp And he didn't have to cheat the laws of physics to score it ;)).

[Jamezinho]

I'll be getting my promo copy Friday or Saturday apparently :)

That's useful.:))

[deem]

Played 25 games in Manager Mode now, and I'm in Feb.

Every single game, sunny and during the day. No weather, no night matches.

It's getting a bit dull to be honest. The graphics whore in me is pining for a rainy night match to add a bit of atmosphere and variety.

Noticed a bit of a bug too, now and again, when a forward is running on to a through-ball, they turn around and jog backwards, even though the ball is goal side of them.

http://homepage.mac.com/picsilike/.Public/FIFA.mov

:(

[kevano22]

Also the bug, where the goalkeeper suddenly get that magic touch, where he can sweep the ball with his invisible hand extender. Even if the finish is going to the top corner and he makes a Superman jump and save it with his ..... dah dah dah ....... INVISIBLE HAND EXTENDER! :oooh:

That's the things that annoys me the most.

100% agreed and ive seen it happen on the 09 demo.

[Bingham67]

Played 25 games in Manager Mode now, and I'm in Feb.

Every single game, sunny and during the day. No weather, no night matches.

It's getting a bit dull to be honest. The graphics whore in me is pining for a rainy night match to add a bit of atmosphere and variety.

Noticed a bit of a bug too, now and again, when a forward is running on to a through-ball, they turn around and jog backwards, even though the ball is goal side of them.

http://homepage.mac.com/picsilike/.Public/FIFA.mov

:(

Yeah very annoying was in demo.

[gomito#10]

Played 25 games in Manager Mode now, and I'm in Feb.

Every single game, sunny and during the day. No weather, no night matches.

It's getting a bit dull to be honest. The graphics whore in me is pining for a rainy night match to add a bit of atmosphere and variety.

Noticed a bit of a bug too, now and again, when a forward is running on to a through-ball, they turn around and jog backwards, even though the ball is goal side of them.

http://homepage.mac.com/picsilike/.Public/FIFA.mov

:(

the weather and night is disturbing, but wasnt there a way around this in 08? also how is the AI in MM. Does it play a good game vs the cpu?

[beachryan]

@ Deem - Can you really tell the difference between teams in MM? That's the big one for me :) As in, you should fear playing Chelsea but knowing you have Stoke midweek should be comforting? (no offense stoke fans, you get hte idea)

[Trance_Allstar]

Hope that bug is fixed. Looks so lame, when the ball goes through their body. You won't notice it, when you knock of a belter like that, but then watching the replay, it doesn't feel that great, when you see what just happened.

Also the bug, where the goalkeeper suddenly get that magic touch, where he can sweep the ball with his invisible hand extender. Even if the finish is going to the top corner and he makes a Superman jump and save it with his ..... dah dah dah ....... INVISIBLE HAND EXTENDER! :oooh:

That's the things that annoys me the most.


Yes, this is something I really dislike. I'd rather they undersized the hitboxes so that the ball goes through the goalkeepers hand rather than the other way.

It is especially annoying when you do consider how many goals in real life that the goalkeeper is <10 cm away from. Lots and LOTS of goals have the goalkeeper juuuuust missing with his fingers, and if you have balls 10 centimeters away being saved, that will give a huge dent in the goal statistics, despite the small margins.

I hope they somehow fix this in the future so that the hitboxes and the player model are linked perfectly, so that the ball has to hit a player for it to be deflected.

[gameklip]

Well the DID admit they barely touched manager mode this year didn't they?

I fully expect a revamped manager mode in 2010, complete with champions league nights and Monday Night Football and seasons changing accurately with the calender.

THAT IS A MINIMUM EA.

So easy to implement too. The tech is right there in the engine.

Correct Stadiums for finals too. Again, it's all there in the engine. Just need someone to redirect venues and weather accordingly.

[velvetsky01]

Played both Demos - the 360's graphics seem sharper and neater - why is this??? surely the PS3 is more powerfull!

PS3 graphics just look so dirty

[deem]

@ Deem - Can you really tell the difference between teams in MM? That's the big one for me :) As in, you should fear playing Chelsea but knowing you have Stoke midweek should be comforting? (no offense stoke fans, you get hte idea)

Not massively no. There is a difference, but the gulf isn't what it should be.

[mjp]

Not massively no. There is a difference, but the gulf isn't what it should be.

Fk me....that really takes away a lot of the anticipation for me.

Single player is 95% of where I'm at so with that above plus the continual bright sunny days for MM matches I'm well cheesed off.

