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FIFA 11 |OT|
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I'll start by saying that I'm a complete Fifa noob and I never really learned the mechanics of soccer. I played it through elementary school but that never got technical.
I bought a copy of this game because I had some fun with the World Cup game that came out previously. I have no idea what teams are good to play as or anything like that. Any general tips?
I bought a copy of this game because I had some fun with the World Cup game that came out previously. I have no idea what teams are good to play as or anything like that. Any general tips?
mjc said:
For teams, the best are probably Chelsea and Manchester United (in the English PL), and Real Madrid and Barcelona (in Spanish La Liga). There are plenty of other good teams though.
In terms of gameplay tips, FIFA 11 is a lot slower than other FIFA games and is much more realistic. You want to take it somewhat slow and pass the ball around when you have possession. Don't try to force it. Also, make sure that when you receive the ball with a player you push the left stick in the direction you want him to turn. This can be helpful when keeping the ball away from the player.
Are these helpful? I don't know how much you played the WC game so it's hard to gauge your skill level.
EraldoCoil
Member
ok, I have been working alot on my defense, it's coming along slowly but surely. Still pretty horrible though. but it's getting better.
in terms of offense, any tips on shooting? I seem to always boot the ball like crazy even if I put my power to about halfway, and it the aim of my shot tends to always be way off. Also, I don't seem to understand how free kicks work, can anyone point me to a guide or something that explains how shooting those work?
thanks!
in terms of offense, any tips on shooting? I seem to always boot the ball like crazy even if I put my power to about halfway, and it the aim of my shot tends to always be way off. Also, I don't seem to understand how free kicks work, can anyone point me to a guide or something that explains how shooting those work?
thanks!
EraldoCoil said:
Are you sprinting when you shoot? The game takes a lot into account when determining how well your shot is hit. I typically try to let go of sprint and get my player oriented nicely before I shoot. It also very much so depends on where the ball is positioned at your player's foot. You want to have it a little bit in front of your player on his shooting foot when you power it up. This way he gets a nice run up and can strike through the ball naturally.
Obviously it isn't always possible to set things up perfectly, nor do you need to. Just try to get it set up as best you can.
mr_sockochris
Member
It's happening to me too and a fair few people on the FIFA forums so you're not alone. I've tried everything from resetting routers, clearing my cache, uninstalling and reinstalling, playing from the disc, using wireless/wired and resetting my network setting on my 360. At the moment I'm just going to the dashboard as soon as the game is over and loading the game back up. Thankfully my Be A Pro stats are counting so I guess I'll just have to keep doing this till it gets patched I suppose although someone on the FIFA forums just suggested deleting old FIFA game saves as a fix so I'm going to try that now...Gibbo said:
Got my Robbie Fowler virtual pro looking good now, just need to unlock some Nike boots and I'll be happy -
And 'eating the grass'
I haven't had any problems with one on ones yet. Not boasting, just saying that I don't see a problem at all. In fact I'm fairly sure I've scored almost all my one on ones, though I do always play as Liverpool so having the likes of Gerrard and Torres helps!
All I can suggest is use the finesse shot and make sure to aim at the corners and not straight at the keeper. I've discovered a method of getting around the keeper almost every time in one on one situations too (only with a decent player mind you) but I won't mention it here as it could spread and get abused..though I'm sure it'll get found anyway.
All I can suggest is use the finesse shot and make sure to aim at the corners and not straight at the keeper. I've discovered a method of getting around the keeper almost every time in one on one situations too (only with a decent player mind you) but I won't mention it here as it could spread and get abused..though I'm sure it'll get found anyway.
Dragnet said:
Finesse is easy.
I'm talking about one one ones where you need to shoot across the keeper.
It's probably the most common finish in real football, so I'd expect it to be easier than opening your body and finessing it into the opposite corner.
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFzysPpFycQ
TabletopTictacs
Member
Ok, I still haven't won a single game online due to people quitting every other fucking match. My question is, if the opposition quit what do I get? Do I not get my win?
