Bought this for £28.99 from Sainsburys on friday, traded in at hmv for £35 store credit today, quite chuffed!
I understand the tackling is more realistic but I just didn't enjoy the game, the new tackling sapped all the fun out of it! Whats the point in getting to grips with the new tackling system and then when u play online everyone reverts back to the old legacy system. Kinda defeats the point.
I also find it impossible to score from corners/crosses and concede far too many headers. Its got to the point where I always had to take short corners and stop crossing and work the ball around. Not realistic and not fun in my opinion. If im crossing over 15-20 crosses and corners a game i wanna be able to score at least one, more often than not.
I also got fed up of playing against shit teams and getting passed off the pitch because all of a sudden they turn into world beaters when they get in your half. I play on World Class so dont know if thats anything to do with it?
Also thought the Defensive AI was a bit gash and especially more frustrating when all cpu attackers have amazing close conrtol and can run rings around you.
One last negative, playing online - chipped through balls. Half the time the defender tries to cut it out without me telling him to so and misses it, the other half when i change the player to be the nearest he stops running the second i hit L1. leaving him through on goal.
Overall it is a good game, very well polished with player faces/kits/stdiums/commentary/decent gameplay, but I just feel its sapped all the fun out of it, I'd almost prefer it to be a little more acradey and free flowing. Can see why people enjoy tho, just not for me!