Your Ideas for FIFA 08

FIFA 08

FIFA 08 Wishlist – Your ideas regarding the next FIFA

Write down what you’d like to see in the next FIFA game, FIFA 08. What features do you think FIFA 08 should have? What about the ones it shouldn’t have? How should the controlling-system, gameplay, players, clubs and teams be in the next version of FIFA? How FIFA 2008 could be more realistic?

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  3. Disculpen por mi mal inglés, pero yo soy de uruguay, y en mi país las personas hablan español.
    Yo creo que seria bueno que en un FIFA futuro, los equipos de Conmebol sean incluidos, para poder jugar la copa Libertadores de América, la copa sudamericana, etc.,
    A demás, yo creo que seria muy bueno que los equipos uruguayos sean incluidos (nacional y peñarol por lo menos) quiénes han ganado muchas copas libertadores y copas del mundo. A demás, ustedes estan dejando de lado a la selección uruguaya que aunque es incluido en el juego, no está muy bien representado, ya que se deja de lado su uniforme y algunas otras cosas, y siendo uruguay del campeón del mundo en 2 oportunidades, yo creo que no merece ser dejado de lado de esa manera. En cuanto a los equipos del conmebol, yo creo que ellos tendrían que ser básicamente de Uruguay, Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Perú, Paraguay, etc.,,,

    saludos y gracias.

  4. Excuse for my not well English one, but I am from uruguay, and in my country the people speak Spanish.
    I find that serious good that in a future FIFA, teams of Conmebol were included, to be able to play the Cup Liberators of America, The South American Cup, etc.
    To other, I believe that serious very good that the Uruguayan teams were (nacional and peñarol at least) who have won many cup liberators and cup of the world. To other, you this leaving aside to the Uruguayan selection that although it is included in the game, not this very well represented, of it is left aside their uniform and some other things, and being champion uruguay of the world in 2 opportunities, I believe that it doesn’t deserve to be left aside like this being. As for the teams of the conmebol, I believe that they would have to be basically from Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, etc.

    Greetings and thank you.

  5. you will connect all versions Of Fifa in one release! Select the better from Fifa 2004,2005,2006 and put everything into one Fifa 08. Or name it “the better with FIFA”!

  6. Greetings I from Russia. I consider that it is necessary to include in FIFA08 Russian league. In it many known football players play and it is known enough in the Europe. I do not understand why till now it was not in game earlier.

  7. Hello,
    fifa 07 demo was great. I´m looking forward to get the new game in next week.
    Please add for fifa 08:

    – indoor soccer
    – more stadium

  11. hello
    i am from iran and i like 2 say to u that iran have 80 milion ppl and 80% of them like football and playing this nice game. i can say this fact that iran have the most football viwer in the world and always iran’s stadums is full when the leage is going and when the the irans nation footbal team is playing. AZADI stadium is the biggest stadium in the world and it can take 120000 viwer in one match. iranian ppl like to play football in public places and in video games but the producers of football games didnt pay atention to our ppl. why in video games we cant see irani leage? why we cant see irani stadiums? why we cant see irani refree? now i offer u that plz pay atention to our ppl.
    we like to have a good place in your video games.
    thanks>

  12. I think the best way for being better is add best leagues from each zone thaht not exist in previous FIFA games like Iran’s league for asian zone. Also some stadiums like Azadi in Iran and Olympico in Italy. Another thing that should happen is, surely new graphics and much more details. Like spectators, subsituation benches and etc.
    Thanks.

  13. Das man nur sich ein spieler machen kan und mit dem man dan spielen kann
    aber nur mit dem einen spieler eben
    in vereinen
    und das man den verein auch wechseln kann mit dem spielen!!
    so wie eine Kariere!!mit spieler

  16. Hello Guys !!!!

    I would like see the “Volkswagen Arena” in FIFA 08.

    This is the wonderful stadium of VfL Wolfsburg.

    Bye Marc

  19. i dont understand why in fifa 2006 and in fifa 2007 you can find some very weak teams but you cant see the romanian league ,or at least: Steaua Bucharest (champions league winers 86, uefa semifinalists 06, curentily plaing in the champions league group stage) ; Rapid Bucharest (uefa quarter finalists 06 – sent out by steaua bucharest after 0-0 away and 1-1 home, curently plaing in the UEFA cup);Dinamo Bucharest (Uefa group stage 06 – taken out by marseille with a last minute decisive goal for dinamo stolen by de referee);CFR Cluj (uefa intertoto cup final – taken out by Lens – Steaua beat Lens last year in the uefa cup group stage 4-0)!!! i think even if steaua will win the uefa champions league it will still not be in the game !!!

  20. Well heres what i have to say.

    1. Using some tricks from FIFA Street would be cool.
    2. Make the corner flag poles real so the ball can bounce off them.
    3. A new graphics engine for Current Gen
    4. Add some Australian teams in Rest Of World
    5.Change the net animations
    6 Change the look of the goal posts.
    7. Have the crowd sitting down sometimes. When you get closer they stand up like they do in the EPL, and when you score you see their hands fly in the air.
    8. If your playing rival teams, maybe if you make your opponent look stupid with a trick, the crowd give a cheer.

    Well hope you can have a think about some of them.

  21. Amid the success of FIFA 2006 in ground braking graphics design, game structure, data management and player abilities. It is surely a progression form all others, however I noticed a couple of outstanding that if were set would have made it all too spectacular. This tips should be considered in the structuring of future gameplays for FIFA 07 & 08

     Celebration styles
    – Sliding on the floor with your knees (Thierry Henry)
     Integration of World Cup Seasons & Leagues (especially in Manager Mode)
     Complete player profile, built on performances and on and off-field news reports
     Player career mode/profile?
     Improve Transfer mode, let it be easier
     Please let the weather graphics be more realistic, if it rains LET IT RAIN!!!
     Ability of Controllers to take snapshots of replays to be used as News strips, for next day bulletins
     Next day news feature, which includes match epilogue and preview
     More African and Asian teams appearing on their Champion and Championship League rosters e.g. Enyimba FC, Sharks FC etc.
     Please include the following features
    – Goals in Retrospect, Thierry’s goal against Manchester United/Barthez-2003 (I think?)
    – Bicycle kicks
     Award presentations
    – Man of the Match
    – Golden Boot award
    – World Footballer of the Year
    – Manager of the Year
    – EU/Americas and other regional awards
     Media oriented match status captions on bottom of screen during matches at various in-play intervals e.g.

    ENGLAND 3 JAMAICA 0
    Crouch(11’)
    Taylor (29’)
    Owen (35’)
    NB. You could make the caption curved at the edges

    CONCLUSION
    This is one edge you would have which no other soccer video game can top for your next 2 editions and you can only develop on each key one. But please don’t loose the current graphics quality.

    Thank you.

    Felix Aliu
    Diamond Bank Plc
    Plot 71 Elekahia Industrial Estate Road
    Trans Amadi Road
    Port Harcourt
    Mobile No. +234-8033429999

  22. Please add more Gulf International teams! or remove the teams who even didnt Q for WC! like China and else!

  23. 14.) MANAGER MODE- A BOON TO FIFA SERIES:
    Include this to our review above… We have also played PRO EVO SOCCER n latest WORLD SOCCER WINNING 11.. Both are AWESOME beating FIFA HANDS DOWN BUT……………

    The only thing tat is holding back PRO EVO SOCCER from crushing FIFA is the valuable “””MANAGER MODE”””

  24. “OUR IDEAS FROM INDIA” FOR MAKING FIFA 08

    1.) MANAGER INVITE:
    Give managers liberty to leave a club inbetween his contract if a club is very eager to seal his services.. Imagine u r having an awesome time with a second division team in English league and suddenly by november an EPL TEAM STRUGGLES [relegation zone] the manager must receive that the club is interested in signing him [MANAGER INVITE] and is willing to pay the amount to the club to break his contract.. THIS WILL BE AWESOME.. AND REAL TIME.. If a manager is interested he can sign and persue new challenges till the transfer market reopens..

