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FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
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RRP: £49.99
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Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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Editorial: Step onto the pitch and play professional football your way in FIFA 09. Experience the most authentic football simulation EA Sports has delivered as you live the fantasy of playing as a professional player and customise the game to suit your style and ability. Powered by the third generation of the EA Sports football engine, FIFA 09 features more than 250 core gameplay additions and enhancements that deliver the most responsive, intelligent and realistic action ever for the series. Enjoy turning defenders with more controlled dribbling and ball control, snapping off precision shots with improved first-time shooting mechanics and firing beautifully timed passes with greater accuracy, placing the ball exactly where you want it. With new player momentum physics the speed and weight of the player determines everything from the distance of a slide tackle and the power of a header to the severity of player collisions and the height of a player's jump. Plus, players now behave according to their physical attributes with larger, stronger players dominating collisions, battles for control of the ball, and position in challenges for two player headers.
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"The first good Fifa for years!" - 5 October 2008
I haven't liked a Fifa game since Fifa 98 on the N64 so if I'm honest my expectations weren't very high. The only reason I even went near this game is because the online lag in last years PES made it pretty much unplayable! After playing this for a few days I think Konami have a mountain to climb, I'll still be getting PES2009 to compare but they really do need to do something special to come near this game. The only bad points I've found so far is that as a PES player I find the gameplay very, very slow & that scoring is the same as all Fifa games (stand in one particualar spot and you score every time.
To any diehard PES fans (like me!) I would say get this game, don't compare it to PES but just appreciate it for the good game it is. As I said, I'll still be getting PES as even if they only correct the online lag from 2008 the gameplay will still be miles ahead of Fifa.
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"back after a break" - 7 October 2008
I grew up playing fifa titles. ever since its first outing which i had on my megadrive. i did have a go at actua soccer and sensible soccer (what a game!!) (cannon fodder too!!) too. both good games in there own way but nothing could stand up to the mighty fifa. then in 2002 something amazing happened. pro evolution soccer was launched and due to all the hype i was straight to the shops after work on that friday evening to pick up my reserved copy of the game. From that moment on i was converted. i played all the following titles up to pro evo 6. this version seemed to let all us ro evo fans down. i thought number 5 was bad, and although i accept i may have set my expectations unreasonably high for the first installment to be released on a next gen platform. it wasn't the graphics that let me down it was the gameplay and stuttery lag online.
it was for that reason i bought fifa 08 in january of this year. i had taken some time off from playing football games due to the poor new releases of pro evo soccer. my visit to fifa 08 land was only brief. i only played it about 5 times! apparently loosing my age old love of football games.
i so happened to stumble across a promotional video for fifa 09 and it was like being back in 2002. i found myself in the shops on the friday fifa 09 was released with my pound notes in hand.
and after all that build up i got home and slapped it into the xbox 360, i had wanted the ps3 version but they were sold out and i couldnt wait.
i am hugely impressed by the game. the custom tactics are delightfuly easy to use and change how your team performs dramaticly. the gameplay which is the one thing that i am really bothered about, is also amazing. choosing long or short passes with different length presses of the same button. like all football games fifa 09 does sometimes choose the wrong player for you to control. but we cant expect it to be a mind reader can we?
i still consider myself a pro evo pro. but fifa is starting to win me back with 09. the tricks are easy to pull off and use creativly in a match. i am playing it on pro at the moment and have only just started winning convincingly. so god knows what legendary is like. i was always a five star difficulty man on pro evo and thought fifa would be like the walk in the park it always was. stand in one spot, shoot, score. but i couldnt have been more wrong.
i'll go as far as to say that fifa 09 compares favorably to my all time favorite football game. pro evolution soccer 4, i must admit that as a pro evo fan it grates me to say that but this fifa is good.
i will be buying pro evo 2009, not because i need another football game, fifa has enough to keep me happy for hours. with manager mode and be a pro. but because fifa has reinstilled my love of football games and i have my fingers crossed that konami can do it again.
If you love football and video games, you will love fifa 09, if you don't, why are you reading this?
to all you pro evo fans, if 2009 is rubbish like the last few, change to fifa. we could do with some good players online. and 10 on 10 does sound mighty good hey!!
