My best soccer-game experience yet
User Rating: 9 | FIFA Soccer 11 PS3
Before FIFA 11 I wasn't really a soccer (game) fan. Sure, I support Ajax and The Netherlands national team, but that was it. Until my friend introduced me to FIFA 11. I was hooked immediately and shortly after my brother got the game. The only problem: I'm the only one playing it! I'm currently a player/manager for Ajax, have 4 stars and finished first in the Eredivisie every year :). But now the actual review of the game. Immediately when I first started playing the game, I had difficulty navigating the menu's. I'm still having a hard time setting up a good multiplayer match (with friends) but it's getting easier, and this is not really a problem but it takes some getting used to. You can start with a kick-off game, which is basically a friendly match where you can choose and control a/your favorite team and choose your opponent. It's good for training and getting to know other teams and their players, but I usually just do it with friends and we each control one team. But the game mode that I like the best is career mode. You choose a team, and then you can choose whether you want to be a player, the team's manager or a player/manager (where you play and manage the team at the same time). You can control the whole team or play as your virtual pro or a self-made player. I like to be the player/manager, so I can control the selection (as these are usually very bad) and buy good players to make your team even stronger. I don't really play multiplayer because i'm not great at controlling an entire team, but it's fun to play a match once in a while with friends over the internet.
There are some flaws in the game, however. As I mentioned, I myself don't really like the 'virtual' managers in career mode. The selection isn't great, and a funny thing that I noticed is that they always change the same players at the same moment every game. The menu's are not exactly a flaw, as a mentioned earlier, but they can be a bit hard to navigate through.
All in all: FIFA 11 is a great game that provides endless hours of fun!
