FIFA 18 - Switch Edition (Discussion)

rafi bomb

Anyone finding this is horsing your battery? I'm losing 10% battery per 1 online match

angryIreGamer

So finished my first season last night as a manager.

Was 1 point above my nearest rival, needed a win over 3rd place to win the league.

Draw.

Announced at the end of the match that we had won the league. Players celebrating and everything. Exitted. came second in the league.

Thats top quality development. well done EA.

MrStuffins

Yeah, this Fifa is as ropey as a bag of ropes made from rope!

- On multiple occasions I have attempted to "train" and the wrong mini-game will load. I'll have chosen to practice defending and when it loads i'm taking free kicks
- The commentators will say "They did well last time out, beating Wolves 3-0" when my last game was actually a 0-1 loss to Burnley
- I went into the last game of the season needing to win to guarantee a Play Off. Commentators mentioned that if I won i'd get promoted. I won. No promotion!

With regard to the gameplay, the controls are like mud. The reactions are so slow that you almost have to know what pass you need to play 5 seconds before you're due to make it.

Having said all that, I love Fifa on the Switch. I can't stop playing it. Had it on two flights over the patst week and it was the perfect companion. Very glad I bought it!

CiDeRmAn

One would hope these would be patched asap by EA, I wonder how Switch specific sales are going, and if it'll drive more Switch titles from EA.
https://gamerant.com/fifa-18-nintendo-switch-uk-sales-030/
This says that the Switch edition accounts for 3% of the games overall sales, but I don't think it takes into account that the PS4 and Xbox One have 6 and 3 million sales each, or thereabouts, while the Switch has considerably less than that, with 4.7 million world wide, and possibly around 7% of the combined PS4/XB1 total in the UK, making the 3% of total sales far more logical.
Fifa was always going to be a tremendous seller on the PS4/XB1, whereas it was never going to gain traction on the Switch in a massive way.

angryIreGamer

got fired last night for not having a better season with my club.

I got hired with 2 games left and won both.

If i didnt enjoy the gameplay so much.

How does the player mode fair out in comparison?

CiDeRmAn

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

One would hope these would be patched asap by EA, I wonder how Switch specific sales are going, and if it'll drive more Switch titles from EA.
https://gamerant.com/fifa-18-nintendo-switch-uk-sales-030/
This says that the Switch edition accounts for 3% of the games overall sales, but I don't think it takes into account that the PS4 and Xbox One have 6 and 3 million sales each, or thereabouts, while the Switch has considerably less than that, with 4.7 million world wide, and possibly around 7% of the combined PS4/XB1 total in the UK, making the 3% of total sales far more logical.
Fifa was always going to be a tremendous seller on the PS4/XB1, whereas it was never going to gain traction on the Switch in a massive way.

I still think those sales would have been much improved if they simple created a better version of the game.
Not having ability to play friends is still ridiculous and lazy development.

CiDeRmAn

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I still think those sales would have been much improved if they simple created a better version of the game.
Not having ability to play friends is still ridiculous and lazy development.

Yeah, can't disagree with any of that.

Banjo

I just hope they take those results in the context of what they did. It's the bones of a decent game, living in the shadow of its superior big brother. It will never be it's big brother. They can either neglect it and let it wither, push it to be something it's not and ruin what it is, or foster and nurture what makes it a great game, tighten up the mechanics, expand on some of the ideas and fix the obvious blunders.

I'm still talking about FIFA, this is not me confessing my fears about my 2nd daughter.

Fifa 19 could be great, but honestly I think they'll get bogged down in chasing the Engine Gap at best or will more likely just not bother their holes and will roll out a roster change and maybe a new exclusive jersey. Woooooo!

The one caveat would be if they put a big team together to strip down and rebuild Frostbyte for the Switch with a view to giving us Battlefield, Mirrors Edge, a Dragon Age trilogy box set on top of any FIFA parity it would bring - you could milk a year or two of big name releases that would cost very little to develop once the engine is in place. But that's a long term commitment, which has not been EA's style with Ninty for a long time.

Chardee MacDennis

Banjo wrote: »

I just hope they take those results in the context of what they did. It's the bones of a decent game, living in the shadow of its superior big brother. It will never be it's big brother. They can either neglect it and let it wither, push it to be something it's not and ruin what it is, or foster and nurture what makes it a great game, tighten up the mechanics, expand on some of the ideas and fix the obvious blunders.

I'm still talking about FIFA, this is not me confessing my fears about my 2nd daughter.

Fifa 19 could be great, but honestly I think they'll get bogged down in chasing the Engine Gap at best or will more likely just not bother their holes and will roll out a roster change and maybe a new exclusive jersey. Woooooo!

The one caveat would be if they put a big team together to strip down and rebuild Frostbyte for the Switch with a view to giving us Battlefield, Mirrors Edge, a Dragon Age trilogy box set on top of any FIFA parity it would bring - you could milk a year or two of big name releases that would cost very little to develop once the engine is in place. But that's a long term commitment, which has not been EA's style with Ninty for a long time.

