The game that we assume will be called FIFA 20 hasn't even been announced yet, but the development team is already talking openly about the key gameplay changes that it wants to bring to this year's instalment. Detailed in a lengthy dev blog over on EA's official site, the post covers improved AI and manual defending as well as new defending systems, one-on-one shooting, timed finishes, volley crossing and shooting, skill moves, set-piece positioning, goalkeeper movement, general passing, and player switching. Phew.
Again, it's a lengthy post, so we won't regurgitate it all here, but it does sound like the team's been listening to a lot of fan feedback. Defensive play in particular looks like it's going to get a significant overhaul, with a "renewed defending system" supposedly emphasising manual defending as opposed to letting your AI teammates deal with it. As a result, manual defending will apparently be more effective and more rewarding.
Timed finishing also seems to be a big one, with precise shots being more difficult to perform. The same is true of volley crossing and shooting, as well as passing -- there's going to be more room for error across the board. In short, the game's about to get harder, rewarding skill first and foremost. You can read through all the details here.
As for FIFA 20 itself, we assume that it'll be officially revealed during EA's EA Play event later this week, or at least, around that time. Are you looking forward to the next FIFA? Take the net off in the comments section below.
[source ea.com]
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Until it starts to copy PES a bit more on the gameplay then, nah, doesn't interest me. Lightweight beach balls and floaty ice skatey players just make it all feel so unrealistic compared with the nice weighty feel of PES.
Corey Andress replied to my tweet the other day though and said I may be pleased to hear more about the 'feel' of FIFA 20, so I'll watch this space I guess. No qualms about moving to that game if the gameplay improves.
Don’t they list those gameplay changes EVERY year?
They need to take ultimate team out these games and make it standalone. Never been the same since they focused on it. The main game suffers.
I much preferred Fifa 19 to PES this year and that's a first for me. So fingers crossed they continue to improve it.
@daveofduncan I completely agree we never bother with UT and never will. However, we enjoy career seasons which haven't been improved upon for years and are still full of bugs and glitches.
Maybe it's just me they they all seem very similar to each other to play and I can't for the life of me work out that why when someone already has a particular sports game, that they need another of the exact same series for that console.
What I found with FIFA 19 was that when it first launched the gameplay was great. It was bit slower, more physical, more difficult to score. Then the "community" started moaning that they couldn't just use the quickest players to run past everyone and EA patched the game, turning it in to the same game it always was. Wish they'd have the strength in their convictions to make changes and stick to them and not revert back to type when Twitter kicks up a fuss.
It's always those EA Sports jargons every year - Timed Finishing, Precision Shots, Intelligence+, Legacy Defending, Moonwalk Dribbling.
@Alfieburns I've reduced my use of Twitter a lot over the last 8-12 months. It's a pretty ludicrous place now, with some mob always "outraged" about something inconsequential. Problem is, everyone seems scared of what "Twitter" thinks. It's ridiculous.
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