Attending the X05 event in Netherlands gave me a chance to chat to Danny Issac and see FIFA 06 RTWC in action.
The menu system is completely new and has no relevance to this year's FIFA at all. Background is full of animations which is incredibly lifelike. After picking up the teams, Danny showed off new feature in FIFA 06 RTWC which allows you to train while the game loads. So you can give few shots at goal and play around while the game is loading up. After loading up the graphics took my breath away, and I'm being modest by saying that. The stadium, the athmosphere, it's absolutely amazing. It is SOOOOOO crisp and clear, it's simply fantastic. However, the player models while BEST in any soccer game, are not on par with everything else, especially grass. MY GOD, that grass is almost touchable. It is unreal how good it looks like. Player faces are incredible and every player looks identical to his reallife counterpart. Emotions are spot on, and overall, from entrance scene, you'll actually forget for the moment that it is a computer game that we are talking about here. The kits are spot on too, they move and become wet and it looks absolutely great. There's also, of course, manager animations and reactions throughout the game which looks incredible.
There's also very cool feature in FIFA XBOX360, now every time there is a foul, corner or any out of the field ball, you can substitute player while cut scenes are on. Cut scenes are really unbeleivable too. I can't express how wonderfull the game looks (even though I was FAR more impressed with NBA 2k6 and other XBOX360 games) but this is the best soccer game I have seen in my life. PC version is nowhere near XBOX360 verison and it's simply uncomparable.
Although, I have to admit that I felt little dissapoined after I have seeing the players in action. The animation is great but somehow TOO similar to this generation console version. It alsmost feels the same. Players run similarly. Same "annoyances" are there too, like keepers can't kick the ball over the halfway line after a save etc... It just isn't believeble enough like the entrance scene, stadium, fans, grass and everything else.The control system is almost identical, I've seen pace control and very similar feints like in FIFA 06. The ball also didn't seem like different entity at all, which is disappointment. In fact I don't think is much different from this generation at all. It slides over the pitch, etc... I can tell you that PES5 ball physics are better than those in XBOX360 FIFA RTWC unfortunately. Whilst FIFA 06 is acceptable and enjoyable on this generation systems I feel that many will be slightly disappointed after realising that not much (except incredible graphics) changed.
Overall, it will be definitely best looking soccer game but I doubt that it will kill PES5 gameplay.
Cheers!!!
P.S. You guys need to see NBA2K6, the sweat and cloth movement and everything is absolutely out of this world.
The menu system is completely new and has no relevance to this year's FIFA at all. Background is full of animations which is incredibly lifelike. After picking up the teams, Danny showed off new feature in FIFA 06 RTWC which allows you to train while the game loads. So you can give few shots at goal and play around while the game is loading up. After loading up the graphics took my breath away, and I'm being modest by saying that. The stadium, the athmosphere, it's absolutely amazing. It is SOOOOOO crisp and clear, it's simply fantastic. However, the player models while BEST in any soccer game, are not on par with everything else, especially grass. MY GOD, that grass is almost touchable. It is unreal how good it looks like. Player faces are incredible and every player looks identical to his reallife counterpart. Emotions are spot on, and overall, from entrance scene, you'll actually forget for the moment that it is a computer game that we are talking about here. The kits are spot on too, they move and become wet and it looks absolutely great. There's also, of course, manager animations and reactions throughout the game which looks incredible.
There's also very cool feature in FIFA XBOX360, now every time there is a foul, corner or any out of the field ball, you can substitute player while cut scenes are on. Cut scenes are really unbeleivable too. I can't express how wonderfull the game looks (even though I was FAR more impressed with NBA 2k6 and other XBOX360 games) but this is the best soccer game I have seen in my life. PC version is nowhere near XBOX360 verison and it's simply uncomparable.
Although, I have to admit that I felt little dissapoined after I have seeing the players in action. The animation is great but somehow TOO similar to this generation console version. It alsmost feels the same. Players run similarly. Same "annoyances" are there too, like keepers can't kick the ball over the halfway line after a save etc... It just isn't believeble enough like the entrance scene, stadium, fans, grass and everything else.The control system is almost identical, I've seen pace control and very similar feints like in FIFA 06. The ball also didn't seem like different entity at all, which is disappointment. In fact I don't think is much different from this generation at all. It slides over the pitch, etc... I can tell you that PES5 ball physics are better than those in XBOX360 FIFA RTWC unfortunately. Whilst FIFA 06 is acceptable and enjoyable on this generation systems I feel that many will be slightly disappointed after realising that not much (except incredible graphics) changed.
Overall, it will be definitely best looking soccer game but I doubt that it will kill PES5 gameplay.
Cheers!!!
P.S. You guys need to see NBA2K6, the sweat and cloth movement and everything is absolutely out of this world.
