FIFA 11 (Nintendo DS)

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Will your work on the training ground prove to be decisive at the most important moment of the season? Despite the shortfalls in the game mainly due to some bugs and limited memory on the DS card the game plays well and feels like a finished product.

It's not just the on-pitch action that's been improved though, as the new career mode ensures the most comprehensive player manager simulation ever seen in a sports game. These challenges are quite tough but incredibly good fun to play and encourage you to play as teams and in leagues you may not usually opt to. It may be that there are more options in the consoles and PC versions of this game, but the selection provided is more than adequate and includes the more common teams that are supported in the various countries. And if you end up with a player you no longer want on your books, you can always trade them with a friend who also has FIFA 11.To start the purchasing process, it is necessary to sign in with the Nintendo Account and the Nintendo Network ID. All seems to be going fairly well in your team creation even up to the point to designing what each player should look like from a selection of options including face, build, hair do’s etc.

Personality+ Animations — More varied and realistic animations will bring an added level of authenticity. Although the touch screen isn’t overused, the options it gives within the game do add to its appeal. The pointlessness of this mode doesn’t really affect the overall game play, because you can ignore it, but it seems a shame. The objectives it gives for each season are a great addition and give you something realistic to aim for on the higher difficulty settings (to be honest playing this game on the easy difficulty is going to be far to easy for anyone). If you change your team formation within a game or substitute a player, the next time you play a game your team will continue in the formation you finished the last game in with the same squad.Your attacking will be improved by smarter player runs and improved passing physics, giving you more options.

This mode gives you the chance to play through a regular season including league games and cup games with all the usually rules. Nice Personality: Personality + system exactly simulates a player's performance both on and off the pitch, with new body types and animation to replicate every kind of athlete. Increasing the fluidity of play are short corners, quick free kicks and fewer yellow cards, meaning you should find the game flows better. Futhermore, there's a new set-piece creator that enables you to plan several multi-player moves using the DS stylus and touch screen that can be quickly incorporated in a real-game situation; strategy and real footballing knowledge will be at a premium to get the most out of the game.The squad never resets itself, this is very frustrating as every game you have to rearrange your squad.