^^That is indeed a real bummer. The only time I play career mode is when my net is not working. I hope there is a workaround or someone comes up with one real soon
Impressions on the game - (Before the 3.1 gb update)
1. It feels slightly different than the demo. The AI is a bit dumb-ed down I guess. (It might also be due to the fact that I did not play against Barca in the full game yet)
2. The call second defender option allows more pressing. The second defender now not only shadows but snatches the ball away as well. This will make people unhappy with Tactical Defending feel better
.
3. The only game I played online the tactical defending seemed to be easier than offline modes (I may be wrong). It allowed to press more. I probably played someone from europe - there was minimal button lag but frame rate dropped quite often making it difficult. Although this might be because of my net speed (around 800kbps, Upgrade is on the cards
)
4. Dynamic lighting conditions caused some frame drops as well.
5. Many small niggles with the connectivity to EA server. Am kind of disappointed with this, hopefully things will look up with the update.
On my personal game - I am really struggling even at Professional. Full manuals and first month on a controller is really $crewing things up for me. My important passes land on my opponents feet, I go past attackers instead of they going past me and most importantly on occasions I do get in front of a goal I shoot for the corner flags
. All my goals so far have been either from penalty or finesses shots from outside the box.
After years of FIFA this time around it actually possesses a challenge which has got me hooked to the game yet again (I almost thought FIFA 11 would be the last FIFA I would play on a regular basis).
P.S - See you all at after 10 tonight.