A disaster for EA. Shame for FIFA soccer. FIFA WC or WC (toilet)?

User Rating: 5.3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup PC
By fanis_gr | Review Date:
Maybe the worst fifa soccer game. The good things are the way of the referee showing the cards, the complete rosters and the names of the players, as EA has the official licences. During the games, or before them, there are interesting stats, nice animations + pop-ups and other special facts around WC. But, there is nothing else.
Gameplay and control are very disappointing. Graphics are not good, even if you set 1280 * 1024. Pitch and cround are awful. The AI is very poor. There are times you cannot change a pass! Even your player does not respond to your commands esp. when you gain the ball. If you gain the ball near the line your player will go outside. Tacklings are 99% missed. Goalkeepers are FOOLS. They cannot touch the ball. You can score any time you want, except for... penalties! Also, there is only one way to score - just press the shoot-button wherever you are (older fifas, pro evolution soccer or winning eleven have multiple ways).
There are times, you have the ball, the defender of the opponent makes you foul and the referee gives the opposite. Another ridiculous thing is the speakers. For example, when I played with Italy against USA I had scored 15 goals (two of them with Buffon). And when I missed a chance, two minutes before finish, speaker mentioned: "NOONE CAN BEAT THIS GOALKEEPER!!! Moreover, when you are ahead do not worry. Give the ball to a defender in order to keep it and gain any time you want. Nobody will press you even the final minutes.
So do not buy. It is a waste of money, and time. Try Winning Eleven 9, or just Fifa Soccer... 1999. It is much more better.

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