    2.) NO FAN IN CROWD WEARING TEAM JERSEY?? NO BURNING FLAMES??
    PHOTOGRAPHERS NEAR PICHES- in bad 2D: NO CAMERA FLASHES??
    CROWD MOVEMENTS NOT REALISTIC:

    The crowds are what v think the major renewal or complete rebuild needed in fifa08.. MAKE 3D CROWDS.. Y isnt there even a single fan wearing a team jersey in the crowd??? Many of the fans especially in home games should be wearing team jerseys.. Y cant the game developers put the same team jersey to most the crowd people in home matches??
    And where are the BURNING FLAMES which are lit up in the crowd when v have come back from 0-3 down to 3-3??? Why the hell are the photographers near the piches in awful 2D?? VERY BAD!!
    MAKE them all in 3D and show the flashes from cams in crowds and show burning flames.. MAKE CROWD MOVEMENTS MORE REALISTIC..

    3.) SHOW DIFFERENT LEAGUE POSITIONS:
    When im managing say[AC Milan] i must know how various other clubs are doing in their respective leagues.. I must know[say EPL] their top scorers, top keepers[most clean sheets], yellow, reds similarly for various leagues.. And if i can view their tables also.. It’ll be good.. Since if a manager wants to move to a differnt club he must know whether they have qualified for champs league or not right???

    4.) TOTAL FREEDOM IN TRANSFER MARKET:
    Give all of JUNE JULY AND AUGUST to negotiate for players even if there are no matches in that period.. Managers dont rest that long!!! Only players do…

    5.) LOAN to PERMANENT OPTION:
    “GIVE TOTAL FREEDOM IN TRANSFER MARKET LIKE REAL TIME.. ” Give an option of signing the player in the contract whom i take in loan..

    6.) PLAYER plus CASH OFFER:
    If a club is unwilling to sell a player whom i’m interested in buying so desperately.. Give an option to “OFFER 1 or 2 MY TEAM PLAYER PLUS CASH..” [Like Ashley Cole-Gallas Deal]

    7.) PLAYER RUMOURS/ INTEREST TO JOIN US /””” PRESS PRESSURE:”””
    The press should be linking us to swoop for a player somewhere in the world or in the same league itself even if its a rumour.. In the same way the press should also publish info that this player [say Tevez] is possibly a fan of your club [say ManUtd] and may is showing interest to move when the transfer market reopens.. It’ll be great and u can send an offer to buy him when the transfer opens..

    8.) DIGITAL ADBOARDS:
    Why cant we see real adboards of digital type which keep scrolling horizontally?? In this way we can see sponsors of the particular club.. Surely ADIDAS or NIKE will be one of them.. Then the name of the SHIRT SPONSOR [“Fly Emirates” should be one of the names scrolling horizontally in digital adboard fashion if V take Arsenal.. In this way EA can get profits by inviting sponsors in game..? Right..? May be…

    9.) MORE OFFERS TO A PLAYER IN MY TEAM and OFFERING PLYR [like fifa05]:
    Fifa 06 i just got one offer from other team to sign my team player who I DID NOT put “as sale” or “as loan”.. In my 15yr career only one offer.. FIFA 05 rocked in this.. Many offers.. Many friendly clubs should present players to our big club.. Like that..

    10.) MENU SHOWING OFFERS FROM VARIOUS LEAGUES:
    In the transfer market after a game is played.. If i have planned to sell my team player.. Then i must get a menu of leagues and team list who are interested and how much they are offering.. [including player salary and no of years which they re interested in giving a player].. Fifa 06 mostly showed only the current league teams that i’m in.. Suppose i’m in French div1.. I want offers from spanish league also..

    11.) COMMENTARY CHANGE:
    Please change commentary[both persons] in FIFA08.. Because it is so boring to hear the same voice for year after year.. We find it so.. DIFFERENT COMMENTATORS IN DIFFERENT MATCHES and CHAMPIONS LEAGUE different commentry will be an awesome idea..

