FIFA 08 Suggestions

Mel Brennan · Mar 17, 2007

Dante said: ↑

Here's a great idea... how about NOT limiting the 360 version to just six leagues? I refuse to buy FIFA07 because of this and it will be the first time since FIFA came out that I haven't bought a new version.
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And no MLS in the US market? That's some serious Haterade.

Mel Brennan · Mar 17, 2007

scottyD Man Utd said: ↑

can we talk about fifa 08 suggestions now
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Sure. How about "better in every way"?

cooldude · Mar 29, 2007

I definitely don't have the patience to go over the last few pages so here I go:

1. The captain's armband FFS. UEFA07 is also the same.

2. More realistic please. When u play in the manager mode, while u improve ur team, the others stagnate and I got Utd and 'Pool relegated by the 7th season and Charlton is always in the UCL.

3. The all-time legends team does not have Pele and Maradona. WTF?

4. The gameplay is just fine but I'd like it a tad harder. I won 4-0 in legendary a couple of times.

cooldude · Mar 29, 2007

henryhill said: ↑

Career- Manager

Main page should be set up like a website homepage

Team news page. (View news headlines from around the league or news for your club

Include Marketing or Promotions under Office section

Receive revenue for jerseys and merchandise sales

Revenue determined on level of marketing

Have staff upgrades for a marketing manager

Choose team sponsor from official in game sponsors

Sponsor to appear on the teams jersey

Choose make of jersey (Nike, Adidas, Umbro, etc.) and choose style

Adidas will have different styles than Nike or Umbro

Jersey manufacturer to appear on jersey

Lower clubs negotiate with lesser sponsors and so on

When promoted from lower division to Premier League for example, the arm patch changes. Same for European matches

The ability to edit and view jerseys every season. A team won’t use the same jersey for 15 years.

Customize game kits. Ex: Red Jersey, White Shorts, Black Socks or Red Jersey, Black Shorts, Black Socks or White Jersey, White Shorts, Black Socks. So many possibilities

Stadium Editor- Ability to change name of stadium. Instead of UK division 3 style, name it “Superdome Stadium” or something

Instead of buying new stadiums, you add additions to your existing one to create more capacity. Add blocks of seats, luxury boxes, offices and levels. In turn you will increase your match revenue

Ability to select type of pitch and pay for pitch changes when needed

Ability to view the stadium: sort of a stadium fly around

Add sponsors to the sideline boards. Ex: team sponsors, other sponsors, promotions (custom created ads)

static boards for smaller stadiums and choice of static or scrolling for larger stadiums

Set ticket prices. Not just high and low, but determine how many pounds per seat and determine the prices for each section

Ability to see what is happening in other leagues- For example, have a link called FIFA.com and from there the user can view all the leagues to see how each team is doing

Be able to see league leaders from other leagues

Player of the Month and Year Awards

Manager of the Month and Year Awards

Footballer of the Year Award

Determine length of a loan spell

Swap deals for players and cash

UEFA Licscensing. Probably not going to happen when the arrival of the new Champions League Game

Champions League and UEFA Cup finals to be played in random stadiums throughout Europe every year. Ability to customize the list of stadiums.

League theme music for Premiership and other leagues. I know the Premier League one used to be there.

Champions League and UEFA Cup music as well

At the beginning of the season, select your favourite international team.

You don’t just manage your club team, you also play as the International team

Play their friendlies and qualification games

Complete control over all off season duties, play a complete off season

Play in World Cups and Continental Cups every year they are available (even if they aren't the official names, but official would be better)

Start a training camp for all players (Senior, Reserves, Youth)

Pick your team

Send rest to Reserves and Youth

Youths and Reserves can get injured during their games and the senior team is notified

Call up as needed

Have staff upgrades for youth system coach

Have the option of a pre season tournament or tour. Choose a tournament format, number of teams, continent or country and name the cup or play a pre set tournament. You could also take a country tour and play teams from that country. Ex; take Manchester United on a North American tour and select your opposition and number of games

Club World Cup Tournament for Champions League winners and equivalents

Fixture editor- Create your own fixtures list. Move games around etc. This would allow a user to copy their team’s real life fixtures or simply move fixtures around so you don’t end up with a cup game and season game on the same day or same weekend

Trophy Room. View all your awards in one giant (or small) room. Kind of like a tour

Milestones- keep track of manager’s tournament records and not just their season records. I want to know how many games in total I played in a season and over my career. Special bonuses for things like 100th, 500th, 1000th game in charge.

