This is the first ever blog post that I am writing. So please bear with my stupidity and immaturity. Not saying that I won't be stupid and immature later on, it's just that I won't apologize for it again.
So it's been a couple of days since the launch of FIFA 13, which happened to conveniently coincide with us starting this blog. Having owned every single edition since the 2001 edition, I figured what better way to start? FIFA also happens to be the favorite game of us four bloggers. Up until 2 years ago, before the 4 of us started living in 3 different time zones spread over 2 different continents, when we were not "studying", watching football or getting drunk at our local having football discussions, we were involved in intense FIFA sessions. I feel very confident in admitting that our level is pretty hight. Legendary, in FIFA terms. It is a well known fact amongst our friends that I am the grand master (comments not welcome). For second place, it's a coin toss between AB and el P. In at no. 4 would be that arsenal fan, happy to be 4th as long as he plays tiki-taka and no crosses/long balls. Now don't get me wrong here, our slowest zebra is faster than most of you lions out there. My ps3 id is TEEJAYPEE. Prove me wrong.
Now I'm not gonna compare every single edition of FIFA because we all know how far the game has come since the days of choosing Barcelona, cutting in on Rivaldo's magical left foot, shooting from the top of the box and thrashing madrid's galactiicos 12-0. There are a lot of changes from the previous edition itself. FIFA 12 changed the gameplay a little bit, but in this version the change is a little more exponential. You can no longer receive the ball while pressing the sprint button. That is a change I have found to be very hard to adapt. My first touch is worse than Dirk Kuyt at the moment. Passing an crossing has to be much more calculated. Lot more factors involved now like power, direction has to be more accurate, body position, etc. My tiki-taka friend is not gonna be very amused with it. They even made shooting a little different/difficult. I was the master of the finesse shot. I could bend it (R1 + shoot) in the far corner with a blindfold on. Let's just put it this way, if david beckham was doing that in reality, he would have had 4 kids with kate moss instead of posh spice. Unfortunately, I have to start from scratch to perfect that art in FIFA 13. And all that is just the attacking part. Defending is a different ball game. Yesterday my defending was, as ray Hudson would put it, stretched like spandex on Miami beach. I loved the new tactical defending in FIFA 12 but never got a hang of it. You see I have the Real Madrid (pre mourinho) mentality, if they score 2, I'll score 6. But I really am gonna try and get a hang of tactical defending this time around. The best defensive addition is the pulling and tugging of shirts. Absolutely love it. Reminds me of my childhood days as a left winger. I would virtually have my opposite fullback's jersey in my hand by the end of the match. I was like a cosmin contra or a Freddie ljungberg. A real thorn in the side with a few moments of flair and skill. The third and final part of gameplay, the set pieces, are like my kriptonite. After all, even superman had his kriptonite. I have always found it hard to score from corners and I am even worse at defending them. In the past 2 days I have scored a total of zero corners and have conceded a couple. I was pretty decent at direct free-kicks on FIFA 12 but I am still getting the hang of this one. Just need to find that G-spot, if you know what I mean.
Apart from the gameplay, FIFA 13 has a lot of new stuff. The concept of ea football club was brilliant. It has even more stuff now. The interactive World Cup is also great. It's just like the head-to-head league, but a real thing. I'm pretty confident I'm gonna make it far. Hopefully the finals. There's a lot more stuff and honestly I haven't even gone thorough most of it. The arena feature is pretty cool b You can challenge other people. I hope to get at least a few beers out of it from el P. The new skill training before kickoff is great. I was kind of getting annoyed with that one on one thing with the keeper. This is something new and different every time. My other reason for liking this change is a secret I have shared with nobody before. So here it goes. I am not a superstitious person except when it comes to football. Don't ask me why because I don't have that answer myself. I actually even have a routine for man united game. I don't shave on the day before a united game is one of the many stupid things I do. It gives me a peace of mind before kick-off. Some just smoke a cigarette, some do this kind of crazy stuff, and then you have the 3rd kind. The kind that do both. So coming back to that one on one, I had this thing where If I didn't score in the first two tries, I felt like I'd lose. And I'd lose pretty often. Confidence was shot right from the start. But then again, I rarely missed those and hence, rarely lost.
Well, I guess that is enough showboating for my 1st blog post. The thumbs have been warmed up for another long FIFA session. Again my psn id is TEEJAYPEE. Buy the game, add me and enjoy getting schooled.
Happy FIFA!!!
