Total letdown is an understatement, however, I cannot find a phrase to coherently describe my utter disgust.
User Rating: 2.5 | FIFA 11 X360
Basically, i've been playing the fifa series for several years now, and i have never played fifa game so poorly designed. The refereeing is just one of many horrendous aspects of the pile of dog w@nk known as fifa 11, for example the advantage system is very poor to say the least, believe it or not i don't want advantage when i'm the edge of my own area with opposition players closing me down. Which brings me to another point about how the pressure on fifa 11 is far too high i would expect a team such as barcelona who in reality actually continuously pressure opponents, which is the only team i've ever seen who actually succeed with this with this tactic. Therefore it makes me wonder why the f*ck a team like Wigan Athletic who somehow miraculously found their way into the champions league after only 2 manger mode seasons, are closing me down on the edge of my area but because the passing is designed by a bunch of absolute spastics who have blatantly never seen a game of football in their lives, you find yourself in a very sticky situation as you cannot pass your way through the opposition pressure even though xavi and iniesta are renowned for their slick passing ability. However, Iniesta and Xavi are quite good finishers in reality to say the least therefore when Iniesta, or Xavi are one-on-one with goalkeeper in theory they should be able to slide the ball home or even blast accurately away from the goalkeeper however due Fifa 11's lack of realism, Iniesta and Xavi would not be to score as if i decided to use their laces the ball would just go straight to the keeper, also if i decided to finesse the shot it would probably end in an amazing diving save from the keeper who could be rated overall as 7. This clearly shows that on fifa 11 stats do not matter, as another example of lionel Messi being out paced by steven caldwell who we all know is not quickest centre back in the world, in contrast to messi's blistering pace and attacking flair, he also struggles to round the defender with a skill as every move is anticipated by the defender who will always out-fox the attacker. In Fifa 10 a player could easily chip the keeper, some may so too easily, however rather than fixing the issue EA have decided to not make the keepers better to allow a better starting position but instead made the chip ineffective as it's sporadic and inconsistent. which brings me to my final point, may i ask how many times you saw a goalkeeper run 40 yards off their line and slide tackle a player in reality? And also how many times have seen a goalkeeper run after a player who is running away from goal towards the corner flag and essential rugby tackle the attacker to the floor and not even get booked?
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