FIFA 09 PS3/360 Discussion Thread

[astirling]

can someone with the 360 version please confirm that when raining, no rain appears in normal game camera, only in cutscenes, replays, free kicks and instant replays?

Its a bug thats really ruining it for me - want to know if its just my copy!!

I haven't been able to make it rain yet! Irrespective of whether it's cut scenes or main play.

[BobbyBox]

I don't understand why you go on about untucked shirts and goal kicks when, in my mind FIFA's shooting seems to have a pretty large flaw to it.

You seem to be the only one mentioning this Flaw?

Coopz gave you a few pointers a couple of posts up. Try that and then let us know how you feel?

[Cammey]

I don't understand why you go on about untucked shirts and goal kicks when, in my mind FIFA's shooting seems to have a pretty large flaw to it.

Is that because nobody sets off a fire cracker everytime the ball is kicked?

[Scutch]

He's in the Russian squad. Rated at 84 and playing CF.

Ahh cool. But would I still be able to try and purchase him in Manager Mode?

[astirling]

Just played a quick game 10v10.

Absoloute joke. Complete lag-fest, offside-fest with the forwards (and I use that term mildly as nearly every midfielder was up there as well), long-balls, shooting from the halfway line, players not passing and trying to dribble through everyone ... just a horrible experience.

I had quite the opposite. Albeit it wasn't the full 10 v 10 but it was smooth and people tried their best to keep their positions.

[Woodzy]

Played a few games of 10 v 10, no lag at all, but definitely a joke. Midfielders are up front, defenders are up front, it's stupid. And i don't think i've played a game with another English person so far apart from a couple of my mates.

[DagsJT]

I haven't been able to make it rain yet! Irrespective of whether it's cut scenes or main play.

Setting it to overcast and it rains during cut-scenes but not during the game for me.

The AI and ratings system is FAR better for BAP in 09 :DD

[unbornchikkenvoices]

Just played the PES Demo.

If any of them has the nerve to say the ball is like a balloon in fifa they should try the goal kicks in there beloved PES.

I took a goal kick went and made a brew watched half an hour of Ray Mears and the ball had still not come down. :LOL:



To be honest, this is what I was just talking about in my last post.

You seem to enjoy slagging off PES more than playing FIFA!


Infact do you actually play either or do you just dance around the boards like a resident court jester?

I cannot recall a time were you posted about tactics/moves/formations etc
in game discussion seems to be above your station.

I loved the days when it was all about playing and getting the most out of the game. You could come on here and learn about differant shooting/dribbling/skill/passing techniques, how and when to do differant things.

Clownss like you get in the way of all that, for every post that answers a question on how to get the most out ofshooting (see post a few above) there are 10 waste-of-time posts like 99% of yours.

maybe im getting too old..

[Shearer_God]

Played my first game online. Was crap, got owned 3-0 by teh lag.

[Shockin' The Prem]

what do you have your shooting on ?

Assisted,Semi,Manual

and try using finesse (with alot of open space) and from a 45 degree angle also makes it easier to curl it top corner :)

Well im on semi controls and i scored two awesome long rangers last night

The key to shooting is positioning, you need to be at a angle so he can put his foot straight through it. Even shooting sideways on using finesse and his stronger foot works well because then you get whip on the ball

Cheers for the advice guys, I'll give it a shot.

[Milanista]

Loving the game but am very annoyed at the lack of night games in most stadiums... like San Siro! I also can't see the rain during the match like someone mentioned.

[astirling]

Setting it to overcast and it rains during cut-scenes but not during the game for me.

The AI and ratings system is FAR better for BAP in 09 :DD

Setting it to overcast makes it look overcast in game and in cutscenes. Not the slightest hint of rain anywhere.

[gomito#10]

they had that in euro, weird

[final lap]

I'm actually getting so sick of the shooting now, it's driving me insane. Can someone explain to me to score from outside the box? I've tried it with a mile of space around me, nice hit and it just goes sailing over the bar.

Ruining the game for me completely at the moment, since the main objective of a football game funnily enough is to score.

I've scored about 20 tap-ins but it's really not as exciting as a 30 yarder.

Actually I was having the same problems as you, then I followed the advice of somebody from these forums, cant remember who. First of all let go of the sprint button before shooting, press the LT (xbox 360, focus I think?) and yes positioning is very important. I am getting much better shots on goal with this, even low shots.

[gomito#10]

Actually I was having the same problems as you, then I followed the advice of somebody from these forums, cant remember who. First of all let go of the sprint button before shooting, press the LT (xbox 360, focus I think?) and yes positioning is very important. I am getting much better shots on goal with this, even low shots.

how did you get the game in Miami?

[final lap]

I have played both FIFA demos on 360 and PS3 and really cannot make up my mind as to which version to buy. I can definitely play much better with the PS3 controller, using the dpad, but I hate the PS3s' triggers. Also the demo on 360 looks much better. Does the final version on PS3 look much better than the demo?

thanks

[final lap]

how did you get the game in Miami?

I'm talking about the demo, sadly. Did you buy FIFA 08 for the PS3 last year? if so, do you know how many commentary languages are available?

[Murkurial]

which is why you play FIFA Clubs :)

I will never play a 10v10 game as it would be turd

fifa clubs I have a team of 3 atm and its perfect :)

How is the club mode with real world teams though?

For instance, can everyone on Milan do Ronaldinho moves, or can nobody? Because if I remember correctly, everyone is the same rating which to me is kind of dumb when you have real world teams. Takes away the identity of the team and if that's the case they might as well let you make your own player.

What's the Club mode like though?

[Placebo]

I'm actually getting so sick of the shooting now, it's driving me insane. Can someone explain to me to score from outside the box? I've tried it with a mile of space around me, nice hit and it just goes sailing over the bar.

Ruining the game for me completely at the moment, since the main objective of a football game funnily enough is to score.

I've scored about 20 tap-ins but it's really not as exciting as a 30 yarder.

Have you read the playing guide that Operation Sports released? Goes into great detail there on how to play all aspects of the game.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/fifa-discussion/270383-official-players-guide-fifa09-ea-sports-updated-9-28-56k-warning.html

[Coopz]

I like the new status things on live now, there alot more informative and at least now you wont be sitting around for ages waiting for people to finish to play a league game

Like this

Playing Xbox LIVE 1st Hf LIV 0-0 Man C

Playing Be A Pro Seasons 1st Hf Ipswich 0-0 Preston

Playing Manager Mode 1st Hf Winning 1-0 at Home

[Placebo]

After a match you can no longer see every player's individual stats such as pass completion, shots on target, tackles made, dribbling distance etc. etc. Only for the 1 player voted MOM? :(

[BobbyBox]

After a match you can no longer see every player's individual stats such as pass completion, shots on target, tackles made, dribbling distance etc. etc. Only for the 1 player voted MOM? :(

WHAT!!! that makes Bobby Unhappy - I love all that shit!!!

[luke909]

I played my first BAP online match

Manchester United 8-6 AC Milan

:|

United (my team) had 4 players sent off and amazingly won, the people on there are so ballgreedy its untrue and the defenders set off attacking with the forwards, leaving acres of space behind them.

[evacuate]

Yeah I've played some bap online too and it wasn't very fun at all. It will be great with proper teams though.

And I'm not sure if it been said, but I can confirm that in BAP seasons you can get injured. I just got injured for three days or if it was three matches. Probably only minor injuries, but it's nice to see it's in.

[Jamezinho]

This 10 v 10 mode sounds like playground football.

[reddevils]

loololololollol

[DagsJT]

Just failed a BAP objective of "Take 2 shots" even though I had four shots? :SS

[OPM]

same old same old with ea again, once you get into the game the bugs start surfacing...and not some of them, a lot. :(

it's kinda sad cause this is a great game, but so many things left out / forgotten / unbalanced that it takes away quite some fun :(

[J13]

Hmm, do you get offers from other teams in BAP mode, or do you continue in the same team all 4 seasons?

[DagsJT]

Hmm, do you get offers from other teams in BAP mode, or do you continue in the same team all 4 seasons?

I think you move to different clubs as when you start a new game, the "Features" screen says about playing for different teams.

[Placebo]

WHAT!!! that makes Bobby Unhappy - I love all that shit!!!

Me too :(

[OPM]

you're not alone - one of the reasons i bashed pes 2008. i love statistics. :(

[J13]

I think you move to different clubs as when you start a new game, the "Features" screen says about playing for different teams.

Oh alright, I really hope so because otherwise it'd get boring playing for the same team, specially if you want to begin in a "small" team and get a better contract by a big club.

Thanks for the answer.

[Super Quinninho]

Forgot to ask, is it still possible to do a multiplayer BAP, like the CYC on Euro 2008?

Thats all I played on Euro 08, me and a mate up front for Croatia.

[Scorpio]

Just failed a BAP objective of "Take 2 shots" even though I had four shots? :SS

They probably mean on goal, no?

[J13]

They probably mean on goal, no?
Yeah, on goal.

[Trance_Allstar]

I hate my postman.


Looks like we will now have a nice transition from game shop clerk violence to postman violence. ;)

I played my first BAP online match

Manchester United 8-6 AC Milan

:|

United (my team) had 4 players sent off and amazingly won, the people on there are so ballgreedy its untrue and the defenders set off attacking with the forwards, leaving acres of space behind them.

If you find a video or something of a match like this, I need to see it. It looks so ridiculous in my head, I hope reality matches it.

[jambotommy]

Just played the PES Demo.

If any of them has the nerve to say the ball is like a balloon in fifa they should try the goal kicks in there beloved PES.

I took a goal kick went and made a brew watched half an hour of Ray Mears and the ball had still not come down. :LOL:

Is it down yet mate ?

:LOL:

[winston]

Well, my copy was apparently dispatched on Tuesday night, 1st class post, yet has not arrived today. But don't worry Mr Postman, I'll still give you your Christmas tip....the tip of a sword jammed up your arse.

[reddevils]

show an ugly girl to it

:|

[gomito#10]

you're not alone - one of the reasons i bashed pes 2008. i love statistics. :(

check out my post in other games about 2k hockey

[gameklip]

Is it down yet mate ?

