A must have game for soccer fans!!!
Advantages:
The game has improved graphics and gameplay. There are not much framerate issues and there are no glitchs or bugs in the game. There are a lot of countries to choose from to play the entire campaign. There are 3 campaign modes available. One is the euro 08 tournament only. This enables you to play the finals only. The second option is the tournament, including qualifiers. The third is the whole of the tournament, including friendlies. I chose this 3rd option. There is also a 'captain your country' mode which is similar to fifa 08's 'be a pro mode'. This mode enables you to create a player plus 3 other players to fight for the captain's armband during the course of the tournament.This looks interesting as it provides challenges. As for difficulty levels, the difficulty has gone up tremendously. Even the easiest difficulty level, amatuer, provides a challenge. I am currently playing semi-pro as the other difficulty levels are very challenging. Once i complete the tournament, i will start a fresh one with 'professional'. The sound system is very good and the commentators livens up the game. There are also pitch effects in which the wetter the pitch, the more harder is it to run, pass,tackle,shoot and slide. The character models are excellent.
Disadvantages:
There are also some issues with the games.Firstly about the passing. Sometimes when you pass a ball to your teammate, he won't bother to get the ball and just leave it alone. This is especially fustrating when you are about to score. The seond issue that it would have been better if EA had introduced the training option like in the PES series. This is good, especially for those who have never played EA's fifa games as it takes time to get used to the gameplay.
In my conclusion, i think this game is a really good soccer game. Furthermore, EA is using this game's engine in FIFA 09. So you can expect FIFA 09 to be a lot better than all the previous installments of fifa games.