Engage in advanced soccer simulation with improved gameplay mechanics and expanded online features
Engage in advanced soccer simulation with improved gameplay mechanics and expanded online features
Vote (1,733 votes)
Program license Trial version
Developer Electronic Arts
Version 2.5.3.0
Works under Windows
Vote
(1,733 votes)
Developer
Electronic Arts
Works under
Windows
Program license
Trial version
Version
2.5.3.0
Pros
- The significant improvements to a variety of in-game systems made the game much more fun and realistic.
- The game holds the licenses of most major players, teams, and leagues, allowing for the most true-to-life soccer experience available.
- The improved and refined in-game personality traits provide a detail-heavy experience that will leave any soccer fan feeling like they aren't just playing a video game, but a real, amazing soccer simulator.
- The Creation Centre is a fantastic way of personalizing your game.
Cons
- iOS versions of the game were glitchy, crashed often, and couldn't be played on the iPad.
- Animations do occasionally falter and look awkward.
- In some instances - particularly on the defense - Artificial Intelligence is lacking. Thankfully for fans, future versions of FIFA would address these issues.
FIFA 2011 is the 2011 version of the highly popular and successful soccer game.
FIFA 2011 came with a slew of major upgrades that dramatically increased its playability, fun, and the overall experience of playing the game. These included improved graphics, a new passing system to better enhance accuracy, a revamped creation center, enhanced 360-degree dribbling, an improved career mode and major enhances to the Artificial Intelligence of the goalkeeper. It also further tied the game into the real world by unveiled its extremely robust and fun Creation Centre.
The computer version of the game saw a game engine upgrade, ensuring that it operated with the same engine as the Xbox and PlayStation versions. The control system was also upgraded to bring it in line with the video game versions, and other popular game features were fully incorporated with the PC mode. This helped to even the gap between the PC and console versions.
In addition to the gameplay features noted above, the game gets more physical. Players whiz past each other, and bigger guys can knock over the smaller ones. The animations are also very successful here, looking sharp and pleasant.
In addition to the major gameplay improvements, a variety of FIFA 10's new modes were enhanced and expanded. FIFA 10 introduced the Virtual Pro, which allows you to create a new player and successfully integrate him into the game. This successful feature is further refined in 2011. Additional features unveiled included the Creation Centre, which allowed players to use FIFA's website, then download those additions into your game. These additions could get as intricately detailed as creating your own customized chants and anthems for your teams to use.
Another feature enhanced is the Personality Plus, which enhanced the animations, celebrations, gestures, and more of the game. FIFA's hallmark has always been its realism. Personality Plus was one of its first efforts to make the game seem more real, in a granular, detail-oriented way.
This version of FIFA was ultimately sold on all major consoles, including the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It was also sold on Windows and multiple phone platforms, although it couldn't be used on iPads due to compatibility issues. It is still possible to purchase physical copies today, but digital copies can no longer be downloaded.
Pros
- The significant improvements to a variety of in-game systems made the game much more fun and realistic.
- The game holds the licenses of most major players, teams, and leagues, allowing for the most true-to-life soccer experience available.
- The improved and refined in-game personality traits provide a detail-heavy experience that will leave any soccer fan feeling like they aren't just playing a video game, but a real, amazing soccer simulator.
- The Creation Centre is a fantastic way of personalizing your game.
Cons
- iOS versions of the game were glitchy, crashed often, and couldn't be played on the iPad.
- Animations do occasionally falter and look awkward.
- In some instances - particularly on the defense - Artificial Intelligence is lacking. Thankfully for fans, future versions of FIFA would address these issues.
Pros
- Excellent online option
- Virtual Pro allows for a different footballing experience
- Be a Goalkeeper adds new challenges
Cons
- Online gameplay can lag
- Career mode takes a long time to set up
- Hard to unlock achievements in certain Virtual Pro positions
A better connected football experience
FIFA 2011 is the 18th version of the game and, as you'd expect, it's a slick moving football simulator stuffed with interesting features to move you beyond the basic gameplay. The game was advertised with the slogan "We are 11", and whilst it's a play on words with the game's year in mind, it's also a big indication of the full team approach that EA Sports took when developing the game.
New Features in FIFA 2011
The basic concept of FIFA 2011 is the same as the previous 17 incarnations: pick a team, pick a tournament and guide your team to glory using your tactical expertise and gaming experience. However, this version aims to connect players with a whole host of new features:
• FIFA World - the biggest new addition is the FIFA World online platform which allows players to make and edit their own individual avatar, create and manage their own teams and compete with players from all around the world. There is still a national and international leaderboard and you can create mini-leagues with people you have "friended" on the website.
• Virtual Pro - the idea of becoming your own football superstar has been in the FIFA series since 2008, and the 2011 version of the game takes the experience online. You can still create your own player, complete with a fully editable face and body type, then take him online to compete in 5 a side and full games against other players around the world. It can be a little jerky depending on the average Internet speed of the players, but the experience is fantastic.
• Career Mode - players can now choose to be a manager, a professional footballer or combine the two in the player-manager mode, allowing you to buy and sell players, edit the training schedule, set the tactics and then play in every game that you're fit for. The managerial features from FIFA 2010 are still there, but with now more flexibility over transfer budgets and wage limits.
• Be a Goalkeeper - for the first time in the FIFA series, players are now able to create their own Virtual Pro goalkeeper and play through the career mode in this position. You can also take your goalkeeper online in 11 a side games, though many teams online choose to have the AI goalkeepers in most games as the Be a Goalkeeper mode is incredibly difficult to master, allowing teams to score easy goals at will.
• 360 dribbling - finally, the dribbling skills have been finely tuned for FIFA 2011, meaning that it's easier for player to find gaps in the defence as well as doing individual skills that become unlocked as you progress through the game. Players with higher skill ratings will pull these moves off on a much more frequent basis, meaning that there's a certain challenge to be had in trying to successfully complete a Rainbow Flick with a Luton Town defender.
Pros
- Excellent online option
- Virtual Pro allows for a different footballing experience
- Be a Goalkeeper adds new challenges
Cons
- Online gameplay can lag
- Career mode takes a long time to set up
- Hard to unlock achievements in certain Virtual Pro positions
