FIFA 11 Demo: First Impressions

took me 3 games to score on professional

TevezIsOverrated wrote:took me 3 games to score on professional

I've only 2 goals in 5 games. For the 0-0 draws, the subsequent penalty shoot-outs were really easy.

Don't know how you're struggling. I've only played on WC and Legendary, and won most of them

I think it's good that you really need to slow down and pass backwards to get going. Last years you could hold sprint for the whole game and get a Walcott or Messi to speed past the defenders. This time passing is more influential I guess, manual is great nullifying ping pong problems and the jostling is great, a fast player can actually be stopped now by a slow but physical tank.
The personality+ and traits like injury prone and the tags of Playmaker or Dribbler are great as well. Djourou, Fabregas, Diaby, Walcott, van Persie all have injury prone traits

Anyone have any info on whether or not EA have sorted out the negative wages & transfer money bug in Career Mode (Manager mode)? I know you can choose how the money is distributed but i play offline modes more then online games and that bug was really annoying.

bcfcben wrote:Anyone have any info on whether or not EA have sorted out the negative wages & transfer money bug in Career Mode (Manager mode)? I know you can choose how the money is distributed but i play offline modes more then online games and that bug was really annoying.

They redid Career Mode from scratch and added more detail to budgeting, so my impression is that the bug is fixed.

im really enjoying the demo. its too early to make a sweeping statement, but it seems almost flawless in gameplay! i dont find it too fast, having played on slow & normal settings - i couldn't tell any difference between the two!

penalties overall have been too easy (CPU misses too much) and its still dosn't feel natural using the right stick for skill moves (i find that the movements i make with the right stick don't translate to what appears on screen! - perhaps another read of the instructions is in order!)

dives, although not administerd by the user seem to be in the game and i love that handball is in too - i havn't had a load given! - two FK's and one peno in about 30 games seems about right to me!

only another 10 days and 6 hours until the midnight release! FIFA 10 has already been traded for £10 (i bought it for £22.50 - about 25p a week for entertainment, not bad!) i will probably trade in WC2010 too.

I always trade in the old Fifas, i will also trade in MW2 as it wont let me online anymore so that will be a few more quid knocked off my purchase.
Really looking forward to this game.

Facebook is telling me Playstation Magazine has rated it 10/10.

Danny B wrote:Facebook is telling me Playstation Magazine has rated it 10/10.

Same here.

Danny B wrote:Facebook is telling me Playstation Magazine has rated it 10/10.

wow! how many and what games have had that high rating?

say, 9.8 (98%) and up?