FIFA Soccer 2002

by Electronic Arts

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005NCAV
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 30, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,915 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

FIFA 2002 is here and it's packed with features sure to make gamers and soccer fans happy. With all-new open passing, you have more control and precision than ever before. Find a breaking forward with a perfect 40-yard ball into open space, embarrass the tightest defense with cunning one-twos, or fool any keeper with deep swerving crosses. With deeper customization, FIFA 2002 is set to dominate the competition.

All-new tackling and referee models let players angle and time their tackles, either determining their success or earning a card from the referee. Cinematic cutscenes seamlessly capture all the impact, pain, and emotion of a world-class game. Hard-core in-game animations capture the rough-and-tumble aspects of soccer with increased physical contact, giant collisions, and crunching falls. Authentic light sourcing delivers dynamic player shading and accentuated physical detail as players pass in and out of shadows.

FIFA 2002 gives players the choice of more than 75 licensed national teams and 16 licensed leagues, including the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish Premier League, the French LNF, and Major League Soccer. Localized commentary is provided by legendary commentator John Motson and renowned soccer star Andy Gray.

Product Description

This is the game FIFA Soccer 2002 for the Playstation 1. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A challenging, yet fun game., February 24, 2002

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Scott A. Kolander, M.D. (West Trenton, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 2002 (Video Game)

In Fifa 2001 you would just press the shoot button and it would do everything for you. In this game you must choose the power of the shot and stand in front of the goal to get a shot on net. Also in Fifa 2001 you would just press the pass button and it would do everything for you. Now you have to choose the power of the pass and it is very easily intercepted. This is one of those games where once you finally understand the concepts of the game you become a "master". If you like soccer get this game!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent value., May 23, 2002

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"charliekkkk" (Boise, Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 2002 (Video Game)

Fifa 2002 for the Playstaion One is an excellent value. There is some great gameplay which easily rivals that found in its Playstaion 2 and Gamecube brother. The graphics are not as good, but since the game is viewed from overhead camera angles, they do not really hurt the game. This is better than 2002 Fifa World Cup on PS1, as it is faster and more exciting. Both are excellent soccer games, but this is really the cream of the PSone crop.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ridiculous & inaccurate AI takes any fun right out of it, June 25, 2002

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punkviper (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FIFA Soccer 2002 (Video Game)

I'll give the developers credit for attempting to fix the previously dull and boring FIFA efforts, but they went too far in the opposite direction and have now created a frustrating & boring game.

The worst thing about previous incarnations of the game was the "magnet ball," the innate ability for every pass to connect with the target player EVERY time. It limited the ability to be creative in play selection and didn't mirror the real game closely enough. In addition, the camera was formerly too tight, not permitting the player to see the field around him, and FIFA's colored arrow system was too inaccurate too much of the time to plan careful passing.

So now we have a "total control" type system where your passes are now handled like shots: every pass is accompanied by a power meter and passes can end up anywhere. Sounds good, right? If you want to lead a receiver, or pass into space, you can. Well, not so fast, junior. The camera has thankfully been pulled back, but at the expense of graphical detail, giving the game an overall washed-out pixellated, less-than-impressive look. Not to mention passing opportunites are still too far out of frame to mean anything except pass and hope it makes it to your guy. And the passing is so maddeningly touchy that you will be lucky to complete a majority of passes without looking like an utter amateur, passing out of touch or even right at an opponent.

Now, the unforgiving new pass system might get away with it, if it weren't for the completely disparate difficulty levels. The amateur level is too easy, and will have you scoring literally at will. But then try to step up to the mid-level, and the game gets very cheap very fast. