Fifa 09 is a great step forward for EA, but its not quite there yet.

User Rating: 9 | FIFA 09: World Class Soccer X360
By xNiT3M4REx | Review Date:
Lasy year's FiFa game from the people at EA showed great potential to the soccer-genre that they were going in the right direction. It just didnt deliver on all cylinders as it should have however. This time around, you can clearly see that EA is going forward with it's games.

-GAMEPLAY-
Fifa 09 brings a whole lot of the same thing from last year's release. Anyone who has played the games beofre this can easily put up the controller and begin playing. The great thing about this year's release is that the game is more inovating and FUN. Blasting the ball into the net never seemed so much fun. EA promised us a more realistic soccer experience, and they are somewhat close to that. Some of my hugest gripes with the game are the same as last year. The friendly AI is not that great. If you kick the ball a foot infront of the guy, he won't go for it, he'll stand there. Another thing I didnt like, is the guy on the pitch we all love to hate, the ref. EA has injected steroids into the guys eyes. If your TOE is infront of the defender and you get the ball, they will call offsides. Also, the ref just gets in the way, if it comes to them, they wount move, they will let it hit them. That was an infurating thing for me.

-OTHER FEATURES-
The features form last year's release compard to now is amazingly different. You have your manager mode, your tournament mode. But you also have Be a Pro Mode. Its an incredible feature that I love to play. Create a guy or pick a pro player and play JUST THEM for a whole season. I liked this a lot. It brings a lot of replayability to the game. Another was lounge mode, where you try to get a ton of points in a match to beat your opponent. It doesnt have to be by goals scored, but by good passes and good defending.

-ONLINE-
Same as last year's release. You have the lobby, you have the fast connection, the works. Basicly all of the features that are solo can be played online over Xbox Live. Good then, good now.

-FINAL THOUGHTS-
Fifa 09 is a real good step towards coming up with the perfect soccer game. While not everything is perfect, all EA has to do is work out all of the kinks, and hopefully by next year's release, we will have a soccer game worthy of nothing but praise.

FINAL SCORE: 9/10

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