:LOL:

:lol:

i just played the demo. it's a slower 2008. not impressed. better leave it at that.:CLOSED:

[Super Quinninho]

Forgot to ask, is it still possible to do a multiplayer BAP, like the CYC on Euro 2008?

Thats all I played on Euro 08, me and a mate up front for Croatia.

Any chance someone knows this?

[DagsJT]

Found a bug. When playing BAP Seasons, you can't pick the team or change tactics pre-game until you're captain. But you can change the tactics in-game :ROLL:

Quinninho, multiplayer in BAP Seasons is definately in yep.

[gameklip]

I really dont think that happened, unless he was on the lowest setting

I have been trying to "break" the pes 09 demo like that for about 10 games and you are not gonna waltz past every player on the top setting (like you could in pes 08)

I'm not arsed about people slagging the game off (look at my join date, I have watched people slag it off since pes 2 onwards)

but to post such a blatent lie in this forum just to show your one of the sheep and then everyone says 'of course' 'well we all knew it would happen'etc will devalue your opinion on FIFA.

it needs to be kept objective.

I think both FIFA 09 and PES 09(demo) look fantastic this year, so both have a place in my collection.

the best game wont be decided for another 2-3 months when the dust settles when we see whos still playing what.

Just saw this. I hadn't played the demo as of the time my post was written. I was just not surprised if the game was piss easy. Do you blame me when my only NEXT GEN evidence was PES2008? Really?

Having got played the demo, it's not much better than i expected. Not piss easy due to the more pedantic pace of the passing. But it's not far enough removed from 2008. Infact It's a slower 2008.

It's been stripped down (primitive blur and massive Level of Detail filter) to get the frame-rate smooth (which does actually look very good) but that means we get worse player models (although the crowd and the pitch HAVE improved imo). One-touch passing is fast as ever, but playing the game, it's obvious the engine needs a re-haul.

And If we're playing the join-date game, i was online in 2000 crowing about how ISS n64 was better than PRo Evo on the PSx. I just hadn't found this place. Infact my other nick here (TheTone) was resigned ages ago.

I've bought these titles (ISS, Pro) every year without fail until Fifa07 came in attempting to add competition to the genre. Competition i didn't think as needed (Pro Evo 5 & 6 were the pinnacle as far as last gen football is concerned). Not until i saw Fifa09. It's not even the license anymore that separates them. It's the actual gameplay.

Fact is I find it more rewarding to craft and score a goal in Fif09 than in PES2009, and it's up to konami to come in fresh (just like EA did) and change my mind.

The complaints from PES fans of Fifa strike me as insincere in the face of PES2009. Ive heard it all from shooting, to the intricacies of player models and even Fifa's running animations. Truth is both could do better with the running animations. But the player models in Fifa are finally better than pro evo. They're slim and athletic rather than simian (as the were before). Prov Evo still has that drunken robocop running animation and wooden clothes from last gen.

I hope mods don't delete this as it addresses both games (both demos are out). Had i posted this on the other forum, i'd not have time to answer in the flood of tears heading my way. I just don't like my opinion one item being taken as base across all games (including fifa09).

There's mudslinging from both camps, but owning both consoles, both previous titles (fifa08 & PES2008) and both demo's, i'd like to believe my opinion counts for more than "bah he just bashed my precious demo so his opinion is worthless".

just my 2cents.

more like a quid actually.

[sweetkilla]

Found a bug. When playing BAP Seasons, you can't pick the team or change tactics pre-game until you're captain. But you can change the tactics in-game :ROLL:

Quinninho, multiplayer in BAP Seasons is definately in yep.


doesn't happen for me lol

[DagsJT]

Sweetkilla, you mean you can't change your mentality with the d-pad? Because it's definately working here.

I really hope a patch fixes the players making runs but stopping and starting again. It looks ridiculous and it completely ruins the flow of a passing move when the striker suddenly stops and the defender nicks the ball.

[Rob92]

Are you lot up for some 10v10 tonight? :))

There might not be enough for 10v10 though, so maybe we can do 5v5 or something.

[gameklip]

Sorry guys, I'm just tired of the nostalgia this guy is bringing in here with the "you don't talk about tactics/shooting etc like we used to", and a few lines down his posts there's Placebo helping someone with the new shooting mechanics and another poster joining in to help too. :lol:

whatever.

[football_fan]

hey guy can someone please tell me what build the pes2009 demo that came out today was? thanks
because wow! the fifa demo is way better than it

[tobi]

I just started an EPL league with Spurs however when I go to the squad section Modric and Jenas are missing! Has this happened to anyone else? Loving the game btw.

[winston]

hey guy can someone please tell me what build the pes2009 demo that came out today was?

I think it was the 2002 build.

[deathcab001]

PROBLEMS WITH THE UPDATE!...

i received my copy :applaud:

has anyone downloaded the xbox update for fifa yet? bad news - it looks like its bricked my xbox! :brick:

i can't connect to xbox live anymore, once it signs in it just crashes!. i can play offline but its really annoying that i'll probably have to go back to the shop to replace it.

Has this happened to anyone else?

on a side note, i unlocked two achievements:

Win a match whilst signed out of xbox live :DD

Complete a pass from one flank to the other :DD

[jaygrim]

I think it was the 2002 build.

:LOL:

[unbornchikkenvoices]

Sorry guys, I'm just tired of the nostalgia this guy is bringing in here with the "you don't talk about tactics/shooting etc like we used to", and a few lines down his posts there's Placebo helping someone with the new shooting mechanics and another poster joining in to help too. :lol:

whatever.


It probably is nostalgia, for a time when there are not somany nobs on the board saying the right thing to keep in with the gang.

I didnt even mean you anyway... I was talking about the post that said he took everyone on with ronaldo and scoredfrom 30yards with his left foot on his first attempt.

its those kind of posts that iritate.

and I know people still post advice etc but (as I said) you have to wade through reems of shite to find it


cheers

[gomito#10]

It probably is nostalgia, for a time when there are not somany nobs on the board saying the right thing to keep in with the gang.

I didnt even mean you anyway... I was talking about the post that said he took everyone on with ronaldo and scoredfrom 30yards with his left foot on his first attempt.

its those kind of posts that iritate.

and I know people still post advice etc but (as I said) you have to wade through reems of shite to find it


cheers

why does that irritate, the same shit happend to me

[football_fan]

I think it was the 2002 build.

lol...seriously do you know what build it was 50%,60%,70% etc thanks

[football_fan]

:LOL:
lol...seriously do you know what build it was 50%,60%,70% etc thanks

[kobashi]

Still no shops selling it in London?

[luke909]

Looks like we will now have a nice transition from game shop clerk violence to postman violence. ;)



If you find a video or something of a match like this, I need to see it. It looks so ridiculous in my head, I hope reality matches it.

The most ridiculous and hilarious things are watching 6 attackers in the box to 1 defender and yet the player on the ball fails to pass to the 6 open men and blasts it wide, and when someone actually does score I love seeing all 10 players go off doing their own celebrations.

[Jamezinho]

I think it was the 2002 build.

:LOL:

That advanced?

[Mr_Wenger]

does anyone know how to get to the section in the xbox live part that tells you games played, who you have played against, goals scored, ranking points, all that sorta stuff?

i cannot find it anywhere. its sorta like an online record.

any help would be much appreciated.

thanx

[ptfcdb]

:LOL:I know this has had rave reveiws, but making love to a DVD disc is just taking it a tad too far:DD

:applaud: nice one mate - it was late and i was tired from all that laying - oops i mean playing:LOL:

[GStar]

can someone with the 360 version please confirm that when raining, no rain appears in normal game camera, only in cutscenes, replays, free kicks and instant replays?

Its a bug thats really ruining it for me - want to know if its just my copy!!

I can confirm this, i've been playing on 'Tele' fully zoomed out and haven't checked if this is why... Even id it is, its a pretty poor excuse.

Still noticing a lot of the old "FIFAistics" but the game is fantastic. Played a couple of 10v10 one as a CB for Sevilliva one as CM for Barca. It was like 6 year old school kids each trying to be Maradonna.

Hopefully when some of us on a City forum get our team together and paly some other self formed teams it should be fantastic.

The "Play a friend" and rematch options online are a big update for me this year.

[astirling]

I can confirm this, i've been playing on 'Tele' fully zoomed out and haven't checked if this is why... Even id it is, its a pretty poor excuse.

Still noticing a lot of the old "FIFAistics" but the game is fantastic. Played a couple of 10v10 one as a CB for Sevilliva one as CM for Barca. It was like 6 year old school kids each trying to be Maradonna.

Hopefully when some of us on a City forum get our team together and paly some other self formed teams it should be fantastic.

The "Play a friend" and rematch options online are a big update for me this year.


I still haven't seen rain at all?! I'm playing in 1080p mode. Anyone reckon this might make a difference?

[GStar]

Just played a quick game 10v10.

Absoloute joke. Complete lag-fest, offside-fest with the forwards (and I use that term mildly as nearly every midfielder was up there as well), long-balls, shooting from the halfway line, players not passing and trying to dribble through everyone ... just a horrible experience.

Both 10v10's i've played were exactly the same, except 100% lag free! :TU:

[DagsJT]

Anyone else playing a lower-league team in BAP Seasons and noticing how often the AI plays killer cross-field long passes into space? Happening FAR too much, with far too much accuracy considering the division.

[pbchillin]

Played 1 online game, beat some guy 4-0, most chuffed :)

[GStar]

I don't understand why you go on about untucked shirts and goal kicks when, in my mind FIFA's shooting seems to have a pretty large flaw to it.

SOunds like you don't understand all the variables taken into account when shooting. I'm not going to name them all but timing and skill is just two of them.

As it seems FIFA is atempting to be accurate, if you're attempting to score a 35 yard screamer with, for sake of arguement, Mark Noble, you shouldn't expect even 7 of 10 to be on target.

A really simple snippet from me, but if you're balloning all your shots over the bar, hold the shoot button for less time :))

[Geefiasco]

Can you edit your appearance at any time during BAP:Seasons? (i.e. Change your hair style, or boots)

[Shooto]

Are you lot up for some 10v10 tonight? :))

There might not be enough for 10v10 though, so maybe we can do 5v5 or something.

I will be on around 11pm. Played a good few 6v5 games with a couple of guys from here too. Great experience.

Send me an invite if you are on at that time.

[GStar]

Any chance someone knows this?

As far as im aware so far, you can do a multiplayer BAP, but, if you're doing it in the BAP: Season's mode, only P1's perforamce etc is tracked :((

[GStar]

I still haven't seen rain at all?! I'm playing in 1080p mode. Anyone reckon this might make a difference?

I think i'm playing on the same setting 1080i or 1080p either way the only way i know its raining is when the arena loads into the stadium you're about to play in just before kick off and cut scenes.

Surely they'll fix this??

[Bitter Rivals]

Are you lot up for some 10v10 tonight? :))

There might not be enough for 10v10 though, so maybe we can do 5v5 or something.

count me in, also our games earlier were quality

[final lap]

I have played both FIFA demos on 360 and PS3 and really cannot make up my mind as to which version to buy. I can definitely play much better with the PS3 controller, using the dpad, but I hate the PS3s' triggers. Also the demo on 360 looks much better. Does the final version on PS3 look much better than the demo?

thanks

can anyone please help?

[Rob92]

They were very good games Bitter :)). Really enjoying this game, it's both realistic and fun.

Just had a very good 10v10 (well, about 7v8) - Inter v AC, Me and some other guy were the centre backs, me as Materazzi. We both played properly with good positioning, kept a good defensive line (the full backs were AI controlled) and broke up the play and played it simply when we got the ball. I got man of the match and we won 2-0, me assisting the last goal with a nice long ball which Ibrahimovic took down and slotted in :).
Having an experience like that on 10v10 with random people just proves the quality of the mode, the clubs mode will probably be ten times better.

I am now willing to play centre-back as well - it was a different sort of challenge which I really enjoyed just then.

[Templar2K5]

Have EA managed to sort out the frame rate problems in the cut scenes that I feel marred the Xbox 360 demo? Some of the replays/goal celebrations seemed to me to be running at half speed. I would love to know, as I have the game pre-ordered. Thanks :TU:

[astirling]

I think i'm playing on the same setting 1080i or 1080p either way the only way i know its raining is when the arena loads into the stadium you're about to play in just before kick off and cut scenes.

Surely they'll fix this??

Yeah....I've got it now. Rain only in the cut scenes and 'Be A Pro' camera mode. I've tried all others and it doesn't show rain. There needs to be a patch for this pronto.

[astirling]

Have EA managed to sort out the frame rate problems in the cut scenes that I feel marred the Xbox 360 demo? Some of the replays/goal celebrations seemed to me to be running at half speed. I would love to know, as I have the game pre-ordered. Thanks :TU:

The game is pretty much identical to the demo. The cut scenes have been like this for years. It doesn't really bother me but I honestly wish they'd do away with cut scenes all together. It would be much more immersive without them imho.

[Hello]

Saw a nice touch earlier where Fabregas had the ball with Adebayor running into the box asking for it but I shot instead and it went wide and Adebayor turned and made a gesture as if to say "why didn't you pass it to me Cesc you tosser" :lol:

[deathcab001]

i fixed my bricked xbox. reformatted the hard drive to make it redownload the update.

seriously though, thanks everyone for your suggestions and your concern.

[Bitter Rivals]

does anyone know if the adidas live season codes on the manual are the same.. someone on ea forums sayin he swapped his with his mate and he cld use it to unlock another league

[Templar2K5]

The game is pretty much identical to the demo. The cut scenes have been like this for years. It doesn't really bother me but I honestly wish they'd do away with cut scenes all together. It would be much more immersive without them imho.

That's a shame. I had FIFA 08 and traded it in because of this. It made me feel like I had motion sickness. I'll hire it for a week and see if I can get on with it. Cheers for the reply :)

[Rob92]

I like the change that has happened to EA Sports World, I remember going on it a few months ago and it was very slow, now it's quick :)).

Here's a video I just made to make sure it was working:
http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/video/921484

[evacuate]

It's not possible to lock the camera to your player in BAP right? I mean with Tele cam or some other camera. Really hard to play as a defender when you can't see your player on the screen most of the time. The pro camera is like 20 fps, can't stand it. Remember that I could lock the camera to my player in PES when playing fixed cursor... should be in FIFA too.

[Rob92]

It's not possible to lock the camera to your player in BAP right? I mean with Tele cam or some other camera. Really hard to play as a defender when you can't see your player on the screen most of the time. The pro camera is like 20 fps, can't stand it. Remember that I could lock the camera to my player in PES when playing fixed cursor... should be in FIFA too.You can :)) Press the "Back" button on the controller (the one to the left of the big Xbox button) and then the camera focuses on your player, if you want it to focus on the ball again then just press the button again.

[Bitter Rivals]

good news! about 10v10

Captains can kick players during game... just bring up the pause menu and go to the player list.

Limiting the players can be done by kicking the players you don't want on your team.

[Murkurial]

good news! about 10v10

Were you just on the EA boards? Cuz I was just about to ask someone to confirm this as someone just posted it over there.

Can anyone confirm this anyway?

[BillyBoy]

I just rang up Blockbuster and they said the price for the PS3 version of FIFA 09 will be £34.99 for this weekend only. On Monday its going back up to £39.99. Glad I waited now. Im picking up my copy tommorow! Cant wait! :)

[Bitter Rivals]

Were you just on the EA boards? Cuz I was just about to ask someone to confirm this as someone just posted it over there.

Can anyone confirm this anyway?

yep from there, i believe it to be true as i have seen the option but have never clicked the players name..

[Mr_Wenger]

billyboy, i saw in the sun today, not only is it £34.99, BUT......

you also get a free football worth £9.99 as well as a £5 money of voucher to use to purchase any other game. and it doesnt have to be there and then, so you could for example keep it for pes. or use it on summit else. good deal i'd say. but on the other hand i also read tesco are sellin it for £29.

[Murkurial]

yep from there, i believe it to be true as i have seen the option but have never clicked the players name..

If you have the game, can you confirm whether or not you can boot from the lobby?

[tobi]

My game is acting strange, Jenas and Modric have disappeared from the Spurs squad and when I try to play an exibition game with Spurs the match doesn't load and I have to quit the game.

Anyone else having similar issues?

[NACK22]

billyboy, i saw in the sun today, not only is it £34.99, BUT......

you also get a free football worth £9.99 as well as a £5 money of voucher to use to purchase any other game. and it doesnt have to be there and then, so you could for example keep it for pes. or use it on summit else. good deal i'd say. but on the other hand i also read tesco are sellin it for £29.

I ordered mine today and got a tenner for fifa 08, free football and £15 worth of vouchers.

24.99 not a bad deal but when you consider the other stuff it's the best deal around

[TikTikTikTikTik]

My game is acting strange, Jenas and Modric have disappeared from the Spurs squad and when I try to play an exibition game with Spurs the match doesn't load and I have to quit the game.

Anyone else having similar issues?

I think it's the adidas live season influence, you see spurs are hardly playing football atm and both jenas and modric might aswell not be on the pitch for all the good they are doing. FIFA09 is just reflecting this in-game ;)

But no, haven't noticed this, but then Ive only played 5 matches, one friendly against rome and 4 MM matches with Liverpool. I played spurs and Im sure I saw Jenas running about, didnt notice Modric though.

[NACK22]

I hear the commentary's been dumbed down from fifa 08 is that true?

Like no more mentioning teams or who scored! Is this true?

Be pissed if it is

[Murkurial]

I think it's the adidas live season influence, you see spurs are hardly playing football atm and both jenas and modric might aswell not be on the pitch for all the good they are doing. FIFA09 is just reflecting this in-game ;)

But no, haven't noticed this, but then Ive only played 5 matches, one friendly against rome and 4 MM matches with Liverpool. I played spurs and Im sure I saw Jenas running about, didnt notice Modric though.

LOL! Everywhere I go someone is takin' a dig at Spurs. For some reason I can't get enough of it.

[shieldslfc]

Anyone lucky enough to have the game, can you list any improvements/differences in the full game please, compared to the demo.

I am hoping that there are some.

[TikTikTikTikTik]

@ Nack22,

Don't know, Ive put them on semi so I just hear them talking but can hardly understand them. I do the same with tv matches aswell.

LOL! Everywhere I got someone is takin' a dig at Spurs. For some reason I can't get enough of it.

And Everton get dumped out of the UEFA by Liege......This is a briljant day combining that with FIFA09 in my ps3. Im sure I can top it off by playing PES09 demo in a minute and having a good laugh at it.



From what I could tell with my short time;
- there are more animations,
- freekicks seem to be less sensative making it a bit easier to get the ball on target ( I never mastered the freekicks in 08 and never got close with the demo either),
- it looks a bit more polished then the demo ( on the ps3),
- ref's are slightly less strict with the cpu being less reckless in the tackles = makes it about right as I thought it was a bit too much in the demo if that would have happend in 5min matches or more
- CPU is harder, playing pro and its really hard atm while in the demo I hardly conceded and won most of the matches
- 1st touch seems better generally, I dont need to constantly use the l2 button (modifyer) when controlling the ball. Just using d-pad/analog for movement is good enough.

[BillyBoy]

billyboy, i saw in the sun today, not only is it £34.99, BUT......

you also get a free football worth £9.99 as well as a £5 money of voucher to use to purchase any other game. and it doesnt have to be there and then, so you could for example keep it for pes. or use it on summit else. good deal i'd say. but on the other hand i also read tesco are sellin it for £29.

Aye its true mate. I pre-ordered 2 weeks ago and tommorow when I pick it up I get the vouchers and the football.

[danhammer]

can't be bothered to search the thread

in the sun today there was a big advert saying fifa 09 for pes3/360 is £29.71 until sunday from tesco

[AsterNzeyii]

Finally've got my copy, and it's fu king awesome. Played just 1 tiny little game, and I was blown away :D

[Scorpio]

Can you edit your appearance at any time during BAP:Seasons? (i.e. Change your hair style, or boots)

Yes you can, go to:

Manage Teams --> Creation Zone --> Edit Player

Then select the team you are playing in. Your created footballer should be between the other players.

[shieldslfc]

@ Nack22,

Don't know, Ive put them on semi so I just hear them talking but can hardly understand them. I do the same with tv matches aswell.



And Everton get dumped out of the UEFA by Liege......This is a briljant day combining that with FIFA09 in my ps3. Im sure I can top it off by playing PES09 demo in a minute and having a good laugh at it.



From what I could tell with my short time;
- there are more animations,
- freekicks seem to be less sensative making it a bit easier to get the ball on target ( I never mastered the freekicks in 08 and never got close with the demo either),
- it looks a bit more polished then the demo ( on the ps3),
- ref's are slightly less strict with the cpu being less reckless in the tackles = makes it about right as I thought it was a bit too much in the demo if that would have happend in 5min matches or more
- CPU is harder, playing pro and its really hard atm while in the demo I hardly conceded and won most of the matches
- 1st touch seems better generally, I dont need to constantly use the l2 button (modifyer) when controlling the ball. Just using d-pad/analog for movement is good enough.

Cheers for that

Anyone noticed anything else (xbox 360)

[tobi]

I think it's the adidas live season influence, you see spurs are hardly playing football atm and both jenas and modric might aswell not be on the pitch for all the good they are doing. FIFA09 is just reflecting this in-game ;)

But no, haven't noticed this, but then Ive only played 5 matches, one friendly against rome and 4 MM matches with Liverpool. I played spurs and Im sure I saw Jenas running about, didnt notice Modric though.

I played games with Spurs earlier today and they were both there...

No more Spurs digs now :DD

[Ogami]

does anyone know how to get to the section in the xbox live part that tells you games played, who you have played against, goals scored, ranking points, all that sorta stuff?

i cannot find it anywhere. its sorta like an online record.

any help would be much appreciated.

thanx
I have a french game, so I don't know exactly how they translated the menu, but you have to go in Xbox live then in player info near the bottom. You should see your gamertag, rank, skill points etc. If you press LT or RT you can switch info and you'll be able to see your records.

[Coopz]

How do you not load the Adidas live thing?

It gonna be unfair when my mates don't pick English teams

Oh yeah and do these stats count online as well?

[kobashi]

can't be bothered to search the thread

in the sun today there was a big advert saying fifa 09 for pes3/360 is £29.71 until sunday from tesco

Tempting but the tesco near my work doesnt sell games and my local one to my house is stil a bit of a boot and cant really be bothered to go after midnight.

[DagsJT]

To answer Nick Cave's question, your BAP can get injured, I've just took a knock and have a cross next to my name during the match now :((

[Murkurial]

Can anyone confirm whether or not you can boot people from the lobby of a Be A Pro match (unranked) by going to the player list? It's been said that you can do it from within the match but I think it'd make more sense to allow one to do it from the lobby since you'll know well beforehand if this guy is someone you'll want to play with.

[gomito#10]

cna anyone confirm if the AI in MM is shit like last year or not

[football_fan]

was able to play the retail version of fifa 09 earlier today at a mates house...this game truley is great...it feels more fluid than the demo...it feels right every time you move the players..postioning of the A.I. is really good too
i played as arsenal and my mate was chelsea...i was able to play that beautiful arsenal football i see week in week out.
there were things my mate could do that i couldnt, not beacuse he was a better fifa player than i was, but because he was chelsea...as far as i could see each team plays different, feels defferent, position differently, have strenghts and weaknesses that you can exploit if you are good enough.

all in all 9/10 definatly

looks like for fifa 2010 EA can now work on the manager mode more..making it even more realistic...and also get some more player faces and tweak the ones that they have now..
one thing that will be great is if EA have like individual player running animations for some of the top players, like aaron lennon running the way he does in real life..messi..walcott etc....however each player feels completely different from the next...rooney different from adebayor and drogba....

i will be buying the game tomorrow and will be enjoying it till the next fifa..lets enjoy this brilliant football game...take it all in.

LETS FIFA09

[nigelnire]

I always loved Pro Evo but last year Pro Evo 08 knocked the rose tinted glasses off my face. Loved the Fifa09 demo its truly the best football game ever. I have Fifa09 ordered so its great to hear those of you who have played the full game think its awesome. Ive been playing the Pro Evo 09 demo today and im not overly impressed , All I can say is well done EA you have produced the goods and won me over.

King Pro Evo is dead, long live King Fifa !

[winston]

....you also get a free football worth £9.99 as well as a £5 money of voucher to use to purchase any other game. and it doesnt have to be there and then, so you could for example keep it for pes.

I know it's utter shit but you can already get PES09 for only £5 :LOL:?

;))

good news! about 10v10

Captains can kick players during game... just bring up the pause menu and go to the player list.

Limiting the players can be done by kicking the players you don't want on your team.

If true, that is certainly something, although I agree with Murkurial comments below. The lobby needed work to permit to booting of twats.

But I'm starting to feel more optimistic that 10v10 may have at least a basic level of improvement over FIFA08.

Can anyone confirm whether or not you can boot people from the lobby of a Be A Pro match (unranked) by going to the player list? It's been said that you can do it from within the match but I think it'd make more sense to allow one to do it from the lobby since you'll know well beforehand if this guy is someone you'll want to play with.

[Shearer_God]

Actually finding it quite easy to win on Legendary. Was playing as Arsenal and beat Porto 5-1. Tactics make such a difference, the AI were making runs all over the place for me, made it so easy to find a pass.

[WILDSTER180774]

will be picking up my copy from Blockbusters in the morning, cant wait. And i have 4 days off work to get stuck in.

Been at Lewisham hospital most part of today, my daughter had a minor op and they had a play room inthe childrens ward and in there was a playstation with a copy of......FIFA96. I had to load it up and have a go. I could not stop laughing. I dont think we realise how lucky we are to be playing these footie games at present on next gen. Dont think i will ever complain about a minor flaw again. I wish i had taken some pics/vids.

[Placebo]

And Everton get dumped out of the UEFA by Liege......

Please tell me you haven't just spoiled the fucking match I haven't watched yet? :((

[Woodzy]

I scored a spectacular team goal on be a pro with Messi just now, it really goes to show good the computer can be, as i only called for the ball once, for the pass that assisted my goal.

The video is on my EA sports account at the moment. It's a beauty, seriously.

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/925678

[Trance_Allstar]

Actually finding it quite easy to win on Legendary. Was playing as Arsenal and beat Porto 5-1. Tactics make such a difference, the AI were making runs all over the place for me, made it so easy to find a pass.

Best post I've seen so far.

I'd rather have easy Legendary, than a Legendary that cheats and plays above superhuman ala FIFA08.

PES5 is quite easy on 6 Stars aswell, if you are the proper team. China vs Brazil is alot more challenging.

So even if you play on Legendary, if you are a superior team, you should be more likely to win, since "Legendary" should reflect reality as close as possible, whereas all difficulties below it should be more and more limited AI. There's no point in making superhuman difficulties, since noone in their right mind will play against superhuman AI just because of the challenge. It isn't realistic to have China beating Brazil and having 80 percent possession, so I wouldn't touch that difficulty, rendering it completely useless. better they make the top difficulty realistic depending on the team you are playing, and give the ones below it a smoother scaling down.

Can't wait to play the full game.

[Shearer_God]

If anyone fancies a game my GT is; x CrackFox x

[kobashi]

I scored a spectacular team goal on be a pro with Messi just now, it really goes to show good the computer can be, as i only called for the ball once, for the pass that assisted my goal.

The video is on my EA sports account at the moment. It's a beauty, seriously.

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/925678

Quality

[damndirtyape]

cna anyone confirm if the AI in MM is shit like last year or not
as everton played man utd got beat 3-0 played wigan won 1-0 played fulham won 2-0 played liverpool got beat 2-0. last year that would have been four straight wins or four straight losses depending on the difficulty so its a massive improvement

[Matk]

Wow wow wow!!!! What a game....played it for 3 hours straight last night and it is so much better than the demo. It got better every game. It is so fluid and plays brilliantly. You can really feel the custom tactics and the way each team play feel's so much different. As someone mentioned, when I played with Arsenal there were so many passing options. Players always passing the ball and moving into space. The movement is brilliant. Shooting is spot on, some of the shots and volleys feel so sweet. You can really crack a ball if your player is balanced right and the outside of the foot shooting is class also.

The only gripe I have so far is the stupid Fifa signs next to the goals haha so that say's how good the game is. Also the atmosphere feel's different when you play in different countries, I played as Argentina and it actually felt like you were playing in South America. Hard to explain but you will notice it once you play the game as well.

[GStar]

as everton played man utd got beat 3-0 played wigan won 1-0 played fulham won 2-0 played liverpool got beat 2-0. last year that would have been four straight wins or four straight losses depending on the difficulty so its a massive improvement

Agreed.

Started BAP: Seasons 3rd Game beat Wigan 1-0; scrappy game, both teams reserves.

Got called up to first team, moved from LM to LCM beat Arsenal 0-3 Elano was on fire, absolutely sublime build up play; game was quicker overall and flowed much better. You could really tell you were involved in a game with much more talented players.

[Matk]

Oh and I forgot to mention how hard it is to play in the rain. The ball really bogs down and the players feel so much more sluggish...brilliant. It was really hard to get the hang of playing in the rain -I set it to overcast at Old Trafford and there was rain.

[Rob92]

Be a Pro tonight has been awesome - particularly when my Lee Martin free kick went right into the top corner :DD.

Quality game this.

[Bingham67]

Started abit of Bap season earlier its good think AI much better do some superb through balls. But got 2-2 draw marked down as loss though :(( hope thats not regular but so i hear not only one with problem.

[Cammey]

Is it down yet mate ?

:LOL:

Just finished work and it appears to be down. :-pp

[damndirtyape]

Started abit of Bap season earlier its good think AI much better do some superb through balls. But got 2-2 draw marked down as loss though :(( hope thats not regular but so i hear not only one with problem.
thats a pretty big bug :((

[SXFuzz]

can anyone please help?

I answered this pages and pages ago...

the answer is yes.

[Woodzy]

Started abit of Bap season earlier its good think AI much better do some superb through balls. But got 2-2 draw marked down as loss though :(( hope thats not regular but so i hear not only one with problem.

