Opinion: EA should delay FIFA 09 release, it's simply not good enough
After giving the FIFA 09 demo a good run-around, we believe that if it is anywhere near representative of the final build then
EA should delay the release of the game and spend another month sorting out some core gameplay issues. After the EURO 2008 game from EA (both the demo and final game are impressive), we thought that FIFA 09 would build on these improvements and put the final nail in the coffin for the PES series - but as it stands, FIFA 09 will not do so.
The major problem we have with the game is that it is not involving enough, as a player you will feel PASSIVE rather than active. The passing can be wayward, the shooting is arcade-like but worst of all is the fact that you do not feel in control of players in your own team.
EA Sports seem to have not only increased the pace of the game (which is too fast), but the players seem to weigh about 10 lbs each. Each player is incredibly light to the touch, they have no presence and quite frankly it is difficult to tell the difference between John Terry and Dider Drogba on physical game-play alone. Moreover, t
he light feeling of each of the players makes tackling, passing, dribbling shooting an un-involving affair. If you score, you will say who gives a SH@T, likewise if your fellow player scores, you say who gives a SH@T too. It really is THAT lacklustre, reminding us quite a lot of PES 2008, which was the first game in the PES series that we did not play for a year straight, we couldn't even bare it for longer than a few games.
We have to admit, we were PES fanboys for quite some time, right up until PES 2008 hit. This sparked our interest in the FIFA series, and
UEFA EURO 2008 was going along the right lines which gave us big hope for FIFA 09. Although right now as huge football fans, we are frustrated that there will potentially be no this-gen football offering which will rekindle the same admiration and affection of PES did back on the PS2 in the LAST generation.
Ultimately, at the time of writing, football fans are facing something of a gaming crisis, FIFA 09 is far from conducting the emotion of PES from the last generation, and PES has been suffering from an identity crisis as of late. Hopefully, the final version of FIFA 09 will sort out the issues raised above, although we doubt it will as it will require fundamental engine changes. And if Konami fails to deliver this year as they did last year, then we are left with no great soccer game for the year 2008/2009 which is something of a travesty considering EA Sports has been developing soccer games for 25 years and Konami for quite some time also.
Our message to you is don't just 'settle' for either PES or FIFA because they are there, purchase one of them because you feel they are worthy of your money. If neither of them are good enough, then DON'T buy them, you can go without and spend your hard-earned dollars on a sports game that deserves it such as NHL 09. And while we're on the subject of NHL 09, some gamers actually joke that EA Sports have got their game engines mixed up and this has made the FIFA players skate and feel so light weight. Regardles, EA Sports and Konami must learn the error of their ways (a big fat LOSS for these projects), or else we risk damaging football video games for years to come and your wallet certainly will not thank you for it. Part of us feels that the developers deliberately take steps backwards in development in order to lure you in for the next year's offering with 'improvements', don't stand for it and give the developers the RED CARD if you are not happy with the game.
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Originariamente Scritto da Deus
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