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After being very PRO fifa for many years, after playing this new one since release i must say i absolutely *** dispise this game. For the below reasons.
1) The first touch mechanic.
This is terrible. 20% of the touches the players come out with on this game are beyond a joke. If the player did this in the premier league on a weekly basis they would never play again. I think they have tried to make it far to 'realistic' and gone to far, to the stage its now unrealistic because some players can't control a pass that isn't weighted to perfection. Hell i say some players ive even noticed inesta make several bad touchs. I don't think its cause im a bad player because I went to the top league on fifa12 within weeks of release. (Initally this was quite a feat but then after a few months the standard of div1 dropped alot)
2) Fouls.
The referee seems very inconsitent and they still haven't sorted out the last man = a red card mechanic.
3) Tugging
This encourages foul play, not to mention its extremely effective so your at a big disadvantage not to use it. If a player goes through 1v1 just tug him, if its a fast player, just tug him. Sometimes its not even a foul and you can't get more than a yellow for this, even if your last man. (ive tried)
4) Goalkeepers.
The goalkeeper problem is the same on FIFA12. A goalkeeper with good reactions is extermely tough to beat regardless of every other ability.
5) AI
They claim to have made the AI attack runs much better and more intelligent. Tbh i think they have just made the defending AI worse. They just dont follow there man anymore they let him run free thus granting the attacker lots of space. This would be fine if we were given enough control to control all 4 defends but since we can only control 2 at at time its ridculous that the 2 you can't control just leave there man to run through. Balls forward (if played well) just drop easily to the attacker (granted they will probably shin it away) without a defend being within 5 yards or pressing.
6) Goal quality
Although ive seen and scored some very nice goals on this game. I think there are far to many 'scrappy' goals where its been like pinball between the attackers and defenders, and you may aswell flip a coin to decide who comes out with it.
Granted its the same for BOTH teams, but for me i just don't enjoy the changes whatsoever.
Rating 5/10 Good : graphics/finish/sound/physics engine. Bad: Gameplay/connection
I think im going to move back to PES this year, which i never thought i would ever be saying again. Like i say - im was definitely a fifa fan over pes by a long way before this game
