EA announces a subscription service for Xbox One

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Lifer
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I know a guy who recently bought BF4 for sticker price(not on sale) at a local store, lol
 

TeknoBug

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I know a guy who recently bought BF4 for sticker price(not on sale) at a local store, lol

Was it at least BF4 Premium edition?

I laugh at those who buy the NFS Rival "complete edition"... :$
There seems to be a pattern, so far with NFS, PvZ, and now UFC... The game goes on sale for ~$20 about a month before it gets added to the Vault.

I'm actually shocked that NBA Live 14 hasn't been added already considering how very poorly it sold. Or does EA know that nobody will install it even if it was free?
 

smackababy

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Fifa 15 moved to the vault. That isn't terrible considering we don't really expect Fifa 16 until around end of September.
 

Bman123

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I remember when they first announced the EA access and so many people complained about it not being a good deal.
I myself didn't expect EA to offer a good deal for consumers but it has turned out to be a great deal. $30 a year for all these games is great.

Madden live fifa nhl bf4 pvz peggle nfs
are well worth $30 a year.
 

smackababy

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I remember when they first announced the EA access and so many people complained about it not being a good deal.
I myself didn't expect EA to offer a good deal for consumers but it has turned out to be a great deal. $30 a year for all these games is great.

Madden live fifa nhl bf4 pvz peggle nfs
are well worth $30 a year.

Eh, if you play any of those online, the deal isn't exactly sweet. The sports games are okay if you don't want to play with other people. If you were just getting into Fifa and wanted to play Ultimate Team, good luck. Everyone already has good cards and even those in Division 10 will be able to afford a much better team. Not to mention, you're so far behind in the already destroyed market.
 

Bman123

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I don't play ultimate team and neither do any of my friends so the deal is great for us
 

Bman123

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I didn't really like battlefield hardline either so I still play bf4 online.
I'm going to get into a online league with my friends on madden so I definitely got my money's worth from EA access.

Not to mention all the achievements that I wouldn't of got from some of the games like fifa and nhl, I wouldn't buy those games but I play them now
 

digiram

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Yeah, it's a great deal. I been playing Madden, NHL, and trying to get into Fifa, but it seems to have a pretty steep learning curve. Then again, it's like the first FIFA I've played since the Genesis days.
 

smackababy

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Fifa is really tough if you don't put in time. It takes a lot of touch to be able to score on anything bu beginner. =)
 

digiram

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Fifa is really tough if you don't put in time. It takes a lot of touch to be able to score on anything bu beginner. =)

Even in beginner, I'm truly struggling to shoot the ball.. lol. Gonna take lots of work for me. I'm gonna go through training sessions.
 

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Shooting is basically, never do more than tap 'b' (or 'O' on PS?). You tap it. If you do anything more, you will overshoot the goal. It is ridiculous, honestly. The amount of time between a hard shot and a tap are microseconds.

Also, almost always use the 'LB' finesse shot. There are very few times when it isn't required (headers, first touch crosses, etc), but even those won't be sent awry using the finesse.

Also, stick position really matters and isn't relative to where you're facing. It is always the same as if you were facing the goal straight on. Try and always shoot at the top corner away from the goalie, unless he is running towards you, and then tapping it under him near post works almost 100% of the time (unless you are against a juiced up Neuer or Courtois and then it is about 50/50).
 
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digiram

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Shooting is basically, never do more than tap 'b' (or 'O' on PS?). You tap it. If you do anything more, you will overshoot the goal. It is ridiculous, honestly. The amount of time between a hard shot and a tap are microseconds.

Also, almost always use the 'LB' finesse shot. There are very few times when it isn't required (headers, first touch crosses, etc), but even those won't be sent awry using the finesse.

Also, stick position really matters and isn't relative to where you're facing. It is always the same as if you were facing the goal straight on. Try and always shoot at the top corner away from the goalie, unless he is running towards you, and then tapping it under him near post works almost 100% of the time (unless you are against a juiced up Neuer or Courtois and then it is about 50/50).

Ah.. thanks for tips man. Gonna make sure I hold that lb when shooting. It's really hard to do the slight tap. I slight second hold and the ball goes flying into the stands.
 

smackababy

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Ah.. thanks for tips man. Gonna make sure I hold that lb when shooting. It's really hard to do the slight tap. I slight second hold and the ball goes flying into the stands.

Any amount of hold is bad. It is always a tap. It is ridiculous, but this is how Fifa has been for quite a few versions. Oh, and penalties are completely different in terms of pressure needed.