Are you sure you weren't playing a reserve game? he first team might have lost their game, while you played for the reserves.

[Cammey]

Just got back from ASDA with my copy. :w00t:

[Bingham67]

Are you sure you weren't playing a reserve game? he first team might have lost their game, while you played for the reserves.

Na just checked to make sure and was definitely league game as its down on fixtures and results in Be a Pro as 2-1 but in stats profile its 2-2 which was correct result.

As done poor in last game i have a reserve game now though.

Edit: Just looked further and could be right actually dam my mistake no way of seeing result i dont think so cant check if was reserve game.

Im playing for Watford by the way hehe not Man Utd so i would of noticed of course if was for them i thought be championship side try and get Prem move.

[TG1011]

hey does anyone with the 360 version no if its region free or not..if its already been said my apologies

[sweetkilla]

not region free

[SXFuzz]

MANAGER MODE BOLLOCKS

I've now completed a season on Manager Mode - David Villa was top goalscorer in the league with 28 goals and didn't make the team of the season.
I tell you who did make the team of the season: Hedwiges Maduro. "Who?", I hear you cry. Well, he's my midfield star of course. You know, the guy that played 45 minutes all season, obtained a score of 9 and also got player of the season!

OBVIOUSLY!

Anyways, I begin season 2. What do I see? Only the top scorers chart with Fredi Kanoute sitting pretty at the top with 4 goals. WOW, that's pretty impressive... given the fact he's played ZERO games.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8452/img4352lv9.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4352lv9.jpg)http://img180.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[TG1011]

not region free
shoooot now i have to wait another 12 days...

[andish2001]

LOL id really love to sneak a peek at the code behind this game.

[cb7]

MANAGER MODE BOLLOCKS

I've now completed a season on Manager Mode - David Villa was top goalscorer in the league with 28 goals and didn't make the team of the season.
I tell you who did make the team of the season: Hedwiges Maduro. "Who?", I hear you cry. Well, he's my midfield star of course. You know, the guy that played 45 minutes all season, obtained a score of 9 and also got player of the season!

OBVIOUSLY!

Anyways, I begin season 2. What do I see? Only the top scorers chart with Fredi Kanoute sitting pretty at the top with 4 goals. WOW, that's pretty impressive... given the fact he's played ZERO games.


Awful :(

Apart from that, did you enjoy your first MM season?

[final lap]

I answered this pages and pages ago...

the answer is yes.

Sorry I hadn't seen your response. Thanks

[kobashi]

Just got back from Asda. They didnt have it on the 360. Pissed.

[Matk]

Man you already played one season of MM? haha have you slept since the game was released?

Really cant wait to get home and play it some more. I am at work now - 10:15am here in Sydney. I feel the game really is something special, it has that feel to it I use to have with older PES games. You could feel it was something special when you first started playing it, you didnt quite have a grip of the controls totally yet - but you could just sense that the game was getting better and better as every game went by. I hope it's the same a few months down the track.
Anyone notice the free kick curl bug been fixed yet? In all my excitment I didnt test that out yesterday.

[reddevils]

I got a question for the lucky few (actually alot now :| )

how is the BE A PRO season? is it objective based(like make 10 successful passes) or do you just play and if you perform well then you get promoted or whatever? do you play every single game of the season? is it like the manager mode but you only control one player?

[k_19]

MANAGER MODE BOLLOCKS

I've now completed a season on Manager Mode - David Villa was top goalscorer in the league with 28 goals and didn't make the team of the season.
I tell you who did make the team of the season: Hedwiges Maduro. "Who?", I hear you cry. Well, he's my midfield star of course. You know, the guy that played 45 minutes all season, obtained a score of 9 and also got player of the season!

OBVIOUSLY!

Anyways, I begin season 2. What do I see? Only the top scorers chart with Fredi Kanoute sitting pretty at the top with 4 goals. WOW, that's pretty impressive... given the fact he's played ZERO games.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8452/img4352lv9.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4352lv9.jpg)http://img180.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)


Reminds me of FIFA 08 when Frazier Campbell made the team of the season from Man U (whom I was using). He played two games all season... sure, they were very good games, hat trick in one and 2 goals in the other, but come on, two bloody LEAGUE CUP games!

Obviously they do not take games played into factor and just go by highest ratings, period.

[luke909]

The best thing I've found about the game is destroying the countless Man Utd players as Villa, one long ball to Carew and their nice tippy tappy passing game is fucked.

[Bitter Rivals]

yes you can boot people from 10v10 we tried it tonight and it worked

[Murkurial]

yes you can boot people from 10v10 we tried it tonight and it worked

How though. Can you do it from the lobby, or only in the actual game?

[Machines]

I'm new to these forums and don't know what all the posting rules are here so if this is out of place or anything, just let me know. But I just got done playing the PES demo and just was wondering:

What is it about PES that people hold so dear? I just got done playing the demo a few times and can't figure out what it is about this game that people go so nuts over. I'm not trying to pick a fight or start a flamewar here, I just honestly don't get it.

The gameplay feels stiff, the ball has absolutely no physics to it that I saw, it certainly isn't anything special to look at. Doesn't seem to have nearly the intelligence that FIFA has (though that could have been the 'regular' difficulty setting I was playing on). FIFA seems miles ahead in every possible way. It must be a taste thing. I'm an avid EPL fan and think FIFA represents the real life game in far greater fashion that what the PES 2009 demo showed me.

Is there something in the days of old that made PES/WE great that people just can't seem to let go of? Because I gotta say, PES 2009 (in my eyes) certainly doesn't live up the reputation that so many people bestow upon the franchise.

[kobashi]

Eurogamer review

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=249921

It feels like football, it rewards football, and it punishes football, for football reasons. It may not always be your brand of football, and you can ask for more, but only by degrees. The myth is dead. "Let's FIFA".

[Placebo]

What is it about PES that people hold so dear?

I honestly have no idea, I played ISS from PS1 days through to PES5 on PS2 which is longer than many here but the way some act you'd think they swore some kind of blood oath to always play PES no matter how much Konami crap on their support (And yes releasing the same version of the game since around PES3 with only minor tweaks is crapping on fan support).

Eurogamer review

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=249921

Pretty good review, knowing what some of their users are like I'm sure no matter what there'll be those saying "PES > Fifa"......

Hmm this is weird:

Manager Mode, EA's attempt to compete with Konami's revered Master League, also returns in expanded form, even though it's not mentioned on the box or in the manual. It puts up another stern test, allowing you to play around with a transfer budget, field weakened teams in the cup and get turfed out by your board if you don't win enough games, which you control in standard fashion. Konami purists may feel it's a bit light next to their obsession

Wasn't it the IGN UK review that said those things as well with just slightly changed wording? Something very odd there:

Manager Mode is a little more fleshed out, and though it does falter under the weight of some cumbersome menus it offers an in-depth campaign where you'll be working your way through the boardrooms of various clubs. While it's still not as immersive as PES's Master League it's a weighty diversion nonetheless

Hmm maybe I'm just being paranoid? ;)

[PetrovLFC]

Just played the PES 2009 PC demo, and its exactly the same as 2008 just with a licensed Liverpool.

What a load of shambles, what have they done to PES, it is now a shadow of its former self. I'm a full Fifa convert now. Mind you i still play PES6 and PES6 is better than Fifa 08 for depth.

[TikTikTikTikTik]

Yeah just read the eurogamer review, would have thought it was going to be a 9, considering 08 was an 8 score and how positive they were. Basicly they have scored it down because of a few niggles at the end and the subjective element of what kind of football you like to play = simulation or arcade.

As for MM, I think its just the new menu's and adding the finals stadiums. Havent read anything else.

Oh and sorry Placebo, I was a bit giddy after playing fifa for an hour.

@ Peter, I know, played the demo last night after playing fifa and it just felt so wrong. They seem to have gone backwards from pes360. And even more surprising to me was that player control felt more clunky and unresponsive then fifa's. To me, fifa's is now very close to perfect as they have adjusted the 1st touch from the demo, pes seemed to have the same 1st touch as the fifa demo.

[danhammer]

can't believe people are excited over pes2009, i played the demo and then played the fifa demo afterwards and there is simply no contest...fifa is immense compared to pro evo....oh, how the mighty have fallen

[TikTikTikTikTik]

Retail makes pes even worse. Its so far removed from the ps2 games that I coudl barely recognise it. It's not even amusing anymore, it's just sad.

[kamy100]

While I agree that EA have done a wonderful job with FIFA 09 and it a superb game, there are so many little bugs (non gameplaying ones) just takes away from the experience, why do EA create such a good game but leave in annoying bugs which could have quite easily been iorned out.

[DagsJT]

I got a question for the lucky few (actually alot now :| )

how is the BE A PRO season? is it objective based(like make 10 successful passes) or do you just play and if you perform well then you get promoted or whatever? do you play every single game of the season? is it like the manager mode but you only control one player?

At the start of the season you get set three objectives like having a goal difference of +10, top three finish etc.

At the start of each match you get objectives. My BAP is a CAM so mine are nearly always a) Take two shots or b) Score a goal, win the game, win by two goals.

[PetrovLFC]

While I agree that EA have done a wonderful job with FIFA 09 and it a superb game, there are so many little bugs (non gameplaying ones) just takes away from the experience, why do EA create such a good game but leave in annoying bugs which could have quite easily been iorned out.

So we buy their next game in the hope that they fix it.

EA are bastards like that. Honestly, it might seem cynical but its the only explanation as to why they've 'forgot' to do simple things like let you change jobs in MM mode, or random weather and day/night cycles in tournaments.

If they don't fix these simple things in a small patch then I won't be happy, heck I'd be happy to do it for them, I know a bit of programming, how hard can it be?:-ll:LOL:

[PetrovLFC]

While I agree that EA have done a wonderful job with FIFA 09 and it a superb game, there are so many little bugs (non gameplaying ones) just takes away from the experience, why do EA create such a good game but leave in annoying bugs which could have quite easily been iorned out.

So we buy their next game in the hope that they fix it.

EA are bastards like that. Honestly, it might seem cynical but its the only explanation as to why they've 'forgot' to do simple things like let you change jobs in MM mode, or random weather and day/night cycles in tournaments.