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" Superb! What a great game. Goodbye PES" - 19 October 2008
Ive always been a Pro Evolution player and never dreamed that one day id love Fifa but that day has come. The Football gaming world has been turned on its head. Fifa was once the Arcade game but now is a realistic simulation and Pro Evolution is now the Arcade game that Fifa once was.
This game is superb with truly next generation graphics, The players move at just the right place and the animation is excellent. There's loads of stadiums teeming with realistic looking crowds waving flags and scarves.
An unbelievable number of Leagues with fully Licensed teams but the big question is how does it play?
Ive played it solid for over two weeks now and in my opinion it is by far the best simulation of the game there has ever been even surpassing Pro Evo 05 on the PS2. Online is especially good.
All in all I cannot recommend this game enough It looks and plays great. This year Fifa09has knocked Pro Evo 09 right out of the ring as is superior in every way. Well done EA Top marks.
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"The charm wore off!" - 20 October 2008
Great first impressions I must say, I just couldn't stay off it when I first bought it, although the FIFA fun expiration date was still in place and I quickly grew bored. The gameplay is a vast improvement on older versions but its style and manner just gets old and I just no longer get the urge to play anymore- one of the most monotonous football games I have ever played. I traded it in for PES (Pro Evolution Soccer) 2009 as I sit on the fence in the battle that ensues and am very, very impressed with it. The gameplay is not only real but fun, FIFA just tried too hard fair play to them, but that was their downfall in the end- no fun. But I'm not here to review PES, just go and get it!
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"On to you then, Konami." - 4 October 2008
Having received the game on release day I have been playing it rather relentlessly. I'll start off with a short summary; I like this game, alot. Not only does it enhance on what 08' couldn't, it also pushes the franchise forwards in terms of inginiuity and entertainment. There is so much to do in the game that I will probably forget a feature or two over the course of this review. Taking into account my overwhelming satisfaction, it is embarassing for me to confess that i didn't think this game would be as engrossing as it is and will be for another year.
With 08' I found the Be a Pro mode (which I will now refer to as 'BAP') to be a concept which oozed potential. I am happy to say that in 09' they have well and truely milked the preverbial cow of BAP. The BAP mode takes the form of 'seasons', 4 of them to be exact, where a chosen or created player plys his trade at any chosen club. At the beginning of BAP you will start off as an unnoticed player in the reserve team. After getting noticed, which could take some of the novices out there some time, you move on to bigger and better things so to speak. Performing well for your club will get you noticed internationaly, where you can become a national legend should you take the international stage by storm. Needless to say, this mode is very expansive and entertaining. I personally find this game mode fantastic. Because i support Arsenal (boo, hiss) I enjoy playing an integral part in centre midfield alongside Fabregas (boo,hiss). Playing on 'Professional' dificulty setting makes it very realistic in playing style and feel.
The inclusion of BAP seasons does not mean that the manager mode is neglected and banished into the corner like a smelly cat. Instead it is played in the exact same style as in 08', only with easier navigation and more realistic transfers etc. Happy faces all round. I haven't gotten all that immersed into manager mode yet, but I fully intend to once I have finished with BAP.
Online is, in a word, exceptional. In 08' I would scream naughty words in almost every match I played due to a defensive glitch or a player change problem. Fifa 09 rewards me back my sanity. I have played around 50 games and I am yet to encounter any glitches or player change problems. So to put it simply the only reason you should shout naughty words is because your getting a good old-fashioned romping. As well as player vs player matches there is also the inclusion of BAP with 10 vs 10 matches. I know, I know, the images of 10 players running after one ball with four or five 11 year olds all asking "who am I?" are running rife in your nuggin. Suffice to say that I am fortunate enough for this only to have happened once to me. Assemble yourself a good team and this mode will be a winner.
Having played the game for two days I cannot express how enjoyable I find this game. Shooting has become as realistic as ever, along with keepers gaining a few pixelated brain-cells. It is hard to think how the next edition can build on such a satisfyingly complete game.
I've never been a PES man myself and after this I won't be making the transition. Over to you, Konami.
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"4 STAR PERFORMANCE." - 4 October 2008
Having bought the game the day it came out, I had high hopes on seeing the realism and superb gameplay on the demo. To an extent, the proper copy does play like the demo, but the game itself offers much more.
