FIFA 10 Game Face Struggles

by pastapadre
Posted October 24th, 2009 at 11:45 am

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The Photo Game Face feature has been used in previous EA Sports titles such as Tiger Woods. This year it arrives for use in FIFA 10 as your Virtual Pro. Unfortunately it has become an exercise in frustration and finishes up with a poor final representation. There are over 5000 comments on the Game Face page and most have to do with problems being had or the lack of Mac support.

The whole process behind Game Face is extremely tedious. First go to the website and login. The EASportsWorld or EAFootballWorld sites have always loaded extremely slow which just makes things worse. Once you login you may be directed to a page that doesn’t even have a way to start setting up a Game Face. In several instances I ended up having to circle around numerous times until I actually found a page where I could begin the process. Once finally in there are two required software downloads that must be made for the program to run.

Despite claims on the website Game Face does not work with Firefox. Don’t bother wasting your time logging in and starting to set everything up. Eventually there is a point where the screen will just be blank and nothing else can be done and none of the progress will be saved. Game Face right now only works in Internet Explorer.

If you do eventually get a photo uploaded and the face generated then there are a bunch of options for tweaking the properties of the face and adding hair or facial hair. Thankfully there are more hair options now than in the past however for some reason there are still no choices for long hair. It seems odd that created players can not have long hair when even many soccer stars do.

My first completed attempt was made and unfortunately the program didn’t render him any eyeballs so I scrapped that one. The next attempt was tossed when it appeared my guy had a severe skin condition. After investing so much time and experiencing so much frustration just getting to that stage with them I gave up. It was no longer worth it.

The biggest problem people seem to be having is with the character once transferred over to the game. While many have been seemingly satisfied with the face while viewing it on the computer, once in-game it has changed in some manner or appears awkwardly fit on the body.

Many may not even be aware of the feature though I expect that the majority of those who are won’t have the patience to go through this process. Add to that how the final result is not even turning out well and this feature has become a big disappointment.

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EA SUCKS

mac's suck almost as much as EA.

mgb5

Mac's are amazing.
Mr. Professional

are you trying to say you can't afford a mac xD

EA SUCKS

mac's suck almost as much as EA.

mgb5

Mac's are amazing.
Mr. Professional

are you trying to say you can't afford a mac xD

http://twitter.com/Pharrell1 @Pharrell1

FIFA sucks.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Jste Jste

Lol what game are you playing?

http://twitter.com/Pharrell1 @Pharrell1

FIFA 97 Gold edition. Best fifa ever!!!

http://twitter.com/Pharrell1 @Pharrell1

FIFA sucks.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Jste Jste

Lol what game are you playing?

http://twitter.com/Pharrell1 @Pharrell1

FIFA 97 Gold edition. Best fifa ever!!!

Justin

Its not that hard. You were just doing it wrong.

http://intensedebate.com/people/pastapadre pastapadre

If its so confusing that I found a way to do it "wrong" that is a problem in itself

word

it could be that some lack the ability to follow on screen prompts. if you follow directions you will not have a problem. now when the face actually gets to the game is a different story…

http://intensedebate.com/people/pastapadre pastapadre

Wish it was so simple and I was just that dim. Getting directed to pages that confirm you're allowed to do Game Face with a link back to EASports.com with no where there to do the Game Face is not user error.

Matt

I tried it a few times right before the game came out, but never got it to work. Still the best sports game out right now though.
http://intensedebate.com/people/DrLogic DrLogic

I had the exact same experience with FIFA gameface as Pasta. I wasn't even able to get to the stage where your guy gets created. As soon as I downloaded the required software and clicked the "next step" button my computer locked up. After this happened twice I was sooooooo over it.

All of EA's gameface applications should work and be implemented exactly like they are in the tiger woods series. Its shouldnt be this difficult.

Justin

Its not that hard. You were just doing it wrong.

http://intensedebate.com/people/pastapadre pastapadre

If its so confusing that I found a way to do it "wrong" that is a problem in itself

word

it could be that some lack the ability to follow on screen prompts. if you follow directions you will not have a problem. now when the face actually gets to the game is a different story…

http://intensedebate.com/people/pastapadre pastapadre

Wish it was so simple and I was just that dim. Getting directed to pages that confirm you're allowed to do Game Face with a link back to EASports.com with no where there to do the Game Face is not user error.