[hanakuka]

my younger brother went for a job interview at gamestation in reading and he said they were playing fifa 09 in their so called dungeon (whatever that is ) lucky bastards

[Scorpio]

Played 25 games in Manager Mode now, and I'm in Feb.

Every single game, sunny and during the day. No weather, no night matches.

It's getting a bit dull to be honest. The graphics whore in me is pining for a rainy night match to add a bit of atmosphere and variety.

WHYYYY EA WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!!!!

[Becanes]

I would like to hear playing against different teams not feeling much difference from a few other people.

[mohoso]

Played both Demos - the 360's graphics seem sharper and neater - why is this??? surely the PS3 is more powerfull!

PS3 graphics just look so dirty

Set your PS3 to 720p. It will help, I don´t know why it looks blurry on 1080p.

Is this problem in final version?

[SXFuzz]

The BAP mode sounds immense as you described it! Looking forward to that mode now.

I played 4 games on World Class, and couldn't even get a shot away, let alone score. On the fifth game, my mate arrived and took control of the rest of the team: the first match with him resulted in my player scoring twice. In the second match I scored a hat-trick and received a 9.6 rating. WOO!
The intelligence of the runs and passes a human makes are still leagues ahead of AI.

[deem]

Set your PS3 to 720p. It will help, I don´t know why it looks blurry on 1080p.

Is this problem in final version?

Yes, although it isn't quite the same. Still looks worse in 1080p than 720p though.

[SXFuzz]

Noticed a bit of a bug too, now and again, when a forward is running on to a through-ball, they turn around and jog backwards, even though the ball is goal side of them.

http://homepage.mac.com/picsilike/.Public/FIFA.mov

:(

That is a perfect example of the shit I've been moaning about.

I cannot believe for one second that this managed to evade every person responsible for testing FIFA 09 - it happens at least once a match.

[fernadez]

I would like to hear playing against different teams not feeling much difference from a few other people.

Personally i can fell the diffences when playing against different teams. Both in the style that they play and the effect that it has on my team. I've had games where i couldnt get out of my half. I've played against teams using long ball, putting in lots of crosses, playing short quick passes, slow biuld up etc. Also seen a difference in dificulty, depending on which team im playing, even down to defensive mistakes by the cpu. Its no way like last years in my opinion.

Now i think about it i dont really remember too much difference in teams when playing iss/we/pro. This is a better representation for me. Play Orient then play Barcelona and you will see.

[Ozkar]

So, are you able to perform that trick from 08 where you could go out of the MM, start a friendly, select Night match, go back to MM, start the next game and it will be played during the night?!

Seem to be a bunch of people with the game now that maybe could find this out for us without the game.

[fernadez]

That is a perfect example of the shit I've been moaning about.

I cannot believe for one second that this managed to evade every person responsible for testing FIFA 09 - it happens at least once a match.

That is a bastard. Has been happening to me, as well as players stopping dead when im sprinting with the ball. Discovered it was my fault though, i wasnt keeping either the sprint or the direction button held down. In pro the player will continue sprinting for a sec but fifa's having none of it, the same button for sprint also stops the ball.

[jonneymendoza]

wow that is not good indeed

[Scorpio]

Pressing the super cancel should help with that

[Bitter Rivals]

lads you sure your not using the super cancel

while sprinting pressing RT, you then press LB which can cause the guy to stop like that

just a thought

Pressing the super cancel should help with that

i would of thought supercancel would cause that

[brunnoce]

That is a bastard. Has been happening to me, as well as players stopping dead when im sprinting with the ball. Discovered it was my fault though, i wasnt keeping either the sprint or the direction button held down. In pro the player will continue sprinting for a sec but fifa's having none of it, the same button for sprint also stops the ball.

Fernandez, would u be kind enough to post a picture of Arteta?
if not, its ok ;)

[winston]

Anyone played 10v10 yet?

Any good? Laggy?

Do you still have to wait for 5 minutes in the lobby for people to join, and some people can still be a prick by refusing to choose which side to go on and everyone else has to wait? Or can we kick these fuckers out now?

And when the match kicks off, is it still the case that anyone pause the game? So now we have 20 instead of just 10 arseholes all pausing every five seconds?

[evacuate]

Never had the problem with the sidestepping while trying to take the ball in the demo. BUT, someone did post matches with cpu vs cpu and I did see this bug in there. So it can't really be the super cancel. Does sound alarming if this happens a lot.

