Played two matches so far. Animations are nice, some great new ones for players falling over (a real nice one where the player sort of rolls 'through' his stumble and lands on his feet again). The cross animation where the crossing player falls on his ass is back again, and there are lots of other little animations I've not seen before. Of course, the GKs now make more one-handed saves too.
Player responsiveness is far better than WE9, thankfully. If a player stumbles in WE10, you are 'in control' of him again extremely quickly and you can continue your run, in WE9 this type of situation would always result in a free-kick. A great improvement here because it keeps the flow of the game going, there are definitely less little, silly fouls in WE10.
Use of to receive a pass seems tweaked. In WE9 it felt like although your player controlled the ball, he almost controlled it too well, and the ball got stuck under his feet a little. In WE10 this doesn't seem to happen. It's hard to explain, but although it seems defenders catch up they don't seem to be able to put in much of a challenge while they are sprinting back, which is just great as in previous versions they'd just barge into the back of you. This time it feels like they're really just concentrating on getting on their goal-side first, before they think about tackling.
Through passes are struck less powerfully and more precisely, the high through pass is much more floated instead of driven.
No slowdown on FAR view, not tried others. I also notice the tiny 'freeze' that sometimes occurs when the ball goes into the net or just bye the goal, but it doesn't hurt at all even if it's a little strange to get used to, not serious.
Only new stadium available at the start is Bernabeu, which is pretty well done (the ground area inside the goal net is sweet, it's 3/4 grass and 1/4 concrete like the real stadium). I assume if there are any other stadia they have to be unlocked.
I won't post any stats or faces so don't ask, I'm gonna go back and play some more and see what else I notice.
Overall, I'm impressed so far. It's more 'free' and balanced compared to WE9.
