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Rex

Felt a sudden urge last night to try out FIFA and how it would feel after so long. I bought both 16 and 17 for my kids, but apart from a first week of 16 I haven't played other than a handful of games against my 7 year old. Firstly, my 7 year old has played through my account, and he has racked up a shocking 254 losses in season mode. Secondly, I'm pretty damn terrible. I've just played on Season mode, because there is just no way I'm getting into FUT this late in the game, but it is quite damning how rusty I am. Thankfully, my kid had me in division 10 so I get a cushy intro, but even at that level I was struggling at first. Defending is so HARD! A couple of games in I got used to the controls a bit, muscle memory kicked in, and I started doing better. Got myself into division 7 now, and expect to move up a division or two more if I keep playing. There is just no way I'm ever getting back to a similar level to where I was I reckon. I just can't see myself ever putting in the time necessary for that.

Qwiss

Its incredibly hard to get and stay good I think. I'm in Div 3 on FUT and I usually drop lower. I find if I play 3 or 4 days in a row I start going up the leagues but usually I could have a week or 2 in between and even at that I lose the edge and start dropping down.

goon

I only really play on weekends which isn't enough to improve. It's taken me this long just to figure out how to win in legendary in career mode.

QuincyAbeyie

I'm in div 1 and can barely win in world class. The ways you need to play against people and the computer are entirely different.

Rex

People make a lot more mistakes. At least that is my experience from before. That is also why I preferred playing people over the computer back when I used to play regularly.
Oh, I just got relegated from division 7 in Seasons. I'm truly shit. 😆

goon

Yeah, the slower pace of the CPU suits me at my older age 🙁

Apparently it's the same between the differing difficulty levels. Mastering world class doesn't lead to a good transition to legendary, you have to learn an entirely new way of playing.

Qwiss

There is a lot of anticipating other humans and trying to do something unpredictable to avoid being anticipated yourself. Playing against the AI is far more methodical and a bit on the rails. I've barely played against the AI this year. Its just not as much fun.

goon

That's why I'm enjoying it oddly enough, it's far more relaxing and doesn't make me want to put my first through a wall like FUT Seasons does.

Coombs

I've completely abandoned FUT for career mode. Same reasons as otf, just pissed me off too much.

TambourineMan

I've become shit at FIFA relative to what I was before anyway. A 6 in 10 DIV 1 player now I reckon. Go on the occasional 10,11 game win streak and think that I rediscovered my old form I but then go on to lose 3 of the next 4. It's infuriating. There are guys out there now who are just better which is hard for me to admit.

Irishgunner

Henry's FUT card is so underwhelming, and it's LW ffs

TambourineMan

It's based on career stages by the looks of it. His 2002 card is a ST and 93 rated. The LW cards are from his early career and late career. Will be interesting to see if there will be visual differences for each card. Like would his hair, frame etc. change? Interesting way of making some of these guys more affordable.

Gazza M

bought PES over fifa for the first time since PES 6. it feels better than any of the last handful of fifas, and now that they support option files for PS4, you can alleviate the lack of licensing with the superb patches from the PES community.

i don't really play online, so i don't feel any major pull towards fifa this year. i go where the gameplay is, and PES is winning that battle again like the old days

flobaba

Word? Don't make me do it Gazza. I don't want to be disappointed

Gazza M

yep. i played the demo then ran to the store to buy it like

Qwiss

Its going to take at least a year of everyone preaching that PES is waaaay better than FIFA to convert me back. If that happens I'll buy it after a price drop and compare. I've heard the PES is back line too many times before and been disappointed.

goon

The gameplay on PES was better than FIFA when I made the switch to FIFA, I believe I was one of the first to do so. It was the fact that I was paying for a broken, half complete game that made me make the transition. It was utterly ridiculous.

It would take a lot to get me to switch back, the overall package offered by FIFA is too much. I do feel like they're delving a little too deep into realism, need to be careful not to suck all the fun out of it.

Qwiss

Yeah I don't know. In some ways I think that realism could also be called depth. PES was always a bit more arcadey and I get why that appeals to people but I expect to able to play Fifa regularly until the next one comes out and that requires a bit of a slower start IMO.

QuincyAbeyie

I used to prefer PES before online was a thing. Now I never play offline expect against friends (all of whom play FIFA) so I don't see any way that I can switch back to PES.

goon

Qwiss! wrote:
Yeah I don't know. In some ways I think that realism could also be called depth. PES was always a bit more arcadey and I get why that appeals to people but I expect to able to play Fifa regularly until the next one comes out and that requires a bit of a slower start IMO.

I guess it adds to the longevity and skill factor of the game but only if you stick with it and go through the learning curve. It took me a long while to figure out how to defend now that you can't just hold 'press' but once you get it, you can appreciate it. Otherwise it's not fun players literally walking through your defence.

FUT is going to be such a disappointment this year now that I won't pack a Ronaldo that I can sell off for 1.5m 🙁

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