Review By: jenksy | Posted: 14/10/2007
Final Word:
Fifa 08 is a worthy successor to 07 and it builds on what was developed there, the new game modes add to an already impressive roster of options and the graphical quality are second to none. Best played with friends for extra glory!
Football's about the grass roots and the lower leagues and I’m pleased that the big franchises are finally recognising that there's more football going on than just the premier league in this country and all around Europe and the world too.
Anyway, all in all forget the history, let’s get down to business with the new game.
Fifa 08 continues down the road that 07 started with making Fifa more of a simulation game and stepping away from the arcade past of quick pickup games that its always had in the past. in all honesty it’s fair to say that Fifa is not a pick up and play game, it has a learning curve that depending on your style and experience can be anything between half an hour to a few hours. Its not easy, infact I’ll be honest, my first impression was I hated it.
The first thing you'll notice when playing against the AI is that its not easy. far from it, its pretty damn difficult! goals are few and far between, gone are the days of long jinking runs up the pitch with one player, gone are the repeated tapping of pass pass pass pass through ball goal. its a completely different animal to any football game I’ve played before. It takes time and control to build play slowly, work an opening and create chances, its like real football its true.
The tricks that you can get your player to execute all rely on flicks and twists on the right joystick, its a hit or miss system that takes a lot of practice to get right now granted I’ve seen some brilliant moves pulled off against me but I’ve not really ever managed them myself, its part of the steep learning curve and makes me want to spend more time perfecting them as they really can change the flow of a game skipping over a challenge with a quick nutmeg.
But my initial problem with it was, if I want real football I’ll go down the part and kick a football poorly around a pitch against 10 other equally as incompetent, bad players as myself. The point of football games as with most games is to let you lose yourself and do something that you normally never could in the real world.
Anyway, all in all forget the history, let’s get down to business with the new game.
Fifa 08 continues down the road that 07 started with making Fifa more of a simulation game and stepping away from the arcade past of quick pickup games that its always had in the past. in all honesty it’s fair to say that Fifa is not a pick up and play game, it has a learning curve that depending on your style and experience can be anything between half an hour to a few hours. Its not easy, infact I’ll be honest, my first impression was I hated it.
The first thing you'll notice when playing against the AI is that its not easy. far from it, its pretty damn difficult! goals are few and far between, gone are the days of long jinking runs up the pitch with one player, gone are the repeated tapping of pass pass pass pass through ball goal. its a completely different animal to any football game I’ve played before. It takes time and control to build play slowly, work an opening and create chances, its like real football its true.
But my initial problem with it was, if I want real football I’ll go down the part and kick a football poorly around a pitch against 10 other equally as incompetent, bad players as myself. The point of football games as with most games is to let you lose yourself and do something that you normally never could in the real world.
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