The FIFA Thread v2

[Hutcho 8,443]

Yeah i am also a div 1 fifa player and found it hard to get past players, though i pretty much soley play online so when their defence isn't as structured and organsised it should be a bit easier... I think there are a lot of changes so its gonna take a while to get used to... Also apparently the actual game feels a lot different to the demo so we will get a better idea when we play that... Overall i am happy with it... Don't mind the game being harder, i just need to get the practice in...

[Hutcho 8,443]

There is a 4-2-4 formation lol... Thats gonna be popular for many.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I just played it. There have been some good improvements. For me, the attacking intelligence is by far the biggest difference. What I noticed in the demo is that the play was more fluid due to attackers making good runs which allows you to use extended runs of link up play. They also changed the dribbling a bit. Allows for more variety.

The improvement to the AI, to me, seems to me to have also helped open up the game. When I was playing the game, the pitch sometimes felt twice as big as FIFA 12. The team kept its shape so well. So it allowed for more realistic passing exchanges. This overall package has quickened the play up. In FIFA 12 the pitch seemed narrow due to the crowding of space. In FIFA 13 there are various spaces.

It will mean it will be harder to play Possession as you are just sucked right into the speed of the play since it's so fluid. The first touch controls were a decent improvement. You only really notice them a bit when you use lob/lifted through pass.

The commentary was pretty nifty the way they talk about players and their storylines. As always though, enjoy it while it lasts because it'll become reptitive after a while. The graphics seemed a bit better too. Not by much, just a little crisper, brighter and the play on the pitch looks better. The lob pass and through balls are much better. They have more chances of reaching their intended targets due to the attacking intelligence and also they've been redesigned to be slicker. It'll lead to better attacking buildup.

All in all, good. It does seem a bit like FIFA 12.5 rather than 13. Definitely buying it though.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I personally think EA have tried changing too much too quickly.

Maybe I'm just shit, but I can't make more than 2 tackles a game (usually slide tackles), and I've only scored 1 goal (Giovinco; Juventus).

The pace system is all confusing too.

When I was using Dortmund and had Marco Reus, he couldn't get past Kolarov... ever ._.

The game looks great and all but honestly it's so hard to get past a player. There's basically zero time to try and dribble plus like Leif said, I can't run past a defender using Walcott or Aguero...

Maybe I need to understand the game a bit better but I'm division 1 on fifa12 so im not that much of a shit player.

They changed it up because people used to abuse that shit on FIFA 12, all they do is just kick the ball forward run past your defender and pass to the striker for a tap in, there's more to football than that lol.

With Reus i dribbled past Richards a couple times though, but that knock the ball forward thing is not as effective as FIFA 12.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

I have HK PSN but still can't find it in the store.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Yeah i am also a div 1 fifa player and found it hard to get past players, though i pretty much soley play online so when their defence isn't as structured and organsised it should be a bit easier... I think there are a lot of changes so its gonna take a while to get used to... Also apparently the actual game feels a lot different to the demo so we will get a better idea when we play that... Overall i am happy with it... Don't mind the game being harder, i just need to get the practice in...

Well, try to experiment on Amateur. 

Manage the new complete dribling (it makes to pass through players). NEVER press R2 or right stick because of first touch. You'll see that the pace isnt really a big diferencial now (that is good, because u could run through the whole defence on 12) and the finese shot arent so unrealist magical and accurate. Try new formations, with the new AI your CPU partners go more to the attack (4-2-4 would totaly rip your defence).

Overall the game is intended to have more unespected errors, thats how real football is.

The 2 big notaces I have made are: counter-attacks wont work every single time and the game is way slower (needs to be patient when dribling and shooting).

Being a Div1. After 10-15 games you should be able to play WC or even Legendary.

[FormerRussianSpy 163]

All in all, good. It does seem a bit like FIFA 12.5 rather than 13. Definitely buying it though.

This. Definitely not the step in gameplay mechanics that 12 had over 11, but I'm still counting on the rest of the changes EA made to make it a worthwhile buy. The changes made to the game outside the actual football gameplay (player form updates, career mode, updated UT) look to be substantial changes that the demo can't show.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

So the UK PSN store finally releases the demo. Only 15 hours late. Nice one.

