FIFA 11 Reviews

I think if you are an avid FIFA 11 player then you will apreciate my suggestions to better FIFA 12..
(Xbox Live)
1. FIFA 11 online is great but could be better..I cannot understand why there is no head to head competitions like there was Cups in FIFA 2010 World Cup. Head to head can be boring if theres no objective but just to play friendlies all day.
2.Players are tampering with games when going behind..either by streaming or downloading things on their laptop. FIFA need to try and fix these bugs.
3.We've paid £45 for FIFA so I don't see why we should have to fork out an extra £10 for Live Season
4. Updates for FIFA should be better.. i.e boots, hairstyles, jerseys, FIFA 11 has all the boots that were out at the time of its release in September like the purple F50's and old adi pures. However they become very outdated come January when there is new boots released. Hairstyles isn't so important but it shows the game is up to date. Key players should be updated..Tevez now has short hair..Fernando Torres has short hair. These are just examples.
5. The gameplay in FIFA 11 is great. Don't really have many complaints about it but I think silly things need to be picked up on..
(a) The goalkeeper never gets sent off..ever
(b) Players that get injured never struggle the full 90mins with the injury. Instead they are fine 2mins later
(c)I Think there should be interactive celebrations. i.e players have the option to take off shirt or celebrate with fans and receive yellow card for doing so.

Pro Clubs
1. Im of the belief that as your team wins more games, the computer players should also get better but not too good.
2. There should be no suggestions at all tohave real life players in the pro clubs it wouldruin the game.
3. I think just for fun between friends the chairman and manager who is selected should sort out wages for players e.g NIALLO12 is on £13,000 a week.
4. There dosnt seem to be any set tactics for the club..we have to keep setting our freekick takers etc during the game

In conclusion FIFA 12 would be a better game if the designers listened to the players of the game. We know what we want and what has annoyed us throughout the year

First of all i have no major suggestions to the gameplay, i think that it's already fantastic, but i think the area of improvement needed is in career mode, but here is a list of things that should be taken into consideration
General Suggestions

1. Arguments between refs/player team/team even the occasional push and shove in a heated moment

2. HAVE MANAGERS AND SUBSTITUTES on the sidelines, with managers showing emotion, shouting all of that

3. Official Sponsor of teams and now also an option of playing in training kits

4. More International teams etc Ghana, Egypt, Serbia, Ivory Coast.

5. Updates for boots and kits

Career Mode Suggestions:

1. Career Mode having durability, this is created by having international call ups, press conferences, realistic training sessions with training kits, player emotions (etc players gelling together, enjoyment, happy with coach, conflict with wages and getting a spary from local newspaper

2. When seasons objectives are worked out, should depend what leauges you play in (etc Manchester Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal play champ leauge from the get go, whilst Liverpool, Spurs play Europa leauge instead of playing a season and then playing champions leauge

3. Make your own kit. Have templates from all major shirt sponsers, so that you can make your own kits for each season,

4. Finally if you win a leauge, cup etc, have actually celebrations.



Cheers

It would be great to include accurate facial and body simulation of football managers and subs when a team score. e.g Neil lennon celebrates an old firm goal for celtic.

The inclusion of ibrox and celtic park would increase my enjoyment.

An emphasis on individual supporters hairstyles, ages and demographics would heighten enjoyment for me also.

I think that fifa 12 should have a mode where you can create your own team, kit and stadium and also get sponsors for your club. Another thing that could be added would be able to mange a country into the euro champs and world cup.

should be better players in clubs so its an all round better game,should be a virtual pro of the month so all your friends in your team can try get pro of the month, should be a top goalscorer leaderboard

