FIFA 2004 is one of the best soccer games from EA, and features "of the ball" control which actually works pretty well.
User Rating: 8.3 | FIFA Football 2004 PC
EA has always managed to make good soccer games, but games such as Pro Evolution Soccer and This Is Football has tried to beat the FIFA games in this odd soccer match. The graphics aren't surprisingly enough that good, but they're okay. The players look much as they do in real life, but I was expecting more details. The menus are terrible, they react slowly, and looks very standard. The sounds are very good. The audience sounds great when singing and shouting. The commentators are very good, but sometimes the side commentator comes with long speeches about players earning more money if they play better and so on, and I hate those. EA has always managed to find cool tunes in their menus, and this game is no exception. Some of the songs are really worth listening to. The gameplay is very good because there are some new features such as "off the ball control" and Career mode. The "off the ball control" works pretty good, but can be hard getting used to. You control the player with the ball while controlling the one who is going to get it, and this is pretty hard, but it's cool. The Career mode is brilliant, because you can play a team such as Arsenal through 3 years and play both the players and the manager. You can also buy Championship Manager 2004 and install it on top of FIFA 2004 and play the games together, which is great. You have many opportunities in the new FIFA game, and it's one of the best FIFA games ever. + "off the ball control". Career mode is great. Many different stadiums to choose from. The players can do many different moves. - The controls can be hard to get into. Not that good graphics.
