Hey Steve can you enlighten me on the topic of this Ultimate Team? I think this is the first time we are going to have it on PC. I've already preordered the game and this is what I'm getting as an offer.
From what i understand, its a manager/player mode similar to the old career modes of Fifa only difference being that its online. You will groom your players and trade player with others? If its that then it would be really awesome.
P.S: Flipkart is awesome for preordering games in India. Price of Fifa 12 pc version is around 20 $ and its free home delivery with a 4gb Flash Drive. And add all those Gold pack stuff to it too. Sweet deal i guess
Sorry Angry, I have no idea as I've never played it.
Fifa 12 demo's out.
My opinion? It's awful.
Awfully good, that is. Note first of all, I'm playing on professional.
Wow, what a game EA have given us! The game is slower, you have to pick your passes, you actually have to build your play now. When a speedy player like Messi gets the ball, you can see it as he blitzes past people. No more magnetic defenders where a speed player is unable to get away! Commentary is so-so. The atmosphere is also so-so, but hopefully that's because it's a demo - audio is often better in the full game.
Speaking of which, the ball audio is too quiet! No biggie I know, but you can barely hear the ball even from a whumping great goal kick down field. Some of the physics are a bit odd - when playing a pass or shot at full speed, it seems to 'ping' off the player's foot a bit too much. I'm sure that can be adjusted with sliders though.
The game is even more physical now, but in a good way - due to the Impact Engine. I haven't seen any real oddities with that yet.
It seems now that it's actually possible to go on a mazy dribble without employing some unrealistic skill move all the time - but that doesn't mean you can just run through the whole opposition. The AI is a lot better - like you, the AI build their play now. They're devious in attack and organised in defence - no more endless throughball goals methinks.
I love the new Tactical Defending - it does indeed revolutionise the way you defend and is responsible for some of the game's new found slower pace.
Some truly beautiful football is possible now, little intricate passes are possible.
The AI do seem to shoot (and score) a bit too much from long range right now (with the aforementioned 'ping' off the foot) and there's a weird bug: whenever the ball hits the post, the controls screen comes up. :?
Offside decisions seem less 'robo-insta-decision' now - and players react to being given offside. Maybe, just maybe, EA have taken a leaf out of PES' book and made offside goals more unpredictable? Has anyone scored an offside goal yet? Other nice touches: when making subs, you see the players run off and high five each other. If there are two subs, you'll see all four players - haven't tried three yet.
Celebrations are getting there. They're more varied, but still not in PES' class.
Overall though, this is a great football game! Even if you're a diehard PES head, try this demo out. It's yet another case of not being able to judge a game from watching videos. This game doesn't feel like Fifa 11 at all (at least not the PC version). From what I played of the console version, it's a significant step up from that as well.
My pre order is safe - I'm looking forwards to getting my hands on the full game!
