re: FIFA 18 Thread: UEFA license might be coming to 19

I am looking forward to playing as Parma again in Serie B.

Played five matches on Legendary today. Had a 2-1 win, a 1-1 draw, a 2-1 loss, a 5-0 win, and a 0-0 draw. Liking that variety.

This game is just gorgeous on a PS4 Pro and a 4K HDR display. The player models from the faces to the cleats are fantastic.

The dribbling movement seems tighter. I had a couple of knock-arounds with Rashford that I don't remember being able to do in years past. Using speed to get enough space and get around a closing defender on the wing is all kinds of fun. The actual movement of the players looks more realistic. I wish I could see how this game looks on my usual slow speed.

The tweaked penalty system is good. Pushing the stick forward and hitting the shoot button never made much sense to me.

Your defenders seem to make better plays toward the ball when you're not controlling them. You can switch on while they're in the middle of closing down and they don't just freeze.

This might be just because it's 4 minute halves on normal speed, but the game is still too much counter vs. counter. Patient build-up can sometimes be rewarded, but the CPU still just wants to ping-pong passes as quickly as possible.

Crossing actually seems to work for me this season. That's fun.

I'm pretty impressed. I haven't played 17 in a couple of months because I got burned out on it, but this is a fun demo. I'm more excited about it than I was this time last year, which has to be a good sign.

Biggest changes to me are the nerfs to shielding and defending.

Both will take a little getting used to. I was far too comfortable in 17 just passing it up to diego costa and holding the ball for an eternity waiting for winger runs.

Defenders move like tanks and if you bite on a tackle youre totally fricked now. Decent players will also be able to run around AI cbs all day, so getting switched to the right guy and staying in front will be super important.

That said, manual switching feels much better, havent been flabergasted nearly as often in the few games ive played so far.

LINK

Copa90's little FIFA preview

My god manager mode is going down that rabbit hole

By the way, it's time to discuss the soundtrack.

alt-J (UK): Deadcrush
Avelino (UK): Energy feat. Skepta and Stormzy
Bad Sounds (UK): Wages
Baloji (Belgium): L'Hiver Indien
BØRNS (USA): Faded Heart
Cut Copy (AUS): Standing In The Middle Of The Field (Radio Edit)
Django Django (UK): Tic Tac Toe
IDER (UK): King Ruby
Kimbra (NZ): Top Of The World
Kovic (UK): Drown
Lorde (NZ): Supercut
Mondo Cozmo (USA): Automatic
Mura Masa (Guernsey): helpline feat. Tom Tripp
ODESZA (USA): La Ciudad
Off Bloom (Denmark): Falcon Eye
Oliver (CAN/USA): Heart Attack feat. De La Soul
Outsider (Ireland): Miol Mor Mara
Perfume Genius (USA): Slip Away
Phantoms (USA): Throw It In The Fire
Portugal. The Man (USA): Live In The Moment
RAC (Portugal/USA): Beautiful Game feat. St. Lucia
Residente (Puerto Rico): Dagombas en Tamale
Rex Orange County (UK): Never Enough
Run The Jewels (USA): Mean Demeanor
Sir Sly (USA): &Run
Slowdive (UK): Star Roving
Sneakbo feat. Giggs (UK): Active
Sofi Tukker (USA): Best Friend feat. NERVO, The Knocks, and Alisa UENO
Superorganism (UK): Something For Your M.I.N.D.
Tash Sultana (Australia): Jungle
Témé Tan (Belgium): Ça Va Pas La Tête?
The Amazons (UK): Stay With Me
The National (USA): The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
The War On Drugs (USA): Holding On
The xx (UK): Dangerous
Tom Grennan (UK): Found What I've Been Looking For
Toothless (UK): Sisyphus
Vessels (UK): Deflect The Light feat. The Flaming Lips
Washed Out (USA): Get Lost

RTJ, The xx and The War On Drugs? I'm gonna claim to be a guest producer of this soundtrack.

I loved Hangin by Bastille from FIFA 16. I could listen to that song all day on repeat and not get bored of it.

For those of you like me, I just saw that the ultimate FIFA playlist on Spotify has been updated with this year's soundtrack.

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I'm sure there has been word, but is Serie B still unlicensed?

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I believe so.

I miss the Serie A and Serie B licenses.

Parma in Serie B

And since I have to do s Russian career. Arsenal Tula.