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No doubt this will set records again once it is released on October 1st, it surprises me there have been no threads about this yet.

From all the hype and blurb released so far, it seems the big changes this year include an update to the passing system, making it more 'skill based', improved player personality and goalkeeping plus the option to turn on handballs.

If the handball option is done properly it could turn out to be a great addition.

Although, personally I wont be buying this straight off as Football Manager is due to be released around the same, along with the WoW expansion.

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Thanks for the info guys. I shall revist the penalites at some point soon... every game I play on Intermediate finishes at 0-0 and it's penalties every time.

And I agree, Pro Evo falls behind on the visuals.

In regards to penalties, they completely changed the system in World Cup 2010, and included about 3 helpful demos in how to use it. These seem to be missing from the demo, so I'm not surprised you struggled.

This will no doubt be included in the main game

Penalties are extremely difficult, but I like them. It takes some practice. In the arena, turn the 'target' on (left trigger I think). Land in the green zone. On the run up, position the blue circle (as you get further towards the edge, the circle's movement will speed up, so to mimic the difficulty of placing in the corners). If you press shoot again during the run up, your player will slow down and you can 're-aim' the shot.

I also tried Pro Evo 11. I actually enjoyed Pro Evo's gameplay more, but overall, for graphics, realism and particularly passing & shooting, FIFA 11 wins for me.

*EDIT* @Dav - I had the exact same problem with the crossing/shooting. And the fact that slide tackle is 'B' just boggles my mind!

I tried the demo for this and Pro Evo over the weekend. I took to FIFA 11 right away because it felt quite familiar, I'm sure there are a few changes under the hood but it felt quite similar to FIFA 10. I romped it on Beginner so then tried the next level and can't score at all. In fact I can barely get a shot in.

I don't get the penalties. If I don't put the ball down the middle then I'm putting it right past the post of straight over the bar regardless of how little I move the stick and the power I put on. Perhaps I'm just useless.

Pro Evo felt harder but part of that is down to not being familar with it and also the different button layout, lofted pass and shoot are swapped about. I did manage a goal though!

In 2 minds about whether to bother with either.

So I downloaded the FIFA11 demo last week and it surprised me how much had actually changed, I was expecting a re-skinning of WC2010. The gameplay feels much changed and the new passing system is an improvement to the 'ping-pong' feel of passing in the last few games, but is going to take some getting used to.

The inclusion of a controllable goalkeeper in the 'loading' screen is a nice touch for two-player games, before our first game we probably spent about 20 minutes taking shots at each other.

The collision engine feels a lot better now, fouling players gives a much better animation (such as catching their trailing leg) and jumping into one another at corners.

My main gripe so far is the difficulty in scoring, it may be because of the 3 minutes halves, but both myself and my mate found it incredibly difficult to score. Through all 5 of the games we played, we only scored 1 goal a-piece.

Still, I still wont be buying this on release as FM11 and Cataclysm are taking priority. Will be interested to see what others make of it on release though.

I know what you mean HM. NHL 11 looks to become a crime of this. They've introduced stick breaks. Stick breaks don't happen very often in hockey (depending on how rough the game is) maybe once every 3 games? It looks as though it will happen every game in NHL 11.

I don't understand this handball feature in FIFA 11 though. For realism purposes, it's a good idea. But surely it just happens in the game, without the player being able to prevent it? Seems abit unfair.

I am liking the sound of the handball feature. I'm not sure how it would carry out though - when FIFA add a new feature, they tend to over-emphasise it - so I can imagine this first addition having 5+ handballs a half...

If it does work well, I'd love to see how it works!

I'm going to buy FIFA 11, but have never played any of the other FIFA games before except the 2010 World Cup one. Is there an option for unlimited budgets or something where even a team like Wigan could take Robinho away from Manchester City? Or is it more limited, and there isn't an option like "force trades" in Madden. I'm not a cheater, just want to see if I can make a couple of sweet additions easier.

Watched that recently, and have to say I'm extremely excited for it! Will not be having that ball trail on though, as it looks extremely easy to save with. Would prefer to judge the flight of the ball myself rather than watching a line.

The tutorial video for playing a goalkeeper as your Virtual Pro has been released, doesn't look to be as boring as first thought.

Although I can see little chance in me putting myself between the sticks...