If they don't fix these simple things in a small patch then I won't be happy, heck I'd be happy to do it for them, I know a bit of programming, how hard can it be?:-ll:LOL:

oh and frigging hurry up postie!!!

[Bitter Rivals]

How though. Can you do it from the lobby, or only in the actual game?

you can't do it in the lobby, but you can in the game by pressing pause and player list - select his name and remove

[Nick Cave]

Hmm I'm going to get more games in before I post my review for what it's worth. I must say I'm not enamoured with it so far, though I have jumped straight into MM. There are a few annoying bugs in play and the shooting and crossing seem off to me, the MM has had things taken out while some things have been tweaked and improved it's still not as user friendly and PES used to be, why can't we compare players FFS?...
I still have seen no weather or how I could set it before starting the MM and I have had no injuries either, anyhow this is turning into the review I said I'd wait to post so that's it for now...

[shieldslfc]

Anyone got theirs from tesco, and if so, is it £30 ????????

[evacuate]

You can :)) Press the "Back" button on the controller (the one to the left of the big Xbox button) and then the camera focuses on your player, if you want it to focus on the ball again then just press the button again.

Really? That's awesome, thanks for telling me mate.

[Nick Cave]

Anyone got theirs from tesco, and if so, is it £30 ????????
I think it's down at less than that...

[shieldslfc]

I think it's down at less than that...

Less than £30, in a store ?

[Nick Cave]

Less than £30, in a store ?

I'm sure i saw someone mention it was in Tesco for £29, I have not been down to look though so don't quote me on it...:LOL:

[gameklip]

So we buy their next game in the hope that they fix it.

EA are bastards like that. Honestly, it might seem cynical but its the only explanation as to why they've 'forgot' to do simple things like let you change jobs in MM mode, or random weather and day/night cycles in tournaments.

If they don't fix these simple things in a small patch then I won't be happy, heck I'd be happy to do it for them, I know a bit of programming, how hard can it be?:-ll:LOL:

oh and frigging hurry up postie!!!

yeh EA are bastards... that's why David Rutter was posting on the EA's Forums last night gathering info for FiFa10 along with other EA Sports Staff right? lol

i'm positive that manager mode will be sorted by then. it was something he mentioned a few times in his media round without provocation.

[Placebo]

I honestly have no idea, I played ISS from PS1 days through to PES5 on PS2 which is longer than many here but the way some act you'd think they swore some kind of blood oath to always play PES no matter how much Konami crap on their support (And yes releasing the same version of the game since around PES3 with only minor tweaks is crapping on fan support).



Pretty good review, knowing what some of their users are like I'm sure no matter what there'll be those saying "PES > Fifa"......

Hmm this is weird:



Wasn't it the IGN UK review that said those things as well with just slightly changed wording? Something very odd there:



Hmm maybe I'm just being paranoid? ;)

I had a chat with Tom via PM and he actually fixed his review because of the information I provided!

New text:

Manager Mode, EA's attempt to compete with Konami's revered Master League, also returns in tweaked but not expanded form, even though it's not mentioned on the box or in the manual. It puts up another stern test, allowing you to play around with a transfer budget, field weakened teams in the cup and get turfed out by your board if you don't win enough games, which you control in standard fashion. Konami purists may feel it's a bit light next to their obsession, but it's buckets more shiny water in a vast, vast well here, which also includes licensed leagues from across the world (Premier League, Championship, League 1 and 2 and FA Cup from England), albeit with randomised fixture lists.

[shieldslfc]

yeh EA are bastards... that's why David Rutter was posting on the EA's Forums last night gathering info for FiFa10 along with other EA Sports Staff right? lol

i'm positive that manager mode will be sorted by then. it was something he mentioned a few times in his media round without provocation.

Still waiting for my basturd (different every day) postie's. if it doesn't come today going out and buying it, had enough (fucking Play!)

So have they fixed things in the past with prev games, with patches ?
(not used to that as been a Pes player)

[astirling]

A gushing review posted on C&VG

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=198561

For those complaining about some things not being fixed from last year.....it's worth remembering the wealth of things that have been fixed. They can't do everything in 12 months and imo, this game has moved on remarkably in that time. Yeah, things like the manager mode are a bit frustrating but for me it's all about the gameplay and this has moved on immeasurably. They've also added in a few ground breaking features such as 10 v 10 online. Hopefully, next year manager mode will be fixed. I can guarantee though that not absolutely everything everyone wants improved from FIFA09 will be implemented because that never really happens in a 12 month development cycle. In any game

[Milanista]

Anyone have problems with Live Season? I bought the Prem and have Serie A as my free leagues. I purchased La Liga but it doesnt say I have, but it gives me the option to download it again.... but the game itself doesnt recognize it!!!

[astirling]

Still waiting for my basturd (different every day) postie's. if it doesn't come today going out and buying it, had enough (fucking Play!)

So have they fixed things in the past with prev games, with patches ?
(not used to that as been a Pes player)

No....not really. They added Be A Pro in a patch last year but that was a promised feature that just never made release date.

[Placebo]

yeh EA are bastards... that's why David Rutter was posting on the EA's Forums last night gathering info for FiFa10 along with other EA Sports Staff right? lol

i'm positive that manager mode will be sorted by then. it was something he mentioned a few times in his media round without provocation.

EA Forums are completely fucked right now (400 Bad Request
nginx/0.6.32) so can't check, did he make comments about the manager mode?

[Placebo]

No....not really. They added Be A Pro in a patch last year but that was a promised feature that just never made release date.

The 5v5 update also included a couple of fixes/tweaks:

Ronaldihno bug where if you didn't have him as your arena player you had to download the squad update everytime you played online.

Fixed Toronto's name to be FC Toronto instead of Toronto FC (or vice versa can't remember which).

Lowered AI accuracy from free kicks at Professional and below.

There were more I am certain of it but EA never released a full list.

[deathcab001]

Some people have been having the same problem as me:

Fifa / Xbox Live crashes after the update. Its possible we've also found the problem. It seems that if your downloading the PES2009 demo whilst playing fifa, it completley breaks your xbox live.

The only solution is to either reformat the HDD / delete the cache.

I wonder if its EA or Konami's fault for this. It could also be that any download gets affected and not only the pes demo, its just that everyone who's reporting rpoblems is downloading PES.

[shieldslfc]

The 5v5 update also included a couple of fixes/tweaks:

Ronaldihno bug where if you didn't have him as your arena player you had to download the squad update everytime you played online.

Fixed Toronto's name to be FC Toronto instead of Toronto FC (or vice versa can't remember which).

Lowered AI accuracy from free kicks at Professional and below.

There were more I am certain of it but EA never released a full list.

Well at least they do something, so thats encouraging, Konami have never been too keen to do anything significant.

[astirling]

Some people have been having the same problem as me:

Fifa / Xbox Live crashes after the update. Its possible we've also found the problem. It seems that if your downloading the PES2009 demo whilst playing fifa, it completley breaks your xbox live.

The only solution is to either reformat the HDD / delete the cache.

I wonder if its EA or Konami's fault for this. It could also be that any download gets affected and not only the pes demo, its just that everyone who's reporting rpoblems is downloading PES.

I don't think FIFA copes well with downloads in the background. The demo crashed for me whenever the 'download completed' notification was due to come up. And FIFA09 has just crashed on loading under the same circumstances.

[OPM]

do we know if ea is aware of the "can't change squad number" bug in manager mode? and any idea if it will be possible to fix this via a downloadable patch?

[Ricobah]

After my first night with FIFA 09, I'm really impressed for all the reasons already pointed out here. Few things I don't like though:

- Way too many penalties.
- What's the game speed setting for? I don't notice any difference between slow, normal and fast.
- Advantage rule is ridiculous. Ref waves play on, opponent loses the ball in a fair duel some ten seconds later and they still get a free kick for the previous foul.
- I can't upload any replays. It says that the website is currently not available. At first I thought it wasn't active until today, the official release date, but I just checked and it still doesn't work. And there are replays on the site. Is this a known problem?

Other than that, great game.

[Placebo]

do we know if ea is aware of the "can't change squad number" bug in manager mode? and any idea if it will be possible to fix this via a downloadable patch?

It's not a bug, it's a completely removed feature so I can't believe they don't know about it, and don't see it being "fixed" via an update, sadly :(

[Coopz]

you can't do it in the lobby, but you can in the game by pressing pause and player list - select his name and remove

You may be able to in the lobby because you can choose "player list" like you can in game

[gerd]

Have been playing the game for three consecutive days now...
I like it very much.
The penalties that are mentioned on this page, that's strange...i've been playing at least 30 matches and i haven't seen a single one...

There is only one thing that i don't like and fortunately it just happened two or three times...there's a sort of "stutter" when i score goal now and then...i shoot on goal and it turns out i have scored, but i haven't seen the actual goal. I can see it perfectly well in the replays...and like i said i've only had it two or three times...did anyone notice anything similar (i have the PS3 version).

Oh and i still think that the differences between individual players and teams are marginal...that's what i always liked in the other game.

[deathcab001]

I don't think FIFA copes well with downloads in the background. The demo crashed for me whenever the 'download completed' notification was due to come up. And FIFA09 has just crashed on loading under the same circumstances.

problem is, it just doesn't cause fifa to crash anymore. Once its messed up then as soon as you try and sign into live, it crashes

[winston]

Finally the postie came good so I've played 4 matches thus far.

The first was a regular exhibition me v cpu match. Manual player switching is terrible, virtually never goes to the man you want. Using the RAS to point to which man as often as not switches to a guy in the opposite direction. Probably won't play that mode ever again.

I then tried 3 Be-a-pro matches. Absolutely brilliant! A joy to play. The reponsiveness is excellent. The close control, the first time passes/shots, it's all feels so tight and so right. Even using the tricks have a tightness to them so you're not waiting for some clumsy anuimation to unfold, by which time you've lost the ball.

You can jump early for balls, stretch late to make a last ditch challenge.You seem to control your guy all the time. I keep forgetting at goal kicks that the cpu is no longer forcing my guy run to his "position"...I'm actually still controlling him.

