FIFA Soccer 12
by Electronic Arts, Playstation-3
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- Tactical Defending – Fundamental changes to the approach of defending places.
- Precision Dribbling – Enjoy new ways to take on opponents and control of the pace of the game.
- Online Friendlies – Play your friends in 10 game seasons and prove who is the best.
- FIFA Ultimate Team – Now available for the first time at launch and on disc!
- Complete Authenticity – Over 500 officially licensed clubs and more than 15,000 players.
- All-New Career Mode – Now driven by the same drama, storylines and emotion as the real world game.
- EA SPORTS Football Club – For the first time ever, everything within FIFA 12, is measured in a meaningful way.
- Player Impact Engine – The new physics engine is built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction on the pitch.
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FIFA Soccer 12 brings to the pitch the game-changing new Player Impact Engine, a physics engine built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction on the pitch. All-new Precision Dribbling delivers a higher fidelity of touch on the ball for attacking players, while Tactical Defending fundamentally changes the approach to defending by placing equal importance on positioning, intercepting passes and tackling. Plus, CPU players have been infused with Pro Player Intelligence, the next generation of player intelligence and performance. Finally, introducing EA SPORTS Football Club – the heartbeat of FIFA Soccer 12—a live service connecting players to the real-world game with fresh, new content all the time, enabling them to support their favourite club and connect and compete with their friends, rivals and millions of other players around the world. FIFA Soccer 12 is the 19th game in Electronic Arts’ popular video game soccer series. Continuing with the franchise’s unique blend
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Certainly the best Fifa game to date but….,
This is a fantastic game but I have to give it 4 stars because I think the way EA marketed this game, i.e. as if they completely revolutionized the FIFA franchise , is a tad misleading. Maybe it’s just me but I found the whole ‘impact system’ that this release is centered around to be very over rated and , when I did experience it during games, to be pretty glitchy (more on that later).
Positives:
1) Let’s start with my favorite part about this game – I feel that FIFA 12 really introduces a whole new level of realism into the franchise in that it really does seem to be a game that will require players to think differently in each match as the improved ball physics makes every shot move different ,even if hit from the same spot using the same power. One of my biggest peeves in FIFA 11 was playing against the hardcore FIFA players who mastered the game to the point where they knew where to shoot from, how much power to use – strategies which almost always resulted in a goal. I think 12 has gone some way to addressing the scenario of players being able to beat the game engine which will be a relief for casual players such as myself. Bear in mind , I think i felt similarly about FIFA 11 too so if i find myself once again getting scored on from the same spots, I’l edit this portion of the review.
2) Improved player AI – Absolutely fantastic. After playing about 10 games against the computer, I could really feel the difference. In fact, the only reason playing against the computer didn’t seem as fun as playing online was because i knew I was playing against the computer. The scores were always vastly different i.e. 6-0 in 1 game , 1-2 in another and the AI’s decision making ability ,even at the semi-pro level I am currently playing at is extremely smart. Case in point – I rushed my keeper on the AI player and the player actually chipped the ball above the keeper. Maybe it’s just me but I never saw the computer do that in FIFA 11 even at the ‘legendary’ difficulty level.
3) Defending – Ok I admit it – I was one of those whose defense strategy in 11 was to simply rush onto the opposition with the X button pressed. I tried the same strategy in ‘amateur’ difficulty in FIFA 12 and almost lost the game. In short, defending in Fifa 12 is much more about anticipation and interception than it is about tough tackling – just as is the case in the real sport.
4) Dribbling: Just like the improved bal physics make it difficult for the very good players to master scoring positions , shooting power etc. , the improved dribbling makes it very difficult for amateur players to just come in and steal the ball by just running into the player with the x button pressed when a player is pulling of a skill.
5) Commentary – Having 2 separate commentary teams certainly goes a long way towards not hearing the same thing again and again.
6) Graphics – Player faces have been enhanced to give a more real life look as compared to the glossy look players had in Fifa 11.
7) Other: As with recent FIFA releases, you really have to keep playing Fifa 12 to really see all the new subtle tweaks in the game that really add up to making a big difference and hence i will continue to update this section as and when i notice something really cool. Here are some I have noticed
a) Injuries: I actually had a player get injured mid run and just go down, possibly because I had maxed out his stamina and was still exerting him
b) Game customization: You actually have the ability to increase/ reduce several attributes of both you as well as the computer (on a scale of 100) such as shot speed, acceleration, pass speed, injury frequency, injury severity, goalkeeper ability etc. – kinda helps if you want to make the game even more easier/challenging in addition to the difficulty setting you selected.
