FIFA Manager 11
The Driving Seat Do you have what it takes?
by Jimmy Glue
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AT A GLANCE: It will take more than guts to be the best football manager on the pitch. Developer: EA Sports Publisher: Electronic Arts Distributor: Electronic Arts SA
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n high school you tend to have two types of children: the active, athletic ones, and the ones who sit on the sidelines. Well, in gaming you get the same type of gamers; the active, play-anything gamer, and the gamer who like to take things easy. Before being thrown to a firing squad, the active gamers will play 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa and the upcoming FIFA 11, while the easy gamer can look forward to Electronic Arts’ FIFA Manager 11. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the popular football management game, the title promises to include a vast array of new feature enhancements like an improved tactics system, a more realistic transfer market and an extended online mode that will be easier to access for novice players while not being overly simplified for current fans. But new features alone won’t push the game along, and for that reason EA revamped some of the existing one. While lowering the bar for entry-level gamers, experienced managers will feel that the improved tactics system will allow them quicker and deeper involvement into the running of a successful club. Not everything happens off the pitch, and FIFA Manager 11 employs a new pitch screen that allows the player to quickly give instructions to individual players, as well as for the entire team.g g
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gamecca preview • issue 14 • August 2010