The FIFA Thread

[termninja 5,290]

Finally got Fifa12. Our faces are completely the same...Mata, Meireles, Ramires and Lukaku have generic ones and Mata has 4 stars for dribbling.

Really disappointed with EA and their facemaking...Neymar, Ganso, Mata, Suarez, Carrol, Ramires are all players that should've got a custom face...

[Melanicus 5,208]

Finally got Fifa12. Our faces are completely the same...Mata, Meireles, Ramires and Lukaku have generic ones and Mata has 4 stars for dribbling.

Really disappointed with EA and their facemaking...Neymar, Ganso, Mata, Suarez, Carrol, Ramires are all players that should've got a custom face...

Meireles looks awful.

[RaoulQuaresma7 16]

Meireles looks awful indeed, but if you want to play an retarded fugly game, id suggest to start PES 2012.. so bad..

[termninja 5,290]

Here are our ratings and some random screenshots. If you're on PC relax, there will be loads of mods coming so faces will be fixed

For Fifa 12 EA scanned German players along with Newcastle United, ManCity, Milan and PSG players so they are the ones with new custom faces.

It's a truly great game and for me the best football simulation I've ever played and boy I played A LOT of them.

Tactical defending is a great thing and I really like it. It's hard at first, but it removes the 90min full pressure you were under in previous games and gives you more space and freedom.

Impact engine kicks ass and it gives the game unbelieveble realism. Playing PES after FIFA and not laughing is hard.

Not so sure about precision dribbling as I don't use it too much, but it's a nice addition, especially for weak players who don't have 5 stars.

Chelsea faces changes:

- Malouda hair update.

- Terry face got some small changes.

- Torres got a new hairstyle.

Rest is the same as in Fifa11.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Finally I played FIFA 12, got it yesterday but didn't have any time to try it. I LOVE IT!

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

has anyone mentioned the fact that 2 years ago when manure won the league they had the gold badges on their sleeves. Last year (fifa 11) when WE won the league ....NO GOLD BADGES... apparently EA just decided it wasnt worth while putting such a silly little thing like that into the game, BUT here we are fifa 12 and THEY have won the league again and whats happened? EA have decided to reintroduce the gold badges to old shrek heads sleeves. Anyone else for a conspiracy/EA manure loving twats. Boycott!!!

[Kostas 1,468]

Yup I think TX once mentioned it and it was annoying as fuck.

[Kez 2,727]

has anyone mentioned the fact that 2 years ago when manure won the league they had the gold badges on their sleeves. Last year (fifa 11) when WE won the league ....NO GOLD BADGES... apparently EA just decided it wasnt worth while putting such a silly little thing like that into the game, BUT here we are fifa 12 and THEY have won the league again and whats happened? EA have decided to reintroduce the gold badges to old shrek heads sleeves. Anyone else for a conspiracy/EA manure loving twats. Boycott!!!

YES!! Fucking annoying or what?! Like that wasn't done on purpose.

[Rambo 1,729]

4-1-2-1-2

Cech

Ivanovic Luiz Terry Ash

Essien

Mata Ramires

Lampard

Torres Drogba

[termninja 5,290]

Noticed their gold badges...don't worry, next year we'll have 'em

I'd recommend anyone on PC to download this, it's a great chantpack

FIFA12 barcalaci84 chants pack 1.0

Chants for:

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man U, Newcastle, Tottenham, Athletico Madrid, Barca, Real Madrid ,Sevilla , Valencia, Inter , Juve , Milan, Roma, Bayern M, Dortmund

+ some generic entrance songs like EPL theme, Fifa hymn etc....

1.Copy the chants folder to simply C:/ (must be copied to C:/ otherwise the game won't read the playlists)

2.Copy playlists folder to your main Music folder in windows...

3.Run the game and now you can edit your chants...

More chants coming soon...

[Amblève. 4,995]

4-1-2-1-2

Cech

Ivanovic Luiz Terry Ash

Essien

Mata Ramires

Lampard

Torres Drogba

Playing with the same system, just having Bosingwa instead of Ivanovic as RB

[nullabletype 987]

Ramires, Mata, Luiz, Meireles and McEachran should have been better. The rest of the faces were fine in the first place and will look better with the improved lighting.

Yeah, I thought all the players you mentioned looked poor too. Are these definitely the final release faces?

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

YES!! Fucking annoying or what?! Like that wasn't done on purpose.

Its a disgrace, i mean even taking last seasons faux pas out of the picture how difficult could it be to simply change the badges if your team wins the league in the game?

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

Noticed their gold badges...don't worry, next year we'll have 'em

Yeah but fucking EA wont put them on our shirts

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

Just finished playing PES2012 demo... think it's going to be very close run this year, but I think Fifa will still be better. First time I'm getting both games though

[Kostas 1,468]

I have

Anyone messing with all the new sliders? I think they may be a good idea but it looks to me rather like a developer leaving crusial design decisions to the player.

EA are introducing sliders this year to allow you to customise your own experience. Each slider can be changed for both the user and CPU teams seperately and can be done, on the fly, mid match.

Sprint Speed

Modifies the maximum sprint speed a team can reach.

Acceleration

Modifies the time it takes for a teams player to reach their maximum speed.

Shot Error

Increases/Reduces the amount of error applied to a teams normal shots. This doesn’t affect other types of shots (i.e finesse).

Pass Error

Increases/Reduces the amount of error applied to a teams ground passes. This does not affect other types of passes.

Shot Speed

Increases/reduces the amount of speed applied to a teams normal shots. This doesn’t affect other types of shots (i.e finesse).

Pass Speed

Increases/reduces the amount of speed applied to a teams ground passes. This doesn’t affect other types of passes.

Injury Frequency

Increases/reduces the frequency that injuries occur within a team.

Injury Severity

When a player from a team gets an injury, this will increase/reduce the severity.

Goalkeeper Ability

Increases/reduces the saving ability of the goalkeeper.

Positioning: Marking

Increases/decreases how tightly the defenders mark their opponents.

Positioning: Run frequency

Increases/decreases the number of runs teammates will make.

Positioning: Line height

Specifies how high/low the defensive line will positions themselves for a team.

Positioning: Line Length

Specifies how stretched or compact the team will try to keep their line for the pitch.

Positioning: Line width

Specifies how stretched or compact the team will try to keep for the width of the pitch.

Positioning: Fullback Positioning

Increases/decreases how far the teams fullbacks will push forward.

Power bar

Modifies how quickly/slowly the power bar fills up when you request any type of pass or shot.

It will take a while for people to find the sweet spots for settings, and everyones will probably be pretty different, but we’ll gather a list of what people are using post launch.

I haven't played enough games to draw any certain conclusions but it seems that defending is a bit more possible than in the demo and many Impact Engine bugs have been dealt with. Still all my games have so far been full of goals and had scores 4-3, 5-4, 4-4 etc.

BTW, David Luiz is a defensive beast! He may be strangely rated under Brana as a central defender but his tackling range is unbelievable.

[termninja 5,290]

Not a big fan of sliders. They seem to me a cheap way for game devs to avoid loads of testing. Besides, when you go online you will play under default sliders so I can't really see the point in them.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Chelsea 3-1 City