    12.) SOCCER PICHES MORE LIVELY/ GREENER / REALISTIC….

    13.) PITCH INVADER / RUNNER IN HIGH PROFILE GAMES:
    Just imagine the excitement its the CUP finals its gonna start.. Rarely show a pitch runner coming and falling at the feet of his GOD[Player with highest attribute in team] in high profile games such as Real vs Barca , Bra vs Fra, before just start of half time or in between and show CINEMATICS OF THE INVADER HUGGING THE PLAYER THEN THE POLICE PINNING HIM DOWN..
    AWESSSOME!!!!!!! REALISM if this is done!!

    Lastly i’d like to finish off for now saying
    ================================================================
    “”””” FOOTBALL FOR MANY IS NOT JUST A SPORT…. ITS LIFE…….”””””
    ================================================================

    Many more suggestions to come from us after reviewing 07…..

  25. i really like the thought of and indoor stadium for indoor soccer.I bet it would be loads of fun like the fifa 1998 version.the indoor soccer was one of the best features
    i would also like to see a better cuztomization on players.like with the new vision camera maybe you could take a pic of yourself and make your player with that pic.

    another idea had was make your own team. and trade the players you want

    that would be a great feature for the nextgen consles(xbox 360 and ps3)

  26. why so many leauges in the 360-version , must we download it for points thats extra money thats bulls***. come-on fix this fokkin dumb idea

  27. I would like to see the managers of the teams
    and perhaps in the manager modus :
    see the game from another team from the place of a supporter

  28. Add a minigame that lets you headbutt the opposing team, Zidane style, whenever you get mad or become too aggressive, or whenever you get booked for a foul, have the option to rip the card, or kick the ball into the stands, something that will get you a ejected. Also have soccer riots in the crowds and randomly have someone streaking in the middle of a match where you have the option to headbutt him. Have fans throw toilet paper onto the field like in real life. Keep the spanish commentator that yells GOL-ASO-ASO-ASO, like in 06′. Once again have the El Salvador national team in the game.

  29. For all console games you HAVE to add co-op for online games. I think every game that has online multiplayer should have this feature. It so cool when one of your friends come over and yall decide to kill some dude from Sweden (no offense to swedes, just used as an example) at whatever game your playing. Also for people that have siblings, families cant afford two of the same consoles especially with the higher prices of the “next-gen” era. So if you add this siblings can have fun while doing pass and goes all day long to some one from Sweden. LOL

  30. You could add a superstar mode, when a “superstar” scores a goal and then the ball is played to him the camera could go into first-person view and then from there you could do better and more detailed tricks even maybe your own create-a-move. Or when you come up on a player everything will slow down and you would be able to choose which way you would want the ball and your juke to go.

    If you so happen to be on the defensive side of this you could guess wrong with a hard tackle causing a red or yellow card depending on your timing, or guess wrong with a soft tackle (by this I mean the circle button on a ps2 controller) causing the offensive player to blow by you but you will not be penalized. If you so happen to guess right with the hard tackle you will be rewarded with the ball, causing an injury if timed right, and players loss of superstar mode. If you guess right with the soft tackle you will be rewarded the ball and players loss of superstar mode. By giving an injury to the “superstar” this causes the player to think if he really wants to use the superstar mode, giving them a high risk, high reward factor.

    This could be done for either FIFA street or 08

    The only problem is that this could only be used for single and online play

    I don’t know if this is possible probably better suited for a website but a fantasy draft. Sort like UEFA’s Champions League, but when you get points from a certain player you will be able to click on his icon and see how he got you those points.

    BTW is that British time or something because I was like damn I wasted a lot of time.

    For the PSP version you could add some sick videos of Ronaldinho or other players to be unlocked. I know how you guys like Ronaldinho so much, but deservingly so 2-time World Player of the Year, he’s amazing.

