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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not very good, 25 Mar 2005
By A Customer
I thought this game was alright at first but, since I've moved the difficulty up to Professional, I've realised that it's actually quite poor. The main problem is that the three tactical options you can chose (Possession, Long Pass and Wings) are hopelessly flawed and none of them allow you to play properly. If you play possession football, your team's off-the-ball running will be non-existent. This is particularly (and infuriatingly) the case with your wingers, who will literally stand inches away from your player as you are taking the ball upfield, rather than run into space. Since it is hard to take the ball past men on the higher levels, winning depends on good one touch passing, which is hard to do if your players won't spread out. Choosing long passes will mean that your players stand too far from the ball, 95% of your passes are intercepted and your marking becomes very slack. The wings option is probably the most pointless of all, as you'll find that every time you put a cross in, your strikers are still out wide and nobody is in the centre, which completely defeats the object of attacking down the wings. In short, these tactics don't really offer you anything, they just create unrealistic limitations. I'd rather not choose one and just get my players to behave normally Personally, I feel that since FIFA monopolised the license on player and team names, they have become lazy and think that's enough to sell games. For me, the gameplay itself has not really improved since about 1997 (at which time it WAS the best game), it's just the appearance and graphics that have. I still have RTWC 98, and to be honest it's probably more fun to play, even if it's not as slick. At least there are more than five different things that can happen at a corner, your players run off the ball probably, the skills are better and the commentary is factual and relevant. That's another annoyance, when Ally McCoist kept announcing "they've won the league anyway" every time I missed a shot. Firstly, there were still about 10 games left and I was only a couple of points ahead, and secondly even if I had won it, enough is enough!! I don't need to hear it that many times. And a finally disappointment is that, given FIFA have the rights to the team kits, some of them are incorrect. Why do my team Chester City play in all blue and not blue and white stripes? Yes, I appreciate few people care, but given they've got the sponsor and the badge right, why were the club colours beyond them? Why do some teams not have names on their backs, even in the English league? To summarise, it's a bit rubbish. Buy Pro Evolution!!
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