FIFA Soccer 09

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• 500 New Animation Sequences
• Collision Detection System With 360 degree coverage players behave according to their physical attributes
• Shielding System Player strength and momentum determine outcomes in challenges
• Pro Skill Moves 32 tricks in your arsenal
• Controls Pass, shoot, and score using a graduated control system. Start with the simplified two-button control system and then learn more controls at your own pace on-the-fly

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001AZ7RKK
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 14, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,476 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

Amazon.com Product Description

Lace up your cleats, strap on your shin guards and step onto the pitch to play professional soccer your way in EA Sports' FIFA Soccer 09. Experience the most authentic soccer simulation EA Sports has delivered on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system as you live the fantasy of playing as a professional footballer on the rise in the wild world of international soccer.

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New Animations and Collision/Shielding Systems
Packed with 500 new animation sequences and all-new 360-degree collision and shielding systems-representing the biggest innovations to the game engine in four years-FIFA 09 delivers more responsive, intelligent and realistic physical action than ever before. This combination enables players to behave according to their physical attributes. Player speed, direction and strength now determine everything from the severity of the collision to the outcome of possession. Plus, contact occurs with shoulders, arms and legs. Stronger players possess the strength to knock down smaller players or use their body and arms to shield the ball in challenges. These changes to the animation system reward the skillful gamer during one-on-one situations between attackers and defenders. Tuned acceleration attributes enable swifter players to possess quicker first steps and gain advantage in sprints. Plus, four new skill moves -- scoop turns, rainbow flicks, heel-to-heel knocks and ball rolls - give you a total of 32 tricks in your arsenal to perform just like Ronaldinho.

New 'Smart Play' Controls
Enjoy top soccer action at your own level of ability with new Smart Play controls. Passionate soccer fans new to gaming can play like a professional, controlling only the shooting and passing using a two-button control system and gradually mastering all of the controls as they become adept. With new smart play controls and an assist from the AI, gamers can learn at their own pace and still play entertaining matches with more advanced players.

Key Game Features:

• 500 New Animation Sequences - The largest overhaul of the soccer animation system delivers more responsive, intelligent and realistic physical action. Players move more fluidly around the pitch. Smaller, nimble players possess quicker first steps and have the advantage in sprints
• New Collision Detection System - With 360 degree coverage players behave according to their physical attributes. Stronger players now possess the strength to knock down smaller players during collisions or use their body and arms to shield the ball in challenges.
• New Shielding System - Player strength and momentum determine outcomes in challenges. Slow the pace of a game with increased control shielding the ball, enabling you to bring support players into the action. Plus, players can push off defenders to create space—at the risk of being called for a foul.
• Pro Skill Moves - Four new skill gives you a total of 32 tricks in your arsenal, making it easier to recreate signature moves of the real-world superstars. Now perform scoop turns, rainbow flicks, heel-to-heel knocks and ball rolls just like Ronaldinho.
• New Controls - Pass, shoot, and score using a graduated control system. Start with the simplified two-button control system and then learn more controls at your own pace on-the-fly. Now even players new to the game can challenge the best.
• Be A Pro: Seasons - Pick a professional player or create a player and test your soccer ability over four seasons. Master positioning, improve your attributes and develop into an elite player. Cooperate with up to three friends fixed to their player on the same team, but compete with those same friends on individual challenges. All performances are tracked through detailed statistics.
• Multiplayer Options - 2 player support via local multiplay, and 1-8 via multitap. (multitap not included)

The 'Be A Pro' System
From the moment you step onto the pitch, FIFA Soccer 09 challenges you to think and react like a real football player through the popular feature innovation Be A Pro -- now expanded to multiple seasons and featuring the unique Be A Pro camera that tracks your player, re-creating the excitement and rush of racing in on goal. In Be A Pro: Seasons you choose a professional player and then develop his skills at a single outfield position. Complete individual challenges to develop your player attributes and win glory for the squad.

Product Description

FIFA Soccer 09 PS2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun but has its flaws, April 10, 2009

By 

Noah M. Chafets (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 09 (Video Game)

I've been playing this game pretty steadily for the last 6 months or so. Here's a quick summary of what I'm going to say at greater length below:

Overall: 4/5

Fun: 4/5
Difficulty: 3/5
Learning Curve: 4.5/5
Computer intelligence: 2.5/5
Physics: 4/5
Appearance: 4/5
Manager mode: 4/5
Extras: 3/5


Now by topic -

Fun (4/5): The gameplay has kept its charm for me after about half a year, even though I'm winning 95% of the matches I play at this point. The game has a flow that gets passably close to the flow of a real soccer match, which will make it engaging for players and fans of the sport. Getting to control a whole team as they try to win possession, keep it or break down another side is a fantasy experience only available to video and computer gamers, so realism in the flow of the match is a make or break quality for these sorts of games.

