FIFA 09

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FIFA 09

 

Electronic Arts Inc. today revealed it has created platform specific experiences for its best-selling FIFA Soccer 09 franchise from EA SPORTS. FIFA Soccer 09 has been designed and customized to deliver a unique gameplay experience that takes advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform— the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, Wii home video game system, PC, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS, PSP system and mobile—when it is released worldwide this autumn.

 

"We have listened and responded to gamers and soccer fans around the world by building customized gameplay experiences for FIFA Soccer 09 on each platform," said Andrew Wilson, Vice President & Executive Producer for the franchise. "Everyone wants to play a soccer game that is customized to their system and delivers a unique and enjoyable experience. We understand that and have innovated features, created new modes and designed controls that are tailored to each specific platform."

 

FIFA Soccer 09 on PC now features leading-edge visuals that deliver graphics that exploit the power of hi-spec gaming PCs, as requested by PC gamers. Star players are featured in photorealistic quality with remodeled likenesses for ultra-realistic gameplay. FIFA Soccer 09 on PC also features customizable mouse gameplay controls that deliver deeper, more intuitive command over your squad. Plus, customizable widgets are now integrated into the menu system to connect you to the FIFA community and real-world soccer so you stay connected while playing FIFA Soccer 09.

 

"We are committed to investing and innovating to create a PC specific experience," said Producer Paul Hossack. "Gamers want a gameplay experience exclusively for PC and FIFA Soccer 09 on PC delivers this."

 

Additional major feature innovations for PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360 and PC will be revealed later this month and announced at the Leipzig Games Convention in August.

 

 

FIFA 09 First Look

Revealing the new control scheme exclusive to FIFA 09 on the PC.

 

One game that appears to be immune to potential extinction on the PC is the FIFA series. Perhaps owing to its large European fanbase, FIFA's not likely to disappear off of PC's anytime soon. Furthermore, when we looked at the PC version of FIFA 09 at the EA Canada studio recently, we saw a game that was actually being developed as opposed to simply being maintained. The PC version may very well be the most intriguing release of FIFA 09, owing to a new control technique.

 

For those of you who don't like using a pad when playing games on your PC, FIFA 09 has a solution that reminds us very much of the "Call Your Shot" technique from Madden 09 on the Wii, although it was dreamt up entirely independently in two separate EA studios. A new input system allows you to use your mouse along with the traditional keyboard input in new, different ways. You can now click on a player to select him in defense; offensively, you can select a player and then click an open space for him to run into. By using more force with your click, you can have a player move beyond the screen into the space behind it; less force allows him to make a shorter run.

 

The separation here is very tangible: Instead of controlling a player or two, as you do now in the game, you can virtually control an entire team at once. The idea, according to FIFA 09 PC Line Producer Paul Hossack, is to go outside the box and use features from other genres in sports games -- here, first-person shooters. "As game designers, and as a game lover myself, the amount of control available in first-person shooters is ideal; it's a very intuitive control", Hossack said. "We're not taking advantage of the controls on the PC, so we started prototyping this type of control last fall, and it was only after a couple of months that that mouse idea came up."

 

 

The other improvements to the game focus primarily on visuals and internet integration. With regards to the former, the graphics engine in the game has been improved to the point where, Hossack claims, the visuals in the PC version of the game are the same as those in the 360 and PS3 console version, including the same heads, bodies, kit details, and lighting effects. The game's implemented 3D grass and added a high-resolution ball. You'll notice everything from player veins to wrinkles on their uniforms if you look close enough.

 

The game has also implemented many of the same animations that you'll see in the PS2 version of the game; there's 350 new animations in the PC version strictly relating to collisions alone. The new shielding effects seen in the PS2 version also appear on the PC.

 

 

The front end of the game also features several new widgets, designed to integrate the Internet content available to users playing on PCs with the game itself. After specifying a favorite club, you'll be provided with updated news on the team, details on your online profile, further details on who's online to play in a match, and updates on the interactive leagues using the game's "Rivals" mode, which allows teams who support real-life clubs to play their opponents in FIFA.

