What an improvement on an already improved game!
Let me start by saying I thought EA made major improvements in Fifa 08, they finally began to take in players feedback and made changes accordingly, and for me the result was the best Fifa game to date. When I fisrt started playing 08 I really thought that it had won me back from PES, but, the more I played it (on single player) the more irritated I became with the computers AI. No matter what team you played or on what difficulty level, your opponents just seemed to be braindead, I would find myself chasing a player (who runs in circles) for minutes at a time until eventually it either ended in me making a foul or conceding a throw in, I wanted to play against a team who could pass the ball and could actually play. Uefa Euro 2008 does this!!!
This is the biggest and best thing ea could have done and they have done it superbly, you actually have to consider the consequences of your actions, all out attack could quite easily result in a beutifully worked counter goal from the comp, and if you play defensively the comp will pass it around patiently until they work that opening.
Even though this game is no where near as in depth as 08, and only has international sides I just can't see myself putting 08 back in the XBox! The clever AI uses variety in play to keep you coming back for more. Although there were countless leagues to play in 08 the dumb oppenents bored me senseless and hense I loose interest!
A great addition of course is the captain your country mode, brilliant, I'll say no more!
I simply can't wait for the next installment (euro 08 will easily see me through untill then), Fifa 09 is a mouthwatering prospect. If EA build on what they have achieved in 08 and enhanse the gameplay of Euro then PES will simply be a legend of past!