fiFranky - that is a shame, but i hope it will be in fifa 07 ;)
Gurdz666 - atleast we get a penalty out of it
da premiership - thats sad to hear as it would be a further great imrpovement in that area
James EA - we appreciate your feedback
James EA - It will be on the list for next year
EAUK_Protagonist - Moving on from goalkeeping a little -
EAUK_Sentience - How does the new free kick system work in terms of putting direction/curl/power on the ball? And can we change the kick taker after a foul?
GIJSCHELSEA - Are the penalties changed?
EAUK_Protagonist - another related question
Marcel EA - First of all I want to mention that the free kick system will be completely new in FIFA 2006 - James, do you have a further explanation how it will exactly work?
James EA - Use Free Practice to hone your footballing skills. Reduce the number of opponents to master the trick moves without being pressurised. Work on your shooting while running to achieve the perfect level of power and direction.
Corner practice gives you the opportunity to test various levels of power and direction to best suit your formation. Learn how to deliver the ball into the area and find unmarked players.
You can also practice your shooting skills from a set piece. Try to stop the power bar in the blue area when shooting for most accuracy. Push forward on the right analog stick to increase the trajectory of the shot. Pull back on the analog stick to decrease the trajectory. Remember that lofted shots with a higher trajectory have a slower velocity while and are easier to stop. A lower trajectory will have increased speed and be harder for the goalkeeper to stop but will be less likely to clear the defensive wall.
Ok this is a more intuitive system
gerberoo - Is there more than one animation for freekicks and/or penalties and/or corners or any other new player specific animations this year?
JP339 - This is something totally different from previous fifa games!!! I can't wait to get my hands on it. I think it improves the game even more
Marcel EA - As for penalties - we noticed the lack of options and have added various shot types, i.E. you will be able to simple perform a slick "Chip Shot" to fool the goalkeeper.
jasondask - is the placement of penalties completely manual and free, or are we restritected to a few key spots (like last year)?
Gators625 - Do corners work the same way as free kicks?
EAUK_Protagonist - as another followup on this subject
Marcel EA - With the new shot types come new options to place the ball, an inside foot curl will give you a much more accurate shot then an full power shot.
James EA - Corner kicks and free kicks follow the same princples yes
da premiership - Are we able to play a short corner such as in UCL?
Marcel EA - Definitely, to be authentic you need a variety of passes / passing options. You can perform a short corner, even call a man to come close to receive a short corner.
JAnders - cool
gafatasary - Or to throw them off
Gullbag - that was a good decision to add that feature
TheLegend - That is very cool
EAUK_Protagonist - another subject move, onto weather and shirts....
EAUK_Sentience - Can some players have long sleeves? Will weather influence this? Will weather also affect other areas of the game such as player movement?
JP339 - what about .What are the weather modes in FIFA 06? Will the weather change (like in NASCAR) from rainy to cloudy and back to rainy (or from heavy rain to light rain) during the match? And will players wear gloves and/or long sleeves in cold/rainy weather? Adding to this, does the weather have a direct effect upon the pitch and how the game plays?
EAUK_Protagonist - a follow up
Gurdz666 - is there dynamic weather in fifa06? will the weather effect the players and gameplay? for example if its cold or snowy, most players wear gloves and full sleeves, and also in a rainy game, the ball will move slower and theres more chance of miss timing a tacke. since i talked about snow. is there snow in the game?
Marcel EA - Big win on the authenticity side - players will be able to have short and long sleeves. We even went the extra step to ensure that specific players that always have short sleeves (i.E. Cassillas or Barthez) in our game. This is thanks to our database managers who provided us with that data.
DazWaldron07 - will there be an option to have tucked and un-tucked shirts?
mh - Great work DB team! ;-)
Marcel EA - We won't support untacked shirts as it is a rule in soccer to have you shirt tucked in at all time...part of the "uniform"...
gafatasary - Some players are rebels then :
Quincy Owusu - well, that's good thinking!
EAUK_Protagonist - Onto weather then?
Marcel EA - Sure. Concerning weather there will be more options (and the night stadiums won't be locked this time ;-)). There will be 6 available weather settings, ranging from "Sunset" to "Rainy Night".
breamster - sunny to dark as the game progresses?
alexmula - will there be snow ?
blink182 - can we choose what type of weather we can play in?
