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- You have complete control over your players, with the ability to assign a specific role and movement to every outfield player on your team one at a time, and then combine them for the perfect set piece.
- The first true 360 dribbling system in a soccer game gives you precise control to skillfully play spaces between defenders that previously was not possible.
- Advanced animation warping technology lets skilled players face defenders and maneuver around them with highly-responsive lateral dribbling.
- More intelligent AI with more authentic behavior. Players now avoid passes not intended for them, avoid blocking teammate shots, and throw themselves in the way of attacker’s shots in defense.
- Work on individual skills in a fully featured practice mode before stepping on the pitch. Select exactly how many attackers and defenders you want in play, and practice set pieces.
Product Description
FIFA Soccer 10 gives players new levels of control and innovation to experience the beautiful game like never before. Featuring core gameplay refinements based on responsiveness and intelligence, on top of an already potent game engine, FIFA Soccer continues to set the benchmark as the most complete soccer simulation… More >>
12/19/2009 at 12:17 pm
I consider myself a pretty decent FIFA 09 player and immediately bought FIFA 10 when it came out, hoping that improvements made to a top-notch game would make the new game flat out amazing. After playing a few games against my real life friends and online strangers, I am not sure if I like “10″ or “9″ better. My biggest disappointment in the new game is that IMO, the graphics did not improve at all or maybe even gotten worse. Maybe I am imagining it but the width of the goal looks smaller. Of course, this shouldn’t affect gameplay at all but it just feels like I am looking at a smaller target. The improvements in the gameplay is subtle but nevertheless clearly different with defenders having a chance against the supermen (eg. Ronaldo) of the game, making the game more defense-oriented and somewhat harder to score. Some of the differences I noticed so far:
1. Throughball doesn’t work automatically unless there is a developing play where a throughball is the best play. In `09′, you could just randomly throughball and somehow the offensive player would end up with the ball with a near breakaway too often.
2. Defenders are positioned much better so defense is easier to play. Also, because stars like Ronaldo can’t just run away from the pack when they have the ball, defenders will have a better chance as long as they are in a good position. But the improvement in defensive positioning also resulted in heavy traffic near the goal where the play seemed a little bit clustered. At times, the phrase pinball action came to mind when it became clustered like that.
3. The view when the GK has a goal kick or instances where you have a corner, the view has changed to a more zoomed view and less overhead perspective. I personally didn’t like this change due to the change in depth perception, making it harder for me to judge the players’ positioning.
4. The collision physics is much more realistic and players actually bounce off each other in more realistic fashion.
5. It is much easier to bend the ball, maybe too much. On several corner kicks, I had kicks bend too much that the ball was no where near the goal almost half way between the penalty box and the half line.
6. Overall, the offensive player is forced to put together a well constructed attack and rely on crisp passing and play development more than relying on the speed and power of players like Ronaldos and the Etos.
7. The online play is smoother and when playing ranked games, the skill points is calculated after each game and displayed for you to see,showing you how the points were calculate. This was a very nice feature for someone who plays online as much as I do.
One thing that didn’t change:
My number one pet peeve for ’09: The number of shots hitting the goal post per game is way too much. I was hoping that this would change, but so far, the occurrence of shots hitting the goal post is still way too frequent and unrealistic.
Overall, I would say ’10 is more realistic but not necessarily more fun to this veteran of ’09. I definitely think ’10 is a great game but I will not be getting rid of my `09′ right away because they play different enough for me to consider it two different games
UPDATE: 11/5/09
So after playing for a few more weeks, I will say that I am appreciating the subtle differences between ’09 and ’10. I really like the new collision mechanism. It is realistic enough so that I often thwarted the other players attack by just getting in the way of the opposing team’s players who don’t have the ball to deny their space when there is a pass directed toward them. I have also experienced the advantage of 360 degree control as I manuever my player with the ball. Definitely a solid improvement over ’09.
UPDATE: 11/23/09
A huge negative has popped up for with this game. Goalie AI. Maybe it’s not even AI. Glitch is more like it. The goalie in ’10 is worse than in ’09. I suppose goalies making errors should be expected since a real life goalie would make can make mistakes too. But goalies have a much harder time handling shots that are directed right at them if it’s low. Goalies are allowing shots that are literally next to their legs. (The animation in replay suggests that the goalie, instead of stopping the shot by moving a little to the left or the right, instead tries to squat down and tries a mini dive save on a shot. That allows the shots to go under them.
What is infuriating is that given the number of great opportunities that end in a shot off the goal post if you try to aim for one of the corners of the goal, the way the goalie allows this cheap score, it’s a huge imbalance. Goalies that leap like panthers to save shots 10 feet away or sure goals that somehow the computer directs right at the goal post yet the goalie can’t save balls hit next to them. What’s up with that?
