TristanAbbott7
Starting XI
To put things totally into perspective guys, FIFA 99 was a new gameplay engine and they built the next three versions on top of it.
Result = stayed pretty much crap year after year with minor tweaks (positive and negative) but the graphics improved. The gameplay actually changed very little.
EA Sports said that they totally rewrote FIFA 2003 this time around. Obviously this won't be something they do again this year (they should but I doubt it) so the gameplay in FIFA 2004 will be pretty much the same.
Result = same heading problem as this year and every other crap gameplay flaw.
The demo will be as usual released a few weeks before the full release and will be the final version. If the incompatability problems follow this years example then it will be compatable with about 10 PC's worldwide!
Who gives a crap that FIFA 2003 was an improvement over FIFA 2002??? The thing that matters is that it's full of bugs!! Dwelling on the fact that it's the best version yet is like saying "I used to get beaten up five times a day, now it's only three times a day". The fact is that the game still sucks!!! So what if it's better than before - it still freaking blows big time!
To build on a strong gameplay engine you need something like ISS 64 and build on the gameplay improving graphics and tweaking as you go. Steadily every year Konami have got better and better. EA always take steps forward and steps back and unfortunately the steps forward are mainly graphical.
Ahmed, please realize that WE ALL want better FIFA games and our frustration is with EA for screwing people over with what is basically an ALPHA version. To put out a game with that many bugs and gameplay faults doesn't even qualify as a BETA version! Nobody is saying FIFA fans are dumb, the majority of them seem more obssessed with getting Beckham's hair right than having accurate gameplay and that's what we find dumb! People want (and freaking deserve if they pay for it) a good game from EA becasue it's the only soccer game available on multi-platform. As Konami spread their wings they are educating more people as to what a soccer game should be like and people are seeing how EA are ripping them off. I use to be like Nick, a massive FIFA fan but then my eyes were opened. With PES2/WE6 you play soccer, in FIFA 2003 you watch soccer, and scripted soccer at that.
Like I said on a different forum, the EA slogan for FIFA should be "you can edit it but you can't header it". That slogan is 50 times more accurate then "if it's in the game, it's in the game" cos it sure as freak isn't!
We aren't trying to convert people just educate them to let them know there is another option and a good one at that. They can take or leave the advice and try it for themselves. Most people, when they have tried Konami, leave EA at the speed of light.
It's a trust issue. EA are screwing us. They screwed us this year big time and for many people, it was one screw over too much!
Result = stayed pretty much crap year after year with minor tweaks (positive and negative) but the graphics improved. The gameplay actually changed very little.
EA Sports said that they totally rewrote FIFA 2003 this time around. Obviously this won't be something they do again this year (they should but I doubt it) so the gameplay in FIFA 2004 will be pretty much the same.
Result = same heading problem as this year and every other crap gameplay flaw.
The demo will be as usual released a few weeks before the full release and will be the final version. If the incompatability problems follow this years example then it will be compatable with about 10 PC's worldwide!
Who gives a crap that FIFA 2003 was an improvement over FIFA 2002??? The thing that matters is that it's full of bugs!! Dwelling on the fact that it's the best version yet is like saying "I used to get beaten up five times a day, now it's only three times a day". The fact is that the game still sucks!!! So what if it's better than before - it still freaking blows big time!
To build on a strong gameplay engine you need something like ISS 64 and build on the gameplay improving graphics and tweaking as you go. Steadily every year Konami have got better and better. EA always take steps forward and steps back and unfortunately the steps forward are mainly graphical.
Ahmed, please realize that WE ALL want better FIFA games and our frustration is with EA for screwing people over with what is basically an ALPHA version. To put out a game with that many bugs and gameplay faults doesn't even qualify as a BETA version! Nobody is saying FIFA fans are dumb, the majority of them seem more obssessed with getting Beckham's hair right than having accurate gameplay and that's what we find dumb! People want (and freaking deserve if they pay for it) a good game from EA becasue it's the only soccer game available on multi-platform. As Konami spread their wings they are educating more people as to what a soccer game should be like and people are seeing how EA are ripping them off. I use to be like Nick, a massive FIFA fan but then my eyes were opened. With PES2/WE6 you play soccer, in FIFA 2003 you watch soccer, and scripted soccer at that.
Like I said on a different forum, the EA slogan for FIFA should be "you can edit it but you can't header it". That slogan is 50 times more accurate then "if it's in the game, it's in the game" cos it sure as freak isn't!
We aren't trying to convert people just educate them to let them know there is another option and a good one at that. They can take or leave the advice and try it for themselves. Most people, when they have tried Konami, leave EA at the speed of light.
It's a trust issue. EA are screwing us. They screwed us this year big time and for many people, it was one screw over too much!