How much of a difference does that make? I set my team’s sprint speed and acceleration to 100 and that of the computer to 0; in the previous game where all attributes were equal, I won 2-1 but with the edited settings, i won 35-0 , both at the exact same difficulty level.
Neutral:
Revamped Start Menu – Is cool but not a big deal for me. it’s just one of those things that gives you that ‘oh yes this is a new game’ feeling for the first couple of times but after that, you just feel indifferent towards it. Personally , I don’t think it improves or decreases the user experience but yes it does look a bit better.
Negatives:
1) Player impact engine: The primary reason that I consider this to be a negative is that i hardly ever see it come into effect in the game and when there is impact between players, the results are either over exaggerated or glitchy. 2 examples – The first was when I launched a sliding tackle straight through a player in the penalty box and it just made the player slightly imbalanced when he…
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|Good, but still contains some game-breaking issues,
Update:
- I’m changing the overall rating for this game to 3 Stars:
The Customization is worse than I thought. After paying for some of the creation center content I found out that the Creation Center is almost unusable. Just search for “error downloading user generated content” for Fifa 12 on Google and you’ll see the issues brought up by users. EA basically took payment and did not deliver.
- Career/Management mode is broken. Causes PS3 to freeze up when using Team Management options (i.e. formations, tactics). This is pretty bad for a modern game.
- The issue with AI runs I mention below, however, slightly alleviated by changing the AI Sliders within Customization, so it’s better, but don’t expect overlapping/diagonal runs such as in PES.
- EA sports needs to treat their product with more respect. Be wary of purchasing at full price expecting the Creation/Customization features to be intact. Customization is great for sports games, it’s something that has kept PES alive for ages, but EA’s still not on board. All the attention is on Ultimate Team right now since it generates funds for the company.
Original Review:
I’m basing my review on a pre-order valued copy of this game (approx. $45 value). For $60, I would say this game is incredibly overpriced if you own Fifa 10 or 11. For 45ish, it’s a good deal.
Good: The new precision dribbling in my opinion is the one big plus, allowing for close dribbling and tight control. No longer are acceleration and skill moves the key to winning and evading the defense. Basically, you can now play a style akin to Messi.
The tactical defending isn’t too much different as most people say it is, however, I do think it is a lot better than the “homing tackling” of the past.
The graphics and animation are second to none, if PES series had Fifa’s animation it would be the best football game no questions asked (and I can finally go back to buying PES)
Creation Center allows for your own custom teams and teams that aren’t in the game (although the number of teams/players is capped). [However content is full of bugs when creating/downloading/using]
Ultimate Team is now free and on the disc.
The Bad:
For a full priced game you can expect the usual DLC from EA Sports, and I’m not talking about new features for the future, but simply features that already exist but are locked until you pay EA some more dough. The worst example of this is that you cannot use a created team from the Creation Center within the Career Mode unless you buy a “Career Mode Pack.” Many of the better creation center features are also locked out until you pay for the “Serious Creator Pack.”
EA’s servers are prone to dropping you in the middle of various online modes. [this has improved a week after release to no drops, however my play sessions are short so I'm not certain it's fixed]
The AI players are reluctant to make diagonal runs, or many runs at all for that matter.
The AI defenders will also never foul you under the current Tactical Defending system, causing games that have zero free kicks. [Game Breaking]
Fifa removed 2 entire leagues (Turkish and Czech), and I think the loss of the Turkish league is a big negative.
The Skill moves are overpowered, it should be realized that quick turns of pace and directional changes are incredibly fatiguing to athletes, yet in this game a skilled player can do FIFA Street’esque moves non-stop for the entire 90 mins.
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|too much,
congradulations EA!!! you have made a game very realistic…and completely not fun. Either wayyy too easy, or way too hard. the jump in difficulty from semi-pro to pro is insane, and makes the game completely unplayable for an intermediate player. I have played FIFA 07, 08, 10, and 11. this one is by far the best gameplay, but it is just not fun. unless you are a hardcore fifa player …don’t bother with fifa 12. you will only be frustrated or bored.
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