not the best football game
The player modelling is the best part of the game. The players look so much like the players in real life. But with such great looks it's such a shame that the gameplay still lacks effort well. There is a big gap between the difficulty modes. You could find it too easy on one difficulty mode and just far too difficult on the next mode.
Scoring a goal is far too easy as sometimes you can press and hold circle for a certain amount of time from about 45 yards out and it will either go in or the goal keeper will punch it out for a corner. The free kick system is too easy and the player AI is really poor making the game very frustrating, Players never seem to be where you want them to be. As a result its almost impossible to pull-off a decent cross into the area and have a player header it in the net because the players don't make a run into the area unless you hold R2 for a certain amount of time making it fiddly and annoying.
The defending is the worse part of the game because there's never anyone playing at the back of the pitch. This is a massive problem especially in harder difficulty settings as sometimes the players on the opposite team can just dribble the ball down the pitch in a straight line and score with ease. There are some bad glitches mainly found in the Goalkeeper AI for example the keeper can come rushing out of his goal for no reason also passing it back to the keeper is impossible
So on the whole I recommend that you buy Pro Evolution soccer 2 or wait and see if FIFA 2004 is a better game. Let's just hope they improve the player AI and sort out that big gap between the difficulty modes. This game may appeal to gamers that enjoy having the licensed teams and just want a simple footie game.