Matt

I tried it a few times right before the game came out, but never got it to work. Still the best sports game out right now though.
http://intensedebate.com/people/DrLogic DrLogic

I had the exact same experience with FIFA gameface as Pasta. I wasn't even able to get to the stage where your guy gets created. As soon as I downloaded the required software and clicked the "next step" button my computer locked up. After this happened twice I was sooooooo over it.

All of EA's gameface applications should work and be implemented exactly like they are in the tiger woods series. Its shouldnt be this difficult.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Attaboy21 Attaboy21

that sucks… if that works, it would be a damn good feature on fifa 10
http://intensedebate.com/people/Attaboy21 Attaboy21

that sucks… if that works, it would be a damn good feature on fifa 10
http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Pasta you're on Microsoft's payroll, your bias for Internet Explorer is showing!
http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Pasta you're on Microsoft's payroll, your bias for Internet Explorer is showing!
BORODUG

yeah this feature is brilliant in theory, in practice i've wasted an hour of my time cheers. Would it not have been a better idea to copy tiger woods or fight night round 4 because they actually work and make any kind of sense
BORODUG

yeah this feature is brilliant in theory, in practice i've wasted an hour of my time cheers. Would it not have been a better idea to copy tiger woods or fight night round 4 because they actually work and make any kind of sense
http://intensedebate.com/people/Sidewinder Sidewinder

It might be harder for a soccer game because there's so much moving around and fast motions compared to a game like Tiger Woods. It still shouldn't be that bad though. That's pathetic.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Sidewinder Sidewinder

It might be harder for a soccer game because there's so much moving around and fast motions compared to a game like Tiger Woods. It still shouldn't be that bad though. That's pathetic.
JagerMichael

The only problem I had with this was when I was using Firefox it would die at the generation point. Reason being that Firefox has been having issues with the .NET framework. When I switched over to using IE it was smooth sailing. I've made multiple adjustments to it since and haven't had any issues at all.
JagerMichael

The only problem I had with this was when I was using Firefox it would die at the generation point. Reason being that Firefox has been having issues with the .NET framework. When I switched over to using IE it was smooth sailing. I've made multiple adjustments to it since and haven't had any issues at all.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Amani Amani

No MAC support is unacceptable IMO.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

seeing as Apple O/S has a 8% market share…it is not really unacceptable to cater to an O/S that has 90% market share…

matt

But the 8% that uses the mac OS is mostly young and upper-middle class (like myself), and this is the same demographic that most heavily purchases video games.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

There are no statistics that supports your argument for one. I'd take a bet that there are more video game players on PC then there are that use MACs….please don't just type things just to type it, especially when you don't use statistics to support your argument.

matt

You want stats, fine, firstly, macs have a 14% marketshare and make up 2/3rds of computers over $1,000. Combining the luxury price with a brand image that is popular among younger people, naturally you get an affluent user base. Case and point, macs are the number 1 computer on college campuses.

http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/channel…
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-943519.html
http://news.cnet.com/Are-Mac-users-smarter/2100-1…
http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

LOL at you referencing an article from 2002! Over 7 years old! This makes me question your intelligence. When you were in college and writing research papers, did you reference studies from 20 years ago, or did you use the most relevant and up to date data?

Secondly, you referenced a blog for your 14% market share and 2/3rds of all computers over $1,000…a BLOG which is over a year dated

Here are some facts:

Apple grew its U.S. computer market share, finishing the third-quarter of 2009 with 8.8 percent share.

As for PCs over $1,000, take note that the average price for PCs sold are around $690 for desktops and $703 for notebooks (June 09 figures).

When you break that down to just Windows computers, the average price drops to $515, which the average Mac price was $1,400. You can break that down further to Windows desktops at $489 and notebooks $520. Mac desktops were $1,398 and laptops were at $1,400.

So tell me, is it a surprise that that MACS own more of the $1,000+ PC market share?

http://intensedebate.com/people/Amani Amani

No MAC support is unacceptable IMO.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

seeing as Apple O/S has a 8% market share…it is not really unacceptable to cater to an O/S that has 90% market share…

matt

But the 8% that uses the mac OS is mostly young and upper-middle class (like myself), and this is the same demographic that most heavily purchases video games.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

There are no statistics that supports your argument for one. I'd take a bet that there are more video game players on PC then there are that use MACs….please don't just type things just to type it, especially when you don't use statistics to support your argument.

matt

You want stats, fine, firstly, macs have a 14% marketshare and make up 2/3rds of computers over $1,000. Combining the luxury price with a brand image that is popular among younger people, naturally you get an affluent user base. Case and point, macs are the number 1 computer on college campuses.

http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/channel…
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-943519.html

http://news.cnet.com/Are-Mac-users-smarter/2100-1…
http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

LOL at you referencing an article from 2002! Over 7 years old! This makes me question your intelligence. When you were in college and writing research papers, did you reference studies from 20 years ago, or did you use the most relevant and up to date data?

