UEFA Euro 2008

hilly said:
Personally I won't be picking this up, will wait for Fifa 09.

I see it as if you buy this game, then buy Fifa 09, then you're a sucker. Fifa 09 will contain a world cup mode, include the same teams, but with an update to date roster and full league teams.

Just not worth the money, even if the demo was real good fun.
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Sucker me up then :p

I'll probably pick this up, it's a decent stop gap to Fifa 09 and it'll be nice to see what new features have made it in.
 
nikebee said:
Sucker me up then :p

I'll probably pick this up, it's a decent stop gap to Fifa 09 and it'll be nice to see what new features have made it in.
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Haha don't take it personally! You'll have a head start on 09 any ways ;)

Do you get my point though? If this game is going to be the same as Fifa 09 (which they _usually_ are), then it's no different than paying for GT5P, expect a lot more expensive! :)
 
Taken from Evo Web (Jamie LUFC)

I played the full version yesterday, the rumour about stock being delivered on the 11th to game retailers was correct.

Level Played: Professional
Time: 6 Mins
England v Croatia
Wembley Stadium
Sunny
Everything Manual bar the shooting, which I placed on Semi.

Ok let me start with the speed issue. The final release has noticebley lost half a yard of pace, which for me was perfection. It's still faster than FIFA 08 but for people who love to build up a decent attack, the loss of a little bit of speed can be fully appreciated. You can play from the back an pass the ball around the deck to create decent build up play. Another cool thing I noticed, after going 1-0 up thanks to a screamer from Wayne Rooney, England's confidence and momentum was sky high. My players seemed to play with a higher tempo and really exposed Croatia, who played like a team with their heads down, making silly errors and losing their shape (Its really hard to explain but it was so life like).

The responsiveness is still as good as the demo. I didn't really notice a difference even with a slight change in the speed, this made for some great build play especially when exchanging one touch passing with your players.

People worrying about the PESness like running through the defence at speed and scoring, get that out of your head. I tried to run through the defence several times and their defence tackled me with ease. Im guessing the difficulty setting iradicates the theory of PESlike goals. You defientley have to "play football" to score goals, but when you do score it makes the whole experience of playing Euro 2008 so much better.

Keepers; as much as they have improved, there are still some major floors with them. Croatia equalised with a fantasic header at the far post by Eduardo, but the thing that annoys me is that keepers still stick to their line. On thos occasion i tried pressing Y only for the keeper to run away from the crossed ball which left Eduardo with an empty goal to head the ball home. They also have a tendancy to punch the ball away when it would be so much easier to catch the ball, which left me screaming at the tv screen. However EA have defientley improved the way in which the keeper comes out with the opposite attacker clean through on goal, you can definetley feel the keeper making the net smaller as he tries and puts the player off from shooting clean at goal, i thought this was a pretty cool addition and one that could in handy when playing a superstar on the online mode. A simple tap in every time you are clean through is definetley a thing of the past!

Defensivley the game is pretty much what you come to expect from FIFA 08 although the full backs do make intelligent burts forward which is a joy of fresh air if you like to spread the play. It really does offer a new way to create the perfect attack. I also like the fact that if you full back has committed to far up the field the left/right hand sided midfielder will drop in to cover there position, now that was wicked! The centre halves still dont commit past the half way line even when attacking a corner, which is pretty drab, but it doesnt really affect the overall gameplay if im being honest.

**ALERT** Something that EA have fixed is the carding system. I wanted to see whether the ref would card a player after playing advantage and I can confirm, my player was given a yellow card when the ball went dead. I nearly came in my pants!!!

Although I still dont think the red card system has been updated which is pretty rubbish, the last man can still hack someone down and get a yellow card and there seems to be no sign of the keepers getting carded which does let the carding system down to some extent, but I can forgive this for now as long as this inclusion features in FIFA 09.

The game finished 2-1 to Croatia. They scored an absolute fantastic goal when some nice build up play lead them to create some space to plant an inch perfect pass in behind my defence for their attacker to force my keeper out wide and slot the ball home, it has got to be one of the best goals I have witnessed the computer AI score ever!

Final Thoughts:

I was only allowed to play one match, due to the game not even supposed to be out of its packaging, but from the one game I have played i can safley say that this game is a slight improvement on the demo and a definete step in the right direction for the franchise of FIFA next generation gaming. It has ironed out so many niggling issues from FIFA 08 that you can appreciate paying full price for 50 odd teams and a couple of stadiums.

I can honestly say that despite the limited game modes, its the best football game I have ever had the pleasure to play.
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I cant resist i have crumbled going to trade Army of Two in for it. :D
 
Thanks for posting that, although there's a ton of good games coming out over the next month or two this one made it onto my must-buy list just through the demo alone.
 
hilly said:
Haha don't take it personally! You'll have a head start on 09 any ways ;)

Do you get my point though? If this game is going to be the same as Fifa 09 (which they _usually_ are), then it's no different than paying for GT5P, expect a lot more expensive! :)
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Yeah for sure, although I definately think more people will be buying GT5 Prologue surely?

But I appreciate what you're saying. Why buy a game that is missing half of the features you'll be getting in a couple of months?

Simply because it's a nice stop gap, and it'll be nice to play with the new features added.
 
bingham67 said:
Taken from Evo Web (Jamie LUFC)



I cant resist i have crumbled going to trade Army of Two in for it. :D
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Nice stuff there.

Got to laugh at people moaning that FIFA is now too much like PES, people have been screaming that FIFA needs to be like PES for years haha.
 
From that post:
In the demo Anelka skinned my keeper only for the keeper to bring him down, I was shown a straight red.

So keepers do get sent off.
 
I've only tried the demo on the PC so I fear that they are doing what they always do and produce a rubbish PC port. I'll give the console demo a whirl soon :)
 
Marky said:
I've only tried the demo on the PC so I fear that they are doing what they always do and produce a rubbish PC port. I'll give the console demo a whirl soon :)
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The PC version is current gen not next gen version which is on consoles and has been for sometime now with Fifa etc.

I wonder if Fifa 09 on PC will finally see the new engine which is million times better then current gen one. :)
 
Im going to pop into my local independant game shop tonight and see if they have received stock. If thats the case I will buy it :)

Sounds good!
 
i think i'll definitely be getting this when my xbox finally arrives! (it's taking longer than i thought it would to ship and i'm getting a bit worried after reading some negative reviews on the net of the supplier, but obviously i won't delve any deeper here!)
 
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