Reward Ideas- The store is a great place to get rewards, but some just aren’t worth playing for. Here are some things I would like to play for. New boots, new leagues, new tournaments, new teams, new cups, new game modes, club specific footballs, new sponsors, new players (classic players), any thing that creates incentive to keep playing

Longer and more elaborate celebrations when you win a cup. Different ones as well. A 1 min celebration is never enough. I want to feel that I really accomplished something special

Scouting reports for teams in your league. See who’s hot who’s not and who’s injured

Player watch list- Send out a scout to look for new talent. Keep an eye on them and watch their development over the years

Real player pictures for in game menus

In Game

Score in top corner to reflect the league you are playing in. Ex: Premiership, Bundisliga, French Ligue 1, Champions League, FA Cup, etc.

More of a TV style opening presentation and to be league specific to create that certain atmosphere. Atmosphere is the hardest thing to recreate. It’s all in the little details.

Updated commentary

Hostility Meter- Raises with bad calls, viscous tackles, cards, etc. Starts higher for rivalries. Ex: Man United vs. Arsenal would start with a high intensity as opposed to Liverpool vs. Tottenham. That’s not to say the rivalries can’t be created. If a game starts tame and then gets very physical and ends on a high note, the next game between the two clubs would start on a higher level of hostility whether it is a cup game or a league fixture. Once the level gets to about 90%, things will start flying onto the pitch. You want to avoid getting to 100% though because the clubs may be fined for their part. It’s not to say that both clubs would be fined. If one team is out of control and the other is playing responsible football, only one team may be charged. If this happens too many times during the course of a season, a team could see a deduction in points next term, relegation or even a ban from European Play for a season. The object then becomes to play a fair responsible game of football, but that doesn’t always happen.

In Game ticker- gives updates on games happening at the same time you are playing as well as games that have already been completed that day. If you need 3 points to overtake Arsenal for the league lead and a ticker pops up saying they are losing to Chelsea, you know you best win the game to take top spot.

More injuries- Injuries don’t only happen during a tackle, they happen when players jump for the ball and clash heads or come down on their ankle wrong. They happen when players block shots. Goalies get injured when they charge for the ball and a player doesn’t stop or when they dive for it and come down on their shoulder. There are so many more possibilities. I don’t like to see injuries, but they are a big part of the game and they give your reserves and youths a better shot at the senior team.

Players on pitch to be speaking and shouting in the language of their country

A pop up during the game should show how many people attended the match

Villain rating- If an away player makes a crunching tackle on a home player, every time he touches the ball, he should get jeered. Some players may play better when getting jeered and some might just want to leave the pitch.

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. If u did that by yourself, then I'll rep u as soon as I can. I have given out too much in 24 hrs.....

cooldude · Mar 29, 2007

dustcowpoke said: ↑

I can't remember if I mentioned this but I can't stress it enough.

I think you should be able to recall a loan at the January transfer window.

I'm Aston Villa and I bought some young players for a low price and loaned them out. I loaned out Luke Moore, Theo Walcott, and Bradley Wright-Phillips and let them get some quality playing time with another club, but then Agbonlahor and Baros got injured, leaving me with Darren Bent as my only striker. This was in November and the two of them won't be set to return until mid-March.

Now I'll have to buy cover. I'm thinking about making a bid for Nathan Ellington or Shola Ameobi.
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Yeah, good point. In real life tho', u need to have a clause on the loan-contract to do that.

shirteesdotnet · Apr 17, 2007

Im waiting for 08 so I can have FC Toronto in there. In the meantime, does anyone know where I can find mods for FIFA07? There used to be several good sites that had tons of mods (roster updates, new kits, balls, stadiums, etc) but I never bookmarked them. Are they still out there? Can anyone guide me to some good sites for FIFA thanks!

boomheadshot45 · Apr 25, 2007

I want like every league. The leagues that the Xbox/PS2 had in Fifa 07. Make it better in all aspects, and make the achievements easier!

hectorcrib · Apr 25, 2007

shirteesdotnet said: ↑

Im waiting for 08 so I can have FC Toronto in there. In the meantime, does anyone know where I can find mods for FIFA07? There used to be several good sites that had tons of mods (roster updates, new kits, balls, stadiums, etc) but I never bookmarked them. Are they still out there? Can anyone guide me to some good sites for FIFA thanks!
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Well you can get roster updates when you play online
other than that i dont think there are websites where you can update things on your system through your computer

dustcowpoke · Apr 25, 2007

cooldude said: ↑

Yeah, good point. In real life tho', u need to have a clause on the loan-contract to do that.
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Yeah it's really annoying. The loan out option is a really good thing if you have young players getting no playing time, but if you need to recall them because you have injury crisis you are screwed cuz you can't.

scottyD Man Utd redded · Apr 26, 2007

aye.. just realised that... will fifa 08 come out for ps2? and can u play ps3 games on ps2?

