LeagueOfNations
Club Supporter
Hey
don't get me wrong, I love FIFA 2005... but man it could be so much better...
it's a simple formula really; if you notice, everytime there's a new "feature" added to FIFA, there's another one taken away... why is it when we talk about the "good old days" we talk about FIFA 98, and 2002...
Remember indoor soccer? gone...
lol even talking to ur opponent in multiplayer? gone...
choosing how to curve your shot? gone....
using modified teams in multiplayer games? gone...
ETC, ETC, ETC...
WHAT other company makes newer versions of their products by taking out features?
EA Sports of course...
Take this year's "First Touch" system -- yes it's good, but it was grown out of necessity thanks to the fact that in FIFA 2004 the player literally had to take 2 or 3 steps with the ball before he had "possession" of it.. which made it really easy to steal... this was never the case in earlier versions of FIFA...
And this year, people have oooed and awwwed over Bicycle kick goals... but previous years had bicycle kicks... but then it was taken out...
you see, the problem is, if EA kept all the features in the game, then it couldn't make a profit by releasing a new version of FIFA every year...
seriously, aside from fIrst touch, what major improvement was made over FIFA 2004? Not much.. not enough to warrant a new version of the game and charging $50 for it... maybe enough for a patch, that's it.
Think about the next couple of years... in 2 years we can actually see maybe 5 or 6 Soccer titles from EA Sports... FIFA 2006, World Cup 2006, FIFA 2007, Road to the World CUp 2006, Champion's League 2004-2005 (will this be a new franchies on its own?), and FIFA Street....
as long as we're stupid enough to buy each year's pathetic update to the game, EA sports can get away with a halfass effort each year....
... when was the last time the commentators saw a big change? it's the same crappy redundant inaccurate play by play commentary as every other product...
or graphics, no real changes....
chants even seem less than before...
don't get me wrong, I love FIFA 2005... but man it could be so much better...
it's a simple formula really; if you notice, everytime there's a new "feature" added to FIFA, there's another one taken away... why is it when we talk about the "good old days" we talk about FIFA 98, and 2002...
Remember indoor soccer? gone...
lol even talking to ur opponent in multiplayer? gone...
choosing how to curve your shot? gone....
using modified teams in multiplayer games? gone...
ETC, ETC, ETC...
WHAT other company makes newer versions of their products by taking out features?
EA Sports of course...
Take this year's "First Touch" system -- yes it's good, but it was grown out of necessity thanks to the fact that in FIFA 2004 the player literally had to take 2 or 3 steps with the ball before he had "possession" of it.. which made it really easy to steal... this was never the case in earlier versions of FIFA...
And this year, people have oooed and awwwed over Bicycle kick goals... but previous years had bicycle kicks... but then it was taken out...
you see, the problem is, if EA kept all the features in the game, then it couldn't make a profit by releasing a new version of FIFA every year...
seriously, aside from fIrst touch, what major improvement was made over FIFA 2004? Not much.. not enough to warrant a new version of the game and charging $50 for it... maybe enough for a patch, that's it.
Think about the next couple of years... in 2 years we can actually see maybe 5 or 6 Soccer titles from EA Sports... FIFA 2006, World Cup 2006, FIFA 2007, Road to the World CUp 2006, Champion's League 2004-2005 (will this be a new franchies on its own?), and FIFA Street....
as long as we're stupid enough to buy each year's pathetic update to the game, EA sports can get away with a halfass effort each year....
... when was the last time the commentators saw a big change? it's the same crappy redundant inaccurate play by play commentary as every other product...
or graphics, no real changes....
chants even seem less than before...