Everyone agree that even being the best football nowadays Fifa have lots of problems and some of them are frustrating for who want to have a real simulation of a game of football. Those tips/rules have the intention to help people to play FIFA09 like it should be done, more simulation than arcade.
The 4 main problems that make the game too arcady are the unbalanced stmina/speed factor that let people run the whole game without any restriction and let the impression that the game is too fast, defenses positioned too high that makes almost all the games have counter attacks after counter attacks, pressure on the offense zone too effective that makes that too many goals are scored becouse of stolen balls on the offense half, and too little time to work with the ball in the miedfield when in possession of it that forces almost all the players to use quick passes and make the midfield almost useless.
I presents simply changes in the mentality of the players that want a simulation football game. The tips/rules are very easy to follow and worth a try, i assure that everyone that tries will have a great experience.
1) USE FULL MANUAL CONTROL SETTINGS
This is by far the most important rule if you realy want a simulation experience in FIFA09. Manual controls gives the player full control of the play and is much more rewarding when we score using manual passing and shooting, in stead of simply press the buttons repeatedly the player actualy have to THINK before passing or shooting.
If you´re new on manual controls play a lot of games on PROFESSIONAL, that´s really good for practice the pass, shoot and cross powers and timings.
Some tips on manual passing: Use Y / TRIANGE to make short passes and let the A / X to make through balls and longer passes, that might seem crazy but is really how that works, the short passes with Y / TRIANGLE are the secret for manual passing.
Tips on manual shooting: Shooting on manual can be very difficult at the beggining but after some practice is much more fun and realistic to use it in stead of assisted. This time the secret is to only aim where you want to shoot at the exact moment that the player hit the ball on the shot, doing it right you´ll never have shots going out for the throw line anymore!
Another tip is never take your eyes off the goal, look where you want to put the ball when aiming, don´t aim full up thinking it will go in that it won´t, you have always to aim based on your player position compared to the goal. Can be hard to master it but after you do you´ll see goals that you never scored before on FIFA09.
Tips on manual crossing: The crossing is almost the same as shooting, only difference is that you have to aim just a little before the player is touch the ball for crossing. That can be tricky and need some practice but, again, after this is mastered you´ll be able to make crosses never imagined on assisted.
2) USE CAMERA ZOOM AT MINIMAL
Some people say that Fifa need to have larger fields or smaller players. I think that it´s all a matter of the default camera zoom (TELE). If we zoom it to minimal not only the field will look bigger but the game will seems a lot slower, so that definely makes a good difference in gameplay.
3) GAME SETTINGS SLOW, DIFFICULTY WORLD CLASS, 1O MINUTES
If you play a game on professional than change to world class the difference of speed will be quickly noted. For that reason always when playing on WORLD CLASS we must use SLOW speed for more realistic pace and a few more time with the ball in the miedfield, of course, only when used with some rules below.
4) NEVER USE THE RIGHT STICK TO PUT THE BALL AHEAD WHEN ATTACKING, USE IT ONLY TO SKILL MOVES AND CHANGE PLAYERS
That can make a real difference in the game. That´s a move used by many players in real football and should be legitim but in FIFA09 it´s just too effective when used on breakaways with a quick player. With only the speed button is already too easy to break defenses, so the right stick simply can´t be used for running if you want a realistic game.
5) DON´T USE THE RUNNING BUTTON WHEN YOU´RE IN POSSESSION OF THE BALL IN YOUR OWN HALF
That´s the most important change that must be done to end the festival of counter attacks that FIFA09 are usually. A simply rule, don´t run when you have the ball until you reach the half line makes two main changes:
The first one is that the CPU defense will not be so exposed to breakaways once you begin running and that will make the normal run run run style ends for not being so efective anymore.
The second change is that will make your team go up the field too and will also gives you much more time with the ball with miedfielders that will be able to slow down and think about passing, it will be not only have breakaways all game long.
6) NEVER USE DOUBLE PRESSURE (X+A / SQUARE+X), EXCEPT TO DEFEND WHEN THE BALL IS IN YOUR OWN BOX
That´s another thing too effective and unrealistic on FIFA09, we can pressure and double pressure the other team the entire game in the entire field, that simply doesn´t happens in real life. So no double pressure neither on the defensive half or ofensive half. The only place that´s legitim to use double team is on desperation defense in your own box, for that the effectiveness is correct, must be hard to have a clear shot facing two or more defenders. To defend only use normal pressure (A / X) OR CPU pressure (X / SQUARE), never both together.
7) DON´T USE CPU PRESSURE (X / SQUARE) WHEN OPPONENT HAVE THE POSSESSION OF BALL IN THEIR OWN HALF, USE ONLY SELECTED PLAYER PRESSURE (A / X) WITHOUT RUNNING
Finally, but not less important, this rule is to end with the excess of ball steals on the offense zone. Of course that happens in real life also but in FIFA09 that happens simply too many times. Too many goals are scored pressuring and double pressuring defenders in posesion of the ball. You´re alowd to pressure but never running! And since in the CPU pressure the player automatically runs it must not be used. Use only nmormal pressure (A / X) without run, that way the number of stolen balls on the offense zone will drop considerably. Don´t forget that that rule is only for the offensive zone, in your defensive zone you can normal pressure running or CPU pressure, of course!
