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2010 FIFA World Cup - Demo out now

EA_SimonHumber said:
Update: Tuesday Jun 8th
I have rejected the new database for a number of reasons.

I felt it left Spain as the overpowered team in the game, and I don't want that. Other top teams such as England, Brazil & France were made slower but Spain remained at the same speed and as a result became way too good comparatively.

Equally Ivory Coast & Nigeria need to be slowed down so they have been sent back for more work.

I liked the new strength increase for weak nations, it allows them to compete with the better teams but generally fail due to not being technically good enough and missing chances when they are created.

The two Korean nations need to be stronger, as they can put themselves about a bit. So they have been sent back for some work in the gym!

For individual players, I want Messi to be stronger to keep him on his feet more and Drogba to be weaker so he's less of a bulldozer.

Ultimately the update should make the game more competitive when playing top teams vs weaker teams and also it should be a little slower.

Another update once I have a new db to test.

For anyone fed up with waiting, we never promised a date, we said we were aiming for a date, but I want the feel to be as good as possible rather than rushing it out as soon as possible.

Cheers.


Update: Thurs Jun 10th
I've rejected it again, SORRY!

Once more I felt it was going to leave certain teams overpowered and lead to them always being used online.

The changes needed are far less this time though, and so a new db should be with me again today for testing.

We have to get this out very soon in any case, since Story of the Finals needs the new players for it to be able operate. Otherwise we won't be able to create a scenario to mimic Buddle scoring the winner against England arf arf.
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http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/world-cup-dev-team-lobby/1143847-squad-update-news.html

Well... we'll have to wait just a bit more for the update...
 
Squad update is up. The glorious Edson "Pele II: Electric Boogaloo" Buddle is now available to unleash more devastation upon the English than 10 George Washingtons. The update has to be downloaded manually by going to My World Cup -> Edit Teams.
 
Oozer3993 said:
Squad update is up. The glorious Edson "Pele II: Electric Boogaloo" Buddle is now available to unleash more devastation upon the English than 10 George Washingtons. The update has to be downloaded manually by going to My World Cup -> Edit Teams.
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Nice. I presume it applies automatically to ranked and cup matches though right?
 
Yay VALDEZ is on the spanish squad now. Overall 80 :( Casillas is 90. Do they really thing there is a 10 point gap between those keepers.

Also Pedro is an 80, I'd assume he would be 84-85
 
Fifa 10 is my first Fifa game in a while and I really enjoyed the Be a Pro mode and getting to specialize in playing one position. Is there something similar this time?
 
Hey I have never played a soccer game before and I am looking to get into it, I was not sure what the best thread would be and this one has the most traffic. I have loved soccer for years but never transferred the love to consoles.

what game would you guys recommend I start with?

World Cup 2010? FIFI 2010? or should I go with a year or 2 back to save some money?

thanks for any help.
 
JetBlackPanda said:
Hey I have never played a soccer game before and I am looking to get into it, I was not sure what the best thread would be and this one has the most traffic. I have loved soccer for years but never transferred the love to consoles.

what game would you guys recommend I start with?

World Cup 2010? FIFI 2010? or should I go with a year or 2 back to save some money?

thanks for any help.
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Both are great games... WC 2010 fixes a couple of things from FIFA 10 and looks a bit better/smoother... if you're willing to wait some months, FIFA 11 will be out by October most likely.... or you can get FIFA 10 right now pretty cheap... it's good value for your money as you're getting lot's of leagues, good online community, etc....... Some of us decided to give into the WC hype and bought the WC-only (no League teams..) game for almost full price :D
 
Is the game worth 30 dollars from Amazon? I really want to play league games, but I want to take Team Pakistan all the way to the world cup for fun.:
 
Zapages said:
Is the game worth 30 dollars from Amazon? I really want to play league games, but I want to take Team Pakistan all the way to the world cup for fun.:
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I'd say yes. Scenarios in Story of Qualifying alone are worth that in my book, and if you have a couple of friends, Captain Your Country is sooo good. Online is really good as well.
 
i picked up my copy this afternoon in between WC games.

not sure when ill get a chance to play here, gonna be a little tied up watching 3 games a day for the next week or so...

can't wait to exact my revenge on AstrotheLad for trolling my ass on NeoGAF. you're on notice pal.
 
love ya!

thanks guys. cant wait to play, really strapped for time here though.

