Another step in the right direction

I could FIFA 09 already allude to the Games Convention 2008 with a mate and now wants to play my first impressions.
From a neutral point of view. And not as by the previous speaker from the perspective of a "FIFA haters" or "FIFA lovers".

Now to my first impressions of FIFA 09:

After I finally survived with my buddy the waiting time, we were able daddeln the brand new FIFA 09 for the PS3 finally released. Even if you're watching, I noticed that the game a little "softer" runs, speaks some liquid, it looks somehow everything is still a tick more realistic.

Has what changed that much?

At first glance, of course, not again. The graphic was bolstered something that referees fall an equal eye (beautifully animated the linesman with flag in offside and corner) and also the fans were jazzed up a bit. Not just Graphically, (there are still sone polygon "Papp" figures, but still has the fan curve behind the goal the scarves above that move back and forth. Even Dolle visible now the guest Fanblock.

The game itself plays now a bit faster. The new animations, eg for fouls, see also very good. What I also noticed the same, the double-pass play is probably better now. The skillful player runs immediately forward, thereby lifting to be even alluded to the arm around. Incidentally raise even defender arms in suspected offside to keep informed the referee.

Whether the keeper are really much better, unfortunately I could not find in the few games, at least there was no keeper has made an enormous blunder. Of course, I also tried a couple of the same old tricks FIFA 08 apply. for example in flat flanks from the outside, because 08 is a good chance to shut Goals FIFA. Here I can probably give the all-clear for all those who hate the in FIFA 08. It worked much worse, some flat flanks even starved. At high flanks I could as quickly notice any change because the timing has to continue to adapt in order to break.

The game also made a rapid impression as to advanced level players the ball always perfect assumptions. I may be wrong, but it seemed to me always so before the Diego the ball better and more elegant than assumed eg Baumann. I had, Bremen and my buddy Chelsea. Then there is also my right back negative noticed that his players again were extremely fast. So it is very difficult to stop again fast teams. We tried to play fair and so very rare gegrätscht, so I can not really tell whether the still as good funktinoiert with the tackles and if the referee is now reaches through harder or not ... get this knowledge is only when one has often played , unfortunately we had to vacate the room for other people so at some point.
The standards it is now possible ranzuholen again a 2nd player. I also noticed that is now visible in the establishment who is in great shape and who is not. so the player strength is green in good shape and in poor shape logischwerweise red. at the neutral color is white. has equal reminds me of PES and am curious whether you will really notice the effects in the game.

First conclusion: FIFA 09 makes the first impression a great figure. The first games have totally made fun and made you want more. But that's always with FIFA, at the beginning it is still new and great, and later we find again the quirks of the game. Therefore, I hope that this time there are simply times fewer errors in the game, and the long term makes it fun. In any case, FIFA is evolving in the right direction. You will notice this clearly in play.

Maybe you have already read it somewhere else: a new feature is the adidas Live Season. Here, players are matched online, week after week their real form. Therefore plays a Michael Ballack in real just not as good, he is also in FIFA 09 not in a bad mood. Is Michael Ballack but just in top form and bring me Chelsea just one victory after the other, he will have a very good shape also in FIFA 09.
This idea sounds very interesting, but EA usual, there's again a catch: only a league of Europe's top leagues you can watch for free pick for this feature. Do you want another league always have with the current forms of the reality you have to fork out again to EA (EA thus making even more money, they have already so little ...). And if you can then play with it online I could unfortunately still nowhere experienced. Think probably that is son offline feature. Because what if a more down-loads the current data from England and the opponents from Germany, then both would indeed play with different sets of data (as would be for me the now logically).

Ok, so I'm looking forward now even more on FIFA 09 and hope this will convince the game long term.

The demo of FIFA 09 will be available at the store on September 11, has already been confirmed by EA.