While FIFA 12 is a pleasing example of a good port from EA Sports, Tiger Woods 12 was less successful with the retail game effectively being a massive plug for Tiger Woods Online.
The most pleasing aspect about this version of FIFA 12 on the PC is that it manages to replicate the console experience fully with no short cuts, perhaps showing that EA have finally realised that a good port of the game will actually please the PC fanbase rather than cause them to throw their arms up in frustration at lack of parity with the consoles. That physics system also makes for some amusing moments where your two strikers fall to the floor in a lovers embrace while waiting for a goal kick. So it is nice to see this years PC version matching the consoles toe to toe, the game looks just as good, all the online features are present and correct along with the new physics system which lends a new level of realism to the defensive side of things. Last year saw an improvement, with a graphics engine close to par with what the console-toys were delivering, but a lot of the gameplay changes had failed to make the transfer. For the past several years, the PC versions of FIFA games have been lacking the majority of the features found in the console cousins.
The reason is simple, this version of the chart topping franchise has been granted a full, feature complete PC version. I must say that playing FIFA 12 on the PC is a very enjoyable experience.