This is a review of EA Sports latest soccer game FIFA 10, so if you're not a football fan or an avid gamer, you might want to browse away now. However if you're interested, read on. After sis buying the ps3 during the Christmas period, I took the opportunity to get my hands on the Original FIFA 10 to test the gameplay and online features. So far, it has not disappointed, and to me it is the leading game in any football game franchise out there. This is FIFA 10.
Yeahp that's the cover. This year we have Theo Walcott of Arsenal, Frank Lampard from Chelsea, and of course how can we not forget( ugh ), Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.
Front cover aside, the game picks up where it left off last year, with FIFA 09. There has been much improvement, such as the new 360 degree angle dribbling, Create a set-piece, Virtual Pro mode, and an even more advance Manager Mode that will keep you hooked for seasons. Live Season 2.0 is also an interesting game mode, for gamers who are willing to pay to play and change the fortunes of their clubs via playing current real life world fixtures.
Since I'm pretty sure many of you are very familiar with the other features, let me jump to online play. To play online, you will need to both register at easports to get an account, and make an in-game profile to be activated, so you can take on millions of players around the world, or even kick around with your friends. Online play tends to lag in my case, but it's mainly due to the fact that most players I play with are from Europe and beyond, hence a farther connection which is a downside. On the upside, Online play is fantastic, be it head to head, or 20 Virtual Pro's of players on the pitch, easports keeps tracks of your stats, including the amount of games won, drawn or lost, goals, assists, percentages of your performances online and many more at your profile page, for your own archiving pleasure, or for other players to view how good you are and invite you to join their clubs and what not. Another splendid feature of the FIFA 10 on the playstation 3 online network is, whenever you score a brilliant goal or created a moment of madness, from the instant replay in game screen, you may UPLOAD the goal , or picture into your online profile in the web, to be entered into weekly competition or just for viewing and boasting rights. I think that is super duper cool, and I've already got a couple of goals in there that I'd like you to see =) Any gamer out there who wants to play with me or against me, add me at my username, lpshadows.
Now to the next section. Most of you must be asking what on earth is Virtual Pro. Well long story short, you get to create a gameface ; either select a few templates of faces that looks like you, or, upload a picture of yourself, and then download your own face into the game. Which is exactly what I did. Then, using VP mode, you may put yourself into your favorite club, and fight your way to superstardom. It is an awesome new feature. The climax of the mode is when you are peaked enough in your career to be picked to represent your country at a World Cup. I'll show you how it's done. In my case, I created myself, Adrian Gomez, who plays for Italy.
First of all, you take a picture of yourself like so, and download the face morpher which is provided on the website.
Now with this picture, I was able to morph myself into, him.
Now the hair really isn't me, but I managed to edit that in the game itself, and I do look real. It gives you an extra tingle when you see yourself play. Seriously. I then put myself into four different clubs over a period of 4 seasons, and had numerous hair style and color changes, before I finally made it as Italy's main striker. =)
Now these pictures were uploaded by me into the website, and do tell me if I look like myself here.
-yup, with what my hair looks like now. looks a lil like me eh-
Here's more of me scoring and celebrating. lol
whee. and most recently, I'm playing manager mood and looking to take Leeds United back into the top flight. For this challenge, I BLEACHED MY HAIR LIKE ALAN SMITH! =D
Now here's a great goal I scored for Leeds. I uploaded it from my ps3 into the net, then sent it to youtube. Watch =)
Yup, so that concludes my review of FIFA 10 at a glance. It is a super game. Gamers, if you're a football fan who doesn't own a copy of FIFA 10, you're an idiot. To the rest of the world, I'll see you on the pitch. Remember, if you wana play with or against me, add.
lpshadows.
=D
