I mentioned in the last post that I made the move from Professional difficulty to World Class in my Valencia Manager Mode career after racing into an 18 point lead.
My last set of fixtures seen 1 win in 6 games since the switch. I am finding it TOUGH. Professional was and is far too easy compared to this level.
The AI appears turbocharged, in my opinion the rise from Pro to WC is too big in FIFA 09. There should be a level in-between. I would say it’s on a par with Legendary, which I played on FIFA 08.
The amount of possession the AI maintains is scary, the amount of shots on goal and the chances taken are never seen on Professional. You get punished for the slightest error.
In a way that’s fine by me as the way I see it, I will only improve as a player as
- I will have to defend better
- I need to keep possession longer
- I will have to be more creative to break down the stubborn AI defence
- My finishing will improve if I want to win games as I really need to take any chances as they are limited at this level
I can understand people not getting any fun from this sort of gameplay but that is my preference. The harder the difficulty the bigger the challenge. The sense of achievement when you do manage to get a degree of success and then look back at the times when you struggled brings a lot of satisfaction.
I headed into the final 6 matches holding a 10 point lead and the AI ass whipping continued.
Real Madrid or Raul I may add spanked my ass severely and handed me my biggest defeat against the AI yet on FIFA 09. A Raul hat-trick seen me go down 3-1.
Like the Almeria game from the last post, I squandered a 2 goal lead to draw 2-2 against Athletic Bilbao. I was heading for another draw against Atletico Madrid until I lost a goal in injury time, 2-1 defeat. Drew with struggling Numancia 2-2 and got battered in my final 2 fixtures against Espanol and Real Betis 2-0.
My record on World Class stands at an impressive P12 W1 D5 L6 (Relegation form). Due to the 18 point lead I opened up playing on Professional I held off Barcelona to win the title by 3 points.
There is no sense of achievement though. It feels like winning by default.
Professional is too easy for me, and World Class is proving too hard. I have mentioned that there should be a difficulty in-between as the gulf is HUGE.
I will persevere on World Class as it’s the only difficulty that provides a challenge.
I have never been sacked/fired since I started playing Manager Mode on FIFA 08. There is a very high probability/certainty that will happen next season going by my last 10 results.
Will next season bring my first game over?
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