An expanded game of FIFA Soccer 06
You can experience the excitement of international soccer competition in FIFA 06. Extensive coaching options give you the opportunity to take control of all of your players on the pitch and determine their formation and strategy. FIFA 06 offers game modes ranging from a tournament to individual skill games. You can also play with real players from famous international teams from around the world. Multiplayer modes let you challenge other gamers.
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FIFA 06: Road To FIFA World Cup
No console launch is complete without a football game, but what makes FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup on the Xbox 360 different is its an exclusive title, not an upgrade on this year’s latest game, FIFA 06. The Xbox 360 version is international teams only and focuses on the upcoming World Cup in Germany (Upcoming in 2006). Dose FIFA start the HD generation with a bang or whimper?
FIFA 06: Road To FIFA World Cup, is not the first FIFA game to be names RTFWC, in 2002 and 98 the main line FIFA games deviated from their naming norms to add a little World Cup spice into the mix. Both games included increased international team numbers and had a qualifying mode included, as well as the normal FIFA club’s teams and modes for the time. Sadly FIFA 06: RTFWC on the Xbox 360 dose not quite reach these levels of content. Just 72 international teams are here, most of Europe, but only the “big” names from other continents are here, meaning only European teams will be able to fully enjoy the RTWC qualifying mode. Some of the teams don’t include their official kits as well, and as mentioned before no club teams are available, which is disappointing.
Game modes include the normal friendly and create a tournament, but the meat of the product is in the Road to World Cup mode, where you can take a team through qualifying for the World Cup in Germany. Despite the lacklustre roster of teams, this mode has had some care put into it, you can play the real fixtures or customise them, randomly generated friendly matches are here as well as two small tournaments in between matches to break it up a bit. All in all, it’s more than just qualifying, which is nice and the official branding of the world cup is a nice touch. Sound track wise it’s the same from FIFA 06 which was already quite decent, commentary is different however with Martyn Tyler and Andy Grey recording original commentary for the game, with lots of nods to the world cup, that helps tie the game even closer to the upcoming world cup.
On the Gameplay front its quite “as you were” with not allot of difference between the last gen FIFA and this new Gen version, this is the first FIFA to include an arena for players to practice in at start up and between levels, something that would become a staple of the series moving forward. The physics system has been upgraded with players dynamically reacting to each other, tussling for the ball looks good here.
Graphics are the big selling point here, the game looks fantastic when compared to the previous gen versions of FIFA. Player likenesses are much improved, hair looks like hair now and player shirts and shorts move freely of the players which looks impressive. Individual blades of grass can be seen, and the stadiums look top notch. The frame rate suffers a little when the camera moves closer in between plays, but during gameplay its solid.
All in all Fifa 06: Road to FIFA World Cup on the Xbox 360, feels more like a tech demo than a fully-fledged new gen FIFA. What's here is good enough, but just barely. If you love football and football games then its worth picking up, but if its just a passing interesting in the sport, give it a miss.
Rating 6/10
No console launch is complete without a football game, but what makes FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup on the Xbox 360 different is its an exclusive title, not an upgrade on this year’s latest game, FIFA 06. The Xbox 360 version is international teams only and focuses on the upcoming World Cup in Germany (Upcoming in 2006). Dose FIFA start the HD generation with a bang or whimper?
FIFA 06: Road To FIFA World Cup, is not the first FIFA game to be names RTFWC, in 2002 and 98 the main line FIFA games deviated from their naming norms to add a little World Cup spice into the mix. Both games included increased international team numbers and had a qualifying mode included, as well as the normal FIFA club’s teams and modes for the time. Sadly FIFA 06: RTFWC on the Xbox 360 dose not quite reach these levels of content. Just 72 international teams are here, most of Europe, but only the “big” names from other continents are here, meaning only European teams will be able to fully enjoy the RTWC qualifying mode. Some of the teams don’t include their official kits as well, and as mentioned before no club teams are available, which is disappointing.
Game modes include the normal friendly and create a tournament, but the meat of the product is in the Road to World Cup mode, where you can take a team through qualifying for the World Cup in Germany. Despite the lacklustre roster of teams, this mode has had some care put into it, you can play the real fixtures or customise them, randomly generated friendly matches are here as well as two small tournaments in between matches to break it up a bit. All in all, it’s more than just qualifying, which is nice and the official branding of the world cup is a nice touch. Sound track wise it’s the same from FIFA 06 which was already quite decent, commentary is different however with Martyn Tyler and Andy Grey recording original commentary for the game, with lots of nods to the world cup, that helps tie the game even closer to the upcoming world cup.
On the Gameplay front its quite “as you were” with not allot of difference between the last gen FIFA and this new Gen version, this is the first FIFA to include an arena for players to practice in at start up and between levels, something that would become a staple of the series moving forward. The physics system has been upgraded with players dynamically reacting to each other, tussling for the ball looks good here.
Graphics are the big selling point here, the game looks fantastic when compared to the previous gen versions of FIFA. Player likenesses are much improved, hair looks like hair now and player shirts and shorts move freely of the players which looks impressive. Individual blades of grass can be seen, and the stadiums look top notch. The frame rate suffers a little when the camera moves closer in between plays, but during gameplay its solid.
All in all Fifa 06: Road to FIFA World Cup on the Xbox 360, feels more like a tech demo than a fully-fledged new gen FIFA. What's here is good enough, but just barely. If you love football and football games then its worth picking up, but if its just a passing interesting in the sport, give it a miss.
Rating 6/10
I remember playing this rubbish game for a few hours for 1000 gamerscore. How sad I was
No todos estarán de acuerdos pero siento que este es el pique de toda la Saga Fifa, no se que es lo que mas me gusta de esta entrega, su Gameplay, sus equipos, sus graficos o sus memorables melodias.
Me pregunto como evolucionara en 10 años.
Me pregunto como evolucionara en 10 años.