Aaron Mchardy FIFA 08 (PS3, Xbox 360),Assistant Producer, Gameplay
One of the things that users felt was missing from FIFA 07 was the ability to perform great skill moves to beat defenders so this was moved to the top of our priority list for FIFA 08. When we set out to create this feature, we looked at how skill moves have been executed in past football titles and decided that we wanted something more intuitive.
Traditionally skill moves have been implemented by a couple of button presses that have triggered a pre-determined skill move animation. In keeping with the idea of a free ball, and the freedom to create and express your own style of play we implemented a skill moves system where you could create almost any type of move you wanted, rather than choosing from a couple of preset moves.
This year we’ve filled the right stick with a number of linkable skill moves. We have base moves likes step-overs, reverse step-overs, body feints and ball rolls as a starting point. Once you are able to master these you can add more difficult moves to your repertoire and perform them in any combination.