    I agree indoor soccer would be great, but isn’t that for Fifa street eventhough its outside it plays alot like indoor soccer or futsal. So tell your colleagues to make fifa street better, maybe add a create-a-move, and add online.

    For Fifa 08 you could maybe add a first-person mode for PK’s I think that would be great especially for the PS3 and Wii. You would actually have to move your hands to stop the goal. As for taking the PK you could make it just like you would if your were kicking an actual ball except with your hands (sorry Xbox 360). I know this sounds a little on the Fifa street side but maybe add some interactive confrontation with the referee or other players.

    For the XBOX 360 you can incorporate some their new camera into your create-a-player feature, sort of like what some of the other sport titles will probably being doing.

    For the PSP you can add a PK mode maybe with online support, and you can really enhance the juggling mode by making it a bit more challenging with more controls. (maybe make the new wall game and juggling game online)

    Oh, more fan interaction with the field. I mean when you go to a game it gets crazy sometime, not necessarily in america but, in other countries you will see streamers on the floor bottle being thrown, even flares chucked at goalies! (LOL, great moment)

    Anyways thats all I got for now I wonder if I could enter more later. Oh wait a second, the FMF is way better than the the MLS, why are the teams in the FMF always ranked lower than the teams in the MLS. I don’t have 07 yet but I hope that has been changed or will change soon.

  31. You know what makes EA different from other developers like Konami? EA is always looking to get the ideas from their fans, and always trying to get feedback from them, and thats why I like their games and FIFA.

    As for suggesstion, we would like to see all the international teams in FIFA-08, even with their unreal player names. I think fifa 08 must have all countries anaway.

  32. Add WiFi so I can play over the net on my DS. Why this is already lacking I dont know. You have missed a good opportunity to get my hard earnt there!

  33. I think FIFA07 has been much improved and will be better that PES. I’m playing both (FIFA & PES), each one has its style. I was first a PES fan, but since I played FIFA 07 demo, I’ve been a FIFA fan.

    Anyway, an idea for FIFA 08:
    Please make links between FIFA 08 and FIFA Manager 08. I mean by making databank, teams, players and leagues import/export oprion.

  34. as customising has always been a part of fifa games add a create a stadium feature, it shudn’t be too hard to do as you can do this in a crap game like LMA. add a bit more Ai to the crowd for more realisum eg. some of the fans walking up and own the stands just before and after half time or the fans of the loosing team leaving the game early. If ur a lower league or a team bottom of the league then the attendances at ur ground should be lower and add more real player faces aswell as defualt faces as it’s very unrealistic playing against a team with 11 identical players. and to solve the problem of the games being too similar every time just make a new one every two years that way you ave more time to work on them just don’t try and copy PES they’re over rated.

  35. you should put the old freekick system from fifa 2004 back in the game, where there is an indicator on the goal exactly where the ball will go and model ball in the bottom corner that shows the spin the ball will have. That freekick system was a lot more fun and you could score way more goals than with the current freekicks in fifa 07. I think it would be a great improvement.

  36. Hey, you guys have to rebuild the game completely, because if you have ever played Pro Evolution soccer you won’t have fun with FIFA. FIFA isnt the king anymore. Like said, make a completely new game and throw all the physics away from the current series. It is just not football.

  37. Why dont you not drop fifa altogether? Come fifa 96′, i got sick fed up of the series but still you have pumped out similar games each and every year, milking money outta the fanboys pocket.

    If you do continue with the FIFA series then i suggest you take a year out and completely remake the game from the ground up. Give us a revolutionary football game, not just some extra gimmicks or updated teams, otherwise my heart will stay with pro evo soccer.

    The last fifa game i bought was world cup 02′ on the cube and i was bored stiff with it from the moment i started playing. I got the demo of world cup 06′ on my 360 and found that to be the worst fifa title i had played to date. Although the graphics certainly represented football, the gameplay didnt. The controls were so sluggish, i found it difficult to make any breaks like i can in pro evo.

