Fifa 11

[Eric Clyde]

Some things I would like in FIFA 11.

Be able to select goalkeeper for virtual pro.

More leagues or more of the stronger teams from other leagues. For example, teams like Zenit, CSKA, Spartak Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kiev should definitely be in the game. The Argentine league should probably be included. And maybe they should try and include some teams from more smaller leagues like Dinamo Zagreb, Hadjuk Split, CSKA Sofia, and some clubs from the Romanian league. Maybe include more African teams as they are not very well represented (Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs are probably not even the best teams in Africa).

More customizable looks for your pro. I couldn't get a hair style like mine and my hair style isn't exactly uncommon. It would be cool if you can have certain parts of your hair dyed like I used to have my fringed dyed red and my hair blonde before and I will be getting the tips of my hair dyed red soon. Tattoos would be great although I can guess it would be unlikely and more headband options for longer hair.

I would also like if Be a Pro season would be more realistic for that position. For example, if I was playing right back, I would be required to score a goal, make sure we win the match and get a good rating which is quite hard when you are right back. I would find myself bombing out of position constantly regardless if I had the ball or not to get my goal and make sure we win the match. I think the targets should be more based on the individual player rather than targets that require the team to perform. Maybe even take what you did in the match and despite how you are doing for that position. Like how many times you caught a player offside, won the ball back for your team, blocked shots on goal or crosses, successful passes, assists, headers won. I would rather they took those statistics from a match and decide how well your pro played rather than "score a goal, win the match, get 8.0" as that can be unfair depending on the position.

 

[chewynotcrunchy]

I'd really like to see Be A Pro mode extended to 15 years instead of four and the ability to edit players such as in PES.

And bringing in the Master League instead of MM would be lovely.

 

[Bež]

For Manager Mode:

- I'd like to see clubs actually wanting to buy your players and pulling them instead of just showing some interest..

- Job offers from international teams and the ability to manage and play as that team, could then stick the Euro and/or World Cup's in there...

- Start unemployed and then simulate days until a job advert comes up/there's a team without a manager that interests you, you can then apply for the job and then see if that club wants you or not.

Make it so you choose your reputation at the beginning of the game, this would give players the choice of whether you want to work your way up, a more realistic approach, or start at the top and have fun...

 

[thenotsogood]

I would also like if Be a Pro season would be more realistic for that position. For example, if I was playing right back, I would be required to score a goal, make sure we win the match and get a good rating which is quite hard when you are right back. I would find myself bombing out of position constantly regardless if I had the ball or not to get my goal and make sure we win the match. I think the targets should be more based on the individual player rather than targets that require the team to perform. Maybe even take what you did in the match and despite how you are doing for that position. Like how many times you caught a player offside, won the ball back for your team, blocked shots on goal or crosses, successful passes, assists, headers won. I would rather they took those statistics from a match and decide how well your pro played rather than "score a goal, win the match, get 8.0" as that can be unfair depending on the position.

Totally agree. I can think of some tasks right away for RB

Link up with the right winger (eg, have so many successful passes to a midfielder)
X amount of successful crosses in a game
X amount of interceptions

They could still be flawed, but nowhere near as flawed as have X shots on goal, score X goals. And achieve a rating of 8 when ratings are heavily influenced by goals

 

[Dan]

http://kotaku.com/5581138/fifa-11-out-in-september-going-for-pro-evos-jugular/gallery/

Not really bothered about this. For one is says you can't compete in a league with your created team and two, I doubt created content will be shareable online like option-files. It's October 1st for us Brits too.

Shouldn't they have shown gameplay by now?

EDIT - http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1104408p1.html

This article makes it sound a lot better.

 

[Original?]

http://kotaku.com/5581138/fifa-11-out-in-september-going-for-pro-evos-jugular/gallery/

Not really bothered about this. For one is says you can't compete in a league with your created team and two, I doubt created content will be shareable online like option-files. It's October 1st for us Brits too.

Shouldn't they have shown gameplay by now?

EDIT - http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1104408p1.html

This article makes it sound a lot better.

The way it was written and quoted in the second article makes it sound like there is potential for sharing user created content. I'd be surprised if they didn't go down that route.

I like it for the option of extensive classic teams/players.

