10 Reasons that this is a great game. 5 Reasons that its not.
1) It looks fantastic, the best looking football game to date.
2) Finally realistic ball physics, way overdue
3) Commentry is rather good, still a few mistakes but an improvement
4) A genius solution to combat loading times, lets you play one on one with the keeper whilst your game loads.
5) Actual football updates though EA servers. Check the real life league tables and even recieve results through radio whilst you are in the menu screen.
6) Manager mode and season mode combined into one mode (Stupidly named Manager mode to confuse you)
7) Records all events in a match in a stats page at the end of the match showing stuff like where the ball was for most of the game and where fouls were committed.
8) The brilliant online one on one games with your mates
9) You now actually need skill to conduct skills.
10) Licenced teams and Player names
Not so great:
1) When the ball is loose the game will auto select one of your players to control. So often it will select players MILES AWAY FROM THE BALL!!!! I have actually been running towards the ball only to have the game select a player on the other side of the screen!
2) Once you've played two matches you will have seen all the little cut scenes the game has to offer.
3) You can have a player have his leg broken, when you choose to sub him he will happily jog of the pitch. where are the stretchers?
4) You combine the Manager game with the Playing game, fine. Why call it Manager Mode? You buy Fifa games for the season mode, I was terrified at the thought that the game had no season mode.
5) Its a bit too difficult to takle now. But better that than too easy.