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FIFA Soccer 09 - Game Review (PC)
By Emanuel Avram
Published: October 14, 2008
Print EA Sports.... BIG - it's in the game!
Ok, so it's not EA BIG... Still, I had to say it. It's just EA Canada actually. If you've read my review for the last year's FIFA game (and I know you didn't but I'd still like to think so), you might had noticed several key elements that I believe a developer has to pay close attention when dealing with these kind of games. Of course, the well oiled EA machine makes it very hard to be all that innovative and make important progress in a lot of those areas. And this is because the one year deadline each EA Sports franchise shares.
Still, 2009 seems to be a good year for our EA friends. Somehow, their imagination has fired up, and they managed to pull it off with some positive stuff.
John Riccitiello, CEO of EA said last year if I remember that we will see a change in the EA image over the next few years, and that they will try to bring fresh new stuff to old franchise games as well as games based on new IPs. Could this be a point in time where we see the beginning of those changes?
I see it that way, because this new installment in the famous FIFA series introduces a few things but should be seen just a starting point. And at least they tried this time.
But what are those key points that I was mentioning last year every sports game should have (and you weren't reading)? Well, I was saying that in these games where rules and gameplay are pretty much the same, it's really important to have high visual and audio quality. Meaning detailed players, good looking animations, smart replay angles, real commentary and supporters, and so on.
FIFA games are as famous as they are because gamers want to see and interact with their favorite teams and players, or even manage a team to national and international success in the latest years. Bottom line is: the game has to look good.
Now I don't know if the next gen console engine was finally ported to PC or if they worked really hard on the previous graphic engine, but the fact is FIFA 09 does look a hell lot better than its predecessor. And you can tell this even from the intro movie, because it is made entirely out of actual gameplay footage now.
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