FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[misterbroom12]

8 games into my restarted CM and a player has increased from an 82 to 83. Don't know if this is due to the patch or if it was just coincidence, I guess time will tell.

[JRod]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

8 games into my restarted CM and a player has increased from an 82 to 83. Don't know if this is due to the patch or if it was just coincidence, I guess time will tell.

This happened pre-patch.

[Qb]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

Played half a game -- great sample size, eh? -- on world class as Forest against another Championship team last night after playing clubs. I was amazed to see the CPU regularly missing ground passes if I played passing lanes and saw the less accurate through balls Matt has mentioned.

No idea if this is patch-related or not and I did have it on normal game speed -- which wasn't too bad using 3* teams. I do find it odd that in all the games I played around release on semi-pro against weak teams to unlock accomplishments, I rarely saw missed passes like this. Sure I could take the ball off them without any difficulty on that level, but they could string passes together if I gave them a chance...

At any rate, I think I'll be starting a manager career with Forest this week with my VP at CB to earn some defensive accomplishments along the way (and to keep me from forcing him the ball all game).

[misterbroom12]

This happened pre-patch.

I knew players grew, just that pre-patch it was very rare as players hardly got better. In my pre-patch CM that same player only grew that same amount over the 3 years I had played. I meant it as a possible sign of players being able to grow regularly if they played well.

[striper_43]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

Played half a game -- great sample size, eh? -- on world class as Forest against another Championship team last night after playing clubs. I was amazed to see the CPU regularly missing ground passes if I played passing lanes and saw the less accurate through balls Matt has mentioned.

No idea if this is patch-related or not and I did have it on normal game speed -- which wasn't too bad using 3* teams. I do find it odd that in all the games I played around release on semi-pro against weak teams to unlock accomplishments, I rarely saw missed passes like this. Sure I could take the ball off them without any difficulty on that level, but they could string passes together if I gave them a chance...

At any rate, I think I'll be starting a manager career with Forest this week with my VP at CB to earn some defensive accomplishments along the way (and to keep me from forcing him the ball all game).

I tried normal speed for a game in my Arsenal CM. Didn't notice any real differences except all the players were faster and the game was a bit more arcade-like. The animations were a tad smoother. Normal is probably fine when using 3 star teams or lower though. Using the bigger clubs, it just seemed too fast paced.

[mfp]

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I'm now one and a half seasons into a new CM started post-patch in France's Ligue 2. Absolutely no difference in gameplay except for offsides being fixed while CM is basically the same - most importantly player growth remains a joke. CM is utter trash and I'll probably be heading back to PES as there's just not enough in CM to keep me interested, even if I prefer FIFA's gameplay.

I've played around quite a bit with both slow and normal speed and the only difference between the two... is the speed of gameplay. Who would've thought? Seriously though, changing gamespeed does not change anything other than speed - speed of animations, passing, movement, etc. If you find the game plays differently on one or the other - and you should - it's all down to you and how you deal with the different speeds. How the CPU plays and other gameplay factors are unchanged.

[bears5122]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

I'm now one and a half seasons into a new CM started post-patch in France's Ligue 2. Absolutely no difference in gameplay except for offsides being fixed while CM is basically the same - most importantly player growth remains a joke. CM is utter trash and I'll probably be heading back to PES as there's just not enough in CM to keep me interested, even if I prefer FIFA's gameplay.

So you created the CM post-patch and still seeing no growth? Ugh. I was hoping to start up a CM this weekend but if that isn't fixed I'll likely trade this in and stick to Football Manager.

[mfp]

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There is no difference Pre and post patch with growth. EA said on the official forums that all they did was fix the emails regarding growth so there aren't inconsistencies.

Player growth and CM in general are a total joke at the moment - i just had one of my top substitutes, who is both young and hi potential, drop -1 in OVR!!

[RichUT]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

They did do something to selling players. I like to play with Chelsea, and I always put some of their older players up for sale. In my CM that was started before the patch, Anelka was listed as "for sale" for over 3 years with never a single offer. It also took years to find takers for Terry, Alex, Lampard and others.

I started a new CM and sold Alex, Terry, Anelka, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, and Sturridge during the Summer transfer window. Huge, huge difference.

So, at least we have that going for us.

[t_SKY]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

does it fix the "No Commentary" glitch?

[mfp]

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Good to know they fixed the issue with selling expensive players though i thought I'd read some people still having that problem. Def could be mistaken and i only play with smaller teams so i hadn't noticed this myself.

T_sky: what commentary glitch?

[misterbroom12]

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I'm still having problems selling players with high OVR ratings. Arshavin and Rosicky went the entire transfer window at the beginning of the year without an offer, they aren't even too expensive either, both under $25M.

[RichUT]

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I'm still having problems selling players with high OVR ratings. Arshavin and Rosicky went the entire transfer window at the beginning of the year without an offer, they aren't even too expensive either, both under $25M.

Did you start a new CM after the patch?

[BrettMadden]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

There is no difference Pre and post patch with growth. EA said on the official forums that all they did was fix the emails regarding growth so there aren't inconsistencies.

Player growth and CM in general are a total joke at the moment - i just had one of my top substitutes, who is both young and hi potential, drop -1 in OVR!!

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Curious, you seem to reflect my dim view of FIFA's offline game modes. Are you familiar with the inability to apply acquired attributes to your Virtual Pro?

I had to delete my game twice now and both times my VP reach a point where I could no save my progress. After viewing my VP, I could no longer back out of that screen and I had to Y out to the 360 main menu.

I may pick-up PES2011 for some offline fun.

[misterbroom12]

Re: FIFA Soccer 11 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

Did you start a new CM after the patch?

Yessir .