FIFA 18

martyos121

First trailer for FIFA 18 just released, Ronaldo is the cover star this year and there's also going to be a "Ronaldo Edition" of the game, whatever that might involve.

It'll be released on September 29th worldwide.

IncognitoMan

I see legends are rebranded as icons and they are on both PS4 and Xbox now. Great news.

https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/871748859231432704

Would love if they revived the skill element of the game.

I think it eroded massively after 2013 with all this chance and error put into the game(mis-hitting shots from 6 yards etc).

17 was an improvement on 14-16 but it's still a poor game.

And please get rid of the no touch dribble and bring back the ball drag.... absolutely no use for that move and nobody uses it whereas you could dribble so much more efficiently with the ball stop/drag back.

Another issue is the pass power... The last few FIFAs just make it feel like you have zero control over the power and slight touches can be rockets at times.
You had far more control over the power in the last gen.

I used to play FIFA primarily until the switch to this gen.
Barely played any of the last few more than a few weeks.

I'll approach this FIFA with little optimism based on the last few but know whos, there might be a big change this year.
They're certainly capable.

awec

FIFA17 was my least played FIFA in years. Just getting fed up with the nonsense in it. They've introduced way too much randomness.

SureYWouldntYa

IncognitoMan wrote: »

I see legends are rebranded as icons and they are on both PS4 and Xbox now. Great news.

Hopefully it's just a rebranding of legends and not new players like Ronaldo and others across both platforms with the traditional legends staying on XBox

We'll know more when E3 happens in a couple of days, I'm not going to get excited yet for anything when it's all a bit vague

py2006

Wonder will they include that Journey mode again. It wasnt great tbh

SureYWouldntYa

Didnt play Journey myself but didn't it only last a season or 2, you'd have to imagine they'll continue the career with all the work that went into it for 17

IncognitoMan

I actually only played FIFA 17 myself for about 8/9 weeks and traded it in and have been playing PES 2017 since.

I enjoyed the journey for what it was. As a starting point it wasn't bad but it needs to be much more fleshed out this time around.

I'd say I'll probably do something similar with FIFA and PES this year unless FIFA does something amazing.

duffman13

I enjoyed the journey, it would need 2-3 seasons though, it was very short

max life

Ten euro off the icon edition if you order in-game on Fifa 17. This is what I will be doing

callaway92

max life wrote: »

Ten euro off the icon edition if you order in-game on Fifa 17. This is what I will be doing

What's the cost with the reduction?

max life

callaway92 wrote: »

What's the cost with the reduction?

It's 90 euro after the reduction. Worth the extra few quid if you play a good bit of Ultimate Team because of the extra packs

callaway92

max life wrote: »

It's 90 euro after the reduction. Worth the extra few quid if you play a good bit of Ultimate Team because of the extra packs

hmm. I do play a lot of Ultimate Team (only mode I play really) but €90 is a lot of money for a game.

I've never put any extra cash into video games. I play for the grind.

Lord TSC

max life wrote: »

It's 90 euro after the reduction. Worth the extra few quid if you play a good bit of Ultimate Team because of the extra packs

Any idea if EA Access customers get a further discount too?

max life

Lord TSC wrote: »

Any idea if EA Access customers get a further discount too?

No idea. Sorry

Blazer

Lord TSC wrote: »

Any idea if EA Access customers get a further discount too?

they normally get another 10 % off so you get the ultimate version for about ?70 or so

Lord TSC

Checked there and it's telling me it's €80 for the Icon edition, so does seem to apply both discounts

4real

Lord TSC wrote: »

Checked there and it's telling me it's €80 for the Icon edition, so does seem to apply both discounts

only on Xbox One, not on PS4?

Lord TSC

4real wrote: »

only on Xbox One, not on PS4?

Yeah. Sorry.

irishman86

IncognitoMan wrote: »

I see legends are rebranded as icons and they are on both PS4 and Xbox now. Great news.

https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/871748859231432704

Thats all it takes for me to buy it. It will give life back to UT for me

IncognitoMan

irishman86 wrote: »

Thats all it takes for me to buy it. It will give life back to UT for me

I don't know what the chances of getting one are though. I've seen some playing on Xbox say legends are very difficult to get. Which is good in one way I suppose.

