FIFA 09 returns to the pitch full of swagger, and it does it's very best to deliver on EA Sport's promise of creating the definitive football title. An exacting game on the pitch and an overwhelmingly comprehensive one off of it, it's still got a number of minor niggles that blight the play. But when the package is so vast and offers so much, it's hard not to be impressed. Is it better than PES? It's certainly different, and which game you go for this season ultimately depends on what you want from your annual dose of football.
GamingLives mourns the decline of socialising in online games and explores why.
" If an individual wants to include a social side to their gaming, they must now do so in dedicated communities, gaming clans and guilds, or by restricting themselves to their own friendship groups. No longer can it be found in our everyday experiences of the games we play online."
The reason why no one chats in-game anymore is because of three types of people:
1) The assholes that take the game too seriously and insult anyone that's better or worse than them,
2) The trolls that do nothing but teamkill or play loud, obnoxious music through the mic, and
3) The prepubescent snot-nosed children that are a mix of everything above.
If gamers actually had respect for one another and did their best to keep a clean competitive online environment, then maybe more people would be willing to plug their mics in. The odds of that ever happening, though? Slim. Very slim. It's a fact that being an anonymous entity online gives people a scapegoat to be immature; it gives them a mask to hide behind, and it's common for gamers to abuse that anonymity. Half of the stuff gamers say to each other while playing a game, they would never say face-to-face. Try going up to a random person at a gas station or shopping mall and call them a "d***-sucking f***** n*****" or talk about their mother. Odds are they'd deck you in an instant. But online? There's nothing they can do. It's essentially a Get Out Of Jail Free card.
It's a sad reality, but that's just the way it is -- and as much as we want it to change, it probably never will.
TGC writes: There are those that like to argue whether you are a Fifa gamer or a Pro Evolution Soccer gamer. I’m going to take it one step further and say your either a football gamer or a non football gamer. The fact of the matter is a new game comes out every year with possibly the slightest difference from the previous game and they release it onto the shelves in quantities thinking that they’ve made something new and improved. I really think they should hold a prize for anyone who can spot the difference between FIFA 09 and FIFA10 because I’m really struggling.
I use to buy every sports game I was interested in madden,MLB,nba and wwe along few others and I remember buying playing for few days than thinking why I paid full price for this. Than one year about 4 years ago I said no more and I have never bought another sports game at launch sometimes I do buy me when they $20 on craiglist of sale but that's barely
IMO sports games don't do enough to justify a fully price and that's just my opinion
If 2k can sell nfl 2k5 for $19.99 and make a profit than why are games today with less content are selling for full 60? No wonder why EA ran to nfl and bought the exclusive rights
FIFA
Nfl
Nba
MLB
Wwe
NHL
Etc,
Sports games shuld be every 2 years and in between dlc and more updates and stuff like tournaments
If people are willing to buy them then whats the problem? i think its cod or mw123 you should be talking about, the new pes and fifa look good this year.
There's no doubting that Gamerscore has been a phenomenal success for this generation of consoles. Microsoft's scoring system has proven to be an addictive mechanism that has incentivised gamers to keep playing even when a game is completed. So much was its success, that Sony even got into the act with the belated introduction of Trophies.
But if there's one thing we hate more than anything else, it's those odd-numbered achievements that mess up your score. Here's our pick of five of the offenders
0.1 point better than last year if I'm not mistaken. nice IGN, just NICE! I'm going to skip 09 as 08 is still pretty much content me and maybe I'll see what PES09 has to offer this time around
but after all these years (from FIFA 98) , this game doesnt feel real yet.
they still useing old motion capture system, may be its time to make a new technology ,combining physics and animation for body for example ...
EDIT :@Badz149: yes they were both good.. but I mean all aspects of the game..
they capture every move for this game, and add some new captures every game, for example new kind of Falling after tackle.. physics can help to see new moves every time you play the game.
and BALL speed is funny after 10 years, it doesnt feel realistic at all, they change it's physic in every title , may be PES is better in this term.. anyway its just my opinion .. :) I dont mind anymore,
was mistaken .. wrong post
By the introduction of IGN's article
What they are really saying is that it isn't as good as PES as a football experience..or that its so close this year that they aren't prepared to fully comment.
at least they r showing signs of improvement and not being lazy any more. but PES still takes the lead in my book. Even tho PES 08 was abismal i still prefered it over fifa 08. i went online with PES the other day and I left the game on and after an hour it still havent found one person for me to play a match with. I hope hope hope hope they get online right this time. im praying.