 

 

PC-specific interview with Paul Hossack

 

 

[Nix_]

Τα ιδια και τα ιδια, Αν εξαιρεσω τα widgets και τον ελεγχο με το ποντικι.

Πιστευω πως η εκδοση για το PC θα ειναι σχεδον τραγικη, οπως καθε χρονο... Τα τελευταια χρονια!

Αποψη μου !!

[GhostRiderLSOV]

Καλό τουλάχιστον που παίρνουμε τα γραφικά 360 και PS3 τώρα.

Αν και μοιάζουν σαν φαντάσματα με την περίεργη "αύρα" τους οι παίχτες.

[supermario29]

Ο χειρισμος αντιγραφη απο το Pro στο Wii, ετσι;

[kostacurtas]

Ο χειρισμος αντιγραφη απο το Pro στο Wii, ετσι;

Ναι ετσι ειναι. Πολυ καλη επιλογη απο την EA.

 

Για μενα αυτος ο χειρισμος ειναι επαναστικος και ο καλυτερος που εχω δει σε παιχνιδι ποδοσφαιρου.

 

Μπορεις πραγματικα να χειριστεις ολη την ομαδα ταυτοχρονα.

 

Οσοι δεν εχετε παιξει το Pro Evolution Soccer στο Wii θα δειτε οτι δεν ειναι απλα ενας νεος τροπος χειρισμου αλλα πραγματικα αλλαζει εντελως το παιχνιδι.

[supermario29]

Ναι ετσι ειναι. Πολυ καλη επιλογη απο την EA.

 

Για μενα αυτος ο χειρισμος ειναι επαναστικος και ο καλυτερος που εχω δει σε παιχνιδι ποδοσφαιρου.

 

Μπορεις πραγματικα να χειριστεις ολη την ομαδα ταυτοχρονα.

 

Οσοι δεν εχετε παιξει το Pro Evolution Soccer στο Wii θα δειτε οτι δεν ειναι απλα ενας νεος τροπος χειρισμου αλλα πραγματικα αλλαζει εντελως το παιχνιδι.

 

Εμενα παντως μ' αρεσει πολυ. Γιατι δεν εχει μονο ενα παικτη καθε φορα. Μπορεις να κουνας ενα παικτη και να "στελνεις" ενα δευτερο στο κενο χωρο σημειο ακριβως που ΕΣΥ θελεις και να του στειλεις την μπαλα ακριβως εκει, και οχι εκει που το pc θα αποφασισει να στειλει την μπαλια αν παταγες το Through Ball στο gamepad.

[Cygnus]

Θέλει όμως πολύ χρόνο να εξοικειωθείς..Εγώ με 2 ματς δεν τα κατάφερα.

[liberostelios]

Για μενα αυτος ο χειρισμος ειναι επαναστικος και ο καλυτερος που εχω δει σε παιχνιδι ποδοσφαιρου.

 

Μπορεις πραγματικα να χειριστεις ολη την ομαδα ταυτοχρονα.

 

Οσοι δεν εχετε παιξει το Pro Evolution Soccer στο Wii θα δειτε οτι δεν ειναι απλα ενας νεος τροπος χειρισμου αλλα πραγματικα αλλαζει εντελως το παιχνιδι.

Για την ακρίβεια, την ιδέα την έχω δει εδώ και πολύ καιρό από ένα τελείως άγνωστο, low-budget παιχνίδι, το Tactical Soccer όπου, βέβαια, τα γραφικά δε συγκρίνονται και η προσέγκιση είναι ψιλο-subuteo, δηλαδή το παιχνίδι κάνει pause και εσύ λες που θα πάνε οι παίκτες στην επόμενη κίνηση κλπ. Δεν το έχω δει στο Wii σε action εκδοχη...

[pappous_soulis]

Εγώ θέλω απλώς next-gen γραφικά στο PC,γίνεται?

ΔΕΝ ΓΙΝΕΤΑΙ !1

[liberostelios]

Εγώ θέλω απλώς next-gen γραφικά στο PC,γίνεται?

