Since the release of FIFA 17 , many have started making comparisons between EA Sports’ soccer game and the popular Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 . In addition to looking at both games, players have been playing FIFA incessantly to find any bugs and to see if a patch for FIFA would be needed sooner or later. After hours of playtime, there were a few minor things that caught my eye and the eyes of other FIFA players and EA Sports has responded with the release of the first title update patch for FIFA 17 .
While this is only the first patch and there be two, maybe even three in the future, this initial patch is substantial as the FIFA team took many of the suggestions from the game’s community. Some of the biggest changes came in terms of gameplay. One noticeable change are the improvements to passing responsiveness when the ball is in the air. One thing I noticed is that the accuracy of passes was dicey at times and it wrecked havoc with an attack you started towards the other half of the field.
For the most part, the gameplay improvements fixes positioning issues for goaltenders and improved logic for contested headers on corner kick situations. Aside from gameplay, more changes were done to the visual and presentation aspect of the game. The introduction of the English Premier League’s broadcast package adds more realism to a game that feels very realistic out of the case. Updated team kits and goalkeeper celebrations after a penalty kick was also added in.
Below are all the fixes included in the first FIFA 17 patch for this year’s game. Check out the FIFA Forums for more information on everything FIFA and stay tuned to iDigitalTimes for all news about FIFA 17 .
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Gameplay
- A situation where cancel was unresponsive after requesting a clearance.
- A rare situation where the penalty shootout should have ended earlier.
- Increased the CPU AI tendency to attack directly.
- An issue where players sometimes overrun the ball after a skill move.
- Increased the chance of error from ground crosses (triple tap).
- Improvements to ball physics where shots off the goal posts lose too much speed.
- Goalkeeper positioning for corner kicks.
- Improvements made to player switching from corners and free kicks.
- An issue where the player would control the ball instead of attempting a clearance.
- Improvements to contested headers logic from corner kicks.
- General fixes for player controlled celebrations.
- Cut scene for contentious fouls can now be skipped.
- Improved the general responsiveness of shooting.
- Minor improvement to passing responsiveness when the ball is in the air.
Pro Clubs
- Increased experience required for the higher overall ratings in Pro Clubs. *
- Addressed an issue where a player's customized facial features did not display properly in game.
Ultimate Team
- FUT Single Player difficulty no longer defaults to your CPU setting.
- Addressed an issue where the player is forced to substitute an injured player in FUT online matches.
- Corrected the shooting and crossing text in custom tactics
Career mode
- Addressed a situation where the CPU AI would frequently leave star players on the bench.
Visual Changes
- Added new components of the 2016/17 Premier League broadcast package.
- Updated team kits, banners and flags for Velez Sarsfield and Tigre .
- The goalkeeper now correctly celebrates after catching the final penalty in a shootout.
- Addressed an issue where the selected kit isn't the one used in-game.
- Addressed frame-rate issue during pre-match skill game.
- Addressed an issue where the fog from a player's breath was detached from their position.
- General overlay fixes.
*As a result of the change to Pro Clubs, some of you may find you’re a lower OVR than before the update. This is intentional and you haven’t lost any of your progress.
