For many years Electronic Arts had accustomed us to a FIFA title which, aside from a few graphical improvements and a larger squad roster, didn’t shed much light on the game. All of that changes with the release of FIFA 11 which surprised by its graphics and superior gameplay either under our control or under its powerful AI. But, far from returning to the old formulas, the Canadian study of 2011 risked going even further with a FIFA 12 which ended up becoming the cornerstone of this saga.
A clash with reality
In this edition appears the Impact motor, a new system that manages to transfer a more realistic physics to the action of the game, both in the collisions of the players and in the control of the ball itself. Instead of using predefined reactions for players during falls and crashes, these are now they act according to the area and the magnitude of the impact, resulting in players taking a long time to recover and even sustaining realistic injuries in the most severe cases.
In ball control, we can see these changes in dribbling and passing, with a much heavier and more realistic sphere which now requires more control, precision and imagination for the player. We see it especially when shooting because if we are not careful, the bullet will end up leaving out of goal or against the stick.
Making the most of platforms
With this contribution, the defense finally had the long-awaited rebalancing in its movements and strategies. Instead of pressing violently, it is now necessary test our vision of the game and the strategic ability not to leave openings where adversaries slip into, granting highest value to position in the field during the clashes, it was therefore also necessary to learn to delegate to have the ball.
For fans of tickets, these have become an art, we must study the situation to do them at the right time because not only do we risk fail and the adversary overtakes us, but also ending expelled from the game for foul or injury. Fortunately, the arsenal of actions has expanded with pushes, outs and even pulls to stop the opponent’s plans.
Artificial intelligence was another surprises in this FIFA Well now we face a machine aware of attributes and personalities players on your team, making better decisions if the situation warrants it. It’s clapping like EA Sports takes advantage of the console’s qualities to improve, by implementing innovative technologies to offer us a more immersive experience.
Roll up
Another strong point was the career mode, where the study focused on the manager option. Here, the love-hate relationship that we have with the press will have a strong impact on the perception and morale of the team, as they are usually reflected in other areas of the entertainment industry such as Betway Online Betting Odds, showing us the audience rating according to the statements made by the manager, indeed, since Betway offers the possibility to watch the matches live, many fans can see this aspect live, because according to the reputation of the manager, the team may have a better position in betting.
This aspect can be seen in FIFA, where the manager’s contact with the players will also be more interactive and frequent, so we will have to be quite assertive in responding to concerns and complaints if we want to strengthen our relationship with them, now being a structural parameter of team management within the genre. As for the transfer market, we are given more information about the players, while the negotiations of their transfers, assignments and contracts will require quick decisions, especially in the last hours of the closing day.
Thanks to the statistics collected in our games, we will be in constant competition with our contacts, and in various world rankings have at the start of the session a summary of the most important signings and results, especially in league tournaments, continental tournaments and head-to-head seasons, where we will suffer in every game cross the 10 divisions so as not to fall into the descent.
EA Sports definitely tried his luck with FIFA 12 to win it all by bringing almost infinite replayability to this title. Although several of its successors have already passed it, this game that set the precedents for a real football simulation and which will soon have nothing to envy in real life.