I'm not going to hold my breath for any new EA titles for a while. I hope I'm wrong.

CiDeRmAn

If enough people buy the Switch that'll make the decisions for them.
EA's money sniffing dogs will be baying at the Ninty door until they get in and make content to beat the band.
No way any company will pass up the chance to make lovely cash.

TrustedApple

Picked this up today and played my 1st match online there.

Ok 1st thing 1st it's Notting like the console fifa games it's more arcade based then say the Xbox one version of the game.

With regards to arcade it reminds me of another games from the PSP called world tour soccer the 1st football game for that console where it was all about winning on points and goals. It plays the very same as that and to me that's a very good thing as I used to love that game on the PSP.

My play style on this is going to be completely different then the consoles it will be more of a short pass pass shot game.

I think I well end up lieking it more once I play more online as I went in expecting a different kind of fifa that's what I got and I am happy with it.

blockfighter

TrustedApple wrote: »

Picked this up today and played my 1st match online there.

Ok 1st thing 1st it's Notting like the console fifa games it's more arcade based then say the Xbox one version of the game.

With regards to arcade it reminds me of another games from the PSP called world tour soccer the 1st football game for that console where it was all about winning on points and goals. It plays the very same as that and to me that's a very good thing as I used to love that game on the PSP.

My play style on this is going to be completely different then the consoles it will be more of a short pass pass shot game.

I think I well end up lieking it more once I play more online as I went in expecting a different kind of fifa that's what I got and I am happy with it.

It's a great game. It's by no means perfect but it's very enjoyable. Especially local multiplayer. Right now it's my 2nd most played game on Switch. Zelda still miles in front. I fear Mario might bump it down to 3rd though.

TrustedApple

Played 5 matches so far on UT online and I am enjoying it quite a lot plays just like world tour soccer on the PSP and I am really liking this fifa.

Only issue I am seeing with UT is that players are hard to get and to win bids on as there is such a small transfer market also thanks to that contracts and fitness items cost a lot to. So your near 500 gold coins a game means you he in luck to get even contacts out of it

I do love UT but EA games and your pay to win drives me nuts ha

Jjjjjjjbarry

Anyone else having trouble connecting to online games?
Opponent found and then connection lost?

Just wondering if it's my connection or a common server problem.
thanks

Dave0JV

I bought it a few weeks ago and I have to say I'm actually really impressed with it. Given that the switch is, after all, a portable console and doesn't have the same power as the average Xbox or PlayStation I think that they've done really well to create a version of FIFA that plays so well on it.

Yes, the graphics aren't as good as on the next gen consoles, but that's not exactly unexpected. The gameplay is a little more clunky as a result of the different game engines but not as far removed as I've read in other places. Despite these I think it's a great start for EA!

blockfighter

Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble connecting to online games?
Opponent found and then connection lost?

Just wondering if it's my connection or a common server problem.
thanks

Played a few matches yesterday. First match took over a minute to find someone to play against. After that all the other games took about 10 seconds or so.

TrustedApple

Dave0JV wrote: »

I bought it a few weeks ago and I have to say I'm actually really impressed with it. Given that the switch is, after all, a portable console and doesn't have the same power as the average Xbox or PlayStation I think that they've done really well to create a version of FIFA that plays so well on it.

Yes, the graphics aren't as good as on the next gen consoles, but that's not exactly unexpected. The gameplay is a little more clunky as a result of the different game engines but not as far removed as I've read in other places. Despite these I think it's a great start for EA!

I went in the same as you don't expect fifa ps4 expect fifa switch that's what I got I am extremely happy with it and now enjoyable it is prob now one of the must fun games I have played on the switch.

To be fair the switch has been fantastic a real great 1st year for the console as there has been some fantastic games for it.

Banjo

Patch
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/326855/switch-fifa-18-title-update

No mention of fixing the "commentators lying about you winning the league" issue but still good to see there's some after sales support

Banjo

This game drives me nuts. My team has won whatever european cup we were in and the last 6 league games by massive margins, I've been man of the match in every game I've ever played, got 1 competitive call-up for Ireland in which I scored 3 goals and set up another 4. And the bastards haven't picked me for the national side since (which cost us qualification). Why, O'Neill??? WHY??? Why am I destined to remain in the basement minding the bees with Wes Hoolahan???

That said, either I'm a born master of this game, it's too easy or they have no respect for the SSE Airtricity league

blockfighter

Banjo wrote: »

This game drives me nuts. My team has won whatever european cup we were in and the last 6 league games by massive margins, I've been man of the match in every game I've ever played, got 1 competitive call-up for Ireland in which I scored 3 goals and set up another 4. And the bastards haven't picked me for the national side since (which cost us qualification). Why, O'Neill??? WHY??? Why am I destined to remain in the basement minding the bees with Wes Hoolahan???

