Customer Reviews

FIFA Soccer 10

5 star:		(28)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I know that the FIFA games tend to get a little better every year, and I always think to myself," This year's installment is great, but..."

Not with FIFA 10.

I've only played the manager mode with the team I support the most, AS Roma, but simply from that experience, what a difference in the game play. I liked last year's addition of an actual referee pointing the flag in the direction of team possession, so of course, that made it back to FIFA 10. New additions to the FIFA game include; a full schedule for your team, including preseason friendlies with teams in your league, and with teams all over Europe; improved player likenesses, including the way indivual players move (Francesco Totti actually moves like Francesco Totti); weather changes to go with day and night games, including rain and snow; in the rain snow games, most of the players on your squad switch to longsleeves, which was a feature missing from the previous FIFAs; it's easier for defenders to tackle and win possession, which makes the game more difficult but lends to the realistic aspects a real match; and right and left backs can actually push up the sides of the field, which allows them to score and gives more team members besides just your strikers and attacking midfielders a chance on goal.

The only problem I have with the game is the price, and the fact that I'm a full time student without the time to play the game as much as I'd like. Fully recommended to any fans of the previous games. And just think to yourself once you play it...it only gets better from here.

I must admit up front I rarely if ever follow soccer. That being said, I have played this game far more then I have played either NCAA 10 or Madden 10. The graphics are great, and the environment of the game from the crowd sounds to the announcers make me feel like I have been watching English Premier League football my whole life. This game is very addictive, and once you get the hang of the player controls you will find yourself learning a lot about the flow of game. At first I was offside quite a bit. Now I find myself looking for that extra pass that might result in a higher percentage shot on goal. I find the AI to be pretty challenging (for me), and I have it set on the default setting. Against good teams I find my games are very close. Sometimes a team will come in against me and just kill me. I think as I play more I will learn a lot more about the who's who in powerhouse teams.

If you are a sports game fan, I think you will like this game. Its fun to play solo or against a computer opponent (face to face). Didn't try online yet.

Fifa 2010 is a pretty solid soccer game. Allow me to break it down some:

Decent AI:
Playing on the harder difficulty levels, the AI still makes awful decisions from time-to-time. Defenders under no pressure make awful panicky clearances, forwards make runs while keeping a defender close and between them and the ball, et cetera. That said, overall the AI has improved greatly from earlier versions, and it makes the game that much more fun.

Improved physics & 360 controls:
The high points of this game are the physics and 360 controls. As opposed to previous versions, you have very precise directional control of everything. This is also somewhat frustrating, because it greatly increases the sensitivity of everything you do. The ball movements, player movements, and player clashes seem more real than ever before. It feels much closer to real soccer than any other game I've played before.

Manager mode:
They made a big deal out of how improved manager mode is. Frankly, I see little difference, except simulating games takes longer, I'm guessing due to the increasing number of variables taken into account. But I still see outlandish results, but like Fifa 2008, it seems fairly reasonable a majority of the time. Of course there's some things like salary caps going on here, but nothing makes a big difference in my opinion. I still enjoy manager mode, it's just not a very big change from before. The one thing here that I still find frustrating, is even if you start with a 5-star team, it's incredibly hard to transfer star players. They simply don't want to play for you until you have many stars. But by the time you can get these manager stars, some of the star older players (e.g., Ronaldinho) have retired.

I do find some frustration with the auto-coach mode in manager mode. The idea is that auto-coach will rotate your squad based on fatigue and injuries. This is great, but it makes a lot of changes. This is annoying because I generally have 1 set of players I consider my top starers. I would like to be able to save this lineup, and quickly reset my team to that lineup for big matches. Instead, I have to redo the entire squad manually. I would turn off auto-coach, but fatigue seems to be a very big factor now, so that would be even more frustrating. Also, sometimes the auto-coach does questionable things like put a midfielder into the goalkeepers position, when the goalkeeper is fully energized and not injured.

Be A Pro:
I created my own pro player, and have been working to increase his attributes. This is a painful and annoying process--by far the most frustrating thing for me in Fifa 2010. First of all, you need to play on the harder difficulty levels to unlock accomplishments. This is fine, but it should explicitly warn you about this, especially if you're playing a game on amateur and you navigate to the accomplishments menu. In addition, I feel like the logic to determine when you are achieving these accomplishments is dreadful. For example, consider these two accomplishments:

1. Find your team mates with 2 different crosses in a match
2. Set up 2 goals with crosses in a match

I just played a match, and unlocked accomplishment 2, but not accomplishment 1. Uh what? Other accomplishments are equally frustrating, especially the "beat x players with skill moves." It seems you must be painfully close to the defending player when pulling off these moves, before it will credit you with beating him with a skill move. This is annoying because you can clearly throw off defenders with skill moves from further away and even the announcers comment on how you just rocked that particular defender, but you get no progress for it in the accomplishments.

Seriously, I could go on and on about the accomplishments not being picked up, it's a very buggy detection system. Or if it's behaving as intended, it needs to be more clear to the player about why they aren't picking up the accomplishments.

Overall Fifa 2010 is a solid game, but I still expect more from such a high-budget production.

