Friday 23 November 2012

Seasons Mode

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I have took quite a bit of time off from playing FIFA recently hence the lack of updates on my part but I did find myself wanting a game or two the other day so I returned as I always do.

Wary of the awful scripting I had been experiencing I decided to start the "Seasons" mode for the first time this year to see if the same problems I had experienced on Ultimate Team were there on Seasons as well. I picked Uruguay because I have always enjoyed and had a lot of success playing with them in previous FIFA's. This year however, based on my experience, they are even more unbelievable.

This group of players are the team to beat this year with the likes or Suarez, Cavani and Forlan up front the attacking quality of these players is immense. Yes the team is weak in midfield and even weaker in defence but as a team they are solid. The movement from that attacking 3 opens up defences like you wouldn't believe.

As a result I won my first 6 matches in Seasons. Yes, I am in the bottom Divisions but its not about the final scoreline when you judge the quality of a team its all about the movement, positions and chances each of the players make during the match. Taking into consideration the rating of this squad they are arguably one of the best teams on the game.

After I had finished those games it hit me, I had experienced no noticeable examples of FIFA 13 scripting at all neither for nor against me. Usually on Ultimate Team even when I am in control I know if I am getting help from the game or not. In Seasons I didn't experience any of this.

Some people have argued that scripting only comes into play once the game judges your ability and thus the examples of scripting occur.

I suppose only time will tell but I would like to know which teams you think are arguably the best on the game other than the obvious ones of course?

Saturday 10 November 2012

Gold Cup - Quarter Final

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I hadn't been on FIFA for over a week at the point of writing this because Assassins Creed 3 was keeping me completely occupied but now I have finished it I decided it was time for a bit of FIFA. 

I started by jumping straight into a cup match. I worked play around at the beginning and scored a nice goal with Neymar at the end of a long passing build up 1-0 to me. Ten minutes later he scores at the near post from 15 yards out. I hate how they have made it so easy to score there this year 1-1 coincidentally on the 45th minute. 

For the next 20 minutes I hit the post 3 times and had multiple scrambles in the box that the keeper always saved and I said to my mate who was watching the match at the time "I bet he gets a goal on his first attack" and what do you know he did a curler on his weak foot from the corner of the box into the far corner of the net a good goal but would that have ever really gone in? I don't know. Anyway 2-1 to him. I pull another back due to a mistake by him throwing the ball out to me with his keeper 2-2. 

85th minute arrives he scores due to two of my defenders running into each other and the ball bouncing into his oncoming attacker who just taps it away nice and easy. Then again I said "I bet this will end 3-3 to make it exciting" and what do you know I scored probably one of the easiest goals I ever have done by literally walking it from the halfway line and just turning around all his players and scoring a tap in.

So now it is extra time and I wasn't quite sure where the game would go now, would it go in his favour or mine? Within that first half of extra time I scored 2 more goals nothing spectacular just easy goals because my players were so open and he then quit final score 5-3 to me.

I wasn't celebrating because I knew throughout the 90 minutes exactly what was going to happen and when it would all I could do was shake my head and laugh in disappointment. At this point I switched off FUT and loaded up my career mode as Fleetwood Town because it is actually more fun to play.

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Wednesday 7 November 2012

Conclusions

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So I have come to the conclusion now that EA have practically ruined FUT.

I spent last night trying different team setups and I can confirm that if you create a weaker team the play is more favourable to you. However, there is a limit don't make it too weak because your players just won't be able to handle the opposition.

Then this got me to thinking what is the point in playing?

I just don't get it, why would EA think it is a good idea to create a game mode that encourages you to build an "Ultimate Team" and then limit your players abilities because your team is better than the oppositions - Is it just me or is that just completely idiotic?

If you want proof look at some of the FIFA youtubers that have created videos playing with an entire squad made up of TOW or TOY players and actually getting beat convincingly by basic 79 rated teams. Don't get me wrong most of the youtubers arent actually that skilled at FIFA they just make good videos but they aren't exactly crap. With a team like what they had it should be a convincing win not a loss.

What is the point in having a competitive game available if all that happens when you start winning is that your abilities drop and you are forced to lose a game because your opponent isnt that good.

We all pay good money to play this game and prove our abilities online against others around the world, it's all about the testosterone driven desire to be the best. EA have taken this away completely this year and we are now all dependant on whether the game wants us to do well or not.

Imagine any competitive sport where one player starts to play better than the other and then the powers that be decide it's becoming unfair and handicap the team in control. There would be uproar so why should it be any different on FIFA 13?

