The French version of Official Playstation magazine has given gamers the first details on EA’s upcoming football title FIFA 2012.
FIFAalong with titles such as Madden, NHL and NBA make the backbone of EASports and they are hoping to once again outshine their biggest rivals ProEvolutionSoccer with this latest installment. Looking through the list of details it’s a good start it must be said and Konami will have their work cut out if they want to take the throne of the ‘Best Console Football Game’.
Due to the article originally being French here is a rough translation of the features coming to FIFA 2012:
- New camera angle will be noticeably closer to the ground
- New menu interface appears to be simpler and more ergonomic than before
- Integration of the ‘Impact Engine’ which properly tracks contact between players
- Pro Player Intelligence will try to eliminate blind passing, if a pass is attempted to a player that cannot be seen on the screen it is highly likely that the pass will not be completed
- The AI should become more human and play on their strengths whilst also acting morecarefully with the ballwhen highly skilled players come towards them
- Using the ‘B’ or ‘A’ buttons to follow a player will now support a feature where if the button is double tapped the player will attempt an interception.
- Integration of a new short dribble with the left stick
- New presentation looks inspired by English games by introducing more colours
- Location of an injury will be shown by the player grabbing the part of his body that is injured
- Three new arenas
- Integration of benches along the sidelines
- New lighting effects