I HAVE SO MANY LOGICAL AND REALISTIC IDEAS ABOUT FIFA 12 MANAGER MODE, HERE IS MY TOP 3:
1) ON CAREER MODE IN FIFA 11, YOUR OWN PLAYERS LOSE/GAIN SPECIALTIES (SHIELDS). MAKE THIS MORE CONSISTENT, DO THIS ACROSS ALL TEAMS.
2) I REACHED MY 4TH SEASON WITH LAZIO, AND I CAN'T SELL ANY OF MY PLAYERS. MAINTAIN PLAYER SALES FOR THE ENTIRE 12 SEASON CAMPAIGN.
3) THE DETAILS REGARDING LOAN PLAYERS SHOULD BE SORTED. PERHAPS ADD A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, LIKE IN REAL FOOTBALL, WHERE YOU CAN SIGN THE PLAYER AT THE END OF HIS LOAN SPELL. AND THIS RUBBISH REGARDING PLAYERS WHO ARE "UNABLE TO SIGN" AS THEY WERE LOANED OUT THE PREVIOUS SEASON NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED.

Although injuries were improved in FIFA 11, they are still not very realistic. Injuries should be more frequent and for varying lengths. You look at any team in the EPL and there is usually 2, 3 or more players out each week. Especially around febuary and march when cup and league games are frequent and at higher intensity.

Not asking much really, just a more comprehensive edit function would be nice. Transferring players and adjusting their squad number etc. could be made much simpler. Also, why not have a "falsely named" euro club competition which could be edited to mirror the real thing? Perhaps a few more international teams would be nice and some more south American competitions? Other than that, the gameplay, kits and grounds are fantastic.

problems everywhere with this game:
1. fifa pro clubs there is constant sync lag ie. players see events at different times from each other
2. no first names when you push RS/R3 for bio of player
3. the ai keepers make too many stupid errors
4. strength beats pace, makes amazing players like messi pointless
5. inconsistent refereeing... red cards for two soft standing fouls
6. be a pro offline is very tedious as ai players are dreadful and slow in their approach
7. pro clubs is a fantastic idea and really fun at times but it would be so much better if the servers didnt cut out and disconnect everyone as much

Definitely commentary needs more range, more pairings, controversial decisions, be a referee, interviews in career mode( all aspects),more crowd reaction pitch invasions build from the bottom grounds kits and such improving as you climb divisions a more accurate representation of smaller team player face graphics and let's see more accurate substituting by watch players warm up before and the 4th official programming the board more accurate transfers in manager mode otherwise the game was good

i think we should have fighting in the game cuase like in real games people fite alot also we should have kids like when players come out from the tunnel ang goes to the field the players have kid with them we should have that for fifa 12

-able to buy players after loan spells
-offer players when buying a player
-on FUT sometimes you will randomly lose connection or the game freezes and you lose DNF modifier NOT GOOD
-build your own team and start in a lower league

1) In rival matches it should get more heated with tackles coming in late and fights (not real but pushing and shoving where you can choose how your own player reacts).
2) more commentators saying different things
3) more animations
4) some players graphics such as NANI are great but other players are just SO unrealistic
5) penalty's too confusing
6) free kicks some people are brilliant and some awful (including me) free kicks should be different so that if it's a good player it should be much easier ( for even those bad at free-kicks)
7) at half time and pre match you should be able to motivate players and make speeches
8) pre match and post match interviews where you get to choose what to say and unveil new signings
9) In career mode, more realistic such as top teams finishing higher up rather than in the 2nd half of table, and teams such as birmingham not finishing 2nd!!!!!
10) skills made easier
11) FUT get better players in packs it was such a waste of money i spent 50k on packs and got value of about 10k!!!

The computer opponent plays the same way in every game...for example, wingers most of the time crosses the balls..goalkeeper goal kicks not passes the ball to the defender and computer opponent does not show skill and celebration moves.

Fifa 12 should include more argentinian team if not even the argentinian tournament league

WE need to create our own teams without being online

my bro and me play online a lot and we play a half each u starts lossing then i win it but wene i start to win they all ways qwits it should go down as a win
(sorry for bad speeling)

Where's the ability to turn off autosave gone? Autosaving is so buggy and slow it's vital to be able to turn it off, I've had 4 Manager Mode saves I've had to write off and start afresh, so I just don't bother now. Do you have 12 year olds writing the code and testing? There's so much basic stuff that's just plain wrong. Sort it out!

