You can also compete in one of a boatload of league and cup tournaments or create your own, although the apparent lack of an international tournament is a bit of a surprise here. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard him say someone’s got to come off after they injured themselves during a slide tackle, when clearly no-one even challenged for the ball.Įvery football league you’d ever want to play in is present, including all four English leagues. Clive Tyldesley’s familiar tones make for a great atmosphere but poor old Andy Gray must have only recorded a few lines as they regularly crop up time and time again, often in a somewhat nonsensical fashion. Commentary however is, as is often the case with footy sims, a mixed bag. You can also choose to use your classic controller or a GameCube controller but it’s surprising how hollow that feels once you’ve played it using the Wii remote.Īs expected with any FIFA game the attention to visual detail is pretty impressive with a host of players and stadiums having been reproduced and while the graphics won’t stand up against other consoles they’re pretty good for the Wii. The whole control mechanism makes for a far simpler gaming experience than last year’s Pro Evo and for a much more compelling one that last year’s FIFA, and it’s one that’s so much fun to boot. It can occasionally take longer than you’d like for the game to register the exact player you want to control, especially if they’re all close too each other, but this isn’t a major problem. The control system also works well when it comes to defending as you can select any one of your defenders by pointing your Wii remote at the screen and then moving them with the Nunchuck’s control stick. You can instruct players to make forward runs and point them in the right direction to run by passing the ball into space for someone to pick it up but other than that the player AI looks after everything. Whereas in Pro Evo you controlled where all the players moved on the pitch, in FIFA 09 this is all looked after by the game’s AI engine. However, there is one massive difference between the two that turns FIFA 09 into what is the best football game on the console, and one of the best footy games I’ve ever played full stop. Controlling players is done via the control joystick on the Nunchuck, just like in Pro Evo 2008. Shooting is carried out by flicking the Wii remote, just like in Pro Evo 2008. Passing on FIFA 09 All-Play is done by pointing your Wii remote at the player you want to pass to and pressing the A button, just like in Pro Evo 2008. That brings us to the Advanced Play system and here’s where FIFA owes an awful lot to Konami. However, for serious football gamers this will be quickly dismissed. Using this, you control key aspects such as passing and shooting while the AI does everything else. The All-Play control system referred to in the title makes it easy for anyone to pick up and play the game, as EA have tried to make all their sports titles this year. The reason I mention last year’s Pro Evo in this review is because, to be blunt, FIFA 09 All-Play has nicked the good things about the control system in Pro Evo 2008 and showed them how it should have been done in the first place.
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