My suggestions

[KingPaulV]

EA I am a FIFA fan, have been so for a LONG time but you guys are losing me, please read this:


*****Gameplay*****

-Fix the Heading, make it simple and intuitive, they started right in WC 2002 but then....

-Keep improving the passing, its great what you've done so far

-Expand the pitch a little bit more

-Reconfigure controls to what they were before, please

-harder to score goals please

-MORE TACTICS, like the Konami games

-Keep Improving ball physics (ie. Like the ball bouncing off the keeper or posts way too hard needs to be fixed)

-We should be able to score all kinds of wacky goals, please more insight into the real game. Watching a football game one would see goals are scrappy sometimes.

-The option to kick indirect free kicks would be very very nice

-More replayability please!!! this time the game should last into November 2004

-In FIFA 1999 we had the ability to move players around and give them individual assignments on the field...also ability to send individuals on runs up the field (ie. Roberto Carlos)

-More testing........I cannot stress this enough.

****AI******

-Smarter, more natural Goalies

-Big game reactions from whole teams (ie. More courage, more pressure...for example the way the NCAA basketball game has those great mood swings....you know what I mean)

-Better differentiation between Big team/Small team

-More and better player attributes (look at your Madden series for example) more complex player=better players. Also make these attributes count...Blanc cannot catch up to Michael Owens.

-Better tackling and controlled player reactions

-No more defensive bugs, where defenders run AWAY from the ball rather than TO the ball

- More tactical play from the AI...not just up the middle and goal kinds of things.


-Better balance between the difficulty levels

****Graphics******

-No more arms going thru legs and that sort of stuff

-Stadium number is fine as long as the Day/Night/Weather options are re-introduced (Snow please!!!). Also do what you do for Madden...winter weather in the winter, summer for the summer...players apparel should be affected accordingly

-Season play should be accordingly. Ex. Winter weather in Europe, Night games for champions League

-What happened to the camera men and the bench players, and the marshalls, why are they stagnant, needs animation you do a great job at this with your other sports, come on EA you can do better!!!
*******Options/Miscellaneous********

-In FIFA 98 sometimes players could get ramdonly injured doing other things, more injuries during season gameplay. Career ending injuries and so forth would be nice....like Madden. Sorry to keep refering to madden but the franchise mode there is so rich is a shame it was not included in FIFA

-Introduce fully licensed real competitions like the Champions League at least

-International Call ups!!!

-Performance trackers similar to Madden/NHL ad NBA games. More to track, at least more than just goals and cards

-More intuitive players

-expanded options for season/customizations (Ex. Player retirements, injuries, trade offers depending on performance and such...like madden)

-Include Holland please!!! fix the licensing issue

-More international Sides, better kits for those....

-Include an in-game CC, the current one is too cumbersome. We dont all want to engage in graphics editing. The CC should be a sepparate options.

-More editing without the CC (Numbers, accessories, fonts, all of that...)

-Please....please and please........keep the system requierements competitive.

-one last thing, if the game is 2 gigs I dont care as long as those things above are fixed at least some of them

****Things to keep*****

-In game flares
-Free Kick system
-overall structure
-Kit selection before matches
-Club Championship
-The Stadiums that are already in are supperb
-Overall Sound (chants, commentary)


ok...done and thanks for reading

 

[John_Arne_Riise]

Wow! Nice post. I really like some of the ideas, i believe FIFA is taking a step in the right direction with the series. Although there is some stuff in FIFA03 that aren't exactly life-like, it still has positives.


-More and better player attributes (look at your Madden series for example) more complex player=better players. Also make these attributes count...Blanc cannot catch up to Michael Owens.

Yeah i found that every player in the game seems so even, theres no real difference between players. As you said

-No more defensive bugs, where defenders run AWAY from the ball rather than TO the ball

This is the most annoying aspect of the game in my opinion, its kinda the same as when you have the ball and you pass out on to your wings for a player to run onto, as soon as you pass the ball, unless your player doesnt have a defender in front of him the player turns and runs the other way, unless the ball is heading straight for him. I think the point you made here needs definate fixing.

I think the scoring of goals should be improved a lot, its too easy to score from a free kick from 40 yards out, although its nice :P And i can never seem to score from a corner, and as you said, goals are sometimes scrappy.

I dont know how to put this but, teams need to be a bit more defensive, if you know what i mean, like if your midfielder happens to get the ball and he has lost his marker, you are through on goal, the defenders stick to the strikers. (maybe on World Class this doesnt apply?)

I havent played the game in a while, i feel like playing now, so im no expert on the game, i could be wrong, somewhere.

 

[raven_blade2002]

I have a suggestion. They should have the real player names and club names for divison 1 teams. Ive found out that when u complete a english premership season and the 3 teams at the bottom of the premership are relegated and the 3 teams at the top of divison 1 are promoted to the premership, some of the teams have fake names. For example "LONDON" was promoted to the premership. There is no divisoion 1 team called "LONDON". And all the players who played for "LONDON" had fake names and stats. If EA want Fifa 2004 to be succesful then there must be no fake clubs or player names. They have the license so why don't they use it properly?