EDIT: i still have you on my friend list Strike. my bad. we're all set.

we doing a mini tourney in a few weeks?
 
its $34 with free shipping at gamestop, so I am interested in purchasing now.

-Does it have a mode where you create a player and become a star on your national team type of thing?
-Is it a good purchase since I don't have FIFA 10?

Thanks all
 
So is anyone up for a GAF World Cup (360) now? If we can get to 8 I say let's do it. Can do two groups of 4. I'll figure out a way to pick teams, probably just randomly assign picking order.

I'll keep this updated if/when people sign up, just post your username and XBLA

1. AstroLad (AstroTheLad)
2. Daigoro (Matty Thorns)
 
also add me and challenge me GAFFERS: astrothelad

ranked games are aight besides the fact you get a nasty message every time you win but i wanna play some more gaffers
 
i got to sneak in two games offline today. it feels a lot different than i remember 09 feeling. feels good! i like the way it handles defense. i cant just lay on the A button to tackle anymore and have to be better at positioning myself (good for me because i always had a tendency to rush in too hard and get burnt).

presentation and everything is good, music is good. so far im liking it a lot. cant wait to play more.

im in:

Daigoro (Matty Thorns)
 
got my first achievement yesterday
20G: Better luck next time!
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Doh! :lol

got paired up with two good players using crap teams and one crappy player using Argentina. i held my own except for the guy using Togo. he raped me, but i didnt feel so bad when i saw what he did to his other opponents. his GA was sick.

i was using the US. Tim Howard saved my ass more times than i care to remember. glad they pumped up his stats in this game. he is sick, just like in real life.

ill be around a bit this week in between games if anyone is up for a few matches.
 
Daigoro said:
got my first achievement yesterday Doh! :lol

got paired up with two good players using crap teams and one crappy player using Argentina. i held my own except for the guy using Togo. he raped me, but i didnt feel so bad when i saw what he did to his other opponents. his GA was sick.

i was using the US. Tim Howard saved my ass more times than i care to remember. glad they pumped up his stats in this game. he is sick, just like in real life.

ill be around a bit this week in between games if anyone is up for a few matches.
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Well it looks like you and I are playing for the GAF World Cup so we'll have to get it in!
 
Daigoro said:
FIFA gaf has failed us!
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Bought this for $39AUD and loving it. They really hit it out of the park in terms of presentation and atmosphere. Looks a step up from Fifa 10.
 
woodchuck said:
im still playing fifa ten! it sucks when i finally have summer break, everyone moved on to fifa world cup
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should still be on sale for 40 at a few places. and supposedly you can get good coin for trading in 10.

do it!

if you want. :D
 
Just bought this a week ago after not having owned a soccer game since Soccer for the Atari 5200. :lol

Anyway, is there somewhere I could go to get some strategy on playing this game effectively? I am getting destroyed on the Amateur setting against any of the top tier teams playing as USA. I've already learned why sliding tackles are bad, after getting red carded 5 times in one game. :lol

That said, it's one of the most pure fun sports games I've ever played. I haven't had this kind of fun with a Madden since 2004.
 
do you have it on 360 or ps3? if 360, add me: astrothelad

fyi, the online and vs cpu is WAYYYYYY different if you haven't learned yet. CPU plays a very conservative style. be sure to learn give-and-gos and how to send people on runs to put pressure on the cpu defense
 
Daigoro I don't know if anyone even reads this thread other than us so I might be just repeating for you what we were talking about during our games, but:

I'm loving the ranked in this. Currently in Division 6 going on 5. Having a great run with the Aussies but almost all of the games have been incredibly close and tense. I also love what they introduced in 09 which has carried over to here, which is the ability to bail out of matches. This way I don't have to play England and Spain constantly if I don't want to. Have to give credit to the randoms for actually picking among non-five-star teams a great deal of the time.
 
yeah, i was coming here to post something similar. i need to start playing these ranked games if just to get some competition more on my level.

ive got the next 5-6 days off, so ill have plenty of time to brush up on my game. i need it.

ill see you around.
 