The AI plays with such intelligence. Your team-mates tackle and jostle like you would want them to. They vary the play. They play some amazing one-touch stuff, show great imagination. They create chances and score goals all by themselves without you having to be at the heart of everything. And when you do get involved, the don't feed you useless passes which the cpu invariably intercept, or delay unitl the moment has passed. They even "see" when you're in space or making a good run and pass to you without you even having to ask for it. Even from 60 yards.

The cpu team actually makes mistakes, quite often. They even sometimes just hoof clearances into the stands, rather than every defensive clearance being an impossible 180 degrees turn/60 yard pixel perfect pass all in one move.

The refs are actually sometimes fair. The cpu team will tackle you and the ref will actually award you a free-kick (shock horror!). And your defenders can make challeneges/tackles without it automatically being a free-kick to the cpu team. What are EA playing at here? Surely the whole point of computer refs is to be 100% biased in favour of the cpu team.

Played one be-a-pro match, Arsenal (me) against Grimsby. No faulty underdog logic at play here. We won 8-0. Grimbsy hardly touched the ball first half. 2nd half, they managed to pump a few long balls forward and create a couple of scrappy half-chances from set-pieces, but the Arsenal defence was generally far too strong and jostled them off the ball. The Grimbsy defence weakened towards the end and we easily opened them up to pick off a few late goal and rub in the misery. And Grimsby weren't given that traditional last 5 minutes cpu boost with a scripted goal. The game just played out fair until the final whistle. Bizarre!

One nice moment during my first Be-a-pro match, Wycombe (me) v Barnet. We'd had a corner which end up in their keepers hands. All the players went back up field ready for the kick from the keeper, but one of our strikers remained up to hustle the Barnet keeper. As the keeper went to take the drop-kick from his hands, he stumbled under pressure from the striker, swung his leg but the ball hit his knee and rolled out beyond the edge of the 18 yard box. The striker made as dash for it, as did a Barnet defender dashing back to help. The striker just got there first and tried to hit a shot on the turn, but fired it well wide. Was nice to see such detailed moments unfold all by themselves as I just sat and watched.

On the negative side, still moments when you need super-cancel and there are still times when it doesn't have any effect. Also, you still get marked down for getting in a cross but it not going straight to a team-mates head.

Haven't played be-a-pro career yet so perhaps cpu cheats-a-plenty await, but so far, it's the best single-player footy experience I've ever played, and by a long chalk.

And the mighty 10v10 online beckons.

[DagsJT]

Bloody hell, if Winston is impressed, the game is surely a good football game!

;))

[winston]

Early days, Dags...early days. ;)

It's the new modes that do it (on-line and be-a-pro). If this game was still just the old school 1-player game (ie. you control all 10 players against a cheating cpu), I wouldn't be impressed. But I'm not going to dwell on that mode as I feel it has nothing to offer any more.

[astirling]

I don't think the CPU cheats on single player either.

[Cammey]

I love the fact that you can play the game your way.

So if you are somebody like Bolton you can hoof long balls up front to Davies and you can have some success.

[laworder]

Hi guys...

I'm buying a new Ps3 this afternoon and i'm thinking of buying FIFA 2009 too...

Since i haven't played the demo,i'd like to ask you if it's possible to

a)To aim you pass at a specific spot in the field like in the pc version (using the mouse).

b)Make an 1-2 pass,giving the ball to your teamate and then run FREE in the field before deciding to request it back.
(that's it...not just running automatically a few yards in a straight line..)

Yhank you very much in advance.

[Jamie LUFC]

I like that fact, that you can actually play football on the ground in the football league. Times in the lower league's have changed and I think FIFA 09 has adpated to that quite well.

Certain teams still feel the same, but the difference between the best teams in the division and the weakest teams in the division, as well as throwing up the odd suprise results, which happens from time to time, is noticeable this series.

[Nick Cave]

One thing I did like was the physical side of the game, I was playing as Arsenal and Toure flattened two attackers by just barging them off the ball...

[Jamezinho]

I'm really enjoying how the CPU teams clearly play with different styles. You can see how some teams sit deep and try and hit you on the counter, others play with a high line and press you the whole game, some play wide, some narrow. It's brilliant.

My best game so far has been Wigan (me) 2 Boro 2. It felt like a real end-to-end Premier League match, not pretty but very physical and a great game to watch.

[Trance_Allstar]

Hi guys...

I'm buying a new Ps3 this afternoon and i'm thinking of buying FIFA 2009 too...

Since i haven't played the demo,i'd like to ask you if it's possible to

a)To aim you pass at a specific spot in the field like in the pc version (using the mouse).

b)Make an 1-2 pass,giving the ball to your teamate and then run FREE in the field before deciding to request it back.
(that's it...not just running automatically a few yards in a straight line..)

Yhank you very much in advance.

There's no way to aim at a certain spot per se. You need to pick out a spot in your mind and then use the analog stick and power bar to make sure it ends up there. Just like FIFA08. :)

I don't think there is a way to prevent cursor change when passing like you mention.

[Rob92]

I really recommend doing BAP Seasons as an established player - I have just started one with Rooney and you really feel as if you are Rooney, with the strength, control, shots etc. and the United team play some really good, realistic passing football.
I may have a few saves with different types of players at different teams, such as Drogba, Gerrard, Kaka, Owen etc.

Teams definitely do not play the same way now - When I play BAP Seasons at Coventry with my created player, they really are bad compared to when you play as a good team.

[DagsJT]

Anyone made any team sliders yet?

[laworder]

There's no way to aim at a certain spot per se. You need to pick out a spot in your mind and then use the analog stick and power bar to make sure it ends up there. Just like FIFA08. :)

I don't think there is a way to prevent cursor change when passing like you mention.

thank you very much for your detailed reply.
:))

[Nick Cave]

I really recommend doing BAP Seasons as an established player - I have just started one with Rooney and you really feel as if you are Rooney, with the strength, control, shots etc. and the United team play some really good, realistic passing football.
I may have a few saves with different types of players at different teams, such as Drogba, Gerrard, Kaka, Owen etc.

Teams definitely do not play the same way now - When I play BAP Seasons at Coventry with my created player, they really are bad compared to when you play as a good team.

Spoken like a true sky blue...

[Blaccat]

Just got the last copy at tesco for £29.71

[Nick Cave]

Just got the last copy at tesco for £29.71

shieldslfc was asking about the Tesco price it is under £30 then!...

[Rob92]

Spoken like a true sky blue...:LOL:

I am telling the truth though, I know we are not very good, and when I say "good team", I meant "top team". The players around you give you so many more options as a top side, it's realistic.

First game as Rooney just then I won 3-0, scored 2 goals and won a penalty (which Ronaldo missed), giving me a rating of 9.5.

[OPM]

any idea why they left out the sponsor of fc basel, novartis?

it's the same in pes 2009.

[evacuate]

Some sponsors doesn't display depending on what region you're in I think. Because doing advertising for certain things is illegal in different countries. No idea if that's the case with this though, just thought I'd point it out.

[mjp]

Certain teams still feel the same, but the difference between the best teams in the division and the weakest teams in the division, as well as throwing up the odd suprise results, which happens from time to time, is noticeable this series.

I'm really enjoying how the CPU teams clearly play with different styles. You can see how some teams sit deep and try and hit you on the counter, others play with a high line and press you the whole game, some play wide, some narrow. It's brilliant.

My best game so far has been Wigan (me) 2 Boro 2. It felt like a real end-to-end Premier League match, not pretty but very physical and a great game to watch.

These two posts are enough for me to be VERY excited and eager to count down the seconds until I pick my copy up at 4pm today :-)

[DagsJT]

Cheeky bastard CPU was 1-0 in my BAP Seasons game and ran the ball into the corner for the last few minutes.

Whistle blew and it showed a cutscene of me complaining to the ref and the ref telling me to go away :LOL:

I have more fun in BAP Seasons than I do controlling the whole team :DD

[ptfcdb]

Haven't really played around with the custom tactics yet but was thinking about it while at work when of course i should be working:DD

Is it possible to assign different formations to the quick tactics options or can you only set custom tactics for the formation you start the game in. I know you can obviously change the formation from the pause menu but was really looking for a way to do this on the fly so that if eg i was a goal up playing a 4-3-3 and wanted to kill the game for the last few mins i could switch to a 5-4-1 on the fly or go all out with a 2-3-5 if losing with little time left?

[Nick Cave]

Haven't really played around with the custom tactics yet but was thinking about it while at work when of course i should be working:DD

Is it possible to assign different formations to the quick tactics options or can you only set custom tactics for the formation you start the game in. I know you can obviously change the formation from the pause menu but was really looking for a way to do this on the fly so that if eg i was a goal up playing a 4-3-3 and wanted to kill the game for the last few mins i could switch to a 5-4-1 on the fly or go all out with a 2-3-5 if losing with little time left?
You can assign your own tactics to the quick tactics...

[Nick Cave]

Cheeky bastard CPU was 1-0 in my BAP Seasons game and ran the ball into the corner for the last few minutes.

Whistle blew and it showed a cutscene of me complaining to the ref and the ref telling me to go away :LOL:

I have more fun in BAP Seasons than I do controlling the whole team :DD
I had that happen in an MM game one down to Villa and the guy ran in to the corner and held off my man until I lost my rag and hacked him, getting a second yellow and a red and some nice booing too... :LOL:

[Coopz]

Anyone made any team sliders yet?

I don't think there will be any universal settings for teams because you tweak the sliders to your own style of play

I was Villa and put crossing high and width full that's about it

[DagsJT]

No, I mean team sliders to dictate how the CPU teams normally play.

For example a Preston fan might find the CPU plays their team wrong and that they need to press the ball more, or put more crosses in etc. You can adjust the CPU teams mentality from the main menus.

[mjp]

No, I mean team sliders to dictate how the CPU teams normally play.

For example a Preston fan might find the CPU plays their team wrong and that they need to press the ball more, or put more crosses in etc. You can adjust the CPU teams mentality from the main menus.

I can sense a sub-thread coming up with everyone's tactical slider adjustments......

It's a great point though!

[Coopz]

ooo i didn't know that

They seem to have them spot on though already, i looked at Arsenals and its exactly how they play

[clothface]

just played my first 2 games.

