There are now countless FIFA 12 bug vids that make light of EA’s much-touted Player Impact Engine, which, according to this breathless post, is “revolutionary not evolutionary”:
The game-changing new Player Impact Engine will drive FIFA 12 on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system. Fans will experience the way real-world footballers challenge each other for the ball, win possession, and test each other physically. The Impact Engine processes decisions continuously in real-time at every point of contact on a player’s body to create an infinite variety of natural and believable outcomes in every collision. Players now feel more resilient, push and pull during the fight for possession, and recover from light challenges more easily.
I think they left out “most of the time” somewhere in this release. Anyway, this vid’s been floating around since November, and was linked by the Telegraph which is the official way we know it’s played out. But it made me laugh, so, yeah.
Most of these bugs were in the demo and the first month of the games release, there are still some bugs here and there but most of them are fixed. Especially the one at 1:15, gave me a good laugh.
Hilarious! Thanks for sharing it.
Great post! I have been playing Fifa since 04, and I must say 12 has been the most glitch heavy Fifa I have ever played.