[Kojo 4,676]

Pro Clubs was annoying as fuck for that, we used to play with computer defense and they just get skinned by any bit of pace... so hard to play against, i think it's better they done this. Plus i'm still a boss at this even though i haven't played FIFA 12 in months, i can still boss it on FIFA 13 with dribbling, i don't think it's that hard to get past a player.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Well, try to experiment on Amateur.

Manage the new complete dribling (it makes to pass through players). NEVER press R2 or right stick because of first touch. You'll see that the pace isnt really a big diferencial now (that is good, because u could run through the whole defence on 12) and the finese shot arent so unrealist magical and accurate. Try new formations, with the new AI your CPU partners go more to the attack (4-2-4 would totaly rip your defence).

Overall the game is intended to have more unespected errors, thats how real football is.

The 2 big notaces I have made are: counter-attacks wont work every single time and the game is way slower (needs to be patient when dribling and shooting).

Being a Div1. After 10-15 games you should be able to play WC or even Legendary.

I refuse to ever play lower than world class, lol... And after 10 games on it i am starting to get the feel of it.... Also i am adapting my play to my usual quick passing go out wide skin the defenders (Online) cut inside, shoot or pass it off to the striker for a tap in...

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

ratings got awfully wrong once again. Cech only 84, Lamps only 83 he is definately better than torres, cahill and luiz both just 79 is far too low. We are talking of the CL winners when Barca was CL-winner all their players got 5 up minimum now one should do the same with us ffs. Disappointed we are not in the demo. grafics look no better to me than before, game play is a bit more smooth but that's it, cant make that much of the new features yet

[termninja 5,290]

Let's wait with ratings until the full game is out. Ratings in the demo are similar to FIFA12 with some slight changes so I would expect the same with FIFA13...

[DDA 9,928]

Pro Clubs was annoying as fuck for that, we used to play with computer defense and they just get skinned by any bit of pace... so hard to play against, i think it's better they done this. Plus i'm still a boss at this even though i haven't played FIFA 12 in months, i can still boss it on FIFA 13 with dribbling, i don't think it's that hard to get past a player.

I hate your kind...... People who play with computer defense mostly those who do play with cpu defense also play with 5 defenders. There is no skill by playing that way, all of the best players in pro clubs detest those who do. I'm soo fucking glad you can filter who you play against now so I don't have to sit there and play a certain shitty way to beat those ridiculously fast computer defenders. They win the majority of balls in the air and just generally block your passes in the final third. Pro Clubs is the best mode on fifa... if you play with good players who all play to win then it's is a real test of your ability on fifa and actually makes you better in head to head matches too.Fifa 13 clubs is bringing back the glory days of Fifa 09-10 ..... Fifa 11-12 were just stepping stones and actually had pretty shit gameplay.

[Zone 290]

They changed it up because people used to abuse that shit on FIFA 12, all they do is just kick the ball forward run past your defender and pass to the striker for a tap in, there's more to football than that lol.

With Reus i dribbled past Richards a couple times though, but that knock the ball forward thing is not as effective as FIFA 12.

I wasn't talking about knocking the ball forward and running past a defender. You won't get division 1 in FIFA doing just that. That never worked for me anyway.

What I meant was even if my attacker seems in front of a defender i cant just run, position the player and do a proper cross, let alone dribble.

It's probably the first touch system, which I think is completely shit. I'll get used to it, hopefully.

[Ollie 4,400]

I personally love the first touch system because the way everyone just had 100% perfect control every time was stupid, especially with the amount of high through ball spamming so now im glad there's gonna be lots of miss control and i know i'll be decent at that system. Also most of the 5 star skillers have been demoted to 4 star. On FIFA 12, the only things that annoyed me were the high through balls because they glitched the defenders to sometimes just stop and the passes were so accurate each time, and the shitty unrealistic amount of skill moves. You don't see this shit in football, if you wanna do all that shit, play FIFA street. In real football, you get the odd pirouette, step overs, drag backs etc but not often you're gonna see some of those 5 star moves.

If FIFA 13 is more about playing 'realistic football' i'll certainly enjoy it more than FIFA 12, and they have to take some of the pace whoring out too. At least NIlmar has gone to Qatar! That's a start. And Agbonlahor has gone down to Silver. now it's just those overpaced Russian league strikers...