Personal Game Review

My name is Stephen Taylor, the game I have chosen to review is EA Sports' Fifa 11. EA Sports first released this game on September the 28th 2010 in north America, 30th of September in Australia and finally in Europe for all platforms, except the Nintendo Wii and DS. However, it was released on both the Nintendo Platforms later on October the 8th and the PC version was the first Fifa game to use the game engine from the console version.
The Genre of the game is 'Sports' game but more specifically 'Football'. There is no real story line or game plot to Fifa as it is a sports game, and it is not linear in the sense that there is no main character or no main plot that the player follows. The closest thing to the conventional plot is the game mode 'Manager Season' in which the gamer chooses to take control of a single player within a team or the full team, and takes his or her team through a fifteen season campaign, buying and selling players, trying to have the best squad and aspiring
to win the league.
The gameplay in Fifa is mostly good, buy far the best football game I've ever played. But it is not without its little glitches and flaws, for example: The players start on the wrong side of the pitch and there is a frantic dash of all the players to reposition themselves on in the other half, at times... Amusing, but this repeating can start to irritate, The commentators say the most random things that are not accually happening on the pitch, example: Andy Gray might comment on the corner that is about to be taken, when in fact the goalkeeper is preparing for his goal kick. These glitches don't occur that often, but it is noticable when they do.
However, putting these glitches aside, Fifa 11 gameplay is solid and fun, it makes for a great multiplayer, with the capacity for eight players, or a good single player game with the games modes included. It has a nice look to the game with the stadiums well presented and has player likeness, making the player models looking perfect down to a freckle, which makes for an immersive experience.
The thing that makes Fifa 11 stand out from the rivals and previous games in the franchise is the new game features that have been added to this one. These features include: The next generation gameplay engine also included in the PC version, allowing for PC gamers to not miss out on the newest tech poured into this newest Fifa. A brand new career mode has been introduced and completely replaced the prevoius, this new feature allows for gamers to choose whether of not to be a manager of a club of choice, or whether to start a career with a single player in the be a pro mode, taking a single player up through the ranks of skill and stature to become one of the greats of football, or even, taking on the task of playing and managing the club in player manager mode. Two button control has been introduced as an optional function, introduced for those who want to simplify the possibly confusing and complicated default controller setting, this consists of changing
the setting so that the player only ever has to use two buttons in order to play the game, which is a good idea for the less experienced players.
In summary, Fifa 11 is a well made game, the developers have thought of , and included many good features from the previous games whilst still managing to incorporate new, and successful features into this latest release, it is an enjoyable experience playing this game and, in my opinion, is a great game overall.