SureYWouldntYa

irishman86 wrote: »

Thats all it takes for me to buy it. It will give life back to UT for me

If they're full and proper on PS4, same here

Every FUT follows the same cycle for me, and I usually get bored before TOTS because I'm not a fan of using IFs in general I like to use the best players from real life mostly

I'll look at the legends at the start of the game next year but over the course of the game I'd give myself the goal of Roy Keane because I'd love to use him so much

irishman86

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

If they're full and proper on PS4, same here

Every FUT follows the same cycle for me, and I usually get bored before TOTS because I'm not a fan of using IFs in general I like to use the best players from real life mostly

I'll look at the legends at the start of the game next year but over the course of the game I'd give myself the goal of Roy Keane because I'd love to use him so much

There is so many Id fancy using, heres hoping they have all the players from previous editions

SureYWouldntYa

irishman86 wrote: »

There is so many Id fancy using, heres hoping they have all the players from previous editions

I don't fully know all the legends because I didn't want to annoy myself but there's a dozen or more strikers alone I'd love to use at different times and so many of the midfielders too, I'd love to sometime field a midfield 3 of Viera Keane and Gattuso because ain't no other midfield dominating those guys

Blazer

your chances of getting a legend are millions to 1 so don't hold your breath. One good thing about fut17 is the new sbc challenges which allow you to get better players etc.

SureYWouldntYa

Getting them in a pack yeah the odds are mad

Got TOTS Ronaldo in FUT 15 so I've used up any pack luck I could ever have

Legends for PS4 would have me trading like mad, would give me a totally different goal than the last 5 FUTs that I've played

IncognitoMan

Anyone who has played FUT on Xbox able to tell me how long it would take to get someone like Ruud Van Nistelrooy. I see he's about 120-150k now but I'd say he's a good bit more expensive earlier on in the game. Say he'll be somewhere betweeen 500k-600k. How long does it usually take to get to that kind of level? Is it difficult?

v3ttel

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Anyone who has played FUT on Xbox able to tell me how long it would take to get someone like Ruud Van Nistelrooy. I see he's about 120-150k now but I'd say he's a good bit more expensive earlier on in the game. Say he'll be somewhere betweeen 500k-600k. How long does it usually take to get to that kind of level? Is it difficult?

Check out his price history here under graphs, then click all to see it since the game came out. Started off 700-800.

https://www.futbin.com/17/player/17/van-nistelrooy

Lord TSC

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Anyone who has played FUT on Xbox able to tell me how long it would take to get someone like Ruud Van Nistelrooy. I see he's about 120-150k now but I'd say he's a good bit more expensive earlier on in the game. Say he'll be somewhere betweeen 500k-600k. How long does it usually take to get to that kind of level? Is it difficult?

Like...that depends entirely on how much money you spend on packs and/or how much time you invest in trading. It's hard to answer.

IncognitoMan

Lord TSC wrote: »

Like...that depends entirely on how much money you spend on packs and/or how much time you invest in trading. It's hard to answer.

Oh right yeah. I don't want to spend money. I might buy the icon edition but i'd rather not give EA a load of money for packs after. I'm a student so dropping loads of cash on FIFA packs isn't really an option.

I suppose what I'm asking is how long did it usually take other players to get to about 500k coins? Are we talking weeks or months usually? I'm just after a very rough estimate not a definite answer so don't feel like you have to be too accurate :pac:

I've played some bits of UT but never stuck it out for the long haul.

J. Marston

Determined to get a front two of Ruud and Solskjaer at some point during Fifa 18.

Lord TSC

IncognitoMan wrote: »

I suppose what I'm asking is how long did it usually take other players to get to about 500k coins? Are we talking weeks or months usually? I'm just after a very rough estimate not a definite answer so don't feel like you have to be too accurate :pac:

I've played some bits of UT but never stuck it out for the long haul.

It really depends on how much time you invest into investing and playing the market. I've seen people hit 500k within a week of the game coming out, and some who have never hit 500k.

If you don't trade, I can't imagine hitting 500k without some absolutely stunning pack luck. Usually when the games launch though, there's a group of us on here discussing trading tactics, ideas, etc. I think I hit 500k round 3 months in, but I was slow enough this year. But (not blowing own horn here) I've done it faster in other years and have methods of trading nailed down now. And, as I said, I've seen people hit into the millions within the first few weeks. For a lot of traders, it's listing cards once an hour, every hour of every day to generate coins.

I know that sounds like I'm not giving a straight answer, but its cause it's really hard to. Everyone will have different rates of coin generation.

IncognitoMan

That's great so I'll keep an eye out for the thread closer to release so.

Paladonia

I'd like to see 2v2 online games.

I know you can currently add a guest, but it'd be fun to be able to just jump into a 2v2 game with randomers a la Rocket League.

A load of people controlling just one player each in Clubs mode can be a little too chaotic.

Blazer

Paladonia wrote: »

A load of people controlling just one player each in Clubs mode can be a little too chaotic.