Difficulty (3/5): Once you've mastered the game controls and figured out the most effective means of scoring, the game becomes pretty easy, even on the unlockable, 6th difficulty level. That said, it's important to note that there's a high learning curve.

Learning Curve (4/5): It took me about a month and a half to get good enough to beat the computer comfortably, consistently and on the highest difficulty level. My last PS2 soccer game was Winning Eleven 8 (2004), and the controls are much more involved in FIFA 09. Probably the most difficult and most important controls to master involve through-balls, which can be played on the air and on the ground and are extremely sensitive to your control of them via the analog directional stick. This means that, as you begin to try to play through-balls, they'll go all over the place. But it also means that once you build up some competence with the analog stick, you'll be able to play much more precise passes than you otherwise would have. Another difficulty to overcome is learning how to score. As with all of the previous (and much older) FIFA games I've played, there are some magical spots in and around the penalty area from which you can score with much more frequency than from other spots that might look like better candidates. It took me about a month to figure out where and how to score - notably, you can take 3 kinds of shots in FIFA 09: driven, controlled (inside of the foot, curled) and chip. Learning when and how to use which one is key.

Computer Intelligence (2.5/5): This is the game's real weak spot - the thing that makes me most likely to yell four-letter words at the screen. In general, teammates you don't control are morons. Attacking players on your team are woefully ignorant of the offside rule - if one of the last defenders abandons an attacker to double-team the man with the ball, the attacker inevitably runs offside as fast as he can, giving the defense an unrealistic advantage. On breakaways, supporting attackers will sprint ahead of the dribbler, leaving them offside if you try, for instance, to pass around the keeper for a one-time shot. There are 11 in-game tactical options a player can turn on. This is a great idea but doesn't work out well in execution (even though I still use them every game). If your opponent is killing time playing possession, for instance, you can tell your team to press them while on defense - sounds great, but your players are slow to react to passes and generally don't press the other team's defenders, which leaves the player more or less helpless in the face of this sort of strategy. Switching between players on defense is a problem - you can control it manually with the right analog stick but it's pretty clumsy even then. Defenders also tend to run into one another fairly often, disabling both of them and allowing attacking opponents to dribble freely through them. Very annoying.

Physics (4/5): The physics is decent for a PS2 game. Players muscle one another off the ball, smaller ones are punished more in collisions and the players' balance on and off the ball is relatively realistic. Shots aren't nearly as hard as they should be - if a defender is hit in the head with a driven shot, say, from the top of the box, he has no problem directing it more or less where he wants it to go.

Appearance (4/5): Again, for a PS2 game, it looks pretty good. Much better than Winning Eleven 8, for instance. Full array of real teams and players, nice looking stadiums and pitches, pretty good animations for in-game moves.

Manager Mode (4/5): This has some fun features but is a bit less wieldy and a bit easier than it need be. It's impossible, for instance, to sim more than one game at once, and if you sign free agents and immediately sell them, you can make Barnsley's budget look like Manchester United's very quickly. There are some nice features in this mode, though, like scouting, stadium improvements, medical staff, etc. This mode has kept me entertained and has high replay value.

Extras (3/5): The most important unlockable extra is the 6th and highest difficulty level - this takes shockingly long to unlock - I unlocked it after about 4 months of steady play. And it's not too much harder, but enough so to make a difference to someone who, for instance, is more or less unbeatable because he's spent 4 months unlocking it. Other than this, there are pretty standard extras - 3rd kits, different balls, stadiums...you get the picture.

I'm pretty happy with this game overall. Glad I bought it. But playing it on a nicer system seems like it would make a huge difference.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing soccer game, January 24, 2009

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Carlos Cuellar Fuentes - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 09 (Video Game)

For the soccer lover this version of fifa 2009 you gonna loveit, amazing movements, incredible graphics, more options, good soundtrack. Its my favorite fifa game

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic graphics and a lot of fun!, December 26, 2008

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caz (CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 09 (Video Game)

I bought this for my boyfriend who had fifa '06, and so this was a much improved version from then. The graphics are so fantastic, you have to see it to believe it! We also had a lot of fun making our counterpart graphic players. Highly recommend it to soccer fans and girlfriends who even dont like sports, a lot of fun is had!

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