Wish PES would get back to producing a decent match experience, coz everything else about it beats the shoite out of FIFA.

Only a small suggestion. When subs are being made during the game maybe show the new player warming up as well as have the 4th official plugging the subs number into the board. And then at each half showing the crowd how many extra mins to be played with the board.

After you loan a player there should be option to buy

Definately incorporate trade offers with players in transfer mode.

When playing a through ball..... The recieving player should be able to run towards the ball and not always away from it :)

Maybe a good tutorial would be nice, esspecially when you come from other soccer games.

On fifa 11 and 10 when you play your virtual pro online. on the bar where it says your player nane on the outher person screen it say create player1.

The idea of quiting game or ''lost connection'' wipes off all the games performance is not good! Fifa10 had a good feature, if you quit the game, it counts as a loss which was pefect. On fifa11, every player you play against online quits if he feels defeated already and you lose the point! Its not easy to build up a high profile that way!

1. It would be awesome if during the game, if you pressed the back arrow on the controller, a menu would come up on screen very much like it does when you press a direction on the D-pad. It would bring up your squad and you could make substitutions that way. Instead of pressing pause and going to team management, you could make a substitution during a goal kick, throw in, free kick.

2. Improve shooting accuracy

Add Wales ON THERE!!!!!!!!

Its a good game but it needs to be more realistic and ea should try and sort out the connection problems on pro clubs they should have premier league stadiums and make your own boots on pro clubs and edit default players like making them taller for CB and small for RM or LM thank :)

I would like to see the option of playing with the greatest club teams of all-time in an elimination tournament such as the World Cup. For example there would be teams from the 80's, 90's and so on.

More intelligent defending from the CPU controlled defenders in a cut back scenario. All too often when an attacker reaches the box and goes to cut the ball across the CPU controlled defenders just mark space (and not even the right space for any kind of intervention) They should move to block off the attackers options as they would in reality. Its basically a goal every time, far too easy and unrealistic much like early versions of fifa used to be with cross balls.

1.All boots manufacturers, no ea sports boots. Every player has the boots they have in real life.
2. All the Top division teams in the world, have their own stadium. Or the top 10/15 capacity stadiums in each country are on the game.
3. Teams have their goalkeeper kits and you should be able to choose which kit your goalkeeper wears.
4. Create your own team like in FIFA 2003 but have better updated options, so there are basically an unlimited number possible kits. Also, be able as this created team to choose a sponsor and manufacturer for the kit.
5. A larger range of commentators for each league put the everyday commentators then have different ones for domestic cups and Europe.
6. Finally, add all international teams and allow players to be called up to their country for a competition so that in manager mode you have to deal with losing players to cups like copa America or Asian cup.

FIFA 12, as an older gamer. in manager mode i think more advertising deals should be made more available also it would be great if you could alter your stadium with different stands and the more successful you are the more stands you unlock , and maybe have a choice of training facilities you can upgrade from lower league to premiership

I think the carrer mode should have more features like press conferences, and managers should be able to manage international teams and call up players

Add FC Shaktar Donetsk

Some how sort out 'rage quitting' its the most annoying thing when your 2:0 90th minute and somebody turns off xbox, waste of time and effort and ruins it for the rest of us. ps if anybody wants to play me on xbox - majestic coloni add me.

you should be able to play up to 4 players online on be a pro mode. a new camera were is it easy for both people to see when both of you are playing as a goalie or maybe split screen for that? Also they should make a story mode (or life mode )were you start out as a kid who go's to games and then work your way up to the big clubs after training for years and as well you get to live day to day life with the person e.g. go to school and stuff. they should make the game more realistic in career mode and stuff like you have to deal with press, etc players cheating on wife's and so on......

Get rid of the Rating System for online play...having more freedom to do what you'd like with your player instead of having to stay in your position. Having arrows tell you were you should be during a play, isn't fun, and even when you are in the right position it seems like you team can' affect your rating.