Secondly, you referenced a blog for your 14% market share and 2/3rds of all computers over $1,000…a BLOG which is over a year dated

Here are some facts:

Apple grew its U.S. computer market share, finishing the third-quarter of 2009 with 8.8 percent share.

As for PCs over $1,000, take note that the average price for PCs sold are around $690 for desktops and $703 for notebooks (June 09 figures).

When you break that down to just Windows computers, the average price drops to $515, which the average Mac price was $1,400. You can break that down further to Windows desktops at $489 and notebooks $520. Mac desktops were $1,398 and laptops were at $1,400.

So tell me, is it a surprise that that MACS own more of the $1,000+ PC market share?

SwiFt4

No MAC os support is fine.

Fifa is good.
SwiFt4

No MAC os support is fine.

Fifa is good.
Anon

Macs suck
IE sucks

Mr. Professional

Hey, just like your mother xD

Anon

Macs suck
IE sucks

Mr. Professional

Hey, just like your mother xD

Daniel

this thing is weak period .dead ass, why cant we all just take a lesson from mlb the show and just use the system camera its SO much easier.
Daniel

this thing is weak period .dead ass, why cant we all just take a lesson from mlb the show and just use the system camera its SO much easier.
Shomari

this is an awesome feature…here's what you need to know before you start. You MUST have more than 2GB of RAM or your computer will NOT do it. Pasta, it does work in firefox as I got it to work on a computer at work. Also, if you have anything less than IE 7+ it wont work.

Once you get the computer settings that it needs to run it works fine. I had NO issues making it work in the actual game either. I have a lazy right eye and it showed up the same way in the game. I've shown it to many people and they agree it's the greatest insertion in a video game.
Shomari

this is an awesome feature…here's what you need to know before you start. You MUST have more than 2GB of RAM or your computer will NOT do it. Pasta, it does work in firefox as I got it to work on a computer at work. Also, if you have anything less than IE 7+ it wont work.

Once you get the computer settings that it needs to run it works fine. I had NO issues making it work in the actual game either. I have a lazy right eye and it showed up the same way in the game. I've shown it to many people and they agree it's the greatest insertion in a video game.
lazz

tried to do gameface and its worthless. nice job ea.
lazz

tried to do gameface and its worthless. nice job ea.
kimmi

i get through the whole process for my boyfriend and the thing starts to upload then crashes. why is it so damn hard lol
kimmi

i get through the whole process for my boyfriend and the thing starts to upload then crashes. why is it so damn hard lol
jme

got a compute 3 gb ram and its taking ages to generate the face crap
jme

got a compute 3 gb ram and its taking ages to generate the face crap
juice-box

i foudn it kind of hard to upload all the details and it took a lot of time and i didnt even get it done right in the end. If there was an easier way it would be a gerat feature but its really complicated
juice-box

i foudn it kind of hard to upload all the details and it took a lot of time and i didnt even get it done right in the end. If there was an easier way it would be a gerat feature but its really complicated
mic

After going through the process multiple times, getting my ea account properly linked to my ps3 account, I finally got my face into the game, except it doesn't look at all like it did online. My head is white but the front of my face was randomly made brown. Haven't had time to tinker with it but it shouldn't be this hard
mic

After going through the process multiple times, getting my ea account properly linked to my ps3 account, I finally got my face into the game, except it doesn't look at all like it did online. My head is white but the front of my face was randomly made brown. Haven't had time to tinker with it but it shouldn't be this hard
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Albert

I'm very disapointed, doesn't work for Mac. Obviously we are not discussing if Mac is better than a windows pc… there is not discussion possible! Who has worked with a Mac has woked before in a PC… but the people that says that mac is not good is because he never tried!
Albert

I'm very disapointed, doesn't work for Mac. Obviously we are not discussing if Mac is better than a windows pc… there is not discussion possible! Who has worked with a Mac has woked before in a PC… but the people that says that mac is not good is because he never tried!