FIFA 13 - First thoughts

So one of the biggest games of year came out on Friday, if you have any male friends than expect them be away for a bit if you don't own the game yourself. 

I got the game the day after it came out, early Saturday morning, and despite the fact I had a Science exam today and a French exam tomorrow, I have barely had the xbox turned off, this game is dragging me in, I can't see a way out. 

The game is a step up from FIFA 12, the game play just feels better and they've added a few more realistic features into it, little things like subs warming up and the pitches look more realistic, the ball moves more realistically and there's more I can add.

They've added a new game mode called skill games, and they've made it so in the arena before a game you can have a quick go at these skill games before your game. 

But, every single game has negatives, FIFA 13 for me is definitely one of them, here's my list of negatives:

1. You had the woodwork lots - Very annoying this, it must be deliberate as there's no way in FIFA 12 that I would hit the woodwork as much as I have done in FIFA 13, once if not twice a game the ball will strike it!

2. Attacking intelligence - can make the attackers stupider -  The amount of times I have sent the ball over and my striker doesn't latch on to it because he's trying to be too smart, a flaw no doubt, hard to explain it fully, but trust, it's annoying. 

3. Defending is very hard... - At moments in a game I could suddenly have a 3 on 1 attack coming my way. Where are my defenders gone? Who knows.

4. Long shots are easy, too easy in fact. - I've been scoring long shots too often, in fact earlier on I was doing a career with Celtic, last minute of the game I was already winning 4-1 or something, so I shot from not far in from the half way line with Hooper, the ball only goes and flies in, awesome goal, but on FIFA 12 I would never have scored from there! Unrealistic, footballers don't score from 40 yards regularly you know!

5. Frustrating little glitches are still lurking about. - I've been disconnected from the EA servers a few times already, not as bad as it was on FIFA 12, but who's to say it won't get worse, so annoying when you're playing around in UT then get kicked off!

I could name a few more, but I'll stick with 5, I don't want to make a long list, as I did say I liked the game above! 

But every game will have problems and negatives, so I'll just carry on as normal. And if you have an Xbox360 or a PS3, it's worth getting, £40 well spent, better than an iPhone anyway!