I have had every Fifa since 2000 (Jesus I actually have gone and bought every fifa for 11 years that's roughly £440 on just the EA's Fifa franchise slightly worrying and sad... mehhhh) right The things I DEMAND to see in Fifa 12 :D:
1. players holding their runs for through balls or running along the line of defence not just aimlessly running a straight line expecting the ball to be floated over or put into their path.
2. bring back the ability to take driven shots from range without the stutter if the player have space to do so let them like in Fifa 10.
3. replays for the offsides that are clearly wrong instead of the computer just skipping it and sometimes allow offside balls or runs to count it happens week in week out in the PL linesmen get it wrong.
4. better defenders I agree with them being useless for corners but I would like to see defenders lose the ability to head every lobbed pass that's played centrally away, or at least make it possible for players to challenge for them if you can see the ball it's going to be lobbed successfully then you should be able to change that players run and challenge the header.
5. better goal keepers in my opinion they have been vastly improving over the years but things like if you curl ball into the top corner even if it is going in the goalie should to still make a dive just little things like that i think anyone who is have issues up the difficulty.
6. I would like to see the stadiums names for each club 11 games you think that might have been done by now, generic names like ivy lane etc are boring and annoying maybe personalize the stadiums as well again lose the generic ones.
7. more verity in crowds instead of the block system that seems to be in use recently maybe small blocks with wider verity of actions.
8. when playing online penalise player for quitting early like in the Fifa 10 ultimate team increase DNF multiplier with every game you complete and reduce or reset if you quit early something similar.
9. i hope that andy grey wont be the commentator given what happened im guessing you wont be seen to endorse that sort of person if you are thinking of doing it please don't, and maybe some new comments.
10. curled crosses instead of getting to corners of the box or the byline and curling balls in players with the ability to cross should be able to do it further away from the box.
11. Better animations for the pitch I liked it when the players kit got muddy or stained as the game went on but I think the same needs to happen to the pitch as the season progresses into wetter months the pitch should become weathered and muddy and stadiums like (Wigan's DW stadium) should represent the fact the share their stadium with a rugby league team.
12. I like the idea of maybe interacting with fans, looking around the stadium would be cool and questions on the pitch after the the games complete from journalists would be cool or maybe start small just a post match interview but more interaction within the game would be awesome.

While Fifa 11 was great, and I will probably buy Fifa 12 no matter what, there were one or two things that I would like to see changed or improved.
1) Make autosave optional, or give us the ability to restart a match, especially if its a cup final etc.
2) It would be nice to get player first names back. Not just R. van der Vaart or W. Rooney etc. Not everyone knows every footballer in the world, especially if oyu want to take a lower league team to the top.
3) Minor changes to team kits
4) Youth Acadamies and/or scouting networks. Gives the impression of whole football clubs, not just a team that your managing.
5) More stadiums - like White Hart Lane and Eastlands, even Ibrox and Celtic Park.
6) Have a vice captain so if the current captain gets injured etc it doesn't go to his replacement who could be a teenager.
7) Be an actual manager where they could be seen on the sidelines.
8) Extra leagues (maybe Blue Square Premier, or the Scottish 1st division) and extra international teams. I know they can't have Japan but maybe teams like Wales (all their players are England anyway) and Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Egypt etc.

I think in superstar mode there should be youth clubs and youth leagues and work your way up because it's far too easy to be called up to Chelsea first team after a year with a joke club, also more stadiums and more cups. Add the other leagues so you can have the club world cup and things like that. Really make the crowds different with each club as well. Ex African clubs play music and dance, English clubs chant etc.

you should be able to upgrade stuff such as scouts, stadiums and coaches!!!!!!!

you should be able to upgrade stuff such as scouts, stadiums and coaches

Aim for the prem mode. You would create your own team that just got promoted to league2, including designing a custom strip or selecting from some premade ones (logos and names too). Then you work your way to the prem and eventually try to win the champions cup. Establishing academies and having to choose which country to put your academy in or sending your scouts too would determine what future talent you discovered. Different countries could have different bonuses. once you made enough money upgrading your stadium or building a new one would be in the players hands. Depending on your success different companies would fund you. Overall just put more team control options in the players hands for those who want to play more than just a few seasons with a popular team. -thanks and looking forward to the next fifa

Ability for Referees and Linesmen (and women) to make Errors. Adding some realism into the game.