Liverpool vs Everton - nice to see the crowd isnt just singing YNWA most of the time, alot more chants been put in which is great. The match it self finished 1-1 went to penalties, and thanks to reina saving 2, an opening victory!!

Second game played liverpool vs villa, went 2-0 down within 22 minutes thanks to some bad defending by myself :SS Managed to get one back with torres in the second half, then on the 89th minute played a through ball to robbie keane, and he slide along the floor to meet it and slotted it into the corner whilst doing so, it looked brilliant!!
Got another with torres in extra time, only for reo coker to get one on the 115th minute, and it went to penalties, which i won 5-4.

This is one awesome game, if they put in different weather/time matches for mm then its near perfect for me.

Wont be buying pro evo this year, its fallen way behind.

[DagsJT]

I can sense a sub-thread coming up with everyone's tactical slider adjustments......

It's a great point though!

That's what I've been expecting. Especially from the lower-league teams, or some Mexican teams for example. I'm sure the massive teams like Arsenal are spot-on but it'd be interesting if Chris Bauer looked at Tranmere and thought they played differently and submitted sliders for us to set them up.

[Blaccat]

shieldslfc was asking about the Tesco price it is under £30 then!...
Yup, the game was sold out every where from woolworth

[juju123]

Hi,

No wheather in MM ?

[astirling]

Hi,

No wheather in MM ?

That's right. Well kind of.... Games are essentially played with the same settings as your standard exhibition match settings. They don't change from game to game.

[juju123]

That's right. Well kind of.... Games are essentially played with the same settings as your standard exhibition match settings. They don't change from game to game.


But if i choose overcast or night in my standard exhibition match settings it will be rain or night matchs in MM ? no ?

[astirling]

But if i choose overcast or night in my standard exhibition match settings it will be rain or night matchs in MM ? no ?


Correct. Unless you have the 360 version in which case you'll only see the rain in cut scenes!

[juju123]

Correct. Unless you have the 360 version in which case you'll only see the rain in cut scenes!

Yeah, i have a 360 version but i have put overcast settings but in 25 matchs in MM i never see an overcast match !!! allways sun and again sun..

[gameklip]

i got it! lol i was chatting to the girl over the counter in oxford street i think we're meeting tomorrow at some bar somewhere :lol:

i was so buzzed to get it i think set myself up for a date... that i won't be attending... due to fifa09. sad i know.

(i am also kinda double booked).

anyways. on with the game.

[luke909]

IS there anything more annoying than some tosser playing a real madrid getting a fluky 1-0 lead despite being dominated and the holding the ball with his keeper until the AI forces him to kick it. I want indirect freekicks in the new one to stop these cunts.

[Androctonvs]

too bad i can't assign Emirates to Benfica... as promised.

[astirling]

IS there anything more annoying than some tosser playing a real madrid getting a fluky 1-0 lead despite being dominated and the holding the ball with his keeper until the AI forces him to kick it. I want indirect freekicks in the new one to stop these cunts.


Isn't that kind of realistic though? The keepers are forced to kick it before a free kick would be given in real life. Timewasting is frustrating and horrible when it happens against you but it's a valid tactic imo.

[gomito#10]

i got it! lol i was chatting to the girl over the counter in oxford street i think we're meeting tomorrow at some bar somewhere :lol:

i was so buzzed to get it i think set myself up for a date... that i won't be attending... due to fifa09. sad i know.

(i am also kinda double booked).

anyways. on with the game.

whoa whoa whoa, stop the presses... %60 of the guys on here would give there left arm for some pussy and your turning it down....

[Bingham67]

Dont like Inter default formation its poor need to change formation to make them more attacking and play better.

[gameklip]

OMG i3minute into it and i score an amazingly worked goal with ronaldo.

his player model is sick.

new animation for the tap-in finish as well. wow.
http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/video/949401

whoa whoa whoa, stop the presses... %60 of the guys on here would give there left arm for some pussy and your turning it down....

:lol: we'll see how it goes. :) i meant to be somewhere else too. why does this weekend have to be busy on a fifa09 weekend!!!!

[BobbyBox]

whoa whoa whoa, stop the presses... %60 of the guys on here would give there left arm for some pussy and your turning it down....

where do you get your statistic from? :-pp

[Shearer_God]

Dont like Inter default formation its poor need to change formation to make them more attacking and play better.
I just used that default formation to beat AC, 3-0. On legendary.

[Scutch]

This is a random query, but has anyone on here used a PS2/3 convertor on their XB360 so they can use the PS controller for FIFA? I've always found it easier with the D-Pad rather than the analogue. Dont know if thats rather anal(ogue) or not, but each to their own.

I realise the gizmo's are rather expensive :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XFPS-3-0-SNIPER-PLUS-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-ADAPTER-XBOX-360_W0QQitemZ170259819852QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item1 70259819852&_trkparms=72%3A984%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C2 40%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

But its an option, at least for some of us not convinced by the 360 controller for FIFA and/or PES.

[gameklip]

the disc is chugging in my old 360. hope it doesn't break it :(

uploads are faster now. much more worthwhile.

i'm playing allberg on intermediate (i'm probably better than intermediate) and it's 2-0 ronaldo.

i used a trick effectively in the build-up to the goal. very nice.
http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/video/949951 (weirdly won't show the goal but you can see the skill..)
allberg are getting sent a message by the european champions hehe

i can't believe how wicked this game is. it's like the total control feeling you get when playing it. there are some niggles, but it's just such a well put together package!

last one. berba goal. (still slowly figuring out how to use that keyframe thing for replays...
http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/video/950546

[gomito#10]

where do you get your statistic from? :-pp

i was being nice its more like %90

[BobbyBox]

i was being nice its more like %90

:LOL:

[Murkurial]

you can't do it in the lobby, but you can in the game by pressing pause and player list - select his name and remove

That sounds good but I can still see fools just sitting in the middle of the lobby until the timer gets to :02 and then finally choosing a side.

[Machines]

After my first night with FIFA 09, I'm really impressed for all the reasons already pointed out here. Few things I don't like though:

- Way too many penalties.
- What's the game speed setting for? I don't notice any difference between slow, normal and fast.
- Advantage rule is ridiculous. Ref waves play on, opponent loses the ball in a fair duel some ten seconds later and they still get a free kick for the previous foul.
- I can't upload any replays. It says that the website is currently not available. At first I thought it wasn't active until today, the official release date, but I just checked and it still doesn't work. And there are replays on the site. Is this a known problem?

Other than that, great game.

- Haven't played the retail version yet, but there were a lot of penalties in the demo. Personally I think it brings the realism a bit higher because you can't just run around sliding into everyone anymore.

- Game speed is as follows: Slow = FIFA 08, Normal = Euro 2008, Fast = FIFA 09. I believe that's the way I've seen it described most.

- Sportsworld has had it's fair share of problems. Half the replays I tried to upload in FIFA 08 never made it. Would always fail at the end.

On another note, it's a bummer to hear about the weather in MM. Why can't they include that? For that matter, why can't the weather be included in all modes and just be random or real weather based a la Madden? Doesn't seem like that it'd be that difficult to implement since they already have the tech.

[velvetsky01]

Fucking PLAY.COM never ordering a thing from them again - no delevery on release date PISS POOR!!

[reddevils]

check this cheeky goal i scored in my 3rd match :| nothing special, got an achievement with it too lol

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/944778

[Daniel007]

can someone with the 360 version please confirm that when raining, no rain appears in normal game camera, only in cutscenes, replays, free kicks and instant replays?

Its a bug thats really ruining it for me - want to know if its just my copy!!

i have same problem game will start and ball spashes and players feet splash water around , but after a replay this will stop . but if i pause the game quickly and continue it comes back
weird.

[Milanista]

jay is one very dirty player.

[ash]

How do you do quick settings?

Like in FIFA 08, I could set my team to Neutral, Attack, All Out Attack, Defence, All Out Defence. Great and quick feature that I loved, but how do you do it in FIFA09?

Thanks

[reddevils]

on the 360, just click left or right on the D-PAD

:? how did you not find this out :eek: ?

[sweetkilla]

you can vote for which players you want increased and decreased for live season on ea football world :)


got an achievement for scoring a lob :)

http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/video/934354

[evacuate]

Yeah team mentality is to the sides on the d-pad and quick tactics is first down and then any of the 4 directions.

[Nick Cave]

Yeah team mentality is to the sides on the d-pad and quick tactics is first down and then any of the 4 directions.
Can you not pick what you want on each of the pad directions I was sure you could on the PS3 I'm off to check...

[Coopz]

Pressing down and the another direction fucks you up

i wanted an opposite wing attack and by the time i pressed down and left i lost the ball

[jaygrim]

jay is one very dirty player.

:w00t:Coming from you, you filthy bastard.

[JayD]

Did EA ever explain why you could only play each other an odd number of times in the online league in FIFA 08? Well they have only gone and done it again in FIFA 09 grrrrrrrr!!!

Anyhow is anyone up for a small online league tonight 360 only Im afraid. 6-8 teams, play once and games muct be completed tonight? If so post in here and drop me a PM. First come, first serve but only if you have time after 9 - 10 pm ish.

[Nick Cave]

Yes in quick tactics you can set the D'Pad to whatever you want on all four directions...

[astirling]

Pressing down and the another direction fucks you up

i wanted an opposite wing attack and by the time i pressed down and left i lost the ball

Yeah....it's no good for stuff like that but it should be fine for things like formation changes as these don't need to be done in a split second.

[BobbyBox]

Did EA ever explain why you could only play each other an odd number of times in the online league in FIFA 08? Well they have only gone and done it again in FIFA 09 grrrrrrrr!!!

Anyhow is anyone up for a small online league tonight 360 only Im afraid. 6-8 teams, play once and games muct be completed tonight? If so post in here and drop me a PM. First come, first serve but only if you have time after 9 - 10 pm ish.

That is fucking ridiculous!!! I thought they would have sorted that out.

I won't be in the mini league, as I would have just got the game - I'm going to refine my skills ;))

[wan_d7]

yaiy!one of my retailer shop here manage to get some EU copy! i've ordering! will get in 2 or 3 days guys! i'm gonna join you all in the FIFA heaven! :LOL:

[OPM]

i hate the manual celebrating. :(