Fifa 09 is best in series
I got an Xbox 360 for Christmas and went out and bought Fifa 09, I got it home and played a match on amateur (because of the stupid thing where it looks for Fifa 08 achievements which I haven't got). I was the team I support (West Ham) and faced QPR from the Championship, I won 2 – 0, Cole scored from a volley (5G in the bag and then I got Davenport sent off (I got 20G after the match for the achievement A Man Down), Behrami then scored from a corner (I then got 10G for that).
After 3 more matches (WH 3 – 1 Wolves, WH 1 – 0 Man City and finally MU 3 – 1 Hull) I racked up 60G, I then asked mates about how quick the got achievements for Fifa 09 and they have the same opinion as me, BLOODY EASY! At this moment in time I have over 560G for Fifa 09 and that is in only just over 2 months.
The new game mode Be a Pro Seasons is great, the view you get is brilliant and what happens near the penalty area is great and the fact you can hear the rustling of your kit is good too, it feels so realistic, the only thing I would complain about it is that it is too short, I started off at Bristol City just so I could actually play 1st team football, I then moved on to Villareal 2 seasons later and I am currently at Villareal in my 4th season. It should be for at least 6 seasons just so you can move around clubs a bit more and so you can become Club God and still move on to another club with 2 seasons left, unlike the present game.
The graphics are superb, all the good player's faces on the game are modelled really well, but a lot of the made up faces have the same look about them.
The referees are way too strict, you do a slide tackle and get a yellow, but on old Fifa game the ref just played advantage and it lets the game go on and run smoother, another thing I hate with the ref is that I do a slide tackle and about 10 minutes later (match time) I get a yellow card, it's ridiculous! The referee gave me a yellow card for a conservative tackle once!
I think the next game should include a longer Be a Pro mode and have a 1st person view but the choice to have the normal Pro camera.