Liv'poolFaninAZ · Apr 30, 2007

WOW! seriously don't you all think that the price tag on this game will be like 150 dollars with all those features?

Heathmyhero · May 2, 2007

scottyD Man Utd said: ↑

*FIFA 08/09 SUGGESTIONS*

1. New leagues

2. Manager mode international and the chance to send emails to players and staff.

3. Easier searching for new players.

4. The chance to organise friendly matches with other teams.

5. Have a friends list where you can make good friends (managers) which can increase the chance of trades with thier clubs and decrease with the guys you hate.

6. We need to be able to create our own formations and need more of them.

7. Show your fan support every week.

8. Players can get drunk and get fined by the cops for stuff.

9. In Manager Mode, we could like make stadiums, change our name, uniform and choose a player from another club to be watched and keeped track of.

10. Better injuries - need stretchers and life-ending injuries.

11. Realistic celebrations like speeches and confetti.

12. Start of as your own player and then retire and coach or manage your club.

13. More commentators.

14. have our own website where we can see how we are going and fan polls. say if the fans wanted Harry Kewell to be on the field more and on the centre midfield in a poll... then change him to that position so i get more fans happy.

15. Local charity events and better sponsers. also we need more sponsers like adidas and nike, i hate having like ... stimorol which i have never heard of.

16. Unlock more players and prizes.

17. Injury percentage is a major issue and we need to know that.

18. Chat to news crew and fans and actually fire players if they have been bad and staff instead of waiting till the end of their contract

19. Personal practise where you can build on players attributes.

20. Players morale needs to be a major issue. They need to be sad if their father died or happy if they got married.

please comment on and reply. go man united
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good ideas

soccerfreak9210 · May 6, 2007

scottyD Man Utd said: ↑

aye.. just realised that... will fifa 08 come out for ps2? and can u play ps3 games on ps2?
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08 will come out on everything...(ps2, ps3, xbox, xbox 360, wii, gamecube[i think], pc, portables)

now, just think... can u play PS3 games on a PS2? wow...

Heathmyhero · May 7, 2007

soccerfreak9210 said: ↑

08 will come out on everything...(ps2, ps3, xbox, xbox 360, wii, gamecube[i think], pc, portables)

now, just think... can u play PS3 games on a PS2? wow...
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can you?

Latin Pride · May 12, 2007

Add top South American teams from other leagues such as Olimpia, Colo Colo, Libertad, I.Madelin, LDU, U.Catolica, Cerro Porteno, Nacional, Penarol

Yañez · May 17, 2007

Slow it down and dont make the players move like robots, Gameplay way more like Winning Eleven.

TFC_till_I_die · May 18, 2007

Heathmyhero said: ↑

can you?
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no

maybe the other way around....

rizzuto123 · May 18, 2007

buy out konami and replace fifa gameplay with winning eleven.

thats the only way i will ever go back.

Yañez · May 18, 2007

rizzuto123 said: ↑

buy out konami and replace fifa gameplay with winning eleven.

thats the only way i will ever go back.
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For once i agree with this canadian. Let me enjoy the moment...

Mengão86 · May 28, 2007

Better goalkeeping. A lot of the goals I score in '07 are palmed into the net by the goalkeeper..

stefanvukovic9 · Sep 3, 2007

yes bosnian league sure but what about the serbian league also or croatian but them in and PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ FIFA put in MONTENEGRO as an international country like come on u put in QATAR and the United arab Emirates plz put in montenegro

Heathmyhero · Jan 22, 2008

The game is the best yet!

ilbambino · Jan 30, 2008

The shooting in 08 sucks. They underrate the players and overrate the goalies

dustcowpoke · Jan 30, 2008

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The shooting in 08 sucks. They underrate the players and overrate the goalies
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I have a PS2 and I agree.

But the PS3 and Xbox 360 version is much better shooting. Actually I thought PS3 was very easy to score on. PS2 is by far the hardest though.