 

[Gato]

http://kotaku.com/5581138/fifa-11-out-in-september-going-for-pro-evos-jugular/gallery/

Not really bothered about this. For one is says you can't compete in a league with your created team and two, I doubt created content will be shareable online like option-files. It's October 1st for us Brits too.

Shouldn't they have shown gameplay by now?

EDIT - http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1104408p1.html

This article makes it sound a lot better.

More info:

http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fifa-dated-new-feature-announced/

According to this, you can share your creations, and download user created stuff as well. Question is how many teams can you create? Anyways: bye bye PES.

 

[Lörd TH]

PES who?

Can you do all this on the consoles, EASportsWorld.com is too much hassle with all the stuff you have to do to link your ea account to your gamertag.

 

[Appswah]

Nah, its all on the pc TH.

 

[Sho]

Anyways: bye bye PES.

For sure.

 

[Appswah]

No more manager mode or be a pro! Its all changed to Career mode now where you can be a player/player-manager/manager. Career is now 15 years not 4 years!

Russian footage, Very short but it does show john terry showing the new facial expressions! Skip to about 50 seconds to get to the good stuff.

It also shows the full 360o jostle system which looks pretty amazing. Apparently more than 2 players can jump up and battle to win the ball in the air. No more only 2 people jumping for the ball from corners/crosses/freekicks!

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Also worth a read:

Having received lots of feedback about Manager Mode in FIFA 10 the development team have been hard at work to bring to life the experience that users requested. Based on this feedback and the many suggestions from fans across the world Manager Mode is now changing to become Career Mode and has been built from scratch for FIFA 11.

Play through a footballer's career as a player, player-manager and then a manager. A brand new transfer system brings the ups and downs of the transfer window to life while the new calendar system means it is easier to plan your career, manage your squad or experience the thrill of breaking your way into the first team.

Players created using the new Creation Centre will be available to download into Career Mode so if you want you and your mates to all be a part of your favourite team and then manage them to ultimate glory, now you can.

There is also now a friend's leaderboard so you can see how you stack up against them in terms of stats and earnings throughout your career.

So the big question is; Player, Player-Manager or Manager? The choice is yours.



Career Mode in a bit more detail

Here in the office I've been fortunate enough to get access to an early build of Career Mode (playing as a Player-Manager) and so far it is a big change from FIFA 10. Things seem a lot slicker and refinements in a number of areas are definitely noticeable. So far I've taken Man Utd to Community Shield victory against Chelsea, signed Chiellini and Thiago Silva to replace the ageing Ferdinand and had a bid accepted for Benzema although I'm still to confirm personal terms with the player. Yes, you did read that right, "confirm personal terms with the player". The transfer system is now a two-stage negotiation where you agree a fee with the club in question and then have to agree terms with the player themselves. I've already had the experience of the club saying yes and the player saying no (Higuain) as he didn't want to move country.

There are now a few more search options in the transfer market with you being able to search for a primary attribute and a secondary attribute and respective ratings for them.

The main interface has changed dramatically and now has the look of an online "news portal", a bit like www.premierleague.com. You have a couple of news stories on display working in rotation, league ladder and top scorers lists on the right, career rating on the bottom left and then your menu options top left. The associated screenshot highlights this layout and as you progress through Career Mode you will become more familiar with it.

When changing days between matches the calendar now has a daily view and will stop progressing if there is an important action happening such as an email from a team interested in buying your player or something from the Board. You can easily see when the cup matches are, friendlies, international matches and your standard league matches. When you do get to a match and opt to Sim it there are a few new elements here as well. On the left of the screen you get both line-ups including substitutes and on the right you get a ticker updating you with important events from the match and a summary of key events from other matches happening at the same time. When you score, your players collect cards or get injured the left side of the screen updates with the appropriate symbol so you can easily see who has done what and who has been subbed.

On the side of injuries they are still there and have been tweaked as well. I got two injuries during the first match I simmed both of which were of different lengths; one 82 days and one 27 days. I got a news item on the main screen after the match telling me so and an email from the Coach drilling it in that these players would be unavailable and that I'd need to change my team selection accordingly. Injuries can also happen after matches, I played the Community Shield against Chelsea and got an email notification after winning that Rooney would be unavailable for a period having picked up a knock. Overall there are three types of injury; those that happen but aren't severe enough to sideline a player (stats reduced but can still play), those that sideline the player for a short period as they are unfit to play and those major injuries that can put a player out of action for months.

