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EA has revealed that FIFA 08 on PS3 and 360 will feature a brand new online mode for 10 of you to play at once.
It's called Be A Pro: Online Team, and will let you and four friends take control of one player each from a team - the rest will be handled by AI. A unique camera will then follow you and the action, as you face off against other teams of five from all around the world.
The feature won't be in game when it launches here on 28th September, but is expected to be a free downloadable update around six to eight weeks later.
"At EA Sports our dream is to create a full 11 versus 11 online gameplay experience in which each user will have a set position during the match and train specifically for that position," said Joe Booth, producer of FIFA 08 - echoing his promise to Eurogamer that it would be integrated in the game to sit alongside the World Cup in 2010.
"Be A Pro is the first step in this direction, and now, with the ability to deliver five versus five online gameplay as free downloadable content, we are moving even closer towards the realisation of this dream."
On top of that will be Interactive Leagues, which take all of the points won by supporters of a certain club and compile it in one giant league; alongside weekly in-game podcasts by the developers, plus regular leagues and tournaments you and your friends can set up.
It will all complement the biggest and most coherent FIFA offering to date, promising better physics, controls, tricks, graphics, more teams, video capture and uploads, and lots more.
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markypants
22/08/07 @ 12:51
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Looking forward to this. Though I predict utter utter chaos on the pitch.
Having good players on your friends list is going to be a huge must have with this game.
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PatrickEwing
22/08/07 @ 12:53
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Is it humanly feasible to have both FIFA and PES, or is that a no go?
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AusFreelancer
22/08/07 @ 12:55
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As a PES 1-4 fan, FIFA looks like its a definite puchase, can't wait!
lol @ aldo...you sure can....ever since FIFA photocopied PES's control scheme
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espadachin
22/08/07 @ 13:05
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can oneself and 4 people from your friends list play online co-operatively against the cpu?
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the_sas_man
22/08/07 @ 13:26
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this will only ever work in a 5 a side game with the goalie being computer controlled leaving only 4 player vs player - that way the game would be far more intense.
But 11 a side? How boring is that! If you get a player as left back you're telling me you just have to wait in defence untill the ball comes to you?! As if! People will behave like a swarm of bees and go 11 up front! It will be madness. And if EA bring in 'areas' in which a player can only go then that takes away both the fun and creativity. Good idea in practice, but this idea is doomed to fail (11 a side anyway) |
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I'd prefer a mode with teams of 5 (instead of 11), with a smaller field. Oh maybe 6, because controlling the keeper is probably boring.
Actually, why not get a rotation system up for who controls the keeper? Just like how you often play soccer with some friends. If somebody's tired, he keeps for a while, after him somebody else, etc. Hmm, a real game of soccer might be more fun. |
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The Bodybuilder
22/08/07 @ 13:30
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Although I hate the idea of playing ALONGSIDE the AI, rather than just controlling them (or semi-controlling them), if EA pull this off, then they've won me over.
I still have a bad after-taste of Pro 6, and the new screenies of pro 08 aren't impressing me much. |
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The Bodybuilder
22/08/07 @ 13:40
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>"Sounds like such a good idea in theory, then you realize your going to get 5 people always moving forward and leave you with no midfield."
Until you face a team with a midfield, then they destory you. Every single thing you can say applies in real life football. And guess what? We still have people that play in position in real life, and you'll get the same in the game too. If you enjoy being a defender in real life, so too willl you be in the game (I play left back, central or left mid). |
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QPRHOOPS81
22/08/07 @ 13:41
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All good but i can see everyone wanting to be a striker or attacking midfielder. Cant see many people wanting to sit in defence.
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QPRHOOPS81
22/08/07 @ 13:47
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"If you enjoy being a defender in real life, so too willl you be in the game (I play left back, central or left mid)."
I play left back in real life but only because its the position im most suited. Due to this being a game i dont have to worry that my real life shooting is crap so can play anywhere i want. Like many i would prefer play an attacking game. Of course there will be some players who want to sit back in defence but i dont think percentage wise there will be that many. Guess we will just have to wait and see |
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Have a look guys..imagine playing like this against an online player!!
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23802... NUTMEG ner ner ner ner ner
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Amazing Bryan
22/08/07 @ 13:53
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When I started reading this, I saw FIFA as PES and got all excited. When I realised that it was for FIFA only, I felt like a child on Christmas morning that didn't get the present they were expecting.
At least EA have thought of something new before Konami and not just copied their ideas. More of a novelty than an innovation. If I wanted to play football as one player I'd go out in the garden and kick a ball against the wall. |
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The Bodybuilder
22/08/07 @ 14:49
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>"I play left back in real life but only because its the position im most suited. "
You used the word "suited". I said "enjoyed". |
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The Bodybuilder
22/08/07 @ 14:53
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>"I can't see why this couldn't work though. The principal is no different to team based FPS'. Teams that play together will win and those that play as individuals will lose. "
It's so basic, yet so many are getting it wrong. Sure there will be more strikers than defenders, but that just means it will be harder to get into a team (like real life). If you're in a league, and your team plays at all attacking, that means you'll be in the relegation zone (like man u, lol). If you play as a coherent, consistent, tactical team, then you'll be at the top. The real question should not be whether it will work, but whether you will find people to make a coherent team. Thanks to the internet and forums (like EGs), this shouldn't be much of a problem. |
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stuarty_2003
22/08/07 @ 15:10
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"Our dream is 11 vs 11"...applications for Goalkeepers will be in short supply i think!
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malteaserhead
22/08/07 @ 15:13
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I've been yapping about a 5 a side for ages
/searches for something new to yap about |
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Someone earlier said it best:
"Having good players on your friends list is going to be a huge must have with this game." Man, if I see 4 of friends go after the ball at once, I'll start screaming bloody murder and start choking my mates when I next see them. :-D Then again, they won't do that, as we all play together indoor anyway, so just make sure that your not playing with the typical "I just bought FIFA today" and has no concept of footy. |
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It will work - UT2003+ had that american footbal style game - not to mention games like caputure the flag and all that working this way as well. IT's a tried and tested game dynamic - people will always find a niche position and settle. Likelihood is though that most people will opt for striker and mid field positions, leaving defence upto the cpu(!!!!!).
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The Bodybuilder
23/08/07 @ 10:36
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>"Not neccessarily, as a team could just play everybody in there own half as defenders and this will more than likely break down any attack the other team can throw at them. "
So one minute everyone is moaning that everybody will be strikers because nobody wants to be a defender, now we are moaning that everybody will be defending, because nobody would attack? O_o It's football for crying out loud. People play to win. In real life, a team CAN play all defensively, but they won't get far (except for chelsea. They'll just wait fo lampard to shoot and for drogba to tap it in). No team wins a league by drawing all thier matches. |
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