Yea, nice one.Dragnet said:
Here is my first free kick I've made in the game so far:
http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/39614705
Disappointing loss, Nani hit some ridiculous goal in the 90th
thauoftkidd
Neo Member
i'm pretty familiar with the game i just wanted to inquire on what the community thinks is the most effective cross in the game. thoughts?
thauoftkidd
Neo Member
Slizz said:
yeah im trying to cross from the corner area to the middle..what do you normally use?
Jeff Albertson
Member
Ok just got back from holiday in Florida and got my game, a minor thing but my team (Blackburn rover's) numbers are the wrong colour, they are black instead of red and it looks crap, is there anywhere I can change it?
Manual crossing is the worst.
I switched my settings to semi assistance with shots and passing, and those may as well be automatic because there's not much of a difference with my style of play. But I just can't get used to running down the wings and crossing it with manual. Through balls are hard on manual too but I've been getting better with those...
but my play went from free flowing and beautiful to league 1 style thuggery
I switched my settings to semi assistance with shots and passing, and those may as well be automatic because there's not much of a difference with my style of play. But I just can't get used to running down the wings and crossing it with manual. Through balls are hard on manual too but I've been getting better with those...
but my play went from free flowing and beautiful to league 1 style thuggery
user8503492
Banned
So I got it, woot!
I suck at sports games, and to top it off I really suck at soccer sports games cause Im still learning the game
But no matter, its incredibly fun and thankfully this year my team is in it!
Running with my Philadelphia Union and loving it. Le Toux, Mwanga, Mapp, Fred, and Morales! Even created my own pro and signed him to the team He hasnt scored yet but has quite a few assist to Mwanga and Le Toux.
I find it funny how size matters on speed and such, I tried to make him look like me and be my size but according to EA Im slow lol.
My Favorite mode tho has been Virtual Pro where you join in with a bunch of other guys V. Pro's. Its frustrating yet fun.
Seems 90% of the player base wont pass to you even when your wide open, and if you get stuck playing D-fense chances are most people want to score so bad that they will put them self offsides every single time. I found playing the game tactical and real and playing my position and marking my guys or not running end to end has me finish with a 7.5 or higher rating everytime. Odd thing tho, sometimes my V. pro name will be wrong, last night it listed me as Rooney lol.
Thing I wonder is, couldnt I just play the game on Easy mode to boost his stats by making it easier to get the accomplishments?
Im not to good just yet so Im playing Semi-pro I think, I know in the demo Easy was just to Easy and intermediate is perfect for me, usually resulting in ties or 1-0, 2-1 games.
Lastly, this game is friggin brutal. I mean you and the AI or human opponent can just toss each other around. Its as if as long as you dont blantantly slide tackle from behind you dont have to worry about ever getting called on anything. Ive never seen so many players in a soccer game get trucked or tossed to the ground sooo much, its almost like rugby or football lol. Just last night I must have saw my player get launched 15 yards lol.
My issue which still plagues me from 2010 is I cant seem to get any moves to work. I try to hold down L2 and do a motion with the right stick but usually my guy boots the ball away from him. Sometimes he'll pul off a feint but I have yet to pull off a sick spin move.
Also, what camera do you guys suggest or other options to change up? I seem to have to play on Tele mode, I cant play with the camera behind the goals, forget what style that is. Also I hate the auto-switching, do you guys dislike or think it helps?
Sorry for all the jibber jabber, love the game and just want to get good at it
I suck at sports games, and to top it off I really suck at soccer sports games cause Im still learning the game
But no matter, its incredibly fun and thankfully this year my team is in it!
Running with my Philadelphia Union and loving it. Le Toux, Mwanga, Mapp, Fred, and Morales! Even created my own pro and signed him to the team
He hasnt scored yet but has quite a few assist to Mwanga and Le Toux.I find it funny how size matters on speed and such, I tried to make him look like me and be my size but according to EA Im slow lol.
My Favorite mode tho has been Virtual Pro where you join in with a bunch of other guys V. Pro's. Its frustrating yet fun.
Seems 90% of the player base wont pass to you even when your wide open, and if you get stuck playing D-fense chances are most people want to score so bad that they will put them self offsides every single time. I found playing the game tactical and real and playing my position and marking my guys or not running end to end has me finish with a 7.5 or higher rating everytime. Odd thing tho, sometimes my V. pro name will be wrong, last night it listed me as Rooney lol.
