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Over-hyped.
I'm excited at the prospect of playing football (ok, soccer) on my PSP, so getting FIFA Soccer is just a matter of time, considering it "seems to" be the best-looking footballing game on the console so far. Sadly, my trust was misplaced, and I was left to stare at a piece of junk that I just paid 50 bucks for. <
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>I've been playing FIFA games for about 10 years. While I'm getting increasingly disappointed with the gameplay of this franchise, at least it added some new technology, namely the first-touch, to its latest FIFA 2005 for the PS2/ Xbox. While I'm still not fully convinced, the first-touch did improve my opinion of EA Sports, and I'm much more forgiving to the game despite already being converted to a Winning Eleven/ Pro Evolution Soccer junkie. <
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>So, what can we expect from the PSP version of the FIFA game? A lot of disappointment, really. While the first-touch function is still in place, the limitation of the PSP console means that you can't execute it with the right analog stick - the PSP doesn't have it! So, you ended up with having to control the movement of your players with the left analog stick with your left hand, and applying first-touch and free-style play with your left hand as well. While it's not entirely humanly impossible, it does take away the spontaneity of the control. Not to mention the controls are less than responsive on this game, making it a pain when you try to wrestle out of a tight situation while under heavy defending. <
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>The graphics are also a dead duck on this game. Granted we see mostly accurate representation of the players and clubs, the fact that this game plays on a PSP screen means that during the game, your players are so small you can hardly see them as humans. My wife said it looks like controlling ants. I thought she's quite right. Even when I turn to my favorite Action and Broadcast cams, which supposedly allow better zoom on the screen, I can still hardly make out who's who on the pitch. That's bad. Of course, there's always the flashy replays, which detail fully how bad the graphics are, with all the jagged edges and all. <
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>The audios are equally bad, and I'm not just talking about the uninspired soundtrack here. The in-game commentary team of John Motson and Ally McCoist try to provide some action description, but it end up all flat because we've been listening to the same old crap for years. FIFA 2005's commentary is almost an exact replica of FIFA 2004, and FIFA Soccer's commentary is almost an exact replica of FIFA 2005. Can't they get someone else to do the job to at least instill some freshness? Of course, there's always the incorrect descriptions. A team on the top of the table could be described as "struggling", and a striker who scored a hat-trick could be immediately slated as "missing a lot of chances" when he missed two of them in the game. Hey, he did score three, you know? <
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>How about the over-zealous referee's whistles and crowd-cheering? The crowd can go "wow!" suddenly when you're basically just clearing a ball into touch, and the referee's whistle is always blown when the ball the goes out of play. Notice I said "when". Where on earth in a football game will you find such a vigilant referee? You blow the whistle after the ball goes out of play, not when it's still in the process of travelling past the line! And did I mention about the frequent drop in frame rates? The screen always freezes when the ball goes out after you miss a shot, always! And it also freezes frequently when your players are celebrating a goal. For a 50 bucks game, I've to ask, why? <
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>The only saving grace is the inclusion of the Challenge mode, which requires you to stage real-life comeback, or complete a rout that happened in past footballing games. At least it makes you want to try and complete all of them. You also earn points to unlock stuff like kits, balls and staidums. I won't go into detail of all these, because I've simply lost interest in the game after playing a few friendlies with all the problems I mentioned above. My suggestion is that you wait for FIFA 2006 (if you're a fan) for the PS2/ Xbox rather than spend money on this.

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Good Game
This is a very impressive game, graphics wise, for a handheld. The stadiums look great and the players are recognizable. The details on the shirts are a little blurry, but thats just being picky. The controls on the other hand are a little frustrating. The game requires you to use the analog stick which, in my opinion doesn't work very well. Trying to perform quick turns and cuts is almost impossible and my passes tend to go to players other then who i intended it to. Freekicks are incredible, indentical to the console versions. The sound is not bad, if you can stand the weird songs from all the international no name bands. It even has a music video from one of the bands and something that looks like someone's half attempt at a music video made with a computer graphics program. <
>Overall the game is not bad, and being that I'm addicted to soccer in all forms and fashions, I give it a 4. Although i pray that there will be a Winning Eleven on the system, this is the best choice so far.

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a draw...
This will probably be the best football/soccer game for the PSP for quite some time; FIFA has always put out great titles and the graphics is really good. Athough the animation is smooth, the problem comes from the slightly sluggish reaction time... while I understand the player physics used to good effect on consoles, it does not do well on the PSP's analog thumbpad making pivots (even more difficult given that touch/finesse moves uses the d-pad which is really hard to switch back and froth from the thumbpad), meeting and avoiding opposing players while keeping the ball difficult even on the semi-pro level. <
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>There are a lot of options, though; from quick friendlies, half seasons, mini-game challenges, custom season and players along with a huge amount of players and teams make the game immediately accessible. <
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>I would give this three and half stars only because it's a fine game, not a breakout one. The controls just do not seem to have been optimized for the PSP... it is worth playing but I wouldn't put this in the same class as Ridge Racer and Wipeout.