I'm still getting to grips with all the ins and outs but so far the changes that I have noticed are great and I'm enjoying playing it in the office. Look out for another article in the near future once I've guided Man Utd to victory and started a career as just a Player.

Career Mode Screens:

 

[Dan]

Fingers crossed it plays as good as it sounds. After about a month or so I usually get bored with FIFA. Every match starts to feel the same.

The presentation and improvements to the career mode are looking very good. I remember I used to hammer the Master League on PES, but after about 5 seasons there was too many regens which completely ruined things for me. With FIFA's 30-odd leagues though, there'll always be new talent to sign.

 

[Appswah]

The career mode layout looks alot easier than MM on Fifa 10. I havent even completed one season on Fifa 10 yet, i always get bored because of all the stupid little things like the crappy from thing and player stamina being completely shit one minute, next they're all fully fit.

Regarding the expressions on the players faces ive heard they change when they score/concede and ive also heard they screw up their faces when shoot a really hard shot.

Im trying not to get my hopes up too much as Fifa 10 was pretty shit MM wise but they have started from scratch with career mode so hopefully it is good. Looks like we'll just have to wait and see.

Videos are going to be coming out later on this week. Hopefully we get to see some gameplay ones as i would like to see what the speed of the game is like.

 

[Lörd TH]

Looks and sounds like it might be the best football game ever.

 

[Chewis_Afc]

can't wait for it to come out p)

 

[Alolo91]

Some Gameplay:

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[Hunter]

It's looking quite promising, but no mention of being able to create your own original team in career mode is a huge disappointment again. That is the main reason to continue playing, you feel an affiliation to the club that you actually built. You should be able to alter your own teams strips to keep the mode refreshing, but unfortunately it seems EA have missed a trick, again.

In the above 6 minutes gameplay video, at 4:20 you can see Van Persie scoring, and although it's nice control from Van Persie, the defending is obviously very lacklustre. The defenders didn't handle the situation with any form of knowledge, they simply stood still for a second allowing RVP to turn and run toward goal. I'm being quite critical with my view, but if these actions a regular in the game then I can see it becoming highly irritating.

 

[Appswah]

8 weeks to go and theres still no real official gameplay videos been released by EA. Anyone find that a bit odd? This time last year there were videos everywhere.

 

[Appswah]

Wow. Looks like you can play full 11 vs 11 in clubs now! Yes you can play as the goalkeeper!

''PLAY A ONE OFF MATCH AS A FULL TEAM LOCKED TO A PLAYER OR FOR THE FIRST TIME BE A GOALKEEPER''

Edit 1: Kaka is on the cover with Rooney.

Here's a short trailer thing:

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Edit 2:

EA_PWride's second article about career mode. Sounds good tbh!

"Following the great reception for the first article about the FIFA 11 Career Mode I thought I may as well look to write this second one to add a bit more detail and talk around some of the other areas of the mode I only briefly touched on last time. Having now spent a bit more time with it I have finally started to get to grips with some of the ins and outs but that doesn’t mean I’ve mastered it by any means.

The first article started with a look at a Player-Manager career and I want to carry this on before I jump into the Player Career. So I managed to take Man Utd to FA Cup victory but only managed a 5th place finish in the league after simming all the matches to get through the season. Whilst there wasn’t a celebration or cutscene for winning the FA Cup what happened at the end of the season was quite interesting. I got a few emails from the board stating that they weren’t very happy with my performance during the season as I hadn’t met the objectives they set me (Top 4 finish). They did however offer me a contract extension on the basis that I had showed some potential and that hopefully what I had learnt from the first season would put me in with a chance for Season 2. The contract was offered and surprisingly I was also offered a contract offer by Man City at the same time. Tough choice being a Man Utd fan so I opted to stay where I was to see if I could build on my FA Cup victory from the first season. One thing I did notice as soon as I started the new season though (or rather the summer transfer period) was that my reputation had dropped down a bit and I was still a half-star manager. Looks like my failure to meet the board objectives for the first season have tarnished my reputation.

