The official *FIFA 08/EURO 2008* topic || Next-gen version ( X360/PS3 )

[anamenos]

to paixnidi pragmatika arxise na me enthousiazei , etsi opos fainetai sto telos tou mina tha exoume ena pragmatiko e3omioti podosfairou sta xeria mas

[Blackjim]

Entypwseis apo Fifa 08 stin GCA ( Singapore ) , by Placebo , Evo-Web

( later build apo Leipzig )

 

Back, holy shit Fifa08 is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

 

Was fortunate enough to get chatting with an EA Producer there, he showed me a bunch of stuff in Fifa and I played a match against him

 

I played two full matches in total, Sheffield United (the EA producer) v Sheffield Wednesday (me), lost 2-0 but it was a really good match, I made loads of chances but couldn't convert them (just like real life!). Dirty cheating blades had Lee Hendrie sent off for two yellows!

 

Second match was Arsenal v Liverpool, me as Liverpool against a guy who was there, I won 4-1, 1st 60 mins was really close but I pulled away in the end with a couple of quick goals

 

The shooting is highly impressive, I ended up using Christian Ronaldo in the arena for some reason, even though I dislike him, I tried some shooting from around 20-25 yards and it was a thing of beauty, ball moves really well, good speed about it, sent one drive crashing off the crossbar

 

During the Liverpool v Arsenal game I hit a shot with Alonso that was probably the highlight of my experience with 08, he's about 25 yards out, in the "inside left" position as they like to call it, I point him towards the far post then shoot to the left post, medium height dipping shot, fair amount of power, I'm about to celebrate but then Lehman pulled off a fantastic full stretch one handed save to push it out for a corner, looked really class

 

EA have speeded up the "powering up" of crosses and shots and such so at first if you're used to UCL you'll find yourself hitting shots over the bar, but once you get used to it you get your timing back and can really hit the ball well, the movement of the ball from shots just looks fantastic, really smooth and organic, looks spot on and not elasticy or whatever like older Fifa's, it somewhat reminded me of PES' shooting in the way that it felt pure and organic.

 

To be honest balls and net physics are never something I notice because they don't interest me all that much. I did talk to the EA guy for about 10-15 mins before I actually got to play so net physics was one of the things I mentioned because I know how a lot of you are really into it.

 

I commented that recent videos have been meeting with a better response than the Leipzig version and he said that yes it's a newer build that was shown recently (eg gamespot vids), and the version they were showing in Singapore is only about a week or two old, much newer than the Leipzig floor demo, the version they let us play today is pretty much the full version of the game rather than a limited demo.

 

I only played versus another human so can't really comment on AI, goalkeepers seemed to do what they're supposed to do and obviously they're AI so that's something, when I first a couple of people were playing separately against the AI and from what I saw the AI attacked and moved in a very convincing way.

 

I don't remember any glitches, I'll try to rack my brain

 

One thing that was very cool, I passed back to Reina, the guy I was playing closed him down with Van Persie and when I powered up kick and released it Reina panicked because of the pressure and fluffed his kick resulting in an almost air shot, the ball only just left the box, fortunately my defenders were awake and cleared it, very cool and very accurate I thought

 

First few pics, the Neville ones came out really well and show something not seen before I believe? Player stats....

 

We (the EA guy and I) ended up doing a lot with Gary Neville because I used him as the example for the concern a lot of people have for doing skill moves (a little more on that later), so Neville ended up as the player selected in the Arena and then the guy showed me Nevilles stats (I specifically asked if I could see what attributes make up each player).

 

 

(ignore the fact that the first pic doesn't show Neville, that's because there's a slight pause whilst it loads the selected player and my photo finger was a little faster than the 360!)

I didn't manage to catch all the stats as he scrolled through but as you can see from the scrollbar there's something like 20-30 stats and attributes so they really add up to making a player unique from another player, also something which I only just noticed now is that a player finally has more than one position if applicable, Neville as you can see is listed as RB/CB/RWB and his "top attributes" are about what you'd expect them to be for Neville.

 

I can confirm that yes you use the D-pad as before to choose an attacking or defending tactic same as current gen or 07/UCL next gen

 

As mentioned it's simply because it's still showing the pic of a previous player, maybe Nani or Saha?