[TikTikTikTikTik]

Tbh I wouldnt even bother with random BAP online, its hard enough getting decent people for single matches let alone have so many of them work as a team. I'll only be playing evowebbers online.

[sweetkilla]

Anyone played 10v10 yet?

Any good? Laggy?

Do you still have to wait for 5 minutes in the lobby for people to join, and some people can still be a prick by refusing to choose which side to go on and everyone else has to wait? Or can we kick these fuckers out now?

And when the match kicks off, is it still the case that anyone pause the game? So now we have 20 instead of just 10 arseholes all pausing every five seconds?

you can kick people out friend told me

[Placebo]

So latest on the EA forums is that you cannot assign squad numbers to players in Manager Mode as you could in every previous version, can anyone confirm that? Real shocker IMO, so we sign Torres or Messi or whatever and he gets stuck wearing the number 2 shirt or whatever the first available one is?

[gomito#10]

So latest on the EA forums is that you cannot assign squad numbers to players in Manager Mode as you could in every previous version, can anyone confirm that? Real shocker IMO, so we sign Torres or Messi or whatever and he gets stuck wearing the number 2 shirt or whatever the first available one is?

wtf, sounds like a classic konami move, take out a good feature for no good fucking reason

[final lap]

Can anybody with an XBOX 360 copy confirm if the game is region free or not?

thanks,

[Nick Cave]

So latest on the EA forums is that you cannot assign squad numbers to players in Manager Mode as you could in every previous version, can anyone confirm that? Real shocker IMO, so we sign Torres or Messi or whatever and he gets stuck wearing the number 2 shirt or whatever the first available one is?

fecking hell what's with these people... :brick:

[Placebo]

So we now learn that not only does manager mode in Fifa09 have no new features/additions, it also doesn't have:

Midweek night matches.
Seasonal variations in weather.
Squad number change function.

Wonder what we'll find is missing next :((

[Nick Cave]

So we now learn that not only does manager mode in Fifa09 have no new features/additions, it also doesn't have:

Midweek night matches.
Seasonal variations in weather.
Squad number change function.

Wonder what we'll find is missing next :((

I thought we had weather, oh bum nuts this is all getting too much I'm off to play PES2009...:rant:

[Erik]

So we now learn that not only does manager mode in Fifa09 have no new features/additions, it also doesn't have:

Midweek night matches.
Seasonal variations in weather.
Squad number change function.

Wonder what we'll find is missing next :((

If this is true, which it seems it is, this is the last straw for me. I never play online and only play MM. I just won't buy this year - not that it will make a difference to EA.

[Placebo]

I've Emailed Suff to ask him to ask his EA contacts to confirm about the weather/squad numbers thing, maybe the weather at least can be fixed with an update.......

[Treetopp]

Anyone played 10v10 yet?

Any good? Laggy?

Do you still have to wait for 5 minutes in the lobby for people to join, and some people can still be a prick by refusing to choose which side to go on and everyone else has to wait? Or can we kick these fuckers out now?

And when the match kicks off, is it still the case that anyone pause the game? So now we have 20 instead of just 10 arseholes all pausing every five seconds?

So far there havent been enough people on to get a game going, at least not 360. Guess we have to wait for thursday for those questions.

[final lap]

So far there havent been enough people on to get a game going, at least not 360. Guess we have to wait for thursday for those questions.

Treetop can you check if the game is region free? I would rather order it and not have to wait till the 14th when it comes to N.America.

many thanks,

[ajaxforever]

Most likely the game will hit the stores tommorrow in Holland. (XBOX 360 and PS3)

[Erik]

I've Emailed Suff to ask him to ask his EA contacts to confirm about the weather/squad numbers thing, maybe the weather at least can be fixed with an update.......

Thank you - still 2 weeks to wait here in the States anyway...

[Quaresma2k8]

I have a question: on which status are the transfers and do you need Xbox Live Gold to update squads?

[Treetopp]

Treetop can you check if the game is region free? I would rather order it and not have to wait till the 14th when it comes to N.America.

many thanks,

Sorry, but Im not sure how I can do that? I assume we talk about PAL/NTSC here. The game is marked with PAL, and I can only test on a PAL system.

[evacuate]

I have a question: on which status are the transfers and do you need Xbox Live Gold to update squads?

yes you need Gold.

[Placebo]

I have a question: on which status are the transfers and do you need Xbox Live Gold to update squads?

Transfers should be up to date as per the September 1st transfer window cut off date, and yes as confirmed you do need Gold to download the squad update.

[Quaresma2k8]

yes you need Gold.

