Product Description:
FIFA Soccer 13 delivers the largest and deepest feature set in the history of the franchise. Five game-changing innovations create a true battle for possession, deliver freedom and creativity in attack, and capture all the drama and unpredictability of real-world football.
Product Details:
- Attacking Intelligence - All-new positioning intelligence wires attacking players with the intelligence to analyze plays, and to position themselves to create new attacking opportunities.
- FIFA 13 Complete Dribbling - Make every touch matter with the control to be more creative in attack, and the freedom to exploit 1v1 opportunities.
- FIFA 13 1st Touch Control - A new trapping system eliminates near-perfect control for every player by creating uncertainty around trapping.
- Player Impact Engine - The second generation of the award-winning physics engine expands physical play from collisions for the ball to off-the-ball battles, giving defenders more tools to win back possession.
- New Passes - Two new passing options give players the ability to dink passes over the outstretched leg of a defender or loft through balls to teammates.
- Complete Authenticity - Over 500 officially licensed clubs and more than 15,000 players.
- FIFA 13 Fundamentals - Essential elements have been refined to make the experience more authentic. Referees will now make better decisions awarding fouls and cards, goalkeeper intelligence has been improved, and Tactical Defending has added lateral mobility for players in defensive containment.
- Tactical Free Kicks - Create dangerous and unpredictable free kicks utilizing the most skillful players on the pitch. Position up to three attacking players over the ball and confuse opponents with dummy runs, more passing options, and more elaborate free kicks.
Customer Reviews:
Not all that different from Fifa 12, but small improvements go a long way! By Slashaholic Anonymous
I put hundreds of hours into Fifa 12. Several seasons, hundreds of games with my ultimate team, and dozens upon dozens of 1 v 1 local matches against my friend and sworn Fifa rival. Despite its shortcomings, Fifa 12 became one of my favorite games of all time. Fifa 13 does little to change the fundamental mechanics of Fifa 12, rather, small additions, tweaks, and improvements give Fifa 13 a glistening coat of polish and make it an even more realistic, accessible, and satisfying football/soccer experience than ever before.
I'll address the question of whether Fifa 13 merits the $60 price tag, particularly if you already own Fifa 12. There's no clear-cut answer to this question, a number of factors need to be considered: How much do you play Fifa? Do you closely follow current soccer, whether domestic or international? Do you play Ultimate Team? If you are a very casual Fifa player, jumping on every now and then for a quick game or two to get your fix, then there's no rush to buy Fifa 13, as the core game experience is very similar. But if you're more like me, and want the most up-to-date squad rosters, player ratings, Ultimate Team, and most realistic soccer experience available, then certainly the investment in Fifa 13 is justified.
Big new additions to Fifa 13 are as follows: For actual gameplay, the new "first touch" mechanic basically adds more variability to how well players trap the ball. Depending on the position of the player, whether or not they're moving, and their ball control rating, players may trap the ball in a less-than-perfect manner. Dribbling is a little smoother; it still takes a fair bit of practice before you'll be successfully rounding defenders left and right, but it's more accessible than in Fifa 12.
Fifa 13 exhibition matches have a cool new feature called Match Day, where EA updates player ratings on a week-to-week basis to reflect how well the player/team played that week. This feature can be turned off if you'd prefer to simply play with the players as Fifa/EA decided to rate them for this year.
Edited to add: I've had a chance to play a number of online ultimate team matches; online stability/lag appear to be pretty similar to Fifa 12. I have a decent connection, so most of my matches have been pretty smooth. Ultimate Team has received a make-over, with single matches no longer an option, but offline and online "seasons" added, in which there are 5 divisions, and each season you play a set number of games against players in your same division, with the potential of promotion or relegation depending on how many points you can get.
For the sake of keeping this review to a somewhat reasonable length, I'll end by saying that thus far I am extremely satisfied with Fifa 13, and I foresee myself putting hundreds more hours into it over the coming year.FIFA 13 - More realism = more fun! By James Schindler
Finally the ghosts of past FIFA's seem to have left with the latest FIFA game. This version makes defending more of an art rather than a complete mashing of the X button. Players get rewarded for positioning their defenders, anticipating passes, and zoning out properly. Conversely offense is now much more rewarding, as it takes a couple good passes to get through a proper defense. This is made much easier by the new crossing types that EA has added to the game. Now you can get that perfect pass through the defense, and get rewarded with an awesome looking goal.
The physics of the game have also greatly improved. The game just feels REAL, which has made each match feel much more unique. The commentary seems to be a bit more dynamic, and is a nice touch for players who like to play many matches in a row.
After playing this game for awhile I can easily say it's my favorite FIFA game, as it's not just a 'roster update', rather a game that makes your FIFA experience much more richer - and in turn more enjoyable.Rewards offensive creativity more than ever (but buggy in the extreme) By dh
The game adds more first touch skill to teams. This means that lobbed through passes for example are less easy to do because by the time the player gains control of it, the defenders are there unless your player has a very high first touch rating. The game also makes bending the ball into the net from just outside the penalty area more difficult, effectively taking this cheap tactic for goals away. FIFA 13 makes dribbling even more important and it gives teammates more offensive-mindedness, so players who work hard on their press tactics are going to get burned because the opposing team's players will run to spots vacated by the pressing team meaning if you get the pass there, the opponent is in trouble. This makes it more realistic. FIFA 13 also corrected the issue of the referee having the same color jersey as one of the sides (UPDATE: This is unfortunately not correct. The referee sometimes still wears a dark jersey when one of the teams is dark making him hard to pick out from the opposing team. Why EA doesn't get it and always make the referee's jersey a bright color that is not one of the teams jerseys is a mystery). One other thing, the music soundtrack is extensive this year and better than FIFA 12.
The game still suffers from ridiculousness such as little Messi heading the ball over big defenders for goals and certain goalkeepers on some teams (Barcelona and Man City) making point blank saves over and over again. EA needs to also fix the cheap goal off a goal kick, this would never happen in real life. the game needs to give the keeper more control over where he places the kick. And please do something about the ability of defenders to mysteriously be able to kick it into an extra gear when a through pass is delivered. I have played games where my player is steps ahead of the defender, running toward the goal, but when I deliver the pass, the defender suddenly can race by my player to get the ball. it's ridiculous and wouldn't happen in the real game. There is also still the favoritism that EA FIFA has towards Barcelona, often times Barca is getting 2-3 rebounds in a row to get the goals while other teams get zero...and the barca keeper gives no rebounds. This unfair advantage for one team makes it much easier for someone to play this team and not be as good a player. It's an advantage that EA needs to stop giving to this one team!
The game needs a software update too. Online line play is buggy with a lot of disconnections occurring just as the game is about to start. There is also a bug where the game never starts and you are stuck on the one-on-one screen (player vs keeper) and you have to quit the game and restart it (I suspect that's what's causing the first problem too). While this happened occasionally in FIFA 12 it happens a lot in FIFA 13. The graphics also get fuzzy at times, particularly on goal kicks. There is also still a bug on how offsides is called where sometimes the play is called offside because FIFA 13 gets confused when there are two players on same line when a pass is made; it calls offside if the player further up is offside even though the ball is corralled by the player lesser up the field. I've been called offside when the player who gets the ball is still in his own half!
Overall a small improvement over FIFA 12 making the game a little more real.
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