I don't know what it is but I'm not impressed with either game this year to be honest, ill admit i haven't giving FIFA enough time to fully judge it and after reading your post i might just give it a proper try. I bought PES this year but I'm not buying FIFA because i wont play both, ill try get a lend of it for a week and if i agree with your post then ill trade in PES for it.
Not a worry mate, I thought I'd try give you an honest review from someone who feels very similar to you about gaming.
I've personally been disappointed with both offerings for some time now (although I must commend both on their progress), neither FIFA nor PES had a good balance of enough realism for me but still making the game enjoyable (I mean I love football so it's not like the games were awful, but far from being polished). In the past, I found the formula for winning games at FIFA was more about just keeping your pass completion rate very high (which with the default settings help far too much with, I raise the pass error to 67 for both user and CPU because League Two matches don't have 85% pass completion rates, only Premier/European matches do if both teams are on form) and letting the flawed AI rubber band you into a goal scoring opportunity. By learning how the new match engine works and adjusting the sliders to change the dynamics of the game, I've managed to simulate a more realistic and more challenging game of football in which things like tactics and formations are also considered. In the past, I never used to worry about tactics/formations because I didn't feel they were important enough in FIFA to matter (I think PES puts much greater value on tactics/formations and one of the reasons the online community is better).
When you manage to get your hands on a copy, head over to the FIFA 12 thread where I will make a long and boring post about the sliders
Both games are still plagued with rubber band physics and unrealistic boosts to computer AI stats or decision making to make up for poor AI.
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