Is this any better than watching soccer?
Graphics: The graphics in the game are actually pretty good. Some players look alike to their counter parts, and it's hard to find two players that look the same. The stadiums aren't great, but they're well done, even when the people in the crowd doesn't look that real for obvious reasons. The menus are nothing special, just pretty simple. The celebrations look good, but they aren't varied, and you'll see them a lot. There's also little slowdown.
8/10
Gameplay: The gameplay in FIFA 11 isn't that great. While the 360 dribbling is in there, the game lacks the new personality+ feature and playing as a goalie. Now I don't know how good it is to have those things, but lacking them really takes some points off from the game.
The controls feel terrible if you're playing with a keyboard. The game was built for being used with the XBOX360 controller, so it's hard to edit your controls, since the game doesn't show the keys you're using, it shows the actual controller buttons, and you have to adjust a key to every button. It's complicated, and once you get it more or less done, it's still hard to play. While it's pretty easy to score a goal by just running past the defense, sometimes it's too hard to recover a ball. I don't really know how to recover it besides sending the ai defenses to get it, and they aren't very good at it.
Overall, the controls feel cluncky and unnatural with the keyboard.
Something else to complain is the game sucks way too much time. If you play manager mode, a 10 minutes game can turn in a 15 minutes one (for stoppages and added time), and the minimum a game can last is 4 minutes, which is in my opinion a shame, since you can't breeze through games unless you simulate, and simulating isn't really a good idea, since in most cases, it basically destroys all work you do with your team.
5/10
Sound: The sound is normal FIFA sound. You can still hear some good (but mostly unpopular) music in the menus, you can hear the crowds, the guy with the microphone at the stadium, etc. The commentarists in Spanish are OK, just they say wrong things at times, but they have lots of phrases.
7/10
Story: The story in manager mode isn't as well developed as in console versions. You don't get messages where you have to choose an answer to solve a situation, and overall it's way too simple. You just get some news when you win an important game(or loose one) or any other important event like when they contract you or a player's injured. It's a shame it's not that well done, but it isn't that important in a game like this.
6/10
Concept: The concept in FIFA for PC is going well. Even when there are only 3 main game modes (manager, be a pro, tournament) and the multiplayer mode, the game is going through the right path so far. Let's hope EA doesn't take too much time to make it awesome.
8/10
Replay Value: There's lots of replay value to be found in this game. While there are not achievements to get, there are many games to be played in the modes. If you get bored of it, you always have online, which is hours of fun.
10/10
Difficulty: This game is really difficult. While the novice and semi-pro
difficulties are pretty easy, it gets harder later on. I am good at FIFA games and can play in World Class easily. In this game however, I can barely win in professional (because of the clunky gameplay). There's also a new difficulty after world class, which is just crazy:
10/10
Fun: There's not too much fun to be found in FIFA 11 if you're a keyboard player. It simply isn't as good as it should be, and most of the time you'll be mad and wondering if you failed because of the gameplay or the actualy game. This is more notable in be a pro, where it's really hard to do whatever you're supposed to do because of the gameplay.
The tournament and exhibition modes aren't appealing, so you're likely to spend most of the time letting the countless matches in manager mode suck your time, just to end up frustrated because you got nothing. You may also play online sometimes, but it's nothing amazing.
4/10
Conclusion: There isn't much fun in FIFA after the first few hours. This game is probably one you should skip.