That sucks really :sick:

thx 2 u and placebo

[Placebo]

Well just save one of your 1 month free trials and you will be fine ;)

[Quaresma2k8]

Well just save one of your 1 month free trials and you will be fine ;)

So it doesn´t matter whether I take my profile or another? So imagine that I have the profiles "a" and "b". So I can download with profile "b" ( which includes gold) the update and I can "share" it with profile "a"?

Sorry for that strange syntax. :D

[kamy100]

Ok my rentals from Lovefilm arrived today and have spent couple of hours playing on both the 360 and PS3 versions.

First thing to report is that there is no differenece to me in either version, they look graphically almost identical and both have a solid framerate. That is good news as I felt last year FIFA 08 played better on the 360.

I played the demo a lot and again am pleased to report that if you like the demo then you will love the final version. It is without doubt the best football game that I have ever played, it looks great, plays great and gives you as sort of emotional attachement. I have also found playing as different teams gives a unique feel to the match, for example played with my friend and first we played Bolton v Blackburn, both the teams don't have the most technically gifted players and therefore possesion was lost frequently and the game was very franatic, also both teams had "big men" up front so it resulted in a more direct approach. After battling it out I managed to win 1-0 with a late goal.

Next we played Madrid v Barcelona and again it was a different kind of experience. Both teams have better players so the game was less franatic and passing was much better and the game was much less direct as the ability of the players gives you more options, I also found that the better quality of the strikers meant that they made more intelligent runs. This again was a tight affair which my friend edged 2-1.

I have to say that I am very impressed by this, never played a football game with this kind of depth and am really looking forward to playing it over the coming months. The bad news is that I have played 12 matches in MM and they have all been played in daylight and the weather was sunny for all of them. This is very disappointing and takes away from MM for me, I was led to believe that in MM there would various weather conditions and matches would be played and different times of the day. I also found that just occassionally players did random things that you could not control (ie through ball puts them one on one with the keeper and for some reason they decide to run in the opposite direction).

These few niggles aside have to say that EA have done a superb job. This game takes not just football gaming but sports gaming to another level, the gaming experience is very immersive and multi-player is going to make this game really shine and we are going to see some very competitive online leagues.

I am also looking forward to PES2009, if they can get rid of the bugs and make online work properly then PES will give me a different kind of gaming experience and that for me is a positive, what would be the point of having 2 identical games on the market.

[Quaresma2k8]

Nice review by you. Looking forward to play it on thursday. :)

[Placebo]

So it doesn´t matter whether I take my profile or another? So imagine that I have the profiles "a" and "b". So I can download with profile "b" ( which includes gold) the update and I can "share" it with profile "a"?

Sorry for that strange syntax. :D

Hmm actually I don't think that is possible no, you'd need a 48/72/1 week code to apply to your existing silver account to make it gold for long enough to download the squad update.

[Quaresma2k8]

Mmmhh okay, should buy gold.

thx

[Placebo]

It's really not that expensive these days: http://www.jasper1675.com/newuk12gold.html £26 for 13 months.

[deem]

I also found that just occassionally players did random things that you could not control (ie through ball puts them one on one with the keeper and for some reason they decide to run in the opposite direction).

This is a royal pain in the arse - I've had it a few times today.

Surprised the 2 are almost identical - are you sure there isn't an improvement in framerate on the 360 version? DId you play both versions of the demo? Did you find those similar too?

[Keith Houchen]

Really, I could almost weep to hear about Manager Mode being the same. I rarely play any game online and frankly I resent all the attention that developers lavish upon it. To the extent that in MM once again there are no night matches. How hard would it have been to insert one fucking line of code that'd run something like (in my best 1980s-style BASIC):

7000 IF dayofmatch=weekday THEN LET timeofday=night

Unbelievable. 5 minutes. Just 5 minutes, and it's sorted. Jesus H. Christ.

It's quite something when bleedin' Master League can outmuscle FIFA's equivalent.

[Sugarray]

Ok my rentals from Lovefilm arrived today and have spent couple of hours playing on both the 360 and PS3 versions.

First thing to report is that there is no differenece to me in either version, they look graphically almost identical and both have a solid framerate. That is good news as I felt last year FIFA 08 played better on the 360.

I played the demo a lot and again am pleased to report that if you like the demo then you will love the final version. It is without doubt the best football game that I have ever played, it looks great, plays great and gives you as sort of emotional attachement. I have also found playing as different teams gives a unique feel to the match, for example played with my friend and first we played Bolton v Blackburn, both the teams don't have the most technically gifted players and therefore possesion was lost frequently and the game was very franatic, also both teams had "big men" up front so it resulted in a more direct approach. After battling it out I managed to win 1-0 with a late goal.