Extra officials in european games for added Realism.

Chris Kamara on commentary.

INDIRECT FREE KICKS IN THE AREA. I've wanted this for years now.

Ability to Dive.

Tattoos on Virtual Pros, aswell as more Boots & make them able to wear Glasses/Goggles.

Self injuries (hamstring strains etc.) & more interactive tackling. *I noticed these being added, great stuff*

More interactive celebrations, run into the crowd for a booking or Run to hug manager and other staff.

here we go.. 1- champions league with theme song, 2- europa league with theme song, 3- argentinian/south african/other south american league, 4- real names for domestics cups, 5- all above mentioned, if won by team real life celebrations, ie. Leagues-team on field huddled together while captain lift trophy, team then celebrates.. Cups-team gather on podium in stands collects medals then captain raise trophy. 6- more stats in competitions, achievements rewarded for leading scorer even if not own player, shows graphs of how team perform. 7- have options for us who cant get connected live, example: be able to create team, kits, logo, players up to 22, stadium design for team, etc. 8- career mode- manager mode: be able to create manager with age starting 40 sumthing, have scouting back, youth team players, be able to see youth player progress then decide to bring in first team, be able to choose friendlies, if declined by a team another option should open and not fall away, be able to draft target transfers of say 5 players.. Better and longer negotiating with clubs for players, for every target player negotiated and bought managers reputation go up.be able to terminate contract with club as manager, be able to receive offers from clubs mid season, be able to trade players with players or with cash, press conferences before and after matches, training for players with injuries and fatigue, 9- less handballs in penalty box, 10- have an option to be club or international coach. Club coach mentioned, international coach: be able to create manager, be able to call up players from clubs and schedule friendlies, euro competition, maybe not world cup now :-).. k think i sed enuf. Common EA make it happen

first of all i want to say thanks to all of you
I think the freekicks are very easy
I can make them goalchances very very easilly
finally i want to ask you for a stadium maker or stadium kitter for the game
I hope fifa 12 has the iranian leage
thanks a lot

players also get tired way to quickly when played!!!!!

on fifa11 if you mannaged a club in the barclays premeir league you couldnt at the end of the season go to a different club in a different country so in fifa12 please put it like it was in fifa 09 but like in fifa 09 you could choose who to go to that was crap keep it the way it is naw just let the clubs from other leagues put a bid in for the mannager and also in real life in English football there is premier league championship league 1 league 2 and blue square premier league. but on fifa there is only the premier league and the football league so can you please put the blue square premier in aswell on fifa 12

Manager mode: when scouting to different countries, "scout" has ability to play as the local team in exhibition and get a feel for the local players and see how the would fit with the scouts criteria (moves, free kick, etc). This opens up a whole new door or realism regarding bringing in new talent.

Also, building on the former, lets say the scout is in africa or the middle east. The field and players gear should reflect the conditions and norms of the area/continent.

Player development: Not much here except for the fact that young players never get better. For example, when purchasing a player like neymar or lukaku, I may not need them to immediately make an impact on the squad but they were purchased as the future faces of the team. Thus, I will play then on an occasional basis til they grow and some other players get older. However, if they get all the playing time in the world, they will barely grow and will ironically worsen when given occasional playing time. This is unrealistic.

Final comment: no one can catch cristiano ronaldo on a sprint, this should be reflected in the game.

whilst playing a match there must be a ball passing/kicking sound added to the game. If u listen on on real live matches you can hear what the ball sounds like when its being passed/kicked around, i think that would have a big effect on fifa 12

FIFA 12 Wish List:
Pleae make it easier to make crosses on the ground, the double and triple tapping X is difficult to do correctly on a regular basis.

Have the teams walk by the trophy when a championship game is being played.

Player introductions would be sweet.


Thank You.