Playing against your friends will see all the stats tracked and a ten game league being started, by the end of the ten games the winner will receive a trophy for their cabinet, this simple addition adds a great element for competition and plenty of stat tracking for bragging rights. The ‘Online Friendlies’ is a richer version of the standard head to head online with friends or strangers, however with a few simple tweaks it has become much more engaging. The ‘Head to Head Seasons’ married with the online stats tracking leads to an enthralling competition as you track your stats against the global community and compete for silverware with a trophy available for each league. The ‘Head to Head Season’ sees you entering into what is basically an online league encompassing ten divisions with each season being made up of ten games, your performance by the end of the season will determine whether you get promoted or relegated. The single player tournament and league modes are largely unchanged allowing to player to do as they wish, customizing and playing the competition of your choice, where the changes lie are with the new ‘Head to Head Seasons’ and ‘Online Friendlies’. The quality here is again very high and contextually the commentary is accurate enough,but you will inevitably have moments of hilarity such as your throw-in being exclaimed as a close shot on target.When it comes down to how you want to play your football there are so many variations in FIFA 12, there is a game mode for everyone and the diversity and depth is staggering. You can choose which commentators to have or in fact turn it off altogether if it begins to annoy, but unfortunately there is no ‘mute Andy Townsend’ option. For your standard matches players are treated to the dulcet tones of Alan Smith and Martin Tyler giving their take on proceedings whilst tournament matches are voiced by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend. The commentary team has also been expanded this year (after the forced omission of Andy Gray due to his unique and public take on gender roles in football) with the team now totalling four commentators. As always this repetition of tracks will inevitably grate on your ears so be prepared to upload your own playlists for sanity, thankfully after a week playing FIFA the playlist still seems to be just on the right side of tolerable. As expected this all plays out to the usual EA track list of contemporary music ranging from the popular (Kasabian) to the slightly more obscure (Architecture in Helsinki).
Each match introduction has the glisten and shine of the highest level of television football coverage, some purists may find the sweeping logos and branding a bit much to stomach but the presentation just oozes quality. The menu screens are slick and much quicker to navigate with loading times noticeably faster than in the previous game, this also thankfully applies to the simulation times of league and cup fixtures. It’s something that we’ve grown to expect from FIFA but it should really get more praise for the presentation as it always manages to refine it and this year sees new levels of polish. So how does FIFA 12 fare in this hotly contested derby?Off the pitch FIFA 12 has no equal with its absolutely immaculate presentation, something that it has always had and PES has always lacked.
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This year has seen the Pro Evolution series step up to the mark and has demonstrated a strong improvement in the last 12 months as can be seen in The Digital Fix’s review. This recurring battle, of late, has seen the FIFA series emerge victorious despite FIFA 11 being largely regarded as a step back from the previous year’s installment. This annual event has taken the form of a head to head fight with football gaming aficionados waiting to see if FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer will provide them with the best armchair football. So here we go once again, like the inevitable turning of the seasons or the impending approach of Monday morning so we have the latest addition to the ever increasing EA back catalogue.