Next we played Madrid v Barcelona and again it was a different kind of experience. Both teams have better players so the game was less franatic and passing was much better and the game was much less direct as the ability of the players gives you more options, I also found that the better quality of the strikers meant that they made more intelligent runs. This again was a tight affair which my friend edged 2-1.

I have to say that I am very impressed by this, never played a football game with this kind of depth and am really looking forward to playing it over the coming months. The bad news is that I have played 12 matches in MM and they have all been played in daylight and the weather was sunny for all of them. This is very disappointing and takes away from MM for me, I was led to believe that in MM there would various weather conditions and matches would be played and different times of the day. I also found that just occassionally players did random things that you could not control (ie through ball puts them one on one with the keeper and for some reason they decide to run in the opposite direction).

These few niggles aside have to say that EA have done a superb job. This game takes not just football gaming but sports gaming to another level, the gaming experience is very immersive and multi-player is going to make this game really shine and we are going to see some very competitive online leagues.

I am also looking forward to PES2009, if they can get rid of the bugs and make online work properly then PES will give me a different kind of gaming experience and that for me is a positive, what would be the point of having 2 identical games on the market.

Yet 14 days to go for me :(:(:(

[deem]

Really, I could almost weep to hear about Manager Mode being the same. I rarely play any game online and frankly I resent all the attention that developers lavish upon it. To the extent that in MM once again there are no night matches. How hard would it have been to insert one fucking line of code that'd run something like (in my best 1980s-style BASIC):

7000 IF dayofmatch=weekday THEN LET timeofday=night

Unbelievable. 5 minutes. Just 5 minutes, and it's sorted. Jesus H. Christ.

It's quite something when bleedin' Master League can outmuscle FIFA's equivalent.

It's FUCKING annoying.

I'm now waiting for Fifa 10, and 09 isn't in even in the bloody shops yet.

[final lap]

Sorry, but Im not sure how I can do that? I assume we talk about PAL/NTSC here. The game is marked with PAL, and I can only test on a PAL system.

Sadly I do not know how to check for that either, maybe Placebo knows?? thanks and sorry for the trouble

[gomito#10]

this 14 days shit is fucking bullshit, goddamn notherfuckers

[proxi]

YouTube - Van Nistelrooy Beltter (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sMIZduidr-4)

:) I win
I'd prefer a very well-timed volley by Didier Dunceba, rather than a lovely strike from a ball-inhaling Ruud van Ghostlrooy :)

[winston]

I have also found playing as different teams gives a unique feel to the match, for example played with my friend and first we played Bolton v Blackburn, both the teams don't have the most technically gifted players and therefore possesion was lost frequently and the game was very franatic, also both teams had "big men" up front so it resulted in a more direct approach. After battling it out I managed to win 1-0 with a late goal.

Next we played Madrid v Barcelona and again it was a different kind of experience. Both teams have better players so the game was less franatic and passing was much better and the game was much less direct as the ability of the players gives you more options, I also found that the better quality of the strikers meant that they made more intelligent runs. This again was a tight affair which my friend edged 2-1.

I have to say that I am very impressed by this, never played a football game with this kind of depth and am really looking forward to playing it over the coming months.

Well, not wishing to pour cold water on things but the same is true of FIFA08. Playing Wycombe v Chester was a very different type of match to Man U v Barca in FIFA08, just as you described above for FIFA09.

Every year, people used to wax lyrical about PES too, about how this years verison was light years ahead of last years, that real football was finally realised on a console, that never before had such realism been achieved.

Then I play it for myself and find it's pretty much the same as last years.

Not having a go at you personally, just a general comment about how there is invariably a certain amount of over zealous fervour during the first few macthes of the new game, people describing "amazing" passages of play that were more realistic than real life, yet if they took the time to think about it, would realise that these exact same passges of play were in last years game too (in the case if PES, the year before that, and the year before that, too), but because people are in a more receptive and analytical mood at the release of the new game, spot things that have just passed them by for the past 10 months of playing last years game.

[tobi]

To those who have played games online can you save replays/goals?

[deem]

To those who have played games online can you save replays/goals?

Good point, haven't checked.

1 thing I did notice though, is during cut-scenes and replays, there are 2 little boxes in the top left, and if you want to skip, the your box gets a tick, so you can watch the goals if you wish, but also can see whether your opponent does or doesn't.

