FM2011 gives me NO surprise, NO revolutionary improvements... it is only a PATCH for FM2010, but not a NEW game at all.
As a fans of FM series, I witnessed the game from Text commentary to 2D match Engine and then improved to 3D. However, I think FM is already satisfied with such 3D match engine, as there seems no improvement in this year. Players on the pitch are still matchstick form with actions like robot, still play only simple dribbling, shooting, passing....sometimes there is no any deadball / throw-in for 20 minutes...very little Penalty Kick....little yellow/red cards..... You shouldn't expect there are special dribbling skill, surprising shoot method/skill.....NO Zidane, No Ronaldino, No Messi....Do you feel boring? I do.
The stats of the players are still not reflecting the REAL situation, some players still overrated or underrated. Fortunately, there is an Editor to eliminate this problem. This stats system have been used for several years and there seems no intention to change anything....
OK, let's move to the tactic part. Honestly, I found nothing changed in Tactic for this year, training system, formations, team/individual orders...etc. were nearly the same as before. Is it mean that this system is already 100% perfect?
The only notable improvement is the player agent, what you have to do is to deal with them during contract talk / buying a player.....and what they do is asking for a HIGHER price/salary for their clients, and thats all. There is no extra arguments or interact with them.
I am so interested to know whether the player "Petch1984" who gives a 9.0 rating for this game is the staff of developer or publisher? As his/her review look very similar to those promotions/advertisement, is this a REVIEW ? No ! Most of the contents he/she mentioned was what older FM already got.....no NEW informtaion at all.
Conclusion, this FM2011 can only be treated as a patch of FM2010, what is really new is the database of the game and "player agent". I don't think it was a NEW game.
To Petch1984
So, do you agree with what I've said, this is just a PATCH for FM2010? It is ONE year long with only such LITTLE improvements, what we expect is not paying another FULL GAME price for such a "small" patch.
For those new players, I am not arguing with you if you are new for this FM series, but if this is happened again in next year, I don't think you will give FM a 9.0 rating again.