Soccer Gaming FIFA 2005 Hands-On Preview

[AndrewC]

http://www.soccergaming.com/db/previews/show.php?PID=14

If you have any further questions feel free to ask.

 

[kobashi]

nice preview mate. do you have any idea if the CPU teams sell and buy players in career mode?

 

[AndrewC]

Originally posted by kobashi
nice preview mate. do you have any idea if the CPU teams sell and buy players in career mode?

Yep, they do.

 

[smicerjnr]

great work! btw where did u play it bcoz i live in melbourne too?

ps. so u cant edit current players, like change their boots or edit their faces when they change hairstyles?

 

[alou]

It was worth the waiting Andrew, thanks a lot

But i'm dissapointed with EA DNA being left out, i had that for sure...

 

[Stevey]

Nice preview mate..

Couple of extra things really..

Are the other features much changed or improved, such as the training mode? Also, is there an option to play a standard league season in itself, minus the management?

Finally, what are your thoughts on the difficulty of the game? Have there been adjustments so that attacking and scoring is harder, as to with defending?

 

[Ny8La8]

1- Why has EA taken out the Ali Sami Yen stadium??

2- Are there new chants for Galatasaray?

3- Any additional "Rest of the World" teams?

 

[Jomi]

For what I've understood, you cannot edit the original players within the creation Center which means that we cannot correct or change the errors made.
So to me, the Creation Center is useless. It's just a toy for all the narcissic guys who want to have their own face in game.
I really hope that there will be an external editor like FEd or the one ECP .
I ' m really disapointed right now , and probably won't make any further roster patch

 

[J_J_Okocha]

yo andrew for the statistics in career mode do they show the leading goal scorer on a team or can u see the leading scorers for the league?

Also for trophies is there a golden boot?

 

[ishan1990]

Originally posted by Jomi
For what I've understood, you cannot edit the original players within the creation Center which means that we cannot correct or change the errors made.
So to me, the Creation Center is useless. It's just a toy for all the narcissic guys who want to have their own face in game.
I really hope that there will be an external editor like FEd or the one ECP .
I ' m really disapointed right now , and probably won't make any further roster patch

i agree with you completely.
why would i want to put myself in the game?? ok, i understand that some people would, but why cant you at least EDIT existing players faces.

Lets say (like last year) you get sick **** of those generic faces on division 2 teams, even if there is no ea dna at least let us change the faces...

 

[supereaglesfc]

Exactly Jomi! what's the point in having a CC and not even being able to update the players ourselves??? it would save EA so much time and we can actually have accurate representations of the players!! I find this very dissapointing that once again EA fail to deliver what they promise!!

ps can we at least change their boots and accessories?????????

 

[Victorious]

Good review, nice to hear about the creation centre and im glad we can transfer just the one player...What were they thinking last year with that player swap crap?

 

[ronaldo9]

i agree with u mate
thats very stupit i was going to give fifa 2005 a try, but now they cate me in half when i know we can't use creation centre. thats crezy why the **** ea did include creation center in fifa 2005, if we dont have the freedom to change any thing we want, like hairstyles, face, weight, hights, (long, normal, short) socks, boots, with any player we want. why ea start doing something and they don't finish it? (amen this fature was in the past fifas, and they took it out?, then they brought it back this year, then they will take it off agen in fifa06, then they will bringit back agen with more improvment in fifa07) ******* fifa they just want to make money every year

 

[AndrewC]

Originally posted by Stevey
Are the other features much changed or improved, such as the training mode? Also, is there an option to play a standard league season in itself, minus the management?

Finally, what are your thoughts on the difficulty of the game? Have there been adjustments so that attacking and scoring is harder, as to with defending?

Training mode seemed pretty much similar to last year. And yes, you can play standard leagues/cups without all the management stuff.

As for the difficulty, if you've played the demo you would have a fair idea. Basically if you play against Milan on world class in the demo I don't think it gets much harder than that. I find it pretty difficult but not impossible which is good.

Originally posted by Ny8La8
1- Why has EA taken out the Ali Sami Yen stadium??

2- Are there new chants for Galatasaray?

3- Any additional "Rest of the World" teams?

Sorry, I can't answer any of your questions. Ali Sami Yen stadium definitely was not in the build that I played unfortunately.

Originally posted by J_J_Okocha
yo andrew for the statistics in career mode do they show the leading goal scorer on a team or can u see the leading scorers for the league?

Also for trophies is there a golden boot?

It keeps stats of your team. Also after each match it gives a summary of the game as well as player ratings and MOTM awards. Not sure about the golden boot.

Originally posted by Jomi
For what I've understood, you cannot edit the original players within the creation Center which means that we cannot correct or change the errors made.
So to me, the Creation Center is useless. It's just a toy for all the narcissic guys who want to have their own face in game.
I really hope that there will be an external editor like FEd or the one ECP .
I ' m really disapointed right now , and probably won't make any further roster patch

All the players have been researched so they should be accurately represented. At least we can add players to the game that might be missing and we can transfer them. If you're really unhappy with the way a player is rated or looks you can create him again using the player creation feature.

I can tell you though that EA are now aware that the community wants this feature so we might see it next year.

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

1- Can you at least edit the club information, such as the number and the position?

2- About the keepers. Can they get injured or get bookings or be the kick takers?

 

[monumental]

i hope so,

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[Moratti1]

Hey Andrew... Did you happen to see anything about the Champions League whether in the career mode or a single tourney? Thanks.

 

[Jomi]

Originally posted by AndrewC


All the players have been researched so they should be accurately represented. At least we can add players to the game that might be missing and we can transfer them. If you're really unhappy with the way a player is rated or looks you can create him again using the player creation feature.

I can tell you though that EA are now aware that the community wants this feature so we might see it next year.

It`s about time that they aware of a need of a fully functionnal Creation Center !!!!! It's one of the major demand since years .
Do they really read these boards as you say ?
I doubt ! I understand that , as webmaster of SG, you have to have a diplomatic point of view but you have to agree that this is a total disrespect of the customers. I'm fed up of this " next year " mentality. Every year is the same unfinished business !

What's the point of re creating an existing player so he can have better look or better stat ?
I can tell you that last year 50% of the Portuguese players were blond as Vikings !!, and that they were tons of other mistakes and I'm not talking about the Norwegian for ex. which was a catastrophe .
And also bear in mind that after a certain amount of editing you will have to reset everything back to original because they are always limits in an internal CC.
I'm here since 2002 now, and it seems to me that EA want to satisfy a single type of gamer . The one who play always with the same team , who don't care about other teams, who want to have his own face in game, the one that wants to make 1000 bicycle kick or Zidane's skill pro match but certainly not the real football passionate.
Oh I forgot ... there is another game out there . I'm gonna give it a serious try this year

 

[danny_a]

hey andrew,

just one question. what if i want to play a season, cl, league et. al without going into the hassle of building a career. not possible?

 

[ronaldo9]

Oh I forgot ... there is another game out there . I'm gonna give it a serious try this year

give it a try my friend, coz i can't wait for that game when it comes out