There's a quick rematch too.

[Keith Houchen]

It's FUCKING annoying.

I'm now waiting for Fifa 10, and 09 isn't in even in the bloody shops yet.

I know how you feel. I was checking my credit card every hour over the past few days to see if the money had been taken yet. I think I'll be able to stop checking it now and if I don't get the game early (as I'd been hoping) that's fine by me.

I really am that keen on single player. I grew up playing ML on PES games, and now with FIFA09 we have an unprecedentedly high level of football gameplay hitched to a mid-1990s single-player mode. I mean, for God's sake. We've had dynamic weather effects in football games for TEN FUCKING YEARS now. I can remember it thundering and lightning in FIFA99.

Now they can enable 10 vs 10 online but they can't make it rain occasionally in single-player, they can't have midweek matches at night, they can't have a proper transfer market, they can't design competent AI managers, and they can't have playoffs in leagues where they have playoffs? I'm disgusted by this, really I am.

No doubt I'll calm down and still love FIFA09. But I won't love it nearly as much as I could and should have.

As for that much-trumpeted 10 vs 10 mode, I doubt I'll ever even try it. I got WipeoutHD the other day and I have played that online a bit. Sometimes the game hosts can take a few seconds to press start and it annoys me so much that I quit. So no, I'm not really an online kind of guy...

[proxi]

There's a quick rematch too.
Thank fuck for that.

[deem]

The thing with online is, you can't beat the feeling (for me as a Toffee) of beating somebody with a user ID like L1V3RP00L4EVR1753.

Smashing a few past an ardent fan of the red shite couldn't possibly be beaten by any AI.

:)

[cb7]

The bad news is that I have played 12 matches in MM and they have all been played in daylight and the weather was sunny for all of them. This is very disappointing and takes away from MM for me, I was led to believe that in MM there would various weather conditions and matches would be played and different times of the day.


The MM games are always played in daylight, even if you set the match to night in the friendly menu?

[DagsJT]

The thing with online is, you can't beat the feeling (for me as a Toffee) of beating somebody with a user ID like L1V3RP00L4EVR1753.

Smashing a few past an ardent fan of the red shite couldn't possibly be beaten by any AI.

:)

I guess you've gotta enjoy your wins against us however you can get them eh? ;))

[Placebo]

Sadly I do not know how to check for that either, maybe Placebo knows?? thanks and sorry for the trouble

Unless EA announce it, which they seem apparently reluctant to do, the only way that I'm aware of is to create an image of the actual game and analyse it with a piece of software which tells you what the regions are locked (or not) to. It's not something the average joe in the street can do themselves.

[proxi]

I guess you've gotta enjoy your wins against us however you can get them eh? ;))
Much like when I beat Chelsea & Arsenal on FIFA08 EVERY time I played them, I knew it was completely and utterly real and things were changing round for the Yids, we were a world force. Until I held in the PS button and selected Turn Off System.

[deem]

I've read that it is definitely region locked on the EA forums.

[deem]

The MM games are always played in daylight, even if you set the match to night in the friendly menu?

I'll check now.

[final lap]

Unless EA announce it, which they seem apparently reluctant to do, the only way that I'm aware of is to create an image of the actual game and analyse it with a piece of software which tells you what the regions are locked (or not) to. It's not something the average joe in the street can do themselves.

Oh well guess we'll have to wait. Thanks anyways :thumbup:

[reddevils]

Really, I could almost weep to hear about Manager Mode being the same. I rarely play any game online and frankly I resent all the attention that developers lavish upon it. To the extent that in MM once again there are no night matches. How hard would it have been to insert one fucking line of code that'd run something like (in my best 1980s-style BASIC):

7000 IF dayofmatch=weekday THEN LET timeofday=night

Unbelievable. 5 minutes. Just 5 minutes, and it's sorted. Jesus H. Christ.

It's quite something when bleedin' Master League can outmuscle FIFA's equivalent.

its not as simple as that because AS THE DEVELOPERS SAID not all stadiums have night mode

[Dr Force]

Well, not wishing to pour cold water on things but the same is true of FIFA08. Playing Wycombe v Chester was a very different type of match to Man U v Barca in FIFA08, just as you described above for FIFA09.

Every year, people used to wax lyrical about PES too, about how this years verison was light years ahead of last years, that real football was finally realised on a console, that never before had such realism been achieved.

Then I play it for myself and find it's pretty much the same as last years.