I just got the game a few days ago but things I noticed so far. The game is really fluid and a little faster than 09. Quick free kicks when you get fouled mid field the player will simply pick up the ball place it down and GAME ON GARTH. Getting carded is no longer a cut shot but simply the ref runs up to the player and books him (the camera angle stays the same).

Dribbling is much better you can now absorb contact and push the ball.
Again game speed is much faster so you don't have to use turbo all the time and burn out your players come 2nd half. Shooting from distance now works in 09 and previous years the only to score was on a breakaway or 10 feet from the goalie (Gerrard Lampard we doing work this year)

Let me stop rambling. Fifa 10 is a great game alot of people would say PES. I was one of those guys but Fifa 09 really put the ball in their court and 10 just improves off last years game.

Madden junkies that want to play a sports game where it doesn't take an hour to play a game pick up Fifa you can probably get about 4-5 matches out in the same time it takes to play a madden game online.

I bought FIFA 10 a couple of weeks ago, mostly to occupy my time at the end of an increasingly boring summer. I hadn't purchased an entry in the FIFA series since 07, so I was unsure about how different the gameplay would be and feel. Extremely different is probably the best description, but almost completely in a good way. The motions of the players are fluid, the graphics are extremely realistic, and the commentating, though not always spot on, is consistent enough to be amusing. The sheer number of teams one can play as is also astounding to me, with leagues from Europe, Japan, Korea, the US, Mexico, and Brazil all making an appearance.

The game does have a few flaws, mostly with the AI. For example, when the ball is not under anyone's control, the player you are controlling usually goes for it even though there may be a teammate controlled by the computer who is yards closer. The chip shot is also too easy to score with on a breakaway, but I hear this problem has been fixed in the World Cup version. The goalie sometimes has trouble judging when to come off his line, which can be frustrating in a close game with a friend.

Overall, however, this FIFA is a very fun game to play, especially online or with friends. I highly recommend it.

Unless you want to take a course in frustration and anger management do not spend your money on this game.
It is an improvement over fifa 09 alright but i keep asking myself if the developers actually tested this game and how they felt if at all they did.
AI has a great deal of improvements but the overall game is very frustrating especially at higher difficulty levels, another advice if you do buy this game is do not use you expensive HD tv because you might end up smashing it if you are the emotional kind.
Now let me start with what i have experienced with this software.

1. The entire football world knows you cant make more than three substitutions in a match but in fifa 10 it just goes on and on sometimes up to six in a single match. one would think something as basic as this should be known by programmers.

2. The game seems to have two modes, fair and bias. in fair mode you can play a normal match but in the other mode when the software decides you should loose, i don't care what you do you will never win. you can create 100 goal scoring chances without a single goal scored, your shots will either come of the post or the goalie will be superman and will stop every shot pointblank or not, and by the way the opposing team will be scoring with great ease no matter what team it is, even if they are the lowest ranking team in the league and your team is number 1 on the table. they will have such accurate passes, be extremely hard if not impossible to disposses and of course the ref will be making laughable calls against your team, calling fouls against you upon every contact with your opponent no matter how little, especially if that contact creates a break for you, the programmers may as well give the ref a jersey for the other team.

Someone might want to label me as a sorry loser, but i guarantee you that i am not, i have spent a great deal of time with this game an have unlocked so many accomplishments but this is a candid description of my experience with the game. if all you do is play exibition matches then you will love fifa 10, but if you are a football lover like myself and understand how the flow and rules of the game should be then this will end up in anger and frustration for you both in manager and all other modes.
To the programmers i will say good job but you guys still have a long way to go with fair play, please work on the referee's ridiculous calls and it's not your job to decide who wins a game by rigging the programme, let our skills decide that.

Let me start out by saying I love this game. The best FIFA ever made, even better than 11 and most likely 12 unless they fix one thing... The fact that no matter how perfect your opportunities to score in game play, it seems that some games there is a wall in front of the goal and others theres not even a goalie. I either play games, against computer and friends, that there is a lot of goals scored for both teams or 0 or 1. I feel this is ridiculous and annoying to the point where I want to throw the controller sometimes after making a perfect run. Other than that, it is the perfect game for anyone who enjoys soccer in any regards.

I have really enjoyed this game, especially with its new editions including manager mode and others. The game has amazing multiplayer function, ranging from split-screen to live. FIFA 10 comes with my recommendation as the best soccer/football game for your money, and in general. Though I say this, I must warn a buyer about a few things. If your a fan of professional club league play you will not be disappointed, as the selection of teams is enormous, however if you enjoy national teams, and international play, you will find the game very disappointing. FIFA 10 offers only a few national teams, most of which are only superpower teams. Despite this, I enjoy the game very much and would extremely support the purchase of FIFA 10.

Especially when they cost you $10 (thanks Amazon). Play this every day over XBOX Live with friends as well as random players and it works great. Excellent controls and graphics, very neat sound (love to be able to hear players screaming at each other). I recommend this to anybody looking for a good football game and not willing to spend 40+ on the newer versions of the franchise.

really realistic feel to the game play. better then 09. ign gave it a really good review too calling it [revolutionary]./ vale la pena muchos dicen que esta mejor que 09 o 11. vale la pena comprar!!!!!