The 4 main problems that make the game too arcady are the unbalanced stmina/speed factor that let people run the whole game without any restriction and let the impression that the game is too fast, defenses positioned too high that makes almost all the games have counter attacks after counter attacks, pressure on the offense zone too effective that makes that too many goals are scored becouse of stolen balls on the offense half, and too little time to work with the ball in the miedfield when in possession of it that forces almost all the players to use quick passes and make the midfield almost useless.
I presents simply changes in the mentality of the players that want a simulation football game. The tips/rules are very easy to follow and worth a try, i assure that everyone that tries will have a great experience.
1) USE FULL MANUAL CONTROL SETTINGS
This is by far the most important rule if you realy want a simulation experience in FIFA09. Manual controls gives the player full control of the play and is much more rewarding when we score using manual passing and shooting, in stead of simply press the buttons repeatedly the player actualy have to THINK before passing or shooting.
If you´re new on manual controls play a lot of games on PROFESSIONAL, that´s really good for practice the pass, shoot and cross powers and timings.
Some tips on manual passing: Use Y / TRIANGE to make short passes and let the A / X to make through balls and longer passes, that might seem crazy but is really how that works, the short passes with Y / TRIANGLE are the secret for manual passing.
Tips on manual shooting: Shooting on manual can be very difficult at the beggining but after some practice is much more fun and realistic to use it in stead of assisted. This time the secret is to only aim where you want to shoot at the exact moment that the player hit the ball on the shot, doing it right you´ll never have shots going out for the throw line anymore!
Another tip is never take your eyes off the goal, look where you want to put the ball when aiming, don´t aim full up thinking it will go in that it won´t, you have always to aim based on your player position compared to the goal. Can be hard to master it but after you do you´ll see goals that you never scored before on FIFA09.
Tips on manual crossing: The crossing is almost the same as shooting, only difference is that you have to aim just a little before the player is touch the ball for crossing. That can be tricky and need some practice but, again, after this is mastered you´ll be able to make crosses never imagined on assisted.
2) USE CAMERA ZOOM AT MINIMAL
Some people say that Fifa need to have larger fields or smaller players. I think that it´s all a matter of the default camera zoom (TELE). If we zoom it to minimal not only the field will look bigger but the game will seems a lot slower, so that definely makes a good difference in gameplay.
3) GAME SETTINGS SLOW, DIFFICULTY WORLD CLASS, 1O MINUTES
If you play a game on professional than change to world class the difference of speed will be quickly noted. For that reason always when playing on WORLD CLASS we must use SLOW speed for more realistic pace and a few more time with the ball in the miedfield, of course, only when used with some rules below.
4) NEVER USE THE RIGHT STICK TO PUT THE BALL AHEAD WHEN ATTACKING, USE IT ONLY TO SKILL MOVES AND CHANGE PLAYERS
That can make a real difference in the game. That´s a move used by many players in real football and should be legitim but in FIFA09 it´s just too effective when used on breakaways with a quick player. With only the speed button is already too easy to break defenses, so the right stick simply can´t be used for running if you want a realistic game.
5) DON´T USE THE RUNNING BUTTON WHEN YOU´RE IN POSSESSION OF THE BALL IN YOUR OWN HALF
That´s the most important change that must be done to end the festival of counter attacks that FIFA09 are usually. A simply rule, don´t run when you have the ball until you reach the half line makes two main changes:
The first one is that the CPU defense will not be so exposed to breakaways once you begin running and that will make the normal run run run style ends for not being so efective anymore.
The second change is that will make your team go up the field too and will also gives you much more time with the ball with miedfielders that will be able to slow down and think about passing, it will be not only have breakaways all game long.
6) NEVER USE DOUBLE PRESSURE (X+A / SQUARE+X), EXCEPT TO DEFEND WHEN THE BALL IS IN YOUR OWN BOX
That´s another thing too effective and unrealistic on FIFA09, we can pressure and double pressure the other team the entire game in the entire field, that simply doesn´t happens in real life. So no double pressure neither on the defensive half or ofensive half. The only place that´s legitim to use double team is on desperation defense in your own box, for that the effectiveness is correct, must be hard to have a clear shot facing two or more defenders. To defend only use normal pressure (A / X) OR CPU pressure (X / SQUARE), never both together.
7) DON´T USE CPU PRESSURE (X / SQUARE) WHEN OPPONENT HAVE THE POSSESSION OF BALL IN THEIR OWN HALF, USE ONLY SELECTED PLAYER PRESSURE (A / X) WITHOUT RUNNING
Finally, but not less important, this rule is to end with the excess of ball steals on the offense zone. Of course that happens in real life also but in FIFA09 that happens simply too many times. Too many goals are scored pressuring and double pressuring defenders in posesion of the ball. You´re alowd to pressure but never running! And since in the CPU pressure the player automatically runs it must not be used. Use only nmormal pressure (A / X) without run, that way the number of stolen balls on the offense zone will drop considerably. Don´t forget that that rule is only for the offensive zone, in your defensive zone you can normal pressure running or CPU pressure, of course!
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