FIFA 12

[Soundwave]

Played some more Career mode last night & I'm loving this more & more.
The new Career front end is brilliant & I love the differing news stories on the tabs...a real nice little feature & I find myself not just advancing to the next match & actually stopping to read things now.

Played my first cup game last night (A 2-1 victory over Portsmouth in Extra Time) & just expected the usual commentary from Martin Tyler & Alan Smith.
So imagine my surprise when Clive Tyldsley & Andy Thompson crop up adding their opinions to the proceedings.
A great move on EA's part IMO helps make the commentary more involving & the banter these 2 have is quality.
At one part I skied a shot only to hear Andy say that it was too bad to comment on, but then went on to change his mind & sa it was rubbish & dire...quality stuff.

I really haven't enjoyed a football game this much ever before, it really is the best Fifa ever.

Neil

[nakamura]

I really haven't enjoyed a football game this much ever before, it really is the best Fifa ever.

Neil

Hold your horses there pal!
As much as I like this myself there are some shocking issues with it. The defending system is hugely unbalanced in favour of the attacker now and they can simply twist and turn at will and there is little you can do about it. People online are already exploiting this making clubs a real pain when you have fast pros against slow defenders.
The attackers simply have no error at all yet the defender has to time the tackle to perfection.

Also the computer teams all play like Barcelona which is fun for a while but it starts to grate on the harder levels.

[Soundwave]

Hold your horses there pal!
As much as I like this myself there are some shocking issues with it. The defending system is hugely unbalanced in favour of the attacker now and they can simply twist and turn at will and there is little you can do about it. People online are already exploiting this making clubs a real pain when you have fast pros against slow defenders.
The attackers simply have no error at all yet the defender has to time the tackle to perfection.

Also the computer teams all play like Barcelona which is fun for a while but it starts to grate on the harder levels.

Lol ok I might be getting ahead of myself
I'm enjoying it more at the moment then all the previous Fifa's
Granted I don't play on highest difficult...I'm way too **** for that but at the moment I'm finding the right balance with everything.
I hardly ever play online & I'm finding the CPU AI about right at the moment.
I'm Southend in my career so playing League 2 & maybe that has some bearing on it...the football is slower & players aren't the same skill as premiership so maybe once I start getting premotions & playing higher league teams in the cups then I'll start finding faults but at the moment it's all fresh & plays more like real football

I'm also not finding too much to fault with the defending.
I do get the usual AI immunity moments where all I try fails miserably but on the whole I find if I use the contain (L2) then I can easily jockey players enough to get in with the Jostle/Standing Tackle Button ([]) to get the ball away.

Still I'm loving it & expect to get a few thousand hours play out of it till '13 arrives

Neil

[Rossco]

When playing on highest difficulty, you kinda have to use all the new defending features to succeed in my opinion. Still want to buy this but so many games coming out that I want, I don't know which to get.

[prinnysquad]

Bizarre. I can get into the game ok. But when I load up career mode it signs me out of the EA servers.

This also seems to affect my xbox live. Although I can see friends and notice them logging in, it does not register when messages are received I switched the console back on 10 mins ago after playing this morning to find 6 messages waiting for me - from this morning - that hadn't registered at the time.

[nakamura]

Two goals I enjoyed.
Wilshere against my mate.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/97162753

Great ball from Theo. Career.

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/97132367

[Stoppy2000]

Won the EA Shield online in h2h seasons today at my first attempt. Bloody ace this game. Though everyone seems to be Madrid. Annoying. Also up to division 9. Wooo.

[Herbalizer]

Really enjoying this online. I only play as Swansea City (couldn't bring myself to be anyone else) unbeaten online so far, think its been about 10 games. I've beaten someone who was AC Milan 6-1 and this morning beat someone who played as Santos 4-2. I'm sure I'll get a drubbing soon but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

My only real complaint is how confusing the online is to find the right option. It takes me ages to navigate the menus when I go online.

[hudson]

Won the EA Shield online in h2h seasons today at my first attempt. Bloody ace this game. Though everyone seems to be Madrid. Annoying. Also up to division 9. Wooo.

The mode pairs you up with similar starred teams. Madrid, Barca, Man U and Man City are the teams youll mostly face.

I go lower teams for a more interesting match i.e Lille or CSKA.

[Stoppy2000]

Yeah I always play as spurs. But the amount of people playing as Madrid is starting to annoy me. Even though they are mostly terrible at the game.

[MrMarbles]

Firstly, for some reason I stopped earning XP when playing Career Mode earlier. I doubt I'd reached the daily limit as I didn't play that many matches, so not sure what's up with that.

Secondly, what the bleeding heck is up with the ref in this game?!

First of all, I concede a penalty and receive a straight red for this magnificent tackle: http://www.ea.com/uk/football/videos/ugc/97195238

Then, in another game, he doesn't give this blatant goal: http://www.ea.com/uk/football/videos/ugc/97374274

Outrage.

[hudson]

There's no goal line technology in this game, just like in real life

[Rossco]

It wasn't over the line anyway!!!

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Secondly, what the bleeding heck is up with the ref in this game?!

Quite. I ballooned one over from about 40 yards and got given a corner.

[chipsgravy]

Is this game region free on 360? I have noticed recent EA games can be. A search is throwing up conflicting answers.