That said, either I'm a born master of this game, it's too easy or they have no respect for the SSE Airtricity league

Are you playing in the hardest mode? If so, I applaud you. I'm the right level of crap at this game that its realistic. Currently 10th in the league with Everton and having great fun with it.

MrStuffins

Worst for me is that I got a transfer to Derby and we've now won the league, I scored 50+ league goals and i'm single-handedly dragging Ireland to the World Cup........ but I can't get a transfer! I've handed in a transfer request but nobody will buy me.

My contract seems to be a permanent one because i've been on £950 a week since the day I signed. I'm now a 90+ rated player and i'm STILL on £950 p/w. There are no details to tell me when my contract ends so I assume it never does?

Jjjjjjjbarry

Anyone got defending tips?

Feels like Attackers have some sort of invisible circular wall around them and every time you go to tackle (on feet tackle) you just bounce off the wall and can’t get actually close enough to tackle?

Turtwig

Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »

Anyone got defending tips?

Feels like Attackers have some sort of invisible circular wall around them and every time you go to tackle (on feet tackle) you just bounce off the wall and can’t get actually close enough to tackle?

In general play,
What works for me is keeping my team's shape as much as possible then jockeying until there's 2 defenders vs 1 attacker. Or the attacker is forced to make an awkward. I find just lunging in or hitting the intercept button almost always ends with my defender being beaten. It's best to wait the moment and anticipate better. If that option is not there then foul the player. :P

As for corners and set pieces,
Haven't a fooking clue.

Ivefoundgod

Whats the general consensus on this? Have the PS4 version and got fed up of FUT after a few weeks, am playing PES 2018 on PC now but ML not what it used to be i'm finding. Is this basically the PS4 version lite? Or is it different, plays differently?

blockfighter

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Whats the general consensus on this? Have the PS4 version and got fed up of FUT after a few weeks, am playing PES 2018 on PC now but ML not what it used to be i'm finding. Is this basically the PS4 version lite? Or is it different, plays differently?

Haven't played this year's versions on other consoles. But I've played fifa 15, 16 and 17 on Xbox. This plays very similar to last year's Xbox version. But there are some sacrifices made.
There's no story mode. This didn't bother me much as the story was short in last year's game and has no repeatability appeal.
The big difference is not being able to play friends online. Only possible to play randomers.
On the flip side, you can bring this anywhere and play people at work/ train/ plane etc.

Personally I'm a big fan of it. I play mostly career mode in these games so I'm loving being able to play it anywhere I want.

sligeach

Hey FIFA Fans,

The latest title update for FIFA 18 is now available.

This update includes the following changes:

Addressed the following issues in Gameplay:

• The FIFA Trainer Shot Elevation arrow was resetting its extension after shooting the ball.
• The FIFA Trainer Pass Receiver indicator not correctly showing the player getting the ball on short passes.
• Discrepancy between the two kicking power bars, the one above the goalkeeper and the one on the gameplay HUD, when taking a goal kick.
• Smoothed out the movement of the Set Piece Target indicator.
• Loss of controller functionality during the halftime flow if the Joy-Con controllers are changed from Handheld mode to Tabletop mode.
• The kicking power bar did not reset if the player changed the Joy-Con controllers from Handheld mode to Tabletop mode.
• The Approach Speed buttons were being displayed on the Penalty Kick Tutorial screen when using the Joy-Con controller in Solo mode.

Addressed the following issues in FIFA Ultimate team:

• Squad Building Challenge Reward items being incorrectly tagged as Loan items in some situations.
• Missing pack art on Premium Gold Packs in some situations.

Addressed the following issues in Online Modes:

• A crash in Local Seasons if the player quickly re-enters the mode after quitting out of a Local Seasons match.
• Players always having the same country flag as you when in the Compare Stats screen on the Online Leaderboards.
• Debug text on a matchmaking error message.
• Made the text on the Settings tile in Local Seasons easier to see.

Addressed the following issues in Career Mode:

• A freeze when proceeding into the second Pre-Season Tournament match in certain situations.
• Incorrectly loading a Player Career save file when selecting 'Continue Manager Career" if the player skipped the initial save file creation flow.
• Penalty shootout results were not showing on the Tournament Tree when playing the game in some languages.
• Debug text on the My Career screen if you get fired from the MLS and take a job in a league that starts their season in July.
• Banners missing from the North America All-Stars Pre-Season Tournament.

Made the following changes in Audio / Visual / Presentation:

• Updates to a number of crests and kits.

Addressed the following issues Audio / Visual / Presentation:

• The numbers and names on kits were not getting dirty after performing a slide tackle.
• Corrections to some of the localized Trophy names.
• The Live Form arrows were overlapping player stats on the Team Management screens in some languages.

Thanks to those who’ve provided feedback. Throughout the course of the FIFA 18 season we'll provide you with more information and updates if and when they become available.

The FIFA Team

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/NINTENDO-SWITCH-TITLE-UPDATE-6TH-DECEMBER/m-p/6490431/highlight/true#M25473

Career mode is still single player yes?
Think I could be scooping this up for Xmas