UPDATE: 11/30/09
I don’t know what I was thinking by not mentioning this. In FIFA ’09, (and I call this just plain stupid on EA’s part),they didn’t include a practice mode. Sure, you could pratice your skill moves 1on1 with the goalie, but that too was not that helpful because no one would play an actual match in that perspective, thus making you learn the skill moves one way but then have to make adjustments to the stick work. In FIFA ’10, there actuall is a practice mode and a pretty darned good one at that. You can set the practice match to have as many offensive and defensive players as you want. You want to practice breakaways? 1 offensive player vs. goalie only. 5 vs. 4, 5 vs. 3. Any combination you want to hone your offensive skills. Also,you can actually practice set-pieces (FK and corners) the way it would be in the game with real defenders. By practice in this mode, I can score on about a 1/3 of my FKs inside 30 yards because I know what kick with how much power to execute. (The other 2/3 of my FKs bounce off the goal post, LOL.) If you are serious about being a good FIFA player, this practice mode will let you maximize your chances.
Rating: 4 / 5
12/19/2009 at 1:17 pm
My two sons and I are really enjoying the Playstation 3 version of FIFA 10. We set up tournaments using random teams and find that we are competetively talented, so that the majority of games are decided by one goal. The game is easy to learn and play, yet there are ball handling and maneuvering skills you can learn and utilize to improve your game. The game is totally immersive, providing a realistic gaming experience. When the boys aren’t around, I have set up a 15 year manager league, which has taught me a lot about the rules and intricacies of the game of football (soccer). Now if only EA would come out with a great horse racing simulation,I’d be ecstatic.
Rating: 4 / 5
12/19/2009 at 1:46 pm
Ok don’t get me wrong, I was the biggest fan of PES 2010 for like 10 years. I didn’t play any football game besides PES and used to make fun of those still playing FIFA. After I tried FIFA 10 and PES 2010, I can say out loud that I have officially converted to FIFA with no regrets whatsoever.
PES 2010 is becoming like FIFA during the PS2 days in the sense that it focused too much on the graphics and not much on the gameplay. On the other hand, FIFA 10 is like PES in the PS2 days, with good graphics and great gameplay.
FIFA 10 is extremely realistic in ways you can’t imagine. You can score goals in the craziest ways. I love the fact that you can control the strength of pass, through pass, and long balls. You can create lots of chances with this this in mind.
Online play is the best thing about FIFA 10. When you play FIFA online there is no lag whatsoever. Online is exactly like offline, no difference. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself.
So far FIFA is dominating at the PS3 and PES is losing market share very quickly year after year.
Rating: 4 / 5
12/19/2009 at 4:11 pm
I have been buying and playing PES since 1999 and I was thinking that the day where I will switch to Fifa will never come because Konami was giving me what i wanted in PES.. But since 2007 Fifa started to build a better game platform I did not buy fifa at that time and I got PES for 2008-2009 but this year I said I should see if Fifa will be a better game than PES as everyone was saying in the last year and here is my observation after playing both of the games:
- Game Play Simulation (This is the most important factor for me):
Fifa10 4.5 Stars
PES10 4 stars
Fifa feels much better an responsive the 360 dribbling is one of the best features in this game.. PES is still fell solid but I do not know it feels slower than previous PES and this is not realistic at all as Konami said.I want the player to pass a through ball when i press the button not waiting for 2 sec then do it..
- Graphics:
Fifa10 4.5 start
PES10 4 stars
Fifa feels cleaner and smother in terms of graphics for player ,pitch and stadium.
- Game Tactics:
Fifa 3.5 stars
PES 4.6 start
You will get alot more in the tactics and Team vision PES .
- Game menu Design Music Soundtrack ..etc
Fifa10 4.5 stars
PES10 2 stars
This is not a major issue for me but it will be nice if PES did spend one month more designing the menus better and licencing aging better music.
bottom line:
PES is not as bad as people said.. it is even better than last year PES but Konami did not show respect to us as gamers and it did not improve the game alot in the last 3 years.. people might say this hard but EA did an amazing job in 2 years.. for me I will not buy PES this year I will return the game to my friend and I will buy Fifa to support them and show them that they did a good job and they deserve my money..
I hope next year PES will be better bcz still nothing will top the old play style of PES.
Rating: 4 / 5
12/19/2009 at 6:36 pm
In my opinion this is the best football (soccer) game of all the time, is much better than Fifa 09. The graphics are the same, but the gameplay is amazing, the game modes are great, and the manager mode is one of the best, and is realistic.
That review of one star, I think that is just a fanboy of PES review, Don’t read it, it’s not true what he said.
I like the both games and I think the both are great, but this time Fifa is the best.
Buy It!! Is a great game!
Rating: 5 / 5