Fifa 09 Info and Screens
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sounds like a typical FIFA game then
i've been letdown by FIFA far too often to give it 'another chance' unless i'm sure it's definitely changed .....any old school PES fans have tried FIFA09 demo and thought it ok???
PES fanboy (ex) here, FIFA 09 IS the best football game I have ever played.
FIFA 08 began to convert me
EURO 2008 has converted me
FIFA 09 has made me despise Konami for showing complete lack of willing to improve PES, when it is clearly possible, as EA have shown with FIFA.
In just a couple of years they have taken FIFA (Which I hated for so long) and turned it into a bloody incredible game of football.
mmmmm interesting
are you a Winning Eleven/WEJL fanboy or just been playing the last couple of PES versions?is there a PC 09 demo or is it just the 360 version out?......and will the PC version be the same as the 360 or will it be different? like how Konami did with PES06 on the PC.
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the passing is so much better , i love it when you pass across midfield , you get a really good effect on the ball with spin
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mmmmm interesting
is there a PC 09 demo or is it just the 360 version out?......and will the PC version be the same as the 360 or will it be different? like how Konami did with PES06 on the PC.
ISS on the N64, through to ISS on the PS1, then all the PES' since then up to 2008, which I sold shortly after buying.
There is a FIFA09 demo for the PC but it is different from how the game will play on 360/PS3.
Took the words right out of my mouth, I was a BIG fanboy since back in the SNES days.
so the PC version is a different engine etc?? that's a shame coz i hate using the 360 controller for footie.
awww man i did have one of those ps2 -> 360 joypad converters for PES06 but ended up selling it coz the game was so pap....might have to get another if FIFA is really the shiz.
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Im the same, but im still willing to give Pro evo the benefit of the doubt, i think theres room for two good football games, but im not particularly confident that the online issues will be fixed, they were poor in 06, just unplayable in 2008, the biggest crime konami made was not fixing that, as its still a damn good game of football, especially with mates.
I think the basic mechanics of 08 were flawed, but it was a much better online experience which is why we all switched, had pes2008 had perfect online, i dont doubt we would all still be playing that instead of fifa.
Euro2008 fixed most of the problems of fifa 08, but added a few of its own, fifa 09 does look to have a great balance between the two games.
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The fifa demo is still on the old engine, although it does look decent on the pc with a good specced machine.
I love footy games, always have always will. Never really got on with PES so always been a FIFA fan since 93 on the Megadrive. Absolutely love 09. Gotta say I do find it hard to score when playing intermediate though, its a damn good job I can defend well, but nearly all my games end 0-0.
I try to work the ball around as much as possible and like to play it down the wings and whip the crosses in, but often feel like I get pushed inside to often and end up too narrow.... any tips for some free scoring guys?
I try to work the ball around as much as possible and like to play it down the wings and whip the crosses in, but often feel like I get pushed inside to often and end up too narrow.... any tips for some free scoring guys?
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PES 4/5/6/2008 player here.
Didn't like FIFA 08, but UEFA 2008 has converted me and I love the FIFA 09 demo. It just feels more like real football, which is what I'm after, warts and all.
One review I read of FIFA 09 says it can get bogged down in the midfield sometimes. Well, BRILLIANT! Real football matches often do, and that's what I'm after, a sim and not some glamourised lovey dovey version of the game.
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Oh definitely, if PES 2009 demo is good I'll probably consider getting it. But I will more than likely give it a miss this year.
just had a quick play on the 09 demo and i gotta say it feels pretty nice, lmao can't believe after all this time being a Konami only guy EA have finally done something right.
gotta either buy a PS3 or a converter to use my dual shock.....using a 360pad for footie is like playing with a hottie with thick gardening gloves on ..it's just wrong.
gotta either buy a PS3 or a converter to use my dual shock.....using a 360pad for footie is like playing with a hottie with thick gardening gloves on ..it's just wrong.
yeh it's all about the d-pad for me, i just don't get along with the analogue stick for football and i just also prefer the shoulder buttons on the sony controllers for footie also.
the 360 controller is great for racing games and in general i like it ...i just never feel at home with it for football.
the more i play the demo the more i like it ..when is this sucker released
the 360 controller is great for racing games and in general i like it ...i just never feel at home with it for football.
the more i play the demo the more i like it ..when is this sucker released
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Just traded my 08 copy, £9 !!!! £9 messily pound, could probably get more from ebay but i can't be bothered with the hassle.
Same as any footie game you're new to, play games on the easiest setting until you're destroying teams easily.
The amount of attacking you will do should give you a decent idea of what types of shots are most effective. I have nothing to back this up, but I fully believe that when people moan about any footie game being too hard it's because they're not picking up on which types of shots to go for. We're past the days where footie games had one or two shots that were guaranteed to go in every time, but each footie game still has it's nuances which tell you what type of attempts are even worth bothering with in the first place.
Once you start moving up through the levels you will still have to learn how best to develop play each time, but knowing what you're aiming for should mean once you start creating chances you will take them. I've never liked using crosses as my main plan of attack (except maybe on Virtua Striker), they're useful on the break and I'll take them if the chance is on, but in general play there are far more effective ways of putting the ball away.
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I think theres more scope for scoring from the wings in 09, the new jumping is superb and really does give the game a much more realistic feel, in previous games, you jumped, you knew you or your opponent was going to get the ball, now these can sail inches over your head if you dont time it correctly. Crossing in 08, unless you were completely free, meant 9/10 times the defender would win the header and clear it.
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