So it's been a couple of days since the launch of FIFA 13, which happened to conveniently coincide with us starting this blog. Having owned every single edition since the 2001 edition, I figured what better way to start? FIFA also happens to be the favorite game of us four bloggers. Up until 2 years ago, before the 4 of us started living in 3 different time zones spread over 2 different continents, when we were not "studying", watching football or getting drunk at our local having football discussions, we were involved in intense FIFA sessions. I feel very confident in admitting that our level is pretty hight. Legendary, in FIFA terms. It is a well known fact amongst our friends that I am the grand master (comments not welcome). For second place, it's a coin toss between AB and el P. In at no. 4 would be that arsenal fan, happy to be 4th as long as he plays tiki-taka and no crosses/long balls. Now don't get me wrong here, our slowest zebra is faster than most of you lions out there. My ps3 id is TEEJAYPEE. Prove me wrong.
Now I'm not gonna compare every single edition of FIFA because we all know how far the game has come since the days of choosing Barcelona, cutting in on Rivaldo's magical left foot, shooting from the top of the box and thrashing madrid's galactiicos 12-0. There are a lot of changes from the previous edition itself. FIFA 12 changed the gameplay a little bit, but in this version the change is a little more exponential. You can no longer receive the ball while pressing the sprint button. That is a change I have found to be very hard to adapt. My first touch is worse than Dirk Kuyt at the moment. Passing an crossing has to be much more calculated. Lot more factors involved now like power, direction has to be more accurate, body position, etc. My tiki-taka friend is not gonna be very amused with it. They even made shooting a little different/difficult. I was the master of the finesse shot. I could bend it (R1 + shoot) in the far corner with a blindfold on. Let's just put it this way, if david beckham was doing that in reality, he would have had 4 kids with kate moss instead of posh spice. Unfortunately, I have to start from scratch to perfect that art in FIFA 13. And all that is just the attacking part. Defending is a different ball game. Yesterday my defending was, as ray Hudson would put it, stretched like spandex on Miami beach. I loved the new tactical defending in FIFA 12 but never got a hang of it. You see I have the Real Madrid (pre mourinho) mentality, if they score 2, I'll score 6. But I really am gonna try and get a hang of tactical defending this time around. The best defensive addition is the pulling and tugging of shirts. Absolutely love it. Reminds me of my childhood days as a left winger. I would virtually have my opposite fullback's jersey in my hand by the end of the match. I was like a cosmin contra or a Freddie ljungberg. A real thorn in the side with a few moments of flair and skill. The third and final part of gameplay, the set pieces, are like my kriptonite. After all, even superman had his kriptonite. I have always found it hard to score from corners and I am even worse at defending them. In the past 2 days I have scored a total of zero corners and have conceded a couple. I was pretty decent at direct free-kicks on FIFA 12 but I am still getting the hang of this one. Just need to find that G-spot, if you know what I mean.
Apart from the gameplay, FIFA 13 has a lot of new stuff. The concept of ea football club was brilliant. It has even more stuff now. The interactive World Cup is also great. It's just like the head-to-head league, but a real thing. I'm pretty confident I'm gonna make it far. Hopefully the finals. There's a lot more stuff and honestly I haven't even gone thorough most of it. The arena feature is pretty cool b You can challenge other people. I hope to get at least a few beers out of it from el P. The new skill training before kickoff is great. I was kind of getting annoyed with that one on one thing with the keeper. This is something new and different every time. My other reason for liking this change is a secret I have shared with nobody before. So here it goes. I am not a superstitious person except when it comes to football. Don't ask me why because I don't have that answer myself. I actually even have a routine for man united game. I don't shave on the day before a united game is one of the many stupid things I do. It gives me a peace of mind before kick-off. Some just smoke a cigarette, some do this kind of crazy stuff, and then you have the 3rd kind. The kind that do both. So coming back to that one on one, I had this thing where If I didn't score in the first two tries, I felt like I'd lose. And I'd lose pretty often. Confidence was shot right from the start. But then again, I rarely missed those and hence, rarely lost.
Well, I guess that is enough showboating for my 1st blog post. The thumbs have been warmed up for another long FIFA session. Again my psn id is TEEJAYPEE. Buy the game, add me and enjoy getting schooled.
Happy FIFA!!!
mind the spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. still getting used to typing a massive page on a smartphone. its hard to write when you only see half a sentence at a time.
ReplyDeleteMadness?? THIS IS FIFA! A roundhouse kick into the torso of any FIFA haters tossing them into the well follows after!
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. I am getting my PS3 tomorrow so I will try and reach 2010 levels..
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