Re: FIFA 07 (Xbox 360) - Next-gen
I know it's a gay thing to say, but it's nice to see some people agreeing so I know that I'm not going mad. Cheers soundgarden32, and tiktiktiktik, and deftones, and DJ (even though he's banned at the moment), and paddyknight (GET THIS ONLINE LEAGUE STARTED MOFO!!
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BumperMan said:
How mnay hrs have you put into fifa 07 jack?
The demo was played pretty much every day for between 1-3 hours. The full game I received on Thursday, played it online for an hour and offline for three hours, and today I've played it offline for three hours and PES6 for an hour trying to understand how on earth it's supposed to be realistic. Man, I swear, if you don't play PES for a few months, then you play FIFA 07, then you play PES6, it's like going from XBOX 360 to the Atari. This game is going to keep me entertained for the year, I don't care what anybody says.
I've played, and loved, the gameplay of every single PES (boring game modes or not). This one is just totally, totally fucked. Although if you play PES every day, and in PES6 you play as Real Madrid or Brazil, I can see how you might not notice.
STG said:
Jack, care to help on the defence tactics issue? is it something you can change and it does it atuomatically or do you have to enable in whilst in game? I mean i've seen the options, just not sure how you mean to utilise them.
Play Football Manager, you'll soon get into it!
Tactically the game is great this year; almost to the point of "I've bought this to get AWAY from Football Manager, not to get even more tactical!"
It doesn't "automatically" change, but there's some stuff you can do in-game rather than on the tactics menu (the second and third paragraph below this).
If you want your defenders to stop backing off then you can do several things. First of all I'd switch man-marking on - either on each defender, or just the central two (if you're playing a team with good wingers, I'd mark them; if you're playing a team with AMAZING wingers, e.g. Man Utd, I wouldn't mark them because they'll just dance around your wing-backs, unless they're very strong).
If that doesn't do enough for you, holding down LT enables the defensive-tactics switches; meaning, if you hold down LT and press a direction on the D-PAD, you get defensive tactical options. Right on the D-PAD during the game switches on "high defensive line", which will obviously make them play further up (GREAT for offside traps - even better for use online against that wanker who just hammers through pass through pass through pass, the groans I've heard when using this against them).
Also, pressing LT and left on the D-PAD switches your defenders to play deep, pressing LT and up gets your defenders and wingers trying to block the wings (great for online opponents who use wing-play a lot - but only when used conservatively, it leaves gaps, obviously), and pressing LT and down does the opposite; makes your defenders and midfielders scrunch together, forcing opponents down the wings (which is great if your opponent's crosses are always awful, or if their wingers are awful).
Finally, you can alter their defensive options, from low to high, but I've found high makes them run back, low makes them more adventurous and likely to tackle for the ball rather than fear it. It depends on the players though, the more adventurous players seem to go "fuck you", although I swear (I'm probably wrong, but still) after making a HORRENDOUS mistake and letting Robbie Keane score, my central defender stopped coming forward and trying to be a smartarse.
If you're really desperate, you could switch the "attacking options" on your wing backs off; that way they'll stay put. But if you play wing-football a lot, this will give you less chances to implement your strategies.
