FIFA 12 Demo Thread (Demo out now!)

[ryne candy]

Houston is building a MLS stadium for the Dynamos next to Minute Maid Park and I don't see how they are going to accommodate for the parking. It would be nice to see them in the game but gameplay, overall is more important...doesn't mean they should ignore it.

 

[BrntO4Life]

Woah.

They're really going out of their way to include 3 new stadiums. I'll say it again. If they can accurately render over 100 stadiums in NCAA, why can't they do the same thing in the best selling sports game in the world?

FIFA outsells every sports console game in the world yet, they seem to focus on shit that doesn't matter.

If I recall, stadiums take up more disc space than anything else in EA Sports games. NCAA has 120 teams, FIFA 12 has WAY more teams than that.

Once you can get MS to use some sort of media format with the disc capacity of Blu-Ray, you might see more stadiums added in.

 

[BrntO4Life]

I'm not asking for all the leagues and teams to have stadiums. I mean it would be cool to have Swindon Town's stadium and all but I'd only be worried about the top clubs and leagues.

Take White Hart Lane for example. It was in 09 but now it's gone from FIFA 11. WTF? FIFA 09 even had Lens' stadium in France as well as 9 different stadiums in Germany alone. They've since cut back on the number of real stadiums. FIFA 09 was last time I really, really enjoyed the game.

I don't know.

FIFA is an interesting franchise to me. It's too bad it hasn't progressed enough for me to buy it.

 

[spiker]

What I don't get is why they don't fix the seemingly broken features that have been in the game for years. Manager Mode has been flawed for a few years. It's almost like they don't even give a shit.

There's no reason to play MM at all, it's dreadfully boring.

They redid manager mode this year and they screwed up some stuff in the process. Remember when you could get sponsors and change your ticket prices and buy more seats for your stadium, etc. They scrapped that whole system for the Budget system this year, which is more simplified but also less engaging. Why would you fix something that isn't even broken?

They totally fucked up progression this year too. It used to be a point system where you earn points for playing. The better your players performance, the more progression points he earned. Now nobody progresses and the emails you get are totally confusing. I got an email today that said to play one of my young players more so that he can progress. The kid has played in 22 of 34 games in EPL season and he's dropped one overall point this season. The fuck? I've googled around to see if anyone else is having issues with progression and all I've found is that it's completely broken.

 

[1ke]

Exactly. And why can't we scout players anymore? The game just randomly generates players. They need to bring back the youth system they had on the PS2.

If they would talk to me for like 30 minutes, they'd have the best Manager Mode ever. And it would all be stuff they could do, because they've done it before. Either in FIFA previously or in other EA titles.

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/fifa-series/

Not like they listen, but at least were yelling closer to the source.

The MM threads are funny.

 

[Survivor]

[youtube]LJzUWCGZ0nw[/youtube]

 

[mgoblue2290]

Just played FIFA 10.

Holy shit it's much better than FIFA 11. You can actually move the ball around and get men into space because defenders aren't Supermen.

Check out this movement with the ball. Kuyt arrives late to the box and fires home a shot from distance. This is something that I'd never be able to do on FIFA 11.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/78888016

The second video while not a goal basically reiterates my point.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/78888451

Just coming in here to say this. I played the World Cup game today and actually hit some good shots from distance.

 

[wingsfan77]

Do you guys play on-line team play together? I would LOVE to do that but the few times I've tried the final score was like 7-6 because nobody wants to play defense.

 

[killgod]

do you have it on 360? I play OTP random almost daily right now. Late in sports game cycles there's very few griefer faggot kids, so you get decent games.

I typically play CDM since most games end up 6-7 a side but prefer playing RB if the game is full 11v11.

Haven't seen anyone score more than 3 in a while to be honest and in most games I do see some smart passing from players. The Strikers are usually cunts that try and trick move through everyone so it's frustrating to always watch them give the ball away. I got used to playing lob through balls and long balls cross the pitch to try and get them on the run and prevent them from having a chance to do something dumb. lol

 

[Chrispy]

I played OTP a few times but people end up leaving during the match.

 

[wingsfan77]

I don't have 11 anymore but I'd be willing to pick up 12 on 360. It seems like we'd have a team full of midfielders since that's where I'm best at too haha.

 

[killgod]

i sent a transfer to everyone on my friend list to join a club.

try and get a hold of anyone here u know to play

 

[Chrispy]

Am i on ur friends list? chrispy009

 

[killgod]

its already sent u putz.

hey look 3 people online :shifty:

 

[killgod]

I'm at work.

Were we friends on XBL?

I guess not...

 

[FirstTimer]

Any updates on this game?

 

[Chrispy]

And so, EA and EA Sports have announced news related to an upcoming announcement for the FIFA 12 demo.

They had us at ‘announcement.’

With the world’s largest videogame event taking place in Cologne, Germany, EA has chosen this occasion to announce a release date for the demo of FIFA 12, to give punters their first ever look and hands-on with EA Sports’ next excellent sports title.

EA Sports announced in a tweet:

“When will we announce the demo date for FIFA 12? At Gamescom - next week!”

When exactly will this announcement be made? We would bet the reveal will arrive on August 16th, around about the afternoon (in Germany, anyway) when EA’s gamescom press conference takes place.

http://www.el33tonline.com/past/2011/8/8/a_fifa_12_demo_announcement/

 

[Chrispy]

Fan feedback for FIFA games is taken seriously, says Electronic Arts.

Lead producer David Rutter describes feedback as one of the developer's three main mantras when developing a new FIFA game, alongside refining and innovation.

"When the game is launched, we'll listen to what the fans say, what they like and dislike, what they're happy with and want more of," he told Digital Spy.

Rutter said that feedback from forums and social networks such as Twitter is taken throughout the year, with responses to last year's installment FIFA 11 still taken on board.

While EA Canada has facilities for game and focus testing on the premises, as the majority of FIFA fans are in Europe the firm hosts community events months before a new game is released.

"[Recently] I was down in Guildford visiting the offices and we had 20, 25 people from the key community sites in to talk about their feelings on FIFA 11 and how they have extended time playing FIFA 12, giving us feedback, so we take it quite seriously," Rutter revealed.

Rutter added that critical reviews are also important, as well as review-aggregate websites such as Metacritic.

"Metacritic is important, it's one of the few places where you have an aggregated set of opinions that's kind of an average," he said.

"It's not the be-all and end-all, it's not like our jobs depend on it, but at the same time it's a very useful metric, which I guess why it's there."

FIFA 12 will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC from September 27 in North America and September 30 worldwide.

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a333667/fifa-feedback-taken-seriously-says-ea.html

 

[Chrispy]

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I can't wait

 

[Survivor]

It seriously has come down to me getting excited at the announcement of an announcement. FML.