Fifa 11 Xbox 360/PS3

Lami said:
Enjoy.

YouTube - Sweet Skillz @ EAC - David Rutter (EA God)

YouTube - Sweet Skillz @ EAC - Romily Broad (EA)
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That's immense! Had a good laugh at those.

Say what you like but Romily is a lovely guy. So humble that he refuses to let on about his hidden gift for football.

The thing is this is misleading. A lt ofthe actual devs have got footballing pedigree of sorts. Gary P was in the reserves/academy for...I forget... Hibs? Aaron McHardy played in a WC qualifier. Santi's a pretty good player, one of the devs whose name I mix up all the time (Cancho or Caucho) did some of the mocapping for FIFA Street and another dev in the EAC devs vs geeks match pulled off a sublime elastico, the sort that educates you on how elasticos are supposed to be used. Oh, and Marcel is meant to be a very tasty player too.
 
WILDSTER180774 said:
Blaccat, any chance of very early feedback from you. Big ask I know as you have only just fired the game up
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I think I understand what Rutter meant with his initial twitter response

If u play full manual, all that stuff in the petition video goes out the window. scared to try assisted

Its really easy to under hit a pass now, maybe with time and getting use to it might get easier but so far its good.

There is a bit more 1st touch control when receiving passes if the weight isnt accurate.

Playing as Arsenal in 3 matches now(1-0,0-0,1-1), I havent had one single....1v1 with the keeper so far

Play on professional CPU still pass the ball to the first player even though I am stand right in front of him (freekicks).
 
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i played 3 match to the demo (out in ps store usa)

the game is amazing, moves, freedom, controls...

fifa 11 is the best football game in 2011.
 
Damn I cant upload video

Essien just bullied my player off the ball and controlled the ball at the same time.

it looked really nice
 
Speed is too fast still (on normal). Game is better than 10 but not by that much. Better than PES11 (played PC demo). Personality plus is apparent. Pressuring is not effective. Initial impressions
 
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SHOCK HORROR. FIFA 11 IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.

FIFA 11 Demo Impressions

Just finished downloading the demo from the US PS Store. It's over 1.5GB in size. Managed to play 6 games.

You start off with Kaka in the arena and immediately you feel the difference compared to the World Cup game. It feels a lot more smoother (if it's possible!) and refined. The movement felt great as did the shooting.

My first match was FC Barcelona (me) away against Real Madrid CF. The menus load quicker. I hope that remains for retail and are presented better. All my settings were set to semi and manual with analog sprinting.

As soon as the match kicked off you can feel the differences. It's difficult to see on video but the ping pong passing is all but gone at least on semi now. My passes were either misplaced or too weak/powerful.

There is definite individuality now but it's nowhere neat the level of PES. Ronaldo felt like Ronaldo and was quick on his feet as was Messi and Drogba was damn strong.

That brings me onto the new 360 degree physicality. I hated FIFAs OTT physicality in the past but this felt really good and more toned plus it looked great.

The defensive AI has always been a problem in FIFA games as it's often too high up the pitch allowing for repetitive 1 on 1 goals but it's definitely better this year. There is still room for improvement though.

Shooting is the best it's ever been. I can finally hit low grounded shots now. Analog sprinting worked well but wasn't a major factor. Graphics are better than before but kits and player likeness are nothing like PES 2011. Stats under the scoreboard
were a nice touch. In terms of audio the commentary was great as usual.

Overall I'm really impressed. I wasn't thinking much of it after seeing the videos and after how great PES 2011 has been but you really need to play it to experience the differences. Is it better than PES 2011 this year? I doubt it but I will wait for the retail versions. Whether this version of FIFA can remain fresh 6 months + down the line remains to be seen but for the first time in many years (maybe ever?!) there looks to be 2 great football games on the market this year and that's great for us! :)
 
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Somehow feels like players are a lot lighter now. Feels like they can be blow away with the wind compared to FIFA10. Anyone else feels the same?
 
Played once with assisted, pro passing power needs to be toned up. However passing is affected by the player you are using, goes slower with the players who are not as skilled.
 
the taclking system is horrible, basically you walk or run thru your oponent to get the ball, there is no poking at the ball, stuffing your opponent, its just running your body into his. Honestly i dont see how this game is much different then WC 2010, with some tweaks, I play full manual as this for me is the only way to play fifa. Some nice spin on some passes from xabi, but i still dont see a hint of individuality. I also dont see where tactics come into play. The shots have more weigth on them, which is good. I have to say this is WC 2010.5 with updated rosters....
 
