StevePitts;2918839 said:
I would imagine that you are in a very small minority, if nothing else because many of us won't have more than an hour and a half to dedicate to playing a single match. I tend to go the other way and drop to two minute halves, which also tends to keep the scores realistic and makes the game much harder because a fluke goal by the CPU can be difficult to claw back. It also means that I can progress my manager mode when I've only got a ten minute slot for playing (which is common because I have lots of other demands on my time).
Yeah I am clearly in a small minority in regards to playing 45 minute halves. But lets get one thing clear : there is no option to play 45 minute halves in FIFA. So out of all the people who play FIFA, only a small minority of people even knew that you could do 45 minute halves in the PC version. Although the PC FIFA modding community is large, I would tend to believe that more people play the console version of the FIFA than people play the PC version of FIFA. (since there's things that were upgraded in the console versions that aren't in the PC version)
So out of the people who actually have the PC version, most people spend so much time creating kits, mods, etc that they don't have time to play 45 minute halves. But this is the way I look at this. (and this is very important) I am a gameplay modder. Playing 45 minute halves allows me to test the gameplay in a way that you couldn't test with 2 minute halves. I have had to change a lot of parameters to develop 45 minute half A.I. and 45 minute half difficulty. Currently, I am busy creating formations and testing these formations. Like I have created a 1-4-3-2 Sweep defensive formation with a sweeper. I am trying to see if this created formation merged with my custom A.I. can actually make 45 minute halves playable in a way that a real match goes. You know how when you watch a match on TV, the 45 minutes aren't boring, right? Why? Because there's buildup, great saves, few fluke goals, and lots of passing. Believe it or not, you can get 45 minute halves like that in FIFA 10 if you spend time on it and play with the right formations. There are quirks here and there, but what game doesn't have quirks. The bottom line is I like to feel like when I play a match, I am involved in that match as if that match is happening real-time.
Remember when the USA played England, and England scored in the opening minutes. USA still had hope because they knew they had over 80 minutes to equalize. And yeah the USA got lucky and equalized. But the thing was they never panicked. If they were playing 10 minute halves, England may have won 1-0 because all they'd have to do is keep possession for a few minutes. In a 90 minute match, you have to continue to attack even if you have the lead because there is so much time to go.
As far as spending time playing an actual match, sometimes I play a 45 minute half and when it gets to halftime, minimize FIFA 10 and come back to play the 2nd half later or even sometimes the next day. most gamers spend a few hours playing games a night. to me, it's much more intense and rewarding to play one long match and have a decisive victor than to play 2 or 3 mini-game highlight reels. Soccer is more than just scoring goals. It's about passing, it's about not losing your focus even for one second because it can cost you.
And you think 45 minute halves are rough, I had a match that was 3-3 after full time. it went into extra time and stayed scoreless until the 116th minute, where my substitute found open space and scored to make it 4-3, then added another a minute later to make the final 5-3. But it took 116 actual minutes to break the deadlock. If you do try extra time in the event of a draw with 45 minute halves, make sure to delete the HALF_SECONDS parameter in locale.ini and change the HALF_LENGTH common.ini parameter equal to 45, then reset the profile in-game to default settings. With HALF_SECONDS=2700, extra time is 90 minutes long, consisting of two 45 minute halves. If you delete that and just change the common.ini parameter to 45, then reset the profile settings in-game, you get 45 minute halves and 15 minute extra time halves as you should.
Of course you need the correct gameplay to make 45 minute halves exciting and goals hard to come by. I would consider releasing my gameplay, but until there are those who are interested in 45 minute halves and trying to create gameplay that appears like a real match you watch on TV, and interested in further development of this type of gameplay, I will wait and continue to develop my 45 minute half gameplay.
pls release your gameplay. we will try it.