FIFA 12 - What the hell?

carlcon

Been giving Player-Manager career mode a go just to try find some positves.

After having to dish out a huge wage rise and a ridiculous signing on fee to keep Welbeck at United, his contract went to -1 years and he disappeared from the game after that season ended.

This game is a crock of schitt.

ricero

hate the game and im a big fifa fan. im trading the bastard in tomorrow for arkham city. fifa 12 takes the fun out of football video games

what is the best fifa then? 10 or 11

mossie

glasso wrote: »

what is the best fifa then? 10 or 11

11. For me games are about enjoyment and I enjoyed FIFA 11, 12 is just frustrating. It may be a great game if you're an expert but it's not fun, for me at least.

Optimalprimerib

FIFA 12 is easily the most realistic soccer sim out there.

As someone who just got back into real soccer, the button lag emulates the brain to foot lag perfectly, as does the I didn't fcuking mean to pass the ball there simulation.

I did get laughed at when I tried the jockeying stance I learned from FIFA 12 though

DY2011

Solution to your problem = PES12. FIFA has been like that since 2008 came out.

Dr Bob

...ah sure they've been going downhill since FIFA International Soccer on the Megadrive.
FACT!

UnawareCaesar

Big into football games and made I've had the last 3 Fifa's and PES before that. Have to say though this one is terrible, got rid of it yesterday because I was sick of the glitches, the controls changed at the start of every match, my own players were taking each other out and suddenly crosses were no longer automatically aimed from the side of the box, this was among other things.

Gonna give it a few months to see if they fix it all with patches or if I go back to PES.

UnawareCaesar

UnawareCaesar wrote: »

Big into football games and made I've had the last 3 Fifa's and PES before that. Have to say though this one is terrible, got rid of it yesterday because I was sick of the glitches, the controls changed at the start of every match, my own players were taking each other out and suddenly crosses were no longer automatically aimed from the side of the box, this was among other things.

Gonna give it a few months to see if they fix it all with patches or if I go back to PES.

In terms of the crossing, the setting by default (for me anyway) was MANUAL, and it also reset to it a second time.

Jamie Starr

I can see where the OP is coming from. Up until a few years ago I used to buy a football game every year- that all stopped with the travesty that was PES2009. It wasn't necessarily the fact that the game was garbage either, but it reflected a whole new way the games were being made on this generation of consoles. I have not found the new FIFA games entertaining in the least, even though I have friends who seem to absolutely adore them.

I'm away from home now, with a PS2 and a copy of PES6, and I can honestly say I would choose it over anything coming out these days. Myself and my mates have great craic with 8 goal matches and terrible commentary (HE HAD TO GET THERE AND HE DID). I don't know why, but I suppose I never adapted to the newer football games. I think the main reason is the bigger emphasis on realism. Playing the latest FIFAs for me is like playing or watching a real football match. It's too in-depth for my tastes. You can pick up a PS2 version of PES or FIFA and it's like an arcade game, there's instant gratification.

Both have their good and bad qualities, I suppose it just depends on what you're looking for in a sports game nowadays.

/oniononmybelt

mossie

UnawareCaesar wrote: »

Big into football games and made I've had the last 3 Fifa's and PES before that. Have to say though this one is terrible, got rid of it yesterday because I was sick of the glitches, the controls changed at the start of every match, my own players were taking each other out and suddenly crosses were no longer automatically aimed from the side of the box, this was among other things.

Gonna give it a few months to see if they fix it all with patches or if I go back to PES.

I've had the crossing problem too, seems to come and go during the course of a game. Passing is generally frustrating throughout the game. I had a go at PES today and was impressed in parts and disappointed in others, overall no better or worse than FIFA but maybe a little less frustrating.

GetInTheHole!

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hu0A7s0JUE

Kiith

Having given it some more time, i've come to the conclusion that the new defensive system is absolute ****. I hate it. Doesn't feel in any way an improvement on the old system. Time to turn it off for ever i think, or i won't be able to play it anymore.

markesmith

The new Pro Evo game harks back to the old days. Get yourself an option file to get the right jerseys and club names, and get your hands dirty.

I got FIFA for free with a new PS3 at the w/end, I'm giving it away to a mate who's a fanboy. Played a couple of games, complete muck.

There just doesn't seem to be any real soul to FIFA now, but as they've got the bigger marketing budget, they've kind of become the 'Hoover of ubiquity' of soccer games.

Pro Evo isn't perfect either, but they seem to be back on the right track after a couple of awful releases.

Grumpypants

markesmith wrote: »

The new Pro Evo game harks back to the old days. Get yourself an option file to get the right jerseys and club names, and get your hands dirty.

I got FIFA for free with a new PS3 at the w/end, I'm giving it away to a mate who's a fanboy. Played a couple of games, complete muck.

There just doesn't seem to be any real soul to FIFA now, but as they've got the bigger marketing budget, they've kind of become the 'Hoover of ubiquity' of soccer games.

Pro Evo isn't perfect either, but they seem to be back on the right track after a couple of awful releases.

Im the same, its has stripped down all the fancy rubbish that has nothing to do with the match and just concentrated on the game, for the first time in years I've really enjoyed it and i was a hardcore Pro evo fanatic back in the day.


But on a side note i played Fifa Vita last week and the touch passing is brilliant, you see a space you want to put the ball into just tap the screen and he does it. No more passing the to wrong player or hitting defenders. Shooting can be controlled with the back touch pad, tap bottom right and he slots it in the bottom right hand corner.

Ardent

Grumpypants wrote: »

tactical defending doesn't work and the disparity between semi pro and pro is too big but generally its quite a good game.

This in a nutshell for me. Very disappointed with this year's FIFA.

Ardent

Kiith wrote: »

Having given it some more time, i've come to the conclusion that the new defensive system is absolute ****. I hate it. Doesn't feel in any way an improvement on the old system. Time to turn it off for ever i think, or i won't be able to play it anymore.

How do you turn it off?

Ardent

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hu0A7s0JUE

Holy sh*t! Never complaining again about it being hard to score in a footie game after watching that!!

SilverFox261

Ardent wrote: »

How do you turn it off?

If you go in to the game settings from the main screen, there is an option to go back to the old style, hold down A defending. It works ok against the AI but you can't use it online.

Sgt Hartman

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hu0A7s0JUE

Christ! I remember playing that about twenty years ago, it was horrifically bad:D

I love the way the player looks like he's dancing a dodgy jig on the title screen:)

Sgt Hartman

carlcon wrote: »

Been giving Player-Manager career mode a go just to try find some positves.

After having to dish out a huge wage rise and a ridiculous signing on fee to keep Welbeck at United, his contract went to -1 years and he disappeared from the game after that season ended.

This game is a crock of schitt.

I don't think I'll be buying this then:( FIFA 09 on the PS2 is still my all time favouritee footy game.

I got a PS3 there on Wednesday with FIFA and a few other games, first console in about 5-6 years as I'd normally play CS:S, SC2 etc on the PC. I was a huge pro evo fan back then but I think FIFA 12 is amazing, really enjoying it so far and I haven't even tried it online yet!

Mensch Maschine

Crosáidí wrote: »

FIFA isn't the problem, its you've been away from gaming 7/8 yrs, the manual is on the disc, learn the tutorials, play some practise matches to hone your skills

Yeah the game has evolved in the last 7 or 8 years. Also the AI is probably ****e on the easy level. I doubt you'd be playing any harder after not playing so long?