@Fabrice: Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought that. And here I was, thinking I had missed something since it's damn near 5 in the morning......

Carl Everett's Fossil Collection

looks sick roll on OCT 3rd

DappaDizzle

Not sure what's wrong with the trailer, footballs have been floaty for quite some time now.

Fabrice

@Playstation: If they only knew the definition of "current-gen". PES has of the tightest controls, infinite replay value , entertaining gameplay that is bogged by POS07-08 graphics and 28.8kbaud online play

PsycheE

Ill wait for PES09

Playstation

I'll stick to Fifa 94 for now

Stipey

I'll buy it

Lyuse

the ball moves... different... if not weird...

Gerah X

@Bergerac: Petr Cech wears one ever since this:

+ Watch video

Trailer looked alright I suppose. The demo is supposedly coming out on the 11th of September, so we'll see then how it plays.

AndreasDahl

@Bergerac: That's Chelsea's goalkeeper. He got kneed in the head a while back and broke his skull. Now he has to wear that protective head gear. Yeah, it sucks, but he's a very good goalkeeper.

XeroKool

What's with the goalie's headgear?

All this talk of floating makes me want a kickabout game with a penny floater. LOL That would be incredible. Imagine the physics improbabilities.

Bergerac

fifa 07 was still my favourite. The ball does move really weird in the trailer, i doubt it will be like that in game though.

londonlad

this was absolutely brilliant.

The best footie game trailer ever.

Of course the graphics have been enhance, but it's the new features in the trailer that get me excited about the game (pirlo doing a tunnel, the benzema freekick with 3 players...).

Minor adittions, major improvements.

ruialexandre

Hmm dunno it looked pretty good but im looking forward to the demo. I hope it uses euro 2008 as a base and just tweaks it to improve things like the goalie ai etc. This is the first year that im genuinely thinking im more likely to buy fifa than pro evo, crazy.

ali_g_84uk

When the hell is Konami going to pick up official licenses? I'm stick of seeing "Manchestnuts United" and other goofy names.

The cinematics for FIFA '08 look better btw.

drunkentyger

hey i'm sure pc will get again out dated ps2 grafics like fifa 08 because our pcs are sooooo slow they can't take xbox 360 grafics. haha. europe is football world and europe has enough good pcs, not like US.

Himiko

@AndreasDahl:

Eeeeeeewwwwwww...
You don't want to watch it but you can't look away...

Mokka

EA Developer- And thats all the features of Fifa 09. . .

Consumer- But thats pretty much the same as Fifa 08

EA Developer- Yes but now theres Snow

Consumer- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill take two copies

Domobran

Hope the Wii version copies PES08's control scheme. That was truly awesome.

Chadders

@Himiko: FIFA 09 is getting a graphical upgrade on the PC this year.

From EA's website:

"Leading Edge Visual Quality - FIFA 09 on PC now delivers the jump in quality demanded by PC gamers around the world. The latest shader and visual techniques leverage hi-spec graphics cards for a visually spectacular recreation of the beautiful game."

HenryHSH

The ball in the game has gotten a hell of a lot more floaty, a lot of players have complained about it, particularly goalkeepers. Fifa was strides above PES this year, so we'll see how they both turn out.

TearsandScreams

Right, when I see in-game footage of people being able to string together passes like that those one two's between Fabregas and the other player (couldn't recognize him) or strikers go after rebounds and volley like Rooney did.

THEN I will be impressed. Oh and if tackling happens as sensibly as the Roma/Juve tackle and the computer doesn't just whisk away the ball using psychic power as on World Class in 2008.

2007 wasn't too bad but 08? Step in the wrong direction (I'm talking about the PC version btw)

majatt

@chadders

from what i've heard (ign wii podcast) the control scheme is PES-lite control. meaning you can have pinpoint passing but you can't send your teammates on runs. also defensively you can control a player unlike PES, which should be definitely easier to pick up.

i hope they'll change that you can send your own players on runs like PES.

eatrice

@drunkentyger: You never considered that EA might like to sign big money exclusive deals with sporting competitions outside of America? EA have the English Premier League exclusive, while Konami only have the J.League exclusively from what I understand.

vantesaur

yea, i've never been a fan of PES, but fifa 08 wasn't all too good in my opinion, i'm just hoping this game is better (couldnt be any worse). but never in a million years would i stoop down and buy pes..i like realism..and not having licensed teams or players or sponsors, makes it that much less fun.

thesillyone

Fifa vs PES. I chose the latter. It's almost like an irreversible choice. I'll keep buying PES games no matter how bad they get, and not buy any FIFA games no matter how good they get. Is there something wrong with me or do others feel the same way?

akif24

Oh my god...in that short clip there's at least 5 product placements. Samsung, tmobile, nike, adidas, aig, novotel. I've never bought a soccer game before, I'm not about to start now with all that blatent advertising.

karateka

@akif24:

I used to only play PES and I switched to FIFA 08 because it is a much superior game. I'll still buy both, but FIFA is leagues ahead of PES in my opinion.

Royal_Highness

I didn't notice the ball doing wierd things. It didn't fall as much as it should in the long score, but the ball was hit hard...?

paydirt76

@karateka: You mean on the jerseys? You know that's what the teams actually wear right? And not something EA stuck in there to make a few bucks..

AndreasDahl

@eatrice: I agree with you on all that you say.

Chadders

@karateka:
That was precious

moidsch

@karateka: Seems you've never watched a soccer game. All club teams wear a sponsor's logo on their jersey.

Devittron

T@AndreasDahl: Thank you....jeez

dunanknute

I'm hoping for FIFA 09 to be different, or better rather, from FIFA 08 (and EURO for that matter). It sure better be. I found that the controlled for FIFA 08 were slightly similar to a truck. I'm sure there will be improvement for this one. Picking it up for sure though.

Mister Grumbles

@karateka:

so i'm assuming you've never watched ANY sports game before...

advertisements left and right with stuff like "jack at the half" and the whole "Brought to you by" thing. Sports have always incorporated advertising, taking it out of a videogame would only lead to unrealistic gameplay.

aKed

All this ad stuff is funny. I noticed some jersesy did not have ads, were they removed for the trailer or for the whole game....

latinogamer

Only the jerseys with Bwin sponsorship (Real Madrid and Milan) were clean. And Madrid's jersey wasn't made right.

Great Merol

@latinogamer:

It was Real Madrid and AC Milan who both have Bwin.com as their sponsor. Bwin is an online casino so I'm guessing that's why it was pulled in the ad. In FIFA 08 they didn't have the sponsor on the team selection screen but it was on the shirts in game.

jack1e_treehorn

fuck fifa

Aachen

because if the ball moves around in the air like that while you're playing, you'll get a better game of football playing NHL 09.

Not to sound like an ass, but I don't see nothing wrong in the trailer. Well, the keepers have ungodly skillz, but that's it.

AokiShinya

FIFA is such an unrealistic football game. If only the gameplay was actually as good as that trailer in their games. I'll keep an eye on this in case of a miracle, but i'm thinking PES'09 will be the way to go. Again.

Darkstorne