    A few of my friends are big fifa fanboys who had never played the pro evo series. Within minutes of me showing them a REAL football game, they’re converted!

    I suppose indoor football could be good. Didnt one of the fifa’s on the ps1 have indoor???

    1 last thing, stop releasing several fifa games in the space of a year! fifa 06′, road to world cup 06′, world cup 06′, fifa street 2 and now fifa 07′! Its just a plain scam. You obviously dont have much morals other than money making morals.

    Do us a favour EA, make a decent fifa game for a change.

  38. Stop dropping the damn ball (Pun intended)! Add Nintendo WIFI support to the Nintendo DS edition of FIFA! Winning Eleven DS has it, this is unexcusable.

  39. Oltre agli ovvii miglioramenti grafici soprattutto relativi alle PROPORZIONI dei giocatori, dovete assolutamente migliorare la fisica del pallone e dei movimenti dei giocatori prima di tutto. Ancora i tiri ed i cross sembrano telecomandati! Poi dovreste inserire le differenze di altezza tra i giocatori e la distinzione tra piede destro e piede sinistro.
    Per quanto riguarda la modalità carriera, NON vogliamo il limite di 5 anni, la vogliamo infinita. E la sezione di calciomercato deve essere ben fatta (prendete spunto da Football Manager).
    Fondamentalmente voglio che la partita sembri imprevedibile come in Winning Eleven! Ma non copiate da quest’ultimo, cercate di simulare il CALCIO VERO, ed otterrete il miglior gioco di calcio sulla piazza!

  40. the dutch league, and al the competitions the curren gen already has, come on next gen means better graphics and more extras etc not less. And if everything is downloadable through xbox live i hope it is for free. GET AS MUCH COMPETITIONS AS POSSIBLE IN THE GAME THATS NEXT-GEN!!! and of course great grapichs and gameplay.

  42. I really do love the FIFA franchise, but there are some things that could be better, like the customization on making your own player. Wouldnt it be great if the player you make (could be you) you would get signed to a team and live the soccer lifestyle with getting paid. Think starting out small time and becoming pro. Thats just one thing I have in mind.

    A dedicated gamer

  43. Have it so whenever you play against a team online you swap jerseys after the match, like in real life, and have people try to collect as many as they can to unlock stuff in the game. Also have the El Salvador national team in the game who cares how bad they suck, I wanna represent.

  44. I would like to see the Turkish League, TSL. Is there a reason they arent there? You know, they are playing really good, specially last year and also this year.

  45. I know this may be a long shot …

    U can always find clans playing online, clans are teams, like in one of the games I play, Battlefield 2 u can have loads of players playing against each other, we have a clan match 8vs8.

    Why cant this be implimented on FIFA or any soccer game? 11vs11 u control a player (just one player). This could be the new Sunday football way of playing football!!!! online. I know connections may have problems, but i did say its one for the future.

    And not only that, u will be able to view the game as a real footballer would, not from the top . Maybe at the start yes, but as technology advances and internet connections get better it could be done.

    What u think?

  47. Please work more on referee. He does not show signals with his hands, for instance: when he gives advantage (in FIFA 07 demo version). He is also like a ghost in game. The ball can pass through him.

  48. Forget it, Pro evolution is far better than anything coming from EA.

    No more fast food, 2 launches per year, football game.

    GAME OVER, FIFA.

    i hope that Fifa turns to konami, i really do.

  49. The one thing that I wish FIFA could bring to the user is complete emergence. By this I mean completely thinking you are there in the game. So far with the franchise this has not come through to the user. You look down on the game too much. I am not talking about camera angles but something else. Go to a game and feel the tension in the game. In my opinion going to see your football tema that you love can give you so many emotions in 90 minutes. Delight, frustration, love, anticipation, hate, anger, euphoria. How can we bring this to the gamer? More ambiance noise? Maybe. How about better replays and better crowds? I think this is something that will make an already amazing game even better.

  50. Morumbi Stadium and Maracanã Stadium in the game… That´s show great, and Brazilian Championship.