I'm sure there has got to be something a bit illegal about what they have done this year especially if we are paying money into FUT but not actually receiving what we paid for because of the limitations.

Thoughts?

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Sunday 4 November 2012

Forum Post

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I know I said I was taking a few days off before I carried on with this but someone posted a comment on one of the forums and I believe it sums this FIFA 13 Scripting issue perfectly.

"If you dont think scripting is in the game then you're entitled to your opinion. I think it does exist and these are the reasons....

In most of my offline ultimate team matches I play i end up scoring between 2 and 5 goals by the 80th minute depending on the difficulty. I can almost always guarantee that the computer will score a consolation goal in the last 5 - 10 minutes of the match. I dont suddenly become complacent or worse at the game, the scripting raises the cpu stats/intensity/attack rate by an amount and probably reduces my players abilities. If you cant notice this then u arent playing the same game. I dont care what u say about EA trying to make it realistic etc and players getting complacent if they're winning in the final stages of a match, that shouldnt come into the game because it is a game and WE control the players. I dont want my soldier on COD missing his targets cos hes tired, or pissed off, or hes demoralized that soldiers get shit wages or something I want to control the game!

On ultimate team when playing online I slowly began to build a better team, but once my team reached level 85 they began playing like a piece of shit, im talking 30% posession a game. AND IM NOT PLAYING ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN I USUALLY DO! I agree that possibly the team couldve began lacking some balance in some way but not that much since the players I bought, in theory should have improved my team. And guess what, I sold that team and bought an average team with scott parker, hernandez and toite etc then put some bronze players on the bench to make it level 75. These guys play like their lives depend on it! I won the division 1 trophy 4 times and actually named my team "handicap team." Next I thought, ok I'll splash out on gareth bale, give me a bit of pace on the left midfield and Im a big fan of his in real life. Big surprise, my WHOLE team start playing like they're blind and obese so I sold him and my team went back to playing great again.

My point is EA have this system to make money, they are well known to be the greediest game publisher ever to exist. If you have a good team they will limit its ability in order for you to get annoyed and think u need to improve and maybe buy more packs, or even your first pack, they dont give a shit aslong as you buy packs. If you have a crap team then what will happen is the stats will get boosted until your team reaches a good level then they even it out just to piss you off and make u think "maybe my team needs strengthening" and go buy a pack or two. This is due to the fact you got so pissed off that you gave away that 3 - 0 lead because your players suddenly started moving really slowly and passing to the opposition and their goalkeeper has better reactions that a cat on speed. Also they want crap players to keep playing, not to give up after they lose 15 games on the trott which would happen if the handicapping wasnt in the game. Fifa can be the most infuriating game, not because Im crap at it, which im not, im average, infact i dont actually know how good I am at it because it all depends on whether my players are half asleep or not which i have no control over. I know on seasons I usually win, probably because of the lack of handicap (no packs in that game mode!) Its so obvious and has really put me off the buying another fifa game. Also they ban anyone who mentions handicapping/scripting on their forums, and a disgruntled employee of EA posted a screen shot of players intensity in a match depending on the score which atleast proves momentum exists anyway."


Do you agree?

Thursday 1 November 2012

Weak vs Strong - The Results

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So I have spent a little time trying out the idea behind wax[]'s comment of how weaker teams at a certain rating actually have momentum in their favour.

I dropped my team down to 79 rating and removed my manager to allow for a 96 chemistry with some other adjustments in formation etc.

My first match was against an all German, Bundesliga team with some quality players so I knew that this was going to be a good test. The match kicked off and I felt in control, my players moved with fluidity and I was creating chances regularly. He went 1-0 up but that was my own mistake that caused the goal. I came back into it straight away and scored right from kick off. Final score ended 3-1 to me.

Now this guy I played was alright but I could tell by his build up play he had just pumped a lot of money into the game to get the team he wanted and he hadn't actually worked for it. The cracks started to appear in his game straight away and I then exploited them for the win.

I carried on playing and conceding due to my own questionable defending but still winning. I felt like I was having a bad day like every player does but somehow no matter how bad I was playing I was still getting the result and even more importantly the 3 points.

It was a good feeling but seeing as I was playing poorly and my oppenents didn't seem good enough to capitalise on it I didn't feel as if I was testing this theory to its full potential.

As a result of the quality of my play taking a dip I felt like taking a break from FIFA and seeing as my copy of Assassins Creed 3 had finally arrived it felt like the perfect time. So I switched off FIFA with a plan to resume in the next couple of days.

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