hey all,
start ur FIFA WCG2006 discussion here like formation or strategy etc etc.

Simple Review from me:
Graphics:
It's totally awesome during cutscenes, the look on players are really nice.You can actually see the grasses during cutscenes man, even wrinkles on the players too Same like u see in Fight Night Round 3 but slightly lousier
Graphics during gameplay is just the same when u play WE9 but if compare to Fifa Road to World Cup i'm not sure, most probably the same also.
I'll give it a 4 out of 5 for graphics.

Gameplay:
Like any other soccer game, not much difference but i have to tell u it's almost close to WE. Keeper is good also, strategies or formations can be set using the D-pad even during gameplay. Another good feature i realise is that u can use steal instead of sliding tackle in this game. previous FIFAs i normally had to use sliding tackle but for this no need already
If u play against computer, i have to say that it's quite hard compare to other FIFAs,more towards WE type...not bad eh and my colleague is having a hard time scoring with Semi-Pro difficulty
Earns 4 out of 5.

Sound:
When i play and was approaching to the opposition's side, u can actually hear the crowd giving louder cheers. Not bad man. I'm sure if play with 5.1 surround it'll be much nicer
Earns a 4 out of 5 for this.

Sorry but i do not have Live yet so can't review, perhaps we will wait for terranova's review for this? That is all for me. I will not held responsible if u buy and think it's lousy mmmkay?

IGN Review - got an impressive 8.4!

If you encounter bug:
You cannot switch off ALL songs on the EA Trax menu. must have at least one song selected else game freezes when it tries to play songs at the end of the game.

This post has been edited by alkt: Apr 27 2006, 11:55 PM

FIFA WCG2006 players and their favorite team:
alkt - Italy
XenoFr3ak - France
jaylike7 - England
PrinceOfPersia - Holland
terranova - England
zaakath - Spain
calvin - England



I'll update the list so that easier for u guys to refer. Just report in here will do

This post has been edited by alkt: Apr 25 2006, 12:11 PM

no discussion yet as we havent get the game.

so close this thread please

your favourite team?

go holland go holland go holland

maybe we can create LIVE tournament for lowyat members

my fav team will be England,brazil and Italy.

yes,we can create a league if there is enough players. 16 participants will do.

i will take brazil team...

This post has been edited by jaylike7: Apr 24 2006, 09:58 PM

Mine is France, England and Portugal .. ill go we Jaylike .. we should create a league for this game ... should be fun.

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This post has been edited by PrinceOfPersia: Apr 24 2006, 08:02 PM

sooner or later u'll have this thread mah so might as well i create 1st

a league or tourney would be fun

guys,choose only 1 favorite team cos right after u pop the dvd in and during autosave it'll only ask 1 team not 3

XenoFr3ak - France

terranova will play as England.

Offline : 1-4 players
Co-op : 2-4 players
Live : ??

See u guys online.

just wondering,

can we watch the match in live?
it will be fun to watch your buddy's match on live.

Netherland = Holland = Belanda player here

Pffft best team is Malaysia all can do particularly bribes

I will have to go with...Spain..Viva Espanyol!

OK. Played 2 games so far. Played as England and won both times on default semi-pro difficulty (4 difficulty levels - amateur, semi-pro, professional and world class + one more "perfect" difficulty level to unlock).

Beat opponent gets u 250 points, 2-goal winner gets u 500 points, same stiker scoring twice (Owen) gets u 500 points, clean sheet gets 250 points, no yellow cards gets u points, no red cards gets u points, etc etc etc - u get the idea. All these Game Points you rack up can be used in the Store to buy classic kits (e.g. England 1966 kit), different types of Adidas balls (classics like Tango, Fevernova and current ones like F50 x-ite and 2006 Teamgeist Gold Final Ball), unlock classic players (e.g. Beckenbauer, Gasgoine, Cantona, but no PELE!!!), etc.

*Winning Eleven fan-boy mode off*

First impressions of the game. Sorry if I disagree with alkt on some points. The graphics looks good no doubt esp the cutscenes etc. However, the player movements in-game looks very stiff and arcade-like. Nothing compared to the fluidity and realistic player movements found in the latest WE series.

I particularly dislike the ball physics, the ball feels heavy and also sticks to the players feet. There is not much ball free play.

As for the computer's AI, generally ok lah. At semi-pro difficulty, it's very easy to steal opponent's ball. Also, in one of the games, the goalie saved Rooney's shot and lied down on the field motionless while Rooney ran towards the loose ball to tap in an easy sitter.

Finally I must disagree with the IGN review (with due respect to them) which states that it comes close to WE in terms of gameplay. In this respect, EA's FIFA series still has a long way to go before it catches up with the WE series. It's just not as good a football "simulator".

And I just played Winning Eleven 10. Good luck EA trying to catch up. All said and done, I foresee this is still the only footie game that would on played on XB Live going into WC2006, so I'll see u guys on Live. Cheers.

No problem, that is your review mah

Anyway i've realise something just now when my colleagues were playing. When each of them long pass the ball, i actually saw it lags a bit!

Well, we got no other soccer game to play except for FIFA so might as well play it first while waiting for WE10 to come to Xbox360 *fingers crossed*

terranova,
nice eh WE10? didn't buy it cos its in Jap la

But Fernando has already released the English patch for this - although not 100% translated (menu, team names, stadium names done, player names about 70% done). I've patched it and now on my PS2 hard disk.

FIFA franchise never come close to WE series and thats for sure.

anyway,like what ALKT and Terranova mentioned,fifa is the only soccer game avail in 360. might as well we just enjoy it first and grap WE once it is avail in 360,right?

again, can we watch the match on LIVE?

Just played my first game on Live. Opponent was from South Korea, playing as Brazil. I played as England and won 1-0.

The game lagged terribly. Also there are no replays on Live (e.g. when a foul is committed, off-side or goal scored) unlike in offline mode. Games look like limited to 4 mins per half, and at end of each game brings you back to main menu and not lobby/room, so could not replay with the same player. Also doesn't look like there's co-op mode on Live, only 1 vs 1. Anyway, that's just first impressions.

@ jaylike7 - there is no spectator mode from what I've seen so far.

Edit - ok played another 2 games on Live. My track record so far, win 2 lost 1. Ranked 40th when I played my first game and won. Now ranked 75th with 2 wins 1 loss. Second game played with someone from Norway and third game with someone from Japan. Both games were lagging badly and made the game very jerky - really really bad and not enjoyable. Also, not many players online. Maybe it's still too early - not many ppl have this game yet. The guy ranked no. 1 only played a total of 17 games.


This post has been edited by terranova: Apr 25 2006, 03:42 AM

hem, unless konami have confirm the release date for WE10 for xbox360 is end of this year, and if i really cant control myself to play football games....

then ill get this one on this coming friday.

and my favourate team is argentina and italy (WE8 & 9)... so will stick to this 2 teams la.

i do hope that this game will have more advance technic like WE series to win a match.... else it's no fun.

I will take Japan lar... take the underdog. will get this game tom from djinn.