I've been playing PS3 WC for a few matches everyday, but I live in Asia so if we play the connection would sucks badly :P

My favourite team right now is Nigerian, although I wish the keeper is as good as his real life performance.
 
I've been watching Amazon for a good price drop ever since the World Cup started, and I finally grabbed the PS3 version yesterday.

If anyone wants to jump in now, it's $38.99 on PS3 and $39.99 for 360 as of this post (at least in the States).
 
thanks for the info stuck, passed that along to a couple friends
Daigoro said:
yeah, i was coming here to post something similar. i need to start playing these ranked games if just to get some competition more on my level.

ive got the next 5-6 days off, so ill have plenty of time to brush up on my game. i need it.

ill see you around.
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yes, i look forward to another thrilling gaf world cup final with you!
 
AstroLad said:
do you have it on 360 or ps3? if 360, add me: astrothelad

fyi, the online and vs cpu is WAYYYYYY different if you haven't learned yet. CPU plays a very conservative style. be sure to learn give-and-gos and how to send people on runs to put pressure on the cpu defense
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I just added you - richp is my GT.

I play a TON of campaign, but I am god awful online. If you're looking for free wins, hit me up! :lol
 
Sweet. Enjoying ranked and online WC but always more fun to play with friends (only a couple of mine have it) and gaffers. One fun thing to do is best of 3 or best of 5, pick a continent, and then random teams, but alternate who gets the higher-ranked team. Couple small bummers on this is that you can't do a random team with the pool being all countries (stupid oversight, this is how my friends and I have been playing since forever) and you can't choose to play OT or even have PKs (even stupider oversight; truly impressive).
 
Looks like I'm going downhill again. I made my way to Division 5, and almost got promoted in my first season there as well. Alas, I lost my last game to a cheating cunt who scored the winning goal with the keeper opening kick block bug. Fucktard.

Now I'm 5 games into my second season in Div 5, and I've lost all my games. Previously my defense was ok, but at least I was scoring goals. Now I'm losing games 5-0 and even 7-0. I hope I'll get the hang of it before I'm forced to commit suicide again. It gets hard after a couple of times, you know.
 
Playing through the online world cup with egypt right now. In the semis and every single team is spain. I beat those fucks 4-0 in the group stage, should be enough to get that blight away from me for the rest of the tourney. Guarantee you 90% of the Spain users were the people who were using England constantly when the tourney started. smh. let them have fun playing each other instead of subjecting the 5% of non-spain users to them constantly.
 
AstroLad said:
Playing through the online world cup with egypt right now. In the semis and every single team is spain. I beat those fucks 4-0 in the group stage, should be enough to get that blight away from me for the rest of the tourney. Guarantee you 90% of the Spain users were the people who were using England constantly when the tourney started. smh. let them have fun playing each other instead of subjecting the 5% of non-spain users to them constantly.
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I play Spain. Fuck off.
 
Tf53 said:
I play Spain. Fuck off.
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:lol well you have a lot of compatriots! no worries after ten tries i finally found a brazil to play and proceed to lose to 1-0 after hitting two posts. i have no notions whatsoever of playing anything less than a five-star superteam at the semi and finals levels but playing the same team over and over gets annoying as hell. why i prefer ranked to online world cup
 
AstroLad said:
:lol well you have a lot of compatriots! no worries after ten tries i finally found a brazil to play and proceed to lose to 1-0 after hitting two posts. i have no notions whatsoever of playing anything less than a five-star superteam at the semi and finals levels but playing the same team over and over gets annoying as hell. why i prefer ranked to online world cup
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I used to think that once you knock a team out, you couldn't face them anymore. That's not the case? If so, that's BS.
 
Tf53 said:
I used to think that once you knock a team out, you couldn't face them anymore. That's not the case? If so, that's BS.
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I think that's generally true. I do remember once England supposedly being knocked out in group stage and then having to face them again in knockout. In this case I don't remember for certain if Spain got knocked out or made it through though.
 
I've now lost twice in the final with Niger. . .never going to get that achievement

Best result was winning 7-0 against Brazil at least :lol
 
Am I the only one who absolutely sucks using the L2 + Right Analog combination for the special moves? I swear, the mechanic feels so unresponsive and uncoordinated. I am never able to execute the move that I want. >_<
 
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