Not having a go at you personally, just a general comment about how there is invariably a certain amount of over zealous fervour during the first few macthes of the new game, people describing "amazing" passages of play that were more realistic than real life, yet if they took the time to think about it, would realise that these exact same passges of play were in last years game too (in the case if PES, the year before that, and the year before that, too), but because people are in a more receptive and analytical mood at the release of the new game, spot things that have just passed them by for the past 10 months of playing last years game.

Totally agree.

The same old same old starts to appear after a few weeks, especially against the CPU. Only buying football games for the online, the rest is pretty much scripted crap, especially when you get to the higher levels.

[Placebo]

I've read that it is definitely region locked on the EA forums.

They're just speculating, they don't know for certain.

its not as simple as that because AS THE DEVELOPERS SAID not all stadiums have night mode

It's not about simple/difficult, according to their answer they made a decision not to implement it because of "inconsistencies".

Paste of a comment I made on the EA forums:

The excuse is that because not all stadiums have night versions created it would be "inconsistent" to have some midweek matches at night, and some midweek matches in day, depending on which stadium the match was at. But the simple fact is that I can pretty much guarantee that 99.999999% of people who care about manager mode would rather 2 out of 20 stadiums have midweek night matches rather than 0 out of 20.

[reddevils]

yeah inconsistent because not all stadiums have night mode :SS so if a night fixture was played at a stadium with NO night mode then it would be weird

[deem]

Yeah, that still works.

[cb7]

Yeah, that still works.

Thank god for that, at least they kept 1 usefull glitch :D

Thanks deem ;)

[Beattie]

Was hoping ShopTo would of had stock in today so that we would of got it tomorrow but not to be.

[beachryan]

What's more surprising is they've had in Madden for f*cking donkey's years - snow at Lambeau since PSX I'm pretty sure...

Pretty piss poor, wonder if they can fix that with a patch if enough people complain?

Won't be end of world for me, but is dissapointing.

[reddevils]

dont worry, you will get it thrusday

my order from GAME (even though they had stock monday) is still not dispatched!!! the assholes kept the game(like they did with HALO 3) so that i dont get it too early, should still get it thursday though :D better then friday ey

[pboreham]

Can anyone confirm (i doubt at this early stage, but meh) if the football league have play-offs this year.

If not, this is going up for sale as soon as it arrives from game as the manager mode will be ruined for me (again).

[Placebo]

yeah inconsistent because not all stadiums have night mode :SS so if a night fixture was played at a stadium with NO night mode then it would be weird

How would it be weird? If you have a midweek match at a stadium with no night mode then the match is in daylight, if there is a night/dusk mode then it's in that, certainly far less weird an option than midweek matches in winter in perfect daylight........

[Placebo]

Can anyone confirm (i doubt at this early stage, but meh) if the football league have play-offs this year.

If not, this is going up for sale as soon as it arrives from game as the manager mode will be ruined for me (again).

It was confirmed a long time ago that there are no playoffs again. FSB's first Fifa podcast........

[SXFuzz]

To those who have played games online can you save replays/goals?

At this moment in time you can't save replays at all (servers obviously aren't going to be up until Friday(ish)), although you can save screenshots.

Here's One I Prepared Earlier! (http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/photo/834873)

[pboreham]

It was confirmed a long time ago that there are no playoffs again. FSB's first Fifa podcast........

I laugh a bit when people go "OH MY GOD! THAT [POINTLESS FEATURE] IS MISSING... ITS A DISGRACE"...

But this really is shocking - as I know you will personally appreciate, not only as a keen MM fan, but also a fan of a lower league side.

I'm not bothering with FIFA in this case as thats a joke.

Going to take it back to game and get a full refund :(

[gomito#10]

I laugh a bit when people go "OH MY GOD! THAT [POINTLESS FEATURE] IS MISSING... ITS A DISGRACE"...

But this really is shocking - as I know you will personally appreciate, not only as a keen MM fan, but also a fan of a lower league side.

I'm not bothering with FIFA in this case as thats a joke.

Going to take it back to game and get a full refund :(

thats just retarded, dont you have mates? or enjoy online

[CW]

I'm not bothering with FIFA in this case as thats a joke.

Going to take it back to game and get a full refund :(

WHAT?!

Thats like saying I am not buying it because Theo Walcott isnt the correct height or the shorts on the players look too big ;))

[Placebo]

I laugh a bit when people go "OH MY GOD! THAT [POINTLESS FEATURE] IS MISSING... ITS A DISGRACE"...

