GAME DESCRIPTION: EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 06 brings the TOTAL FOOTBALL experience to your fingertips. It delivers a combination of attacking gameplay, complete customization, pure authenticity and the deepest manger mode ever.
Intuitive gameplay enables you to command every move of your player with pinpoint accuracy. Passing, shooting and tackling is now more responsive than ever and enables you to trap, shield and dribble like a world-class soccer player.
Experience 90 minutes of heart pumping soccer, feel the Team Chemistry of your side and the sense of momentum shift as you battle for supremacy on the pitch. As the Midfield General you’ll control the overarching strategy of the game, dictating the pace and performance of your players as you execute strategic decisions on the fly using the tactical play button configurations.
Master the most immersive management mode ever. Sign sponsors, scour the transfer market and buy players to build the perfect squad. Uncover the stars of the future or drop the strugglers and make some extra money. My FIFA now gives you the tools to create a star-player and customize every aspect of FIFA 06 to fit your individual playing style and preferences.
FIFA 06 delivers the most comprehensive line up of official licensed leagues from around the world of soccer with an unprecedented level of real clubs, kits, stadiums and players.
FIFA 06 gives you football as much as you want, whenever you want.
Key Features
* ATTACKING GAMEPLAY: As the Midfield General battle your rivals using physical play and on-the-ball skill. All-new tackling, dribbling and shielding with the ball give you complete control on the pitch.
* ALL-NEW MANAGER MODE: Determine the fate of your club in the 15 year career mode. Control club budgets, manage coaching staff and decide on tactical formations or search a new fully-functional transfer market for potential star players of the future.
* PURE AUTHENTICITY: The definitive officially licensed soccer game, FIFA 06 contains over 21 leagues, 10,000 world class players and the latest 05/06 statistics. Experience all-new multimedia videos that highlight the golden moments and heritage of soccer history past and present.
* ALL-NEW FIFA LOUNGE: Play offline with up to 8-players in the FIFA LOUNGE match up system. Setup competitions via Match Central then take on your friends to find out who’s the ultimate champion. If you rank high enough you’ll be granted special rewards you can use to gain the competitive edge in your next match.
* COMPLETE CUSTOMIZATION: Shape FIFA 06 into your own personalized soccer world. With the all-new Create-A-Player you can now design a star from scratch, customizing everything from his passing ability to his appearance and body-type. Then take it one step further and use My FIFA and Team Management to set each aspect of the game to fit your individual playing style and preferences.
* ONLINE PLAY: Play online against up to 2 other players or even enter the FIFA Interactive World Cup to challenge soccer fans from all around the world. Discover if you’ve got what it takes to be the best.
PLAY: FIFA is fun—even for non-soccer fans. The 06 version has some great additions. First, you can call your plays and the team will work the plan. You can also set up your philosophy—like in basketball where you crash the boards—here you can attack the ball.
You also have the ability to better control the freestyle moves. This is a function that EA has been trying hard to perfect—it’s not perfect though it gets better with each edition. Not only does the right stick allow you to freestyle it’s also useful to bust a player in the jaw with an elbow. One missing element of player control is the actual meter that used to accompany free and corner kicks. It’s hard enough to make a good free kick with the meter—without is even harder. There should be an option to turn this feature on and off.
Gamers will enjoy the manager mode. There is no better way to waste endless hours of your life. You manage everything from the budget to the usual free agency. The best aspects of the game are signing or trading players. You have the ability to control who you get based upon the cash available to teams or need.
GRAPHICS: The graphics are nearly the same as last year’s version. The field isn’t larger this year however they found a way to make the playing field fit on screen by adding perspective. The closer the player is the larger they look. The further they are the smaller they appear. It looks better than it sounds on paper.
SOUND: The music is great. We really are beginning to sound like a broken record by repeating the same phrase ‘EA has a great soundtrack.’ EA always pulls together the best soundtracks out there.
The announcers are new and quite good. Not that Clive Tydsley and Andy Gray were bad—we just needed something different. It’s easy to keep pulling together Madden and whoever—the problem is it gets stall. Madden only has so many things to say each year and you start to feel like nothing is every going to change. The new announcers make FIFA 06 feel like a major upgrade.
FRANKLY: FIFA is a lot of fun. It doesn’t look like a whole new game—nor does it play much different. But the tweaks are fantastic and anyone who has played hours and hours of FIFA 2005 will definitely admire the changes in FIFA 06.
+ Richie Wright
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