I agree with the comments above especially craineys, to be fair fifa has made improvements over the past few years but EA have never truly built on the excellent fifa 2008 which felt very organic and had a great flow, the games felt like a tactical battle and midfield play was evident.
One thing that fucks me off is you can guarantee all the reviews will lick fifa's arse as that will please the mainstream, OPSM called fifa 11 football perfection lmfao. Gone are the days where we get well thought out reviews that judge the game after a few weeks when flaws become more apparent. The press will badly overate fifa again this year i guarantee it, EA will be happy to sit back on their +90 metacritic score while real football fans know which game is the true sim.
FIFA 08 next-gen was the game that made me think, "You know what, this FIFA ain't all that bad!" TBH FIFA was un-heard in my family and friends, everyone I knew played Pro Evo back in the day. FIFA 08 was fundamentally a FOOTBALL GAME at one, not about skills, kiddy card game modes or materiel polish...but about FOOTBALL. It wasn't perfect, but it done what it said on the tin.
Coincidence that, that was the last FIFA to be made by a different team? For the past 4 years (09,10,11 and 12) the team has been the same, they ousted the team who made FIFA 08. Is it a coincidence what the game has now become?
I don't think so.
It's aimed at a certain player and caters for them in every way, a retard can pick up FIFA and play it well, a retard cannot play PES.
I can vouch for this, my friends that play FIFA cannot play PES to save their lives, yet my PES friends can pick up FIFA and do fine.
That was the last good football game for me anyway, FIFA 08, apart from maybe last years PES.
You see last year, Konami put their heart on their sleeves and took a bold decision, by saying "You know what FUCK the casuals, we're gonna make the game for the "hardcore" PES fan's"
So last year it really changed significantly for me, you could tell that they had a lot of work go into it. You could clearly see where they wanted to go with the game and who they was aiming it at. This year's PES, takes it to YET ANOTHER level. Being able to improve on the things from last year. Last year was a base, a project if you will. It was solid and waterproof ready for improvement on top. It was overhauled and it is the main reason why we have this glorious football game now called PES 2012.
I honestly mean this when I say, this is possibly the BEST football game I've played since PES5/6...and that's a long long long time in gaming terms, other genres have improved no-end but football games have been in the same monotonous rut. Only now do we finally get something to say, "Yep, THIS IS THE ONE!!!"
FIFA will never ever change out of this rhythm, because blind people still buy it and support it till they die. The gameplay itself is emphatically HOPELESS and it still shows many many many samey similarities from FIFA98/99 for fucks sake! ESPECIALLY THE FIFA GOAL'S (Edge of the box finnesse into the corner)
....and of course it will get all the rave reviews and support, its EA Sports and they get what they pay for..EXPOSURE. I still strongly feel that first PES 2012 demo was held up by Microsoft, because of the commitment and bum-love they have for FIFA!
I tell you, if you didn't have the internet to find out about PES 2012, you would have been non the wiser on Xbox. Absolute jack shit was on the system or its marketplace about PES 2012, Yet FIFA will get and does get rammed down you throats at every single opportunity, not just on the consoles, but in REAL LIFE.
What was it that prick "lead-designer" David Rutter said about FIFA 12..."It's going to be revolutionary"
He shoulda gone to fucking specsavers! The only revolution is on the other fucking football game!