But this really is shocking - as I know you will personally appreciate, not only as a keen MM fan, but also a fan of a lower league side.


Yes it's very frustrating of course, not to mention the fact of no night matches in manager mode, no weather changes in manager mode, and apparently now no squad number assigning in manager mode, but based on the demo it's still the best football game available by far......

[pboreham]

thats just retarded, dont you have mates? or enjoy online

Not that fussed about online and dont live close to any of my mates for regular sessions...

WHAT?!

Thats like saying I am not buying it because Theo Walcott isnt the correct height or the shorts on the players look too big ;))

Not really! I like to build a small team up and work through the leagues. This means (again) that you have to finish top 2/3 to get promoted and in effect, if you are 10th/11th/12th-ish mid season, you might as well give up as you've got no chance of going up.

The Play-Offs give hope for much longer in the season making the game more interesting. Without play-offs, its boring as you either have to win 90% of your games, or you are just playing for nothing.

Like Spurs, nearly pointless.

BAH! Its knee-jerk as I am interested in the BAP mode, but at the very least, I'll sell it on in 2 weeks as I think PES is looking strong this year and I still really like PES2008.

[Bitter Rivals]

I'm not bothering with FIFA in this case as thats a joke.

Going to take it back to game and get a full refund :(

lol. that sounds so much like

"i am not playing anymore and i am taking my ball back" :TU:

[Jamezinho]

Is it possible for EA to patch some of these schoolboy errors in the manager mode, and if so what are the chances of them actually doing it?

For them to produce such a great game of football and go and tarnish the single player mode by leaving out the basics that have been in other football/sports games for years (weather, time of day, play-offs, squad numbers) is ridiculous.

[Placebo]

Is it possible for EA to patch some of these schoolboy errors in the manager mode, and if so what are the chances of them actually doing it?

For them to produce such a great game of football and go and tarnish the single player mode by leaving out the basics that have been in other football/sports games for years (weather, time of day, play-offs, squad numbers) is ridiculous.

Anything is possible but the chances are between 0 and 1%.......

PAL version is confirmed as not region free so all of you in NTSC regions thinking about importing the PAL version don't bother.

[deem]

You have more chance of getting a blow job from my nan than you have EA patching Fifa to any decent degree.

[Jamezinho]

Anything is possible but the chances are between 0 and 1%.......

I thought as much. More proof that the offline gamer is a second class citizen these days.:-ll

[pboreham]

I'm still amazed at this (and the fact I didnt check sooner! DOH!).

I even complained for the first time to a video game company last year when I found 08 didnt have play-offs in. Got a very generic and condescending reply - wont bother contacting them this year.

Did the forum throw up any responses to this when it was announced/discovered Placebo?

[sweetkilla]

cool guys

[Bitter Rivals]

its a neglected mode atm

hopefully for you guys they concentrate on it for next year.. but they are working on all the things that are important to me

so swings and round abouts for many people

[pboreham]

its a neglected mode atm

hopefully for you guys they concentrate on it for next year.. but they are working on all the things that are important to me

so swings and round abouts for many people

Yea, looks like they are really going for online in a big way. Typical though, you can imagine the FIFA2010 press release.

"This year, we really listened to the feedback and pleased to announce that Play-Offs are featured in ALL leagues. This is a feature we were dieing to have in and we know our fans were too, but it just wasnt possible before - well, now we've delivered as part of our 350 new changes to this years game."

Fuckers!

[Jamezinho]

I know online modes are the priority right now, and that's fair enough, but were talking about very simple issues with the manager mode that wouldn't take much time or manpower to put right. Surely it would only take a small team of people a couple of days to program in night matches and weather in manager mode, and also play-offs and correct competition formats (Sensible World of Soccer had all the correct competition formats 15 years ago).

I don't buy the excuses that EA don't have the time or resources to concentrate on MM.

[sweetkilla]

guys I know you guys are pissed at manager mode but they really put all their efforts into one bag this year online!

and I am sure next year all these manager mode complaints will be non existant and hopefully they tie in manager mode with be a pro also and (online)

[Bingham67]

Yeah i think modes all round will get main focus for 2010. :))

But then again i wouldnt thought be hard to implement some of things said here for 09.

[sweetkilla]

yep the online modes will only need to be pushed to 11v11 and allowing you to use be a pro players for each position

and the rest will stay the same pretty much!

then all the offline modes should get attention and I will love to play them again manager mode has been the same since fifa 05 so its a bit of a joke... seeing the same messages u saw then and outcomes lol