I'd love it though..it take the AI out of the equation and this is a good thing for FUT. Even if it was a FUT DKT or monthly tournament. 11 players in vs 11 players (each player gets assigned a randomly picked position in the team and their associated player from their own fut team (ignore chemistry as it means nothing in this mode). Big prizes for the winning team such as IF cards etc.
Would really make it a fun mode and best thing is everyone would be trying to win so it would really be a team effort ..well hopefully.

SureYWouldntYa

Two new trailers out, the first one doesn't show much of anything just the usual new hype and the second one shows that the journey is continuing, if they are going to stick with the journey it could be around for the next 5/6 fifas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_7Gz_RFLnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbK_Xw5BiSw&t=0s

Blazer

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Two new trailers out, the first one doesn't show much of anything just the usual new hype and the second one shows that the journey is continuing, if they are going to stick with the journey it could be around for the next 5/6 fifas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_7Gz_RFLnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbK_Xw5BiSw&t=0s

I wonder will we still get a black card or will the existing one stats increase...would be a nice way of rewarding people over the next 5 years if they continue it..plus give him chemistry with every player. Would be nice if everyone had a black Hunter card every year that would fit into their team.

RossieMan

Paladonia wrote:

I'd like to see 2v2 online games.

Eh, co op seasons is exactly what you're asking about.

SureYWouldntYa

Blazer wrote: »

I wonder will we still get a black card or will the existing one stats increase...would be a nice way of rewarding people over the next 5 years if they continue it..plus give him chemistry with every player. Would be nice if everyone had a black Hunter card every year that would fit into their team.

I'd imagine there'll be another black Hunter card and since he's probably working his way up the football world in 18 it should be a better card maybe 81/82 rated

IncognitoMan

GameSpot didn't seem too impressed with the version they seen at E3

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fifa-18-continues-to-strive-for-realism-but-at-a-c/1100-6450687/?ftag=GSS-05-10aaa0a

FutHead did a nice little video.

Paladonia

RossieMan wrote: »

Eh, co op seasons is exactly what you're asking about.

Co-op seasons is for playing with a friend - not what I said.

RossieMan

It's be ****e with randomers. Just people who can't get a club in pro clubs hogging the ball. Exactly like drop ins is now. Except worse.

Blazer

IncognitoMan wrote: »

GameSpot didn't seem too impressed with the version they seen at E3

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fifa-18-continues-to-strive-for-realism-but-at-a-c/1100-6450687/?ftag=GSS-05-10aaa0a

FutHead did a nice little video.

doesnt' bode well..normally the sites cream themselves over fifa..

v3ttel

Blazer wrote: »

doesnt' bode well..normally the sites cream themselves over fifa..

Some of the things there could be hugely negative. 85% of their goals were long shots from well outside the box. Quick sub is a nice addition but could be use as a time wasting opportunity if it takes 8 seconds to time out and you can use it at every break in play where the pitch reloads.

Liamalone

Off the top of my head, if they don't fix these things I'll kill dead people.

: Trying to pause but you haven't got the ball, the graphic telling you that you can't pause stays up for ages. What is that all about? I fecking know, I don't need it splattered on the screen for 10 seconds.

: Defending a corner. Why the blazes is one of my CB'standing standing on the edge of the box? That would never happen in real life so wtf

Bollox

stephenl15

Anyone know is it possible to get a boxed copy icon edition? I messaged Gamestop and they advised only Ronaldo edition (which is the same price as digital icon edition with the 10% in game discount)

4real

stephenl15 wrote: »

Anyone know is it possible to get a boxed copy icon edition? I messaged Gamestop and they advised only Ronaldo edition (which is the same price as digital icon edition with the 10% in game discount)

dont think its available as a boxed copy, comes as a digital download only.

irishman86

I think this will be the first year in over 15 years I dont get it on release :eek:
I just never got into it last year at all, might even go the Pro route if the reviews are similar level for a change

the whole year inn

When is the demo realaced

SureYWouldntYa

Usually 2/3 weeks before the normal release date, demo is fairly useless as it's an old build and not reflective of what Fifa 18 will be when it actually comes out

martyos121

New stadiums confirmed so far:

Amex Stadium (Brighton)
John Smith's Stadium (Huddersfield)
Wanda Metropolitano (Atletico)
StubHub Center (LA Galaxy)

New broadcast packages (scoreboard overlays, match intro graphics etc.):

MLS (confirmed)
Ligue 1 (rumoured, not certain)
La Liga (possibly confirmed by videos)

Some of the new real player faces confirmed:

Renato Sanches
Radja Nainggolan
Antoine Griezmann (updated)
Leroy Sane
Kevin De Bruyne (updated)
Kylian Mbappe
Joel Matip
Eric Bailly
There's a video of around 200 more on YouTube