FIFA 08 Official Thread

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:19

FIFA 08 Official Thread

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With the official release of FIFA 08 today, I thought it would be a good idea to have one thread for all FIFA related info. To get the ball rolling (excuse the pun) here are a few useful links (well, opne useful link):

Xbox 360 Achievement list

I hope this doesn't turn into a FIFA vs PES war. This is one year where I will be getting both as they both have their good points

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:28

I have a £30 voucher which I got as a present when I left my last job so will be picking it up for £9.99..........result

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:36

Zefan said:

Cheers for the thread name change

(assuming it was you

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ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:53

Has anyone tried uploading any goal replays to the EA servers yet? If so post some here

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:56

Phil99 said:
Ooh, didn't know you could do that. Scored an awesome one with Pennant vs Chelsea yesterday as well

I read that you can. I haven't got the full game yet though so not 100% sure.

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 13:59

Just got back from lunch (and £300 of free pizza

) with my copy of FIFA 08. Unfortunately I am going out for drinks after work so won't be home until later tonight. But I don't have football until 2pm the next day so plan to stay up ALL night on this and SKATE

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 14:30

nikebee said:
Sorry but.... Three... Hundred pounds of Pizza!?

Care to explain!?

haha, they bought like 25 large pizza's. I think they are 11.99 each or something (cannot be bothered to do the maths)

There are only 43 of us here as well, lol.

As for the Wii box, I'll add it now. I cannot be bothered to add the PS2 and all the others as well though.

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 14:37

nikebee said:
Ha Fantastic

Unfortunately I got most of the leftovers as I was stuck in traffic having gone into town to buy FIFA 08, lol

ps. Added the Wii box

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 14:58

nikebee said:
I've picked this up on the 360 (as already stated elsewhere), but does anyone know if the Wii version has Be A Pro mode or any of the next-gen style play that the 360/PS3 version have?

Or is it more of a PS2/PC style version?

I think it is completely different to them all isn't it?

Have a look here - http://uk.wii.ign.com/objects/908/908852.html

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 15:04

Andybtsn said:
Where's the PSP box, and the PS2?

I really regret adding the boxes.

SHANE34 said:
So can you play internationl games on Fifa 08 ?

Yes

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 15:16

Axel40 said:
Anyone playing online? Its great fun

It says that i've reached the maximum number of points in my account, but i'm only on 2500 and i've seen people on like 6000, any idea what i have to do here?

Yes, you have to tell me in more detail what playing online is like

Is it laggy?

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 15:25

stokefan said:
also - can you play Wii vs Xbox 360 etc?

No you can't.

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 15:33

The annoying thing for me is that we usually have a 360 at work but it got the 3 RLOD a couple of weeks back, otherwise I could be playing it now. There is a PS3 and a Wii but no one else seems to have brought in FIFA 08 for them

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 16:59

Axel40 said:
I played like 6 games, 1 was kinda laggy alright but the rest were perfect.

Lovin this

AWESOME.

Post some goals people.

ScarySquirrel · 28 Sep 2007 at 17:12

shiner said:
how come the PS3 version was generally £10 more in most of the high street shops today I still got it but I think I need to get into the whole pre-ordering lark

Haven't played this yet waiting for the kids to go to bed

I noticed that when I got my 360 version at lunch. Why would it be £10? Blu-Ray maybe?

ScarySquirrel · 29 Sep 2007 at 20:16

I am still finding some things very frustrating in this game. Definate improvement over 07 but I feel that once PES is out then I will not play this much. I don't like the feeling that the shots are so weak most of the time.

ScarySquirrel · 30 Sep 2007 at 19:38

I am still finding the shooting a bit frustrating. 7 times out of 10 it will be straight at the keeper or over the bar, whereas in the arena it seems easier to direct the shots.

I did score an AWESOME 30 yarder with Mikel against some kid in HMV today while waiting for the missus to finish shopping and I scored a great lob shot with Drogba at home that bounced off the bar then off the keeper and in

Loving the authenticity of the game though. I STILL find it slightly sluggish and very frustrating trying to beat players.

ScarySquirrel · 30 Sep 2007 at 21:39

Anyone had any luck uploading goals? It just fails every time I do it

A Drogba goal I scored earlier. I was well chuffed with it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55k4LABx2CE

ScarySquirrel · 1 Oct 2007 at 11:50

Does anyone find themselves using tricks simply because they are there, knowing full well that they will probably lose the ball?

I only tend to do tricks when I am in loads of space just for a bit of flair. Saying that I played online against someone the other night and I beat hime about 4 times using some awesome tricks, I was so happy.

My online record so far is Won 3 Lost 1

Ont he subject of online, EVERY TIME i play it has to download a squad update. does anyone else have this problem? Is there any way around it?

ScarySquirrel · 1 Oct 2007 at 12:43

nikebee said:
Is this whenever you play online, or just whenever you start up Fifa in general?

When it is searching for an opponent and then finds one is when it does it. Sometimes people quit before it has finished downloading, so it takes ages to get into a game

One thing that annoys me (as I play with Chelsea a lot) is that whenever Wright-Phillips has the ball the commentator is almost gaurenteed to say "Wright-Phillips, a real bundle of energy"

ARRRRGHHH, SHUT UP!!! They say it all the time.