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I'll be getting an early release tomorrow at 8ish, will let you know how everyone is rated. I bought an EA season ticket last year and it runs out in 4 days, so i get to play fifa early for 3 days!

 
2000MSP for Early Access, getting it now myself!

supposed to be out on the 27th here but to get it now is so worth the money :p

 
Going to pick mine up in 3 hours when the store opens. Anyone started a career mode with CFC yet? I'd like to know who what loanees are / aren't on the team, as I remember guys like Kalas and Davila weren't ever in the system as CFC players on loan last year.

 
God damn, I have to wait another two days (1.5 really). Make sure to let us know about it when you pick it up, Ace.

 
Essien, Kakuta, Courtois, Lukaku, KDB, Bruma, and Josh are our loanees in manager mode. If you want to use Chalobah, Kalas, Omeruo, Davila, etc., be prepared to transfer them in before starting your career mode. We have 40/42 roster spots already though, so you may have to ditch some youngsters at their expense.

 
Also, you can now start in the CL during your first season, which is nice.

And as I was looking over the rosters, Lampard is down to a 76, and I'm pretty sure that's on the regular roster, not the weekly "in-form" one. Seems weird to put him that far down while Malouda is still an 81.

 
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Also, you can now start in the CL during your first season, which is nice.

And as I was looking over the rosters, Lampard is down to a 76, and I'm pretty sure that's on the regular roster, not the weekly "in-form" one. Seems weird to put him that far down while Malouda is still an 81.
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Thank god.

 
So after a day, I'm pretty into it. The passes and first touches both seem to be a little less accurate, making the game feel more realistic. There have also been some awesome moments where I am pinging it around between Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Torres, and Ramires and it feels effortless. I'll have to work some more on adjusting the sliders for the team strategy to better use all the new talent we have.

Speaking of talent, Ramires and Oscar are both pretty awesome, as are Hazard and Mata, but when I used a 3-CAM formation it wasn't as effective as deploying Hazard and Mata as wingers with Oscar playing behind Torres. Speaking of Torres, it's probably just me, but for an 85-rated striker he's not quite as dominant as you'd hope; I've actually had better luck with Sturridge.

The announcers also have some bits about us winning the CL, but I had a penalty given away while they were talking so it was cut off.

As for difficulty, I am not sure what to think. I started off beating City in the Shield 3-0, but then lost 4-2 to Reading, so I won't be bumping up the difficulty quite yet. I'm quite excited to see how our young players progress in this game, would love to get far enough in a career that I can be playing all these young guys. As if he read my mind, I already have Lampard in my career mode contemplating retirement, which would help guys like KDB break into the squad for next year. Maybe it's just my enthusiasm for playing with the new Chelsea squad, but I've enjoyed this game a lot so far and think the gameplay is very much improved.

 
Am I the only one who never plays with Chelsea? It's far too easy to steamroll the league with a 5 star team.

The most fun I have in manager mode is when I take a lower table team and elevate them into a European spot over a couple of years.

 
That Boy Brandinho said:
Am I the only one who never plays with Chelsea? It's far too easy to steamroll the league with a 5 star team.

The most fun I have in manager mode is when I take a lower table team and elevate them into a European spot over a couple of years.
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That's why I put the difficulty up to legendary.

 
That Boy Brandinho said:
Am I the only one who never plays with Chelsea? It's far too easy to steamroll the league with a 5 star team.

The most fun I have in manager mode is when I take a lower table team and elevate them into a European spot over a couple of years.
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Their usually just my first team to use, as I am often too excited about what we are doing in the league to not use them. This year, after bringing in all of our new signings, I definitely had to. I agree that the lower-table teams are often more fun, and I spent most of last year's game playing as Swansea.

 
Check out Fifa Fanatic for who to get. Hazard gets up to a 92 apparently, wow. Ake and Piazon also have huge jumps, though was sad to not see Chalobah on the list.

 
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That Boy Brandinho said:
So do I. It's still too easy against the AI which is (or at least was, as I've yet to play 13) easy to exploit.
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Hmm, well it's a little harder in this game what with this new first touch system. It does make it very hard to counter attack.

 
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