This free multiplayer-oriented FIFA delivers everything and more than the previous £30 FIFA games.
When you start the game you have to choose a club with which you will play in League Mode and Versus Mode. The game features a lot of real-world clubs from many countries and leagues. The League Mode is a sort of single-player campaign where you play with your club in the country's league and cups. In Versus Club you use your selected club with the players you may have changed in a multiplayer one-on-one match.
You can also play in the World Cup mode with one of the 32 qualified teams. World Cup also has single-player and multiplayer modes.
The final match mode (most recently added) is Match of The Day where EA's admins choose to national teams that will play against each other for a period of days. You can choose what team you support and them play a single-player match against the other. This adding points for the teams (loss: 3 for opposition; tie: 1 for your team and 1 for the opposition; win: 3 for your team). If your team wins in the end you get a pair of boots (there is also a consolation prize for the loosing team).
These boots are added to your Inventory. In the Inventory you also have other equipment you get by winning money or buying them with the FIFA in-game currency or real-life money. This equipment doesn't really change much about your team's value but it's still slightly affective. In your inventory you also get players who you can get to sign with your team.
You use the in-game money you earn mostly to recover the players' energy and renew their contracts (which you do almost before every game, otherwise there are huge handicaps like no sprinting).
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The game is handled with a very neat mouse control that has been made the first time here in FIFA Online. You use the mouse only to run, sprint, pass, lob, shoot, defend and tackle.
Graphics: 7/7
*slightly old graphics with nothing spectacular but great optimization for low-end PCs
Sound: 8/8
*nice sound effects when you touch the ball and the crowd is pretty nice but the commentary still lacks precision and is quite repetitive
Gameplay 9/9
*the mouse control is great and very precise making passing very fluid
Multiplayer 9/9
*the multiplayer is very much enjoyable when you kick ass!
Overall impression 9/9
*the game is nice, playing online makes it more competitive and overall it makes you want to keep coming back for more
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