In the forums there have been some questions about transfers, training, player growth and a whole bunch of other things. To try and answer some of these here is what I experienced whilst playing; West Ham sold Matthew Upson to Sunderland and then made a bid on Paul Scholes when I put him on the market. I loaned some of my youth players out and you have the option to set for a 3 month loan or a season long loan. You can also cancel a loan if you want to bring them back at any stage but there is a penalty fee attached if you bring them back early. In the build that I am playing there doesn’t look to be an option to offer cash and a player or do a player exchange when negotiating to buy a player. There is a plus side though with the two-tiered transfer system, you can now be outbid and “sniped” when making transfers. Given that you have to first get the club to accept a bid and then discuss terms with the player the club could accept two bids and you could still lose the player if they accept personal terms from a rival.

Player growth does happen, I had a series of emails from the coach telling me that a player had improved, and those that were getting older were losing their overall rating (Giggs went down by a point over the course of the season). I also got emails telling me that a player had hit form and suggesting that I should include them in my line-up for the next match or give them a bit more responsibility. On the player growth screen you actually get comments from the coach like “Has reached his potential, isn’t going to grown anymore” or “could develop quickly if given game time”.

Given that this is completely new code and doesn’t borrow from FIFA 10 there are a couple of things that have been stripped to ensure that this fresh start for Career Mode lives up to expectations. For now there are no training options, or those to improve your stadium, negotiator, coaches etc. One of the new elements when it comes to budget and transfers though is the “Budget Allocator”, you can change the proportion of your budget allocated to transfer fees and to player wages based on a sliding scale. So I may start with a 80/20 split with £50 Million to spend and £200K wage budget, change the slider to 60/40 and that may be £40 Million to spend and £250K wage budget. This gives some flexibility if you are trying to buy specific players but haven’t got the wages to cover it, or don’t need the wages and want a bit more free cash. There is a limit however, when doing this you get the notification this is only available 3 times so you need to make your decisions wisely.

Playing Career Mode as a Player

Having flirted with Player-Manager I thought I better get to grips with what it is like in the Player Mode, what was essentially Be a Pro Seasons in FIFA 10. For this I created my VP, the fantastically named C. Elito and joined Arsenal for a bit of a change. I got the option to take long socks or short socks, shirt tucked or untucked, ankle tape or no ankle tape and a few others when creating my VP and I think I can go back and change them at a later date if I get bored of how he looks.

When I jumped into the friendly matches before the season started I had a 0/8 rating as a “Prospect” and was given the opportunity to play all the matches to show the Manager how good I was. Things didn’t quite go to plan, I managed to get reasonable ratings but didn’t score in any of the matches so my rating stayed at 0/8. I did however get an email from the coach telling me that one of my team mates had been injured in one of the friendly matches along with notification of how long he would be absent for, quite a nice touch I thought.

Moving to the first game of the season I was picked to start against Man Utd playing alongside Fabregas and Co. The game ended in a draw, 1-1, with Fab scoring a penalty I created by bustling my way into the box but overall my performance wasn’t great. After the match I got an email from the Manager letting me know that although I played well I wasn’t yet ready for the limelight and that I wouldn’t be playing the next match. I advanced through the days and had to sim the next match, and the one after that, and the one after that so much like in real life, if you don’t take the opportunities presented with both hands you will spend time on the sidelines watching. I need to make sure that next time I get to play I score a hat-trick and then see what the Manager has to say.

Other bits and pieces

I’ve also dabbled with the pure Manager element of Career Mode and this leans quite heavily to what you experience in Player-Manager however the playing element is a little different. You can still do transfers, select the team, alter the formations and have the board challenges to go against but when playing matches you control the whole team as you did last year. There is also no option to create a player or VP and have them as part of your squad. I guess this is where the line is drawn between the 3 elements of Career Mode. Player Mode you can play as your VP, get accomplishments and develop aiming for individual and international glory whilst Player-Manager you have the stresses and strains of management whilst also being able to develop a VP if you want to. All 3 have playing options in them but they each differ; Player Mode has you playing in the BAP camera mode controlling just your VP or the full team, Player-Manager has you playing in a traditional camera view (although you can change it) and who you control depends on the management decisions you make, put yourself in the starting line-up and you will only control yourself, leave your playing self off the starting 11 and you can control the whole team. As a Manager you control the whole team in the traditional kick-off style."

 

[Sho]

Nice to see Kaka in the front..