Thing I wonder is, couldnt I just play the game on Easy mode to boost his stats by making it easier to get the accomplishments?
Im not to good just yet so Im playing Semi-pro I think, I know in the demo Easy was just to Easy and intermediate is perfect for me, usually resulting in ties or 1-0, 2-1 games.
Lastly, this game is friggin brutal. I mean you and the AI or human opponent can just toss each other around. Its as if as long as you dont blantantly slide tackle from behind you dont have to worry about ever getting called on anything. Ive never seen so many players in a soccer game get trucked or tossed to the ground sooo much, its almost like rugby or football lol. Just last night I must have saw my player get launched 15 yards lol.
My issue which still plagues me from 2010 is I cant seem to get any moves to work. I try to hold down L2 and do a motion with the right stick but usually my guy boots the ball away from him. Sometimes he'll pul off a feint but I have yet to pull off a sick spin move.
Also, what camera do you guys suggest or other options to change up? I seem to have to play on Tele mode, I cant play with the camera behind the goals, forget what style that is. Also I hate the auto-switching, do you guys dislike or think it helps?
Sorry for all the jibber jabber, love the game and just want to get good at it
thauoftkidd
Neo Member
enjoying the game! i play on legendary i just wanted to know if the community has any tips on protecting the ball? i find that the AI seems to strip the ball from me frequently...
longdi
Banned
I chose the PC Fifa11(Fifa10 engine) for the 1920x1200 and 4XAA and super fast menu loading. I heard from reviews that Fifa10 and Fifa11 also no major changes except for pro-passing which is something like manual settings. So far no major bugs.
The online is quite laggy. The more i play the game, the more i think maybe Fifa is not so superior than WE/PES. The player with the ball sprints away too fast. The playing field is still too crowded and there is still no jostle and mayhem in the box or in areas of the field. The game is just flowing from one end and back. The macro play is good but needs more micro.
The online is quite laggy. The more i play the game, the more i think maybe Fifa is not so superior than WE/PES. The player with the ball sprints away too fast. The playing field is still too crowded and there is still no jostle and mayhem in the box or in areas of the field. The game is just flowing from one end and back. The macro play is good but needs more micro.
Pkm said:
If you look at the accomplishments list, you will see there are bronze, silver and gold ones. The bronze can be done on any difficulty, the silver are for semi-pro and above and gold is for world class and above. Or any of them can be done online.
Thing is, you can play really shitty teams on a harder difficulty to get some of the harder accomplishments. The players will press you more, but shouldn't be too bad on semi-pro. World class still may take some time to work up to no matter what team your playing against.
I use tele. I like the closer camera because the players are pretty well rendered and look great, but you see much less of the pitch so I only use it every now and then to have some fun.
sneakypete
Member
I was fking around earlier in the arena and was trying penalties. I don't know what I hit, but I made a red(and blue once) circle/reticule come up and was able to aim it. I've been playing Fifa since 06 and I've never seen this.. wtf?
Also the game glitched in my Manager mode and didn't load the other team. The game started with just my team on the field and an empty net, but they came back after I scored. Weird. Though I haven't updated, so it could have been fixed by now.
Also the game glitched in my Manager mode and didn't load the other team. The game started with just my team on the field and an empty net, but they came back after I scored. Weird. Though I haven't updated, so it could have been fixed by now.
Jeff Albertson said:
I'm afraid you can't. Nice avatar.
Also, slightly off-topic but everyone must watch this recent goal from the french league. good lord, taiwo.
Annoying Old Party Man
Member
The more I play, the more I get used to the quirks of the new game, the more I fall in love with it. Sprinting is very effective this time around, also some times it works better if you just move your player forward instead of trying elaborate dribbles (in the small area).
It's becoming great again.
It's becoming great again.
British Monsoon
Member
There's something off about the fouls in this game - in the previous iteration it was too easy to pick up cheap fouls against you for blocking an attacking player, or barging them off the ball. This season however, light fouls seem pretty much entirely gone, but the referee punishes strong fouls very aggressively - I just got a player sent off (straight red) for a slightly mis-timed slide tackle coming in from the side.