 

Here's a couple of random pics, one of Fifa 08 on the wii (at GCA they had 2x Fifa08 360, 1x Fifa08 Wii then about 20 linked PCs playing "Fifa online")

 

 

 

As in heading towards goal to try to score and heading out of the box to clear when you're a defender? I thought is was pretty much as it should be, if you're in a better position than the guy you're challenging then you'll win the ball most likely, if the guy you're challenging is a stronger player who is better in the air then he might well win the ball, during the Blades v Owls game Steve Watson won a lot of headers in the box which he should have done because he's a big fat strong bugger During Arsenal v Liverpool Carragher dominated Arsenal in the air because he was mostly challenging van Persie who is neither strong nor a good header, at the other end Kuyt won a couple of headers "he had no right to win" because he was up against weaker players with less heading ability, and as I mentioned I scored one very nice headed goal during the game, I'm pretty sure I hit the crossbar with a header from Frannie Jeffers as well

[anamenos]

hehe molis simera ekana logariasmo sto evoweb kai eida ta post tou

[privateer]

FIFA 08 PS3 'Gooooooal'

 

[Daredevil]

FIFA 08 PS3 'Gooooooal'

 

So there you have it; most of our nitpicks from last year's game have been addressed. Now if they can just sort out that aerial game....

 

 

 

Lege me kounelise oti einai pshlo

[Blackjim]

Great news!

 

I wanted to update you with the official release date of both PS3 and Xbox 360 demos on Sony Network and Marketplace.

 

Both demos are now set for release on Sept 13

http://footballcommunity.ea.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=883259#883259

[privateer]

[anamenos]

Blackjim otan katevaseis to demo apo to marketplace perimenw entiposeis, giati egw distixos apo ton allo mina tha agorasw tin konsola

[liberostelios]

Τα γραφικά του παιχνιδιού είναι πραγματικά εντυπωσιακά! Ωστόσο, αναρωτιέμαι αν δικαιούται ένα παιχνίδι σαν το Fifa να αποκαλείται Next-Gen όταν πάσχει από φαινόμενα που δεν είναι καν της εποχής του... Ατσούμπαλα animations, περίεργη συμπεριφορά της μπάλας και μοντέλου φυσικής και, για όνομα του θεού, είναι δυνατόν να πάει να πανηγυρίσει ο παίκτης στη μία πλευρά και τελικά ο πανηγυρισμός να γίνεται στην απέναντι (δείτε την τελευταία φάση του παραπάνω βίντεο);

 

Είναι μάλλον αστεία τέτοια στοιχεία και, παρά την πρόθεσή μου να δώσω μια ευκαιρεία στο παιχνίδι, δε νομίζω ότι μπορεί να θεωρηθεί simulator επ ουδενί!

[kallair]

ton stringakia ton david mia xara ton exoun ftiaksei! oso gia tis kiniseis twn paiktwn, elpizw na exoun ftiaksei to gel tis mpalas k to kontrol. se proigoumeno video pou eixa dei, itan teleiws afisika.

[anamenos]

eno gia to PES ti na pei kaneis. Paixnidi me grafika PS2 mporei kallista na legete next gen...Oson gia ta animations min to psaxnete to thema, apla to PES vriskete merika xronia piso...

[equi1908]

eno gia to PES ti na pei kaneis. Paixnidi me grafika PS2 mporei kallista na legete next gen...Oson gia ta animations min to psaxnete to thema, apla to PES vriskete merika xronia piso...

 

Εσυ δηλαδη προτιμας fifa απο pes??? Περι ορεξεως κολοκυθοπιτα... Τι να πει κανεις?

[anamenos]

pane pe3e to idio paixnidi pou paizeis apo to 2004 kai ase emena na pai3w ena pragmatika neo paixnidi

[kallair]

eno gia to PES ti na pei kaneis. Paixnidi me grafika PS2 mporei kallista na legete next gen...Oson gia ta animations min to psaxnete to thema, apla to PES vriskete merika xronia piso...

 

allos enas pou den mporei na staurosei niki sto pro k to erikse sto fifa...:mrgreen:

[anamenos]

egw re file varethika to scripted gameplay tou pes, kai eidika ta animations pou fainontai 3eperasmena. Ta animations sto fifa einai ftiagmena apo alithinous paiktes opos einai o Ronaldinho i o Adreas Ivantcic tou PAO. Sto PES den vlepeis tin diafora sta dio podia otan trexoun oi paiktes, koita3e mia matia sta video kai tha katalaveis