|
FIFA 08 | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $21.95
You Save: $8.04 (27%)
New (35) Used (8) from $21.85
Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 676
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 15396
UPC: 014633153965
EAN: 0014633153965
ASIN: B000RHZJIO
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
|
| Features:
| • | New manual controls put you in charge of every aspect of the action | | • | Be A Pro - Co-op Season - take on the role of a professional footballer, create your own player and test yourself in one position for an entire season | | • | Design your own unique strategy to create the perfect formation and tactics | | • | Enhanced AI | | • | Manager Mode improvements with all-new training features |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Get closer to the action than ever before by learning to play like a real professional football player in FIFA 08. The new ?Be A Pro: Co-op Season? mode challenges you to master the same disciplines as a real professional football player?from positioning and tackling to reading the field and passing. Step onto the field with your created player and develop him into an elite player over the course of the season. Play with up to three friends playing all fixed to their players on your favorite club, complete individual challenges to develop your player attributes and win glory for the squad, while competing with your friends to develop the best player by season's end. From the moment you step on the pitch, FIFA 08 gives you complete control of the action. New manual controls enable you to dictate the play with control over through-passing and crossing, the goalkeeper in one-on-one situations, and your defenders in order to quickly switch defenders and choose exactly who you want to control when defending. Plus, now it is more strategic to break down the opposition than ever before with new defensive and positioning logic that ensures players are in the right place at the right time, constantly considering the whole situation. You must manage your club to success by preparing for each specific opponent using new custom formations, creating the perfect formation and tactics. Assign roles and move players to the exact position in relation to teammates to undermine the opposition. FIFA 08 on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system introduces Online Football Clubs that enable you to form your own group of like-minded football fans to take on all challengers online. Gain status among the online community by helping your Football Club climb the rankings! Create a Football Club and climb the ranks! Capture your best game moments in video files 30 leagues, 30 real stadiums and 14,000 players all accurately rec
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Worst Fifa Ever June 17, 2008
Too hard to be fun. Good graphics, excellent team roster updates but it isnt fun to play anymore and thats what games are for, to have fun.
Sublte changes make a big difference June 2, 2008
FIFA 08 on the PS2 may seem the same as FIFA 07 at first but turns out to be a significantly improved game in the end. With subtle improvements in graphics, gameplay and other aspects of the game it plays a smoother and more adventurous game of football than last year's version. Graphically, there seems to be more detail, specially noticeable on uniforms with wrinkles, badges, etc. The passing system is much improved from last year's iteration. Simple additions like be-a-pro mode gives this game more depht and longetivity. While not the most realistic football sim out there, it is still a great game. Overall, this edition of FIFA(PS2) is all about subtle changes that make a big difference and improvements in the right direction.
Improving, but still flawed May 12, 2008
This year I went with FIFA when I heard it was better than PES, but I'm rather disappointed. But I eventually had to ask myself: what good is having all the licensed players and teams if the gameplay isn't up to par? Since, however, most reviewers think it's the best, I'll just point out a few of my personal dislikes.
The biggest problem is the AI of your players, who play Ghandi-style soccer. Here's what I mean: my defenders like to step aside, run around in a circle, and start running behind the opposition attacker. Elsewhere, my players are rather reluctant to go after the ball. It does appear that they want to avoid it as much as possible, as if it carries tertiary syphillis. Consequently, they don't bother sticking out their foot to cut off a pass, picking up a loose ball in the box, etc., which makes the gameplay really frustrating. This is not helped by the fact that your players 1) have already started running in the wrong direction so it takes awhile to stop them and send them the right way, and 2) are dumbed down so they're all slower to begin with. Oh, and whenever they're so much as touched while dribbling, they'll stumble pitifully before stopping dead in their tracks and for a moment stare dumbfounded at the ball, which the other team now controls.
Secondly, it's near impossible to score from long range. Either it's off target or the keeper gets it. It takes a lot of fun out of the game when you always have to get into the box to score.