You did wonder this time last year whether Fifa 08 could be beaten graphically. It has. And the music is better, and the menu layout. But the main selling point must be the gameplay on 09 - playing as Tottenham, Dos Santos and Lennon are quick but I have learnt to pass it about due to their physical weaknesses, particularly playing against a Portsmouth or Wigan side with big chunky defenders. The players appear actually to have weight and you have to adopt different styles of play to cater for your team's attributes.
Adidas Live is a fantastic idea - by the end of last year, I was annoyed when Stephen Ireland continued to play Man-of-the-Match performances for City, yet he remained at a measly 75 on 08. This time round, the rating of the player will run parallel with his performances in reality - improving or declining on a weekly basis to mirror the real game.
You do find lots of little improvements on the game, which, although not fundamental to an advertising campaign for the game, contribute to the improved gameplay. The presence of referees and linesmen with hand signals for throw-ins and such, the raising of a hand for offside, the pointing of players to pass the ball, the chants from the crowd, the need to pass about and stretch your opponents, and counter in specific areas where a opposing player has drifted out of position.
In conclusion, Fifa 09 is a vastly improved game. The game itself does not look too different at first glance, and you begin to feel an anti-climax. But if you were to revert back to Fifa 08 after playing on this for a while, you would be disappointed with the ease with which you can go past players. It mirrors realism, and that is the ultimate performance.
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"I have only played the demo but i love it!!!!!" - 17 September 2008
FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
I have only played the demo of this game but i love it!!!!!
After i had been sat at home for an hour playing 4 min matches i realised that i love the improvments.
the heading is alot more realistic and your long shots can go in!
You know when you are playing against a mate and he in nobbling all of your best players off the ball, waiting for the advantage to be over then nobbling some more, Well now the ref will bring it back when the ball is out of play and book him. This might not be a big deal to alot of people and maybe my mates are just mean but it has been something i have wanted for years. there is now a ref and linesmen, custom goal celebrations and the lofted through ball actually works.
probably not the most insightful review but a few things that i was pleased they had done.
As long as they make a bit more of winning trofies not just the team posing for a photo ( no cup, and only about 2 seconds long ) where is the cheer from the crowed as the captin lifts the cup? as long as they do this it will be perfect.
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"Best Football Game Ever" - 29 September 2008
I have had the demo for quite a while now and I can't stop playing it. Ive always been one to buy Fifa and not Pro Evo, mainly because of the rights and I can never seem to get around Pro Evo. I always hear that the gameplay on Pro Evo is better but last year Fifa 08 bettered it, and this year it has been made even better. The game play is so much more realistic than any football game ive played, the ball control and shooting are amazing. I would highly recommend it to any football lover.
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""Fan"tastic..." - 30 September 2008
I downloaded the demo a while ago - and I am still impressed, very impressed...
Gone is the sluggishness of FIFA 08, and you're players actually move towards the ball to pick up passes rather than stand aimlessly waiting for the ball.
It's similar to EA Sports Euro 2008 - which is a good thing. However, there are noticeable differences. It doesn't play quite as arcade like as Euro 2008, the passing is more refined, and the fluidity of the game is fantastic...
I was into Pro-Evo, however; FIFA has upped it's game every year for a while now where (in my opinion) Pre Evo has stagnated... Fifa 09 (based on the demo) is BY FAR the best Fifa so far and will probably be the start of Fifa's dominance of the football gaming market.
If EA sports keep improving these games by FIFA 10 the gap will be huge.
This game plays like a dream, and couple that with all the added features that will be in the full game - well, I think we have a winner... Well done EA for listening to the comments and criticism over the last few years and taking note!
Anyone that doesn't like this game simply doesn't like football... The immortal phrase "the beautiful game" could have been coined for Fifa 09 - simply awesome!
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"If its anything like the demo then pro evo's got no chance!!" - 11 September 2008
Ive just played the demo for this tonight and i can honestly say that i think it might be the best football game ive played.
Last year i hated fifa 08 demo, but enjoyed the game so i hope the demo and proper game aren't to different this time.
They have changed the whole game engine and its much more like pro evo's playability. So with this new one, its like pro evo and fifa mixed together really.
Lets see if Konami can come back with a good game to give fifa a run for its money. Im a pro evo guy myself and i will be defintley buying fifa this year for the fist time since like 2001!!
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