One word: meh.

Heading out so just real quick: Certainly an improvement over 10 but same old crap for the most part. Defending is the same: mash button and watch defender barge straight through dribblers and come out the other side with ball. Pressure button a little less effective but not by much.

Personality+ is a joke. Definitely noticed a difference but very small and mainly at the extreme, e.g. Messi and Ronaldo. Pro Passing also seemed too little a factor to deserve the name, but as I'm an all manual player I'm probably not the best to comment. Still really bothered me the CPU rarely dropped below 90% passing. Also, same problems with manual passing - not enough difference between through pass and regular direct pass.

Ball physics in general are crap, IMO. Feels like you're kicking an old leather ball around - sounds like that too! - and shot power is far too weak. Also some crosses float in the air. On the positive, I really liked the new bouncing lob pass, when I remembered to use it.

Physical play is better in that it's now more balanced between offense and defense, but physicality is still too much a factor. Too often players knocked from position without foul called, but I'd need more time with this to say for sure.

Overall, there's no joy in game. It just feels boring and it doesn't appear that enough has been addressed. That said, I'm sure I'll end up buying it, the sucker that I am, although I'll be playing the pes demo tomorrow and you never know...

(btw, I played on ps3 while I'm used to xbox and I really struggle with the ps3 controller, so I plan on downloading for xbox too and maybe my impressions will be more positive the.)
 
I havn't played the demo yet, but I'd like to remind everyone that it is normal for FIFA to be impressive to begin with... Even I loved FIFA 09 and 10 when I first played them, and even thought they were realistic...

I will try not to be fooled this year :COOL:.
 
Ok, like i said before if i wasn't impressed with this game. I'm not posting here again or about fifa every again until FIFA 12!

I will submit videos citing what needs to be improved but I'm just going to pm people and discuss stuff there

Downloaded the demo, made sure i picked the weakest team (Leverkusen) Played vs Madrid since they should be hard! Put it on Legendary also!

took of that passing power assistance since the 'pro passing' should show itself! also took off at hose other new assist things like R2 sprint , air bass etc..

Here's my first goal!
YouTube - FIFA 11 demo NEW FEATURE!

I mean the game is clearly better but well, the video says it all!

- It's impossible to foul! You just hold X and sprint and auto tackle!

- AI defensively like in the video is still dreadful!

- CPU are just so easy to read. but thankfully do try skill moves

- Penalties are broken (AI scored 2 out of 10, hit the post ALL the TIME!!!)

- Personality? I didn't even look at team management or even know who i was controlling, didn't care, didn't need to :( It was so easy it was a joke really!

and that's about it.

Goodbye everyone, will i buy this game, doubt it! Maybe to play some manual online if i have enough money! but it's the same stuff :(

BTW romangoli, when do you want me to make a video about the first touches etc...
 
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I don't know about the GK sprinting towards the ball over coming out and making himself big in attempt to try to block the inevitable shot
 
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Northzzz said:
I don't know about the GK sprinting towards the ball over coming out and making himself big in attempt to try to block the inevitable shot
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The fact that the defensive cant stop perfectly stringed passes?

Its assisted, no point complaining

In real life if any team passes the ball like that no defense can stop it.

That's why there are options, its not like we are forced to play the game like that.

If u choose to play the game like that on assisted, then thats ur cup of tea.

There is no point looking for error in assisted passing, the point of assisted passing is to remove that error and make sure the ball gets to the player.
 
Blaccat said:
The fact that the defensive cant stop perfectly stringed passes?

Its assisted, no point complaining

In real life if any team passes the ball like that no defense can stop it.

That's why there are options, its not like we are forced to play the game like that.

If u choose to play the game like that on assisted, then thats ur cup of tea.

There is no point looking for error in assisted passing, the point of assisted passing is to remove that error and make sure the ball gets to the player.
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Are you telling us you see nothing wrong with that video?
 
mfmaxpower said:
Are you telling us you see nothing wrong with that video?
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Assisted is for those who want/need assistance

It does what it says on the tin

If u decide to run and pass that fast, knock urself out

The only thing wrong in the video is the fact that Pro passing is bs
 
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