FIFA 09 (PS3)

Fifa 09 is simply a great football game. It builds up on the great gameplay of fifa 08. Now it's faster, slicker and a lot more enjoyable. Fifa is now a football simulation something it has aspired to for many years leaving the arcadey Pro Evo trailing in it's footsteps. Don't get me wrong Pro Evo is one of the greatest game series ever but it seems to have reached it's potential or is it just the pure genius of Fifa that makes it seem lacking ideas? If you are after a great game of football this is it. Truely groundbreaking

This excellent product was delivered quite on time. My next supply will be with you again and again and again. I will even introduce more customers if the top quality service remains the same.

This is a very highly addictive game but it still has its fair share of problems that are not a big deal at first, but become very annoying the more you play to keep it simple these are the pros and cons about the game. Pros: graphics improved, gameplay slightly quicker then fifa 08, great presentation and music, Commentry good, great dribbling system, online play better then before, manager mode has more features, players make better runs, better finishing, excellent create a celebration,adidas live season means players skills updated weekly(however does not work in all tournemants), good offline session for 2 players, good new online features such as ultimate team mode, downloadable transfers pack to keep the squads up to date. be a pro improved. Cons: aI for the computer makes them excellent at tackling,poor collision detections, card happy refs along with some poor decision, goalkeepers can become unplayable when you are losing as they save everything, player movement is fixed so you cant run and move to the left or right slightly and instead you a 90 degree turn, Tackle system harder for the player, cant improve player ratings in edit player mode, computer can make poor substitutions, injured players perfomance is not effected by injury, can be slow at responding to commands especially online, can get laggy especially online, computer can out muscle you almost all the time and they can get pass your players without even dribbling, 99% of ur corner kicks will be cleared, free kicks almost impossible to score, shots lack power which makes it less realistic especially in penalties when you use full power and kick it straight only for the keeper to catch it and that never happens in real life and some glitches like players legs going through the defender to score the goal, computer ai fouls to much even when a player already has a yellow card. too easy to score when shooting is assisted and almost impossible to score without assistance,ai automatically do things you dont want them to do like clearing the ball out for a corner for the opposition when u could have got the goal kick, poor sim results (newcastle came second in the league when in real life they got relegated), computer becomes almost impossibe to beat when they are winning as players become better and then they become easy to beat once you score 2 goals as it can easily become 5, computer is too accurate at clearing the ball, players respond slow at times even when the ball is next to them and finally the the ref doesnt give advantage as much as he should. Conclusion: All these pros make the game highly addictive especially when you can update the transfers and online play is excellent. There are many little flaws with the game but the major flaw is the collision detection is completely wrong as players will fall over as soon as they make contact with the computer ai. However, despite this the game is highly addictive and these features give it the advantage over pro evo, i only hope that they address these issues in Fifa 10 especially the collision detection.

FIFA 09 arrived swiftly and in good condition. It was brand new and saw much use. Absolutely brilliant game.

It came early. It used but seems like it's new

great product and quick delivery

It seems a recuring theme almost that PS3 games have more left out. Every title lately seems to be shorter and less featured that its predecessor. Fifa is no Exeption. The thing that bugs the community most is the inability to edit kit numbers. So you buy you star striker, and he ends up wearing the number 2 shirt. The messages during the saeson are sparce. No more news paper headlines (5 game winning streak etc) Only ever see a headline when you win something. The clubs ground names are not correct unless you are 1 of the BIG 10 or so clubs. Even though 08 used generic grounds the names were still displayed as real life locations. Now if you get a generic stadium you get a generic ground name. I think this is just lazy! Game play is nice but not that different to 08. The only thing that seems improved in play is that the goalkeepers make less "howlers". What I did like was how the experience points system now works. I like many others are waiting to see if EA release online updates to fix some of this. If they cant be bothered then I dont think im gonna buy the next fifa title. Ive been buying fifa titles since 95! (of course back then it was just fifa football). My advice if you have Fifa 08, is stick to it. 09 isnt improved enough over 08 to be worth thirty some quid!

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