ΔΕΝ ΓΙΝΕΤΑΙ !1

Μα, νομίζω, θα είναι next-gen τα γραφικά... Απλώς δε θα έχουν τις βελτιώσεις (μικρές ή μεγάλες) που θα έχει το 09 στο ps3 και στο xbox360... Αν θέλετε διορθώστε με.

 

Πάντως ένα πράγμα που θα πρέπει κάποια στιγμή να φτιάξουν είναι τα cut-scenes που είναι ετοιματζίδικοι πανηγυρισμοί, κινήσεις κλπ. τελείως αυτόνομοι από το παιχνίδι! Εν έτη 2008 να βλέπεις ποδοσφαιράκι με φοβερά γραφικά που ενώ ο τάδε σκόραρε γκολ στην αριστερή πλευρά τον βλέπεις να φεύγει προς τα αριστερά και ξαφνικά είναι στο δεξί σημαιάκι του κόρνερ και πανηγυρίζει είναι πολύ αντιαισθητικό! Τουλάχιστον για μένα...

[Niko Bellic]

Πιστεύω πως με ένα port από το Xbox360 θα μπορούσαν να βγάλουν next-gen γραφικά στο PC.Όπως έγινε και φέτος με το Pro 08

[kostacurtas]

FIFA 09 Better than PES – Hands-On

Guess who has come up to speed?

 

 

So the whistle has blown and weʼve got kick-off: the battle has begun in the annual FIFA vs. EVO battle for virtual soccer supremacy. Last week, following on from the E3 event in Los Angeles, we were lucky enough to head up to Vancouver to play a number of EA games that werenʼt mentioned at all at the preceding exhibition. This included FIFA 09...

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FIFA 09 - New Details

 

OK lads only a really quick post but look at fifasoccerblog over the next few days for loads more details and exclusive stuff. Well all I can say is that FIFA 09 is truly where next gen football begins.

 

A few key point:

• Be a pro is 4 seasons offline.
  
• They have a new EA locker where the game tactics and formations an stuff by the fans can be exchanged!
  
• They are also implementing a new online rule for quitters. If you quit in the first 3 minutes no penalty. Quit between 3 and 5 minutes you get a DNF and quit after 5 minutes you get a 5 minute loss and a really bad rating.
  
• Collision system is phenomenal! You really have to see it in action.
  
• New jostling system is also amazing.
  
• Ball physics and passing is improved drastically.
  
• The pace of the game is much better.
  
• The manager mode is pretty much the same, as well the edit mode.
  
• Player fatigue has been improved.
  

And there are loads more details and pics to come.

 

The FSB team touch down in the UK tomorrow so expect loads more exclusive stuff then.

 

And yes your questions have been answered in a 1 hour 1-1 with David Rutter.

[xtrmsnpr]

FIFA 09 Better than PES – Hands-On

Guess who has come up to speed?

 

 

So the whistle has blown and weʼve got kick-off: the battle has begun in the annual FIFA vs. EVO battle for virtual soccer supremacy. Last week, following on from the E3 event in Los Angeles, we were lucky enough to head up to Vancouver to play a number of EA games that werenʼt mentioned at all at the preceding exhibition. This included FIFA 09...

 

Εγω πέρα από αυτό τ άρθρο(όχι πως λέει κ πολλά για τ προ ή πιο πολλά για τ φίφα) δν έχω διαβάσει τπτ άλλο για το προ2009 κ χαίρομαι άσχημα!!Χαίρομαι που it's going down!!Κ ασχολούνται με το φίφ@ ξανά,ας μν έκανες λαλακίες ο Τσατσακούτσας να είχε τν κυριαρχία ακόμα.

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FIFA 09 - PC Hands-On

 

There were rumours that the PC version of FIFA could see the axe in the future... those rumours couldn't be further from the truth. EA realise the importance of the PC platform and the size of the FIFA fanbase/community involved with this version/SKU. For this reason above all FIFA on the PC has undergone an overhaul for the new season...