EAUK_Sentience - A few follow on questions there.
Marcel EA - The weather will be static, we were not able to support dynamic weather changes.
Dukey - will players react to the cold etc - eg. poorer performance?
da premiership - in addition to dukes question, does the temperature affect the number of players wearing long sleeves?
Marcel EA - Snow these days is a rare occurrence these days (heated pitches) therefore we decided to leave it out.
blink182 - too bad
Gullbag - understandable
gafatasary - Ah, I was hoping for Snow :(
Marcel EA - I'd be happy to hear your opinion though if we should include at / if you think it is a vital part of the game. We can consider it for next year if there is a need for it.
gafatasary - I don't feel It's Vital - I just think It's one of the smaller additions that would add on to make a greater game
blink182 - yes, we'd really like that
Marcel EA - Oh, missed one - can you choose the weather setting...
Nickclubman - dynamic weather would create a much more interesting game.
jasondask - I think it would be more novelty then vital...maybe an unlockable?
Marcel EA - ...yes in "Play now" (which is called "Kick-off" now) you will be able to choose the weather setting. In the career mode, cup games that happen during the week will be played at night while weekend games will be played during daylight.
Gullbag - nice attention to detail
gerberoo - nice touch
fi.RobertoCarlos - That's a great idea!
fireshadow2669 aka minesh - thats more relaistic
Marcel EA - We will watch out for the "Snow" or general "Weather" discussions in the forums for next year - thanks for your feedback.
EAUK_Sentience - A new question then. Has First Touch been improved? Some FIFA 06 videos show players still pushing the ball way ahead. Will this be fixed?
Gurdz666 - in fifa05, when i pushed the ball ahead, 80% of the time i was disposesed
Marcel EA - Yes - there are more animations and options for the first touch feature...many more ways to trap the ball as well. Context sensitivity was a major focus - players will use their heads, chests and feet to perform first touches.
gerberoo - is it in any way related to the velocity of a pass then?
Marcel EA - Again FIFA 2006 will be based on attributes, first touch quality is based on a player attribute. If this attribute is high the first touch will be excellent and the ball won't be pushed ahead too much...if the attribute is low, then you might loose the ball more frequently.
EAUK_Protagonist - We're running low on time here, so we'll go with three short (but interesting) questions to round things off for this session -
EAUK_Sentience - First up, is it true FIFA 94 is an unlockable?
James EA - Yep it's true!!! We have the original FIFA 94 retro game in the PS2 version of the game. Its very cool.
Dukey - wicked
Quincy Owusu - Yes, i got a ps2!!
fireshadow2669 aka minesh - thats a great unlockable
EAUK_Sentience - Can you save replays on consoles?
Marcel EA - You can...it is a new feature on PS2 and Xbox.
Gurdz666 - wooooooooo hoooooooooooooo
Gators625 - How large is each saved replay?
Marcel EA - I have no specific save file size, but you are able to fit a couple of them on your regular memory card (PS2) / your harddrive (Xbox).
EAUK_Protagonist - Last question for today, although we will be sending more questions from this session and the forum thread to be answered in the next few days
EAUK_Sentience - An ever popular question here - has goal net movement been improved?
Marcel EA - Oh yeah...the goal net should bulge in a much more realistic way this year. This effect is even better combined with several new replay/highlight angles we're offering for FIFA 2006.
JP339 - nice I was looking foward to that!!!! Thanks. :)
ESL-Trigun - Sounds great :)
da premiership - can we see the nets move during normal gameplay?
smart88 - new highlight angles sound great :)
Marcel EA - yes - this is not limited to highlights or replays
da premiership - fantastic!!
shawuan - good
Quincy Owusu - yes!!!!!!!
EAUK_Protagonist - That about rounds it off for today. We'll be holding another chat soon. Stay tuned to the site for details.
JJ_FifaPeru - we need the PC Requirements :(
EAUK_Sentience - We'll have the PC requirements nearer to release as happened last year.
smart88 - thank u sen
Gurdz666 - so the demoes will be out the same time as the actual game?
EAUK_Protagonist - but that might move, demo's always shift around a little
EAUK_Sentience - Bye guys, thanks for joining the chat.