Also, does the game seriously expect me to rotate my entire squad? I keep getting messages about how certain players overall performance is dipping because they aren't being played - well, those players in question are either members of the youth team or the reserves. That's where they get their game time, from playing reserve and youth matches. They certainly don't factor into the 1st team squad in real life (barring injury emergencies), so I don't see why I should have to give them 1st team matches. I guess the only option is to sell all the dead weight that would be reserve players in real life, and loan out all the promising youth players who aren't yet good enough for the 1st team.
Also, does the game seriously expect me to rotate my entire squad? I keep getting messages about how certain players overall performance is dipping because they aren't being played - well, those players in question are either members of the youth team or the reserves. That's where they get their game time, from playing reserve and youth matches. They certainly don't factor into the 1st team squad in real life (barring injury emergencies), so I don't see why I should have to give them 1st team matches. I guess the only option is to sell all the dead weight that would be reserve players in real life, and loan out all the promising youth players who aren't yet good enough for the 1st team.
Yeah, it seems the simpler dribbling decisions you take, the better. The switching of momentum for a rushing, pressing opponent has been noticeably toned down since FIFA 10 and this now helps in getting away with simple movements/touches.Annoying Old Party Man said:
And man, there are many online players who depend solely on excessive 1-2 passes for build up. Do these people ever release the L1 button? It makes me wonder if they even use their brains to wait and think. In many cases, there would be open space to sprint to or an uncovered forward to pass the ball to but they ignore all that and do this stupid sequential 1-2,1-2,1-2, etc. leaving their teams wide open to easy counter attacks.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
agaru said:
This.
Moreover, I very rarely see a human player pass the ball backwards. It makes me wonder whether all the people complaining about losing the ball all the time are simply playing like idiots.
The more I play this, the more I notice how unpolished this product is.
I mean, for petes sake, I had go online to google practice mode to figure out where the hell that is after I was unable to find it in the menus. And how the hell do I enter practice mode with my Career Mode team? Is it even in the game? And if it's not, how the fuck does something as basic as that get left out?
And let's not forget the worthless system they have in place for searching for players to sign in Career Mode. And the whole shortlisting of players that is utterly unintuitive.
In many many ways, this feels like a rushed product and it's probably that way because of resources diverted to the WC game.
I switched to FIFA 10 last year for the first time ever after being a life-long PES fan and was hoping for a better experience and I got that with last year's product. But FIFA 11 is increasingly leaving a sour taste in my mouth.
I mean, for petes sake, I had go online to google practice mode to figure out where the hell that is after I was unable to find it in the menus. And how the hell do I enter practice mode with my Career Mode team? Is it even in the game? And if it's not, how the fuck does something as basic as that get left out?
And let's not forget the worthless system they have in place for searching for players to sign in Career Mode. And the whole shortlisting of players that is utterly unintuitive.
In many many ways, this feels like a rushed product and it's probably that way because of resources diverted to the WC game.
I switched to FIFA 10 last year for the first time ever after being a life-long PES fan and was hoping for a better experience and I got that with last year's product. But FIFA 11 is increasingly leaving a sour taste in my mouth.
I think they have training in Pro Career at least. It's under the "my virtual pro" menu or something like that.ElyrionX said:
But I agree that the game needed a lot more polish. I can't believe it takes several minutes to skip to a date a week forward in the Pro Career mode. And why can't I simply skip a game if I'm not playing? Instead I have to watch as the teams are "warming up" (a euphemism for loading), but then when the game does start, I can skip to the end in an instant?
Once again, it's like nobody tested the user experience, or at least they didn't care about any of the criticisms if they did.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Is it even possible to train in Career?
My player is finally in the starting 11 but he keeps getting dropped due to poor fitness. From what I can see there is no training or reserve games I can partake in to increase my fitness.
Fucking EA.
My player is finally in the starting 11 but he keeps getting dropped due to poor fitness. From what I can see there is no training or reserve games I can partake in to increase my fitness.
Fucking EA.