EA Sports have so many titles under development every year, but none of them is able to reach FIFA in terms of sales. Just like every year, the popular soccer series is going to get a new entry later this year and recently Electronic Arts revealed the upcoming changes and improvements to FIFA 20 in case of gameplay.
AI Defending, 1v1 Shooting Consistency, Timed Finishing and Volley Crossing and Shooting are main focuses for the development team to improve in FIFA 20. EA Sports claimed that the team behind FIFA 20 is listening to the fans and what they haven’t liked in FIFA 19 in order to address all the problems and deliver the most polished experience for soccer fans.
Some issues like Timed Finishing is one of mostly mentioned problems in FIFA 19 that allows players to score from different spots within the pitch is promised to be solved in FIFA 20 and the timing window for it will be reduced to make it tough for players to score easily.
On the other hand, the shooting accuracy for scoring in 1v1 chances will be improved while Goalkeepers will also react better in front of opponent player in such a situation. Here you can read some of the most important changes for gameplay and you can read the full patch at EA’s official webpage.
A.I Defending
- Renewed Defending System the defending systems are being renewed, with revised positioning and adjustment to the cadence and flow on the pitch. Manual defending will be emphasized and result in more rewarding results for those who do so.
- Planned Tackling is a new system that favors manual tackling by making sure that the defender that tries the tackle does so in a favorable context to your team (like recovering the ball or kicking the ball to a nearby teammate when tackling, for example).
- Contain and Secondary Contain Effectiveness will be reduced, keeping the positioning of players/AI Teammates at a further distance and having a slower reaction to directional changes from the dribbler, rarely resulting in an auto-tackle or an auto-block. This will make manual defending not only more effective but also more rewarding.
- Improved Jockey System will be implemented with more agility and precision, rewarding players that decide to take control of their defenders.
1v1 Shooting Consistency
- 1v1 Shooting Accuracy will be improved, resulting in more shots on target and better consistency in easy situations inside the box.
- Open Goal Situations will also be addressed and will see players being rewarded for 1v1 situations and creating greater chances of scoring “easy goals” – as pointed out in many community examples.
- Goalkeeper Reactions will also be tuned – specifically against 1v1 situations – resulting in less ‘superhuman’ reactions, which will humanize the goalkeepers movements and result in better scoring opportunities for the attacker.
- Outside of the Foot Shot situations will be improved and should only happen for players with the Outside of the Foot trait.
- Shot Elevation/Power Tuning will allow for low powered shots to result in shots similar to Driven Shots, creating more consistency, and resulting in better scoring opportunities.
Timed Finishing
- Green Timing Window for timed shots will be reduced (from 2-4 frames to 2 frames for all shots), which will make it harder and require more skill to perform.
- Timed Shot Accuracy will be tuned to result in slightly less precise shots, although Green Timed Shots will still be more accurate than ‘non-timed shots’.
- Difficult 180° shots will be tuned to result in less powerful shots, even when timed perfectly.
Volley Crossing and Shooting
- Increased Difficulty and Error – Crosses coming from lob balls/volleys will have less accuracy and more variable results.
- 2-Player Headers will have more variety as players jumping/colliding for the ball mid-air will make it more difficult for the attacker to score in such situations.
- Decreased Volley Shot Accuracy – Shots originating from a volley shot will have less accuracy and more variable results.
FIFA 20 will be announced at EA Play next week and is expected to get released later in Summer or earlier in Fall 2019.
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