RECENTLY EDITED 3/30/04
ATRIBUTES TO MATTER- Speed and stamina ect. to be more noticable in the game , even a 70 in speed should eventually be able to outrun a 60 depending on their staminia, maybe the shouldn't be able to run that fast for that long. a 63 stamina player even though he may be 100 in speed might slow down after a bit because he is tired. over a long distance, the player with more stamina should be able to catch him. (not only when bar goes all the way down) just an idea
DYNAMIC WEATHER- shouldn't be there just for show, should actually make a difference
A MORE LENGTHY AND IN DEPTH CAREER MODE- should be longer and take you even more into the management aspects. other teams should trade with each other too.
SET PIECES- set pieces were great in 2004, but in a corner, you should still be able to do a short pass. Maybe even more freedom in designing the plays. More freedom in execution so it doesn't seem as scripted. instead of the ball landing exactly where the target indicator is and have it be a set location you should be able to choose the spot where you want to kick it. Then use a power and accuracy meter to see how accurate you kick it, higher attributed players make more accurate kicks. If kick is innacurate target indicator should move (while ball is in air) maybe also because of the wind.
TRAP ANIMATIONS- more animations for traps, in off the ball control, there were only a few, and the ball always seemed to go to the chest. Maybe more elaborate turns to lose the defender, like a scissors turn or flicking it back over your head and the defenders head. Even some difficulty in trapping it for bad players, or using differant parts of the body.
MOVES- easier to execute moves, not so easy to pull off. Incorparate skill into the move even more than 2004. Such as average player stumbles but does not lose the ball. or bad player pulls of the move but pushes the ball way too far ahead of him. Or piece of crap player completely screws it up. also, even bad players can pull of moves if going at slow speed. if walking then more chance of pulling off move for sucky player. if walking, then ok chance for bad player. if running, not very good chance. If running than good players like Del Piero would still pull it off with ease. Also incorparate fancy turns to lose defenders, as well as player specific moves as well as some generic moves for players.
OFF THE BALL CONTROL- Keep otb except add more trap animations, and make it so that crosses from the goal to the halfway line are not as dead accurate as they were in 2004. Attributes in this area should also be more noticable in this area. You should also be able to choose what three players you want to use for off the ball control.
FORMATIONS- More formations to choose from, hopefully place players where you want them. Decide whether to play man-to-man or zone coverage.
GOALKEEPERS- make them less dumb. should be able to better anticipate passes and crosses and be able to get into position better (how much better depends on attributes) shouldn't be able to pick up every cross though that comes there way, and should miss some that are too high. Should be able to lob them like real keepers. they should get up faster after a shot or try and save it from the ground if a rebound shot is attempted.
MUSIC- the music in 2004 was the best i've heard in any EA game (i'm a big fan of EA) Keep up the great selections. Good job with keeping it international! Most of those songs are now my favorites! Some from the same band maybe and some from different bands... I've nothing more to say as the soundtrack from 2004 was awesome.
GRAPHICS/ANIMATION- the graphics in 04 were great. just some minor problems were that the shirts turned weird colors at times and players went throught the net all the time. Just minor though and i look forward to seeing even better graphics in 05. Crowd needs to be better though.
CUTSCENES- i hate to be greedy, but i want more cutscenes! including during substitutions. Even other players getting mad at each other when a goal is scored, or some other emotions. And for goodness sakes, ronaldo's celebration this year is RETARDED! I hate to say it, but it gets extremely annoying watching it over and over. More player specific celbrations for each player would be nice, also more generic ones too. And get the crowd more involved.
REFEREE- It did seem that the refs in 04 did play to the advantage to some extent. in 05 maybe the commentators should say something about it. probably should be within reason, just a better job in implementing this. Also the cards should not be random as they seem. I've had many instances where i fouled someone from behind, chopping their legs, and there wasn't even a yellow. then when i got the ball and slid into their legs from the front, i get a yellow, even a red. this needs to get better. More animations for a player falling and getting tackled would be great. And also when a player is holding on to you, there should be some way (with a better player) to get away from the defender without having to turn all the way around. Except for it needs to be difficult in some way otherwise scoring would be too easy.
Another thing that would add realism to the game is altering the offsides calls. Sometimes the ref should call/not call a close and contriversial offsides, and should be wrong. It shouldn't happen too often though.
SPEED/ ACCELERATION- perhaps you could make the sprint button pressure sensitive, the harder you push it, the faster you go. It would give you so much more control over the game.
AI- Should be smarter defenders, cover your options better. friendly ai should also make better runs up the field when your attacking and play better coverage on defense. Opposition should be able to do everything that i can. That would make the game more challenging and fun. They can pull off the same moves as i would be able to with that same player (no better no less) they can shoot from far away too. and cross
BETTER VOLLEYS- more acrobatic volleys for better players, bad players if they hit the ball to hard will send it sailing over the net. good players power it low.
LOW SHOT- if a bad player attemps a low shot and hits the low shot way to hard for his abililty, instead of going low and hard, it goes about chest height and sails. If good player implements same power with low shot, his shot will be low and very hard.& and also more spin too.
BETTER MORE EXCESSABLE MENUES- kind of speaks for itself. WTF was with the time it took to save in 2004? Oh well, as long as the game is quality, that doesn't matter as much.
COMMENTATORS- John motson and ally motson are great. i'd love to hear them in fifa again and again. Some other people are complaining that they want other commentators. Unfortunately there wont be multiple commentators in fifa probably due to lack of space and time. Still the commentary in 04 was a big step up from other games. keep doing that live recording thing using that most of the time, and mixing it up with some staged phrases. One thing that really got me in 04 though was that you used lines from previous games.
Wow, i can't believe how much i wrote. I don't know if anyones going to bother reading all this, but it would sure mean a lot to me if they did. I spent a lot of time writing it! Hopefully fifa 2005 will be another great game to look forward to.