Also, the through pass function is completely worthless. The game makes you determine two variables when executing a through pass: direction and power. Not only is this hard to do when you're being pressed, the very concept of having to carefully gauge both aspects of the pass, in a fast paced environment like soccer where decisions are made in split seconds, is preposterous. The same goes for crosses. Since your attacking options are limited, you are forced to rely heavily on tricks -- which the developers deemed important enough to keep a tally on -- rather than teamwork and strategy.
Finally, they need to do a lot better job with the manager mode. It doesn't seem reasonable to me that you get paid differently depending on the outcome of a match, first of all. Also, it's extremely difficult to do transfers because players on the market are scarce. The biggest flaw, though, is the game not telling you how good a player is. Before I commit to purchasing a new striker, I want to make sure he comes with wonderful dribbling and finishing skills, but I don't see numbers, instead I see "???." In this case, I assume you are supposed to guess. Finally, rating players via a single number system ("OVR") is a blasphemous oversimplification, as each player has his strengths and weaknesses, which you need to know to use him effectively. A player's stats definitely need to be more comprehensive. Not FM-comprehensive, but at least PES-comprehensive.
After all is said and done, though, when scoring a goal and viewing the replay, it doesn't feel right to me, as if I didn't really earn it. The way that the ball is struck and the way that players move aren't convincing: it's slow, clumsy and easily predictable, and altogether feels artificial. I want my soccer game to be dynamic, fast paced, dramatic and hard won, and above all realistic. So I'm going back to PES, which has its share of problems but isn't as dumbed down. For me, playing FIFA 2008 felt like having Trisomy 21. Nevertheless, I give it two stars because of the superb commentary, great game music, and extensive number of licensed players, teams, leagues, and kits (which is quite impressive).
Let's Be Realistic May 5, 2008
Fifa is the only choice you have if you care about playing a game with accurate info. Some complain about game play (unreasonably), but the real club and stadium names make this the only product you can really consider if you actually follow football/soccer. This is one of the top games on the market today, sport or otherwise. 4 stars because any yearly game could use some improvements from year to year.
Possible needs:
-More stadium names and physical accuracy
-More international squads
-More budgetary accuracy in managerial mode
Still improving March 26, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
FIFA has long been a fun game, but some have stated that FIFA was more arcade-style while its main competitor, Pro Evolution Soccer, was more realistic than FIFA. The people at EA Sports heard the detractors and have worked for the past couple years to make FIFA more realistic while keeping the fun intact. With this year's game, they have made further strides in this pursuit. While FIFA still may be a step behind PES in terms of realism, it is now a very slight step. The main improvements in the newest installment of the game include a smarter AI, lower scorelines (which in and of itself makes things more realistic), formations based upon each individual team, an improved passing system, and new leagues and teams. The new passing system is perhaps the biggest change and it does take time to master, but once you do you can make pinpoint passes that were not possible in previous versions of the game. Also on the plus side, the graphics are still very good on the PS2 version and the game is still fun to play. I've been playing FIFA for a long time, but have never been enough of a gamer to play it on the highest level of difficulty so I may not be the best reviewer, but I think the game is more challenging than past versions as well.
As for negatives, I have only two beefs with the game. One is that while the new, team-based formations are supposed to be based on fact, some are off. And I also wish that the user could customize formations a bit easier to move players around the pitch, but beyond that this is an excellent game. The second negative is that, again this may be perhaps I'm not a gamer, but the defenders on your team, whether you control them or not, are just awful. The computer's players will run all the way from midfield to the face of the goal and you're defenders won't be able to stop them. This happens even on the lowest difficulty levels. It means that you won't have many games where you win 6-0, but it also means you'll give up some cheap, bogus goals.
Even if you think PES is more realistic, FIFA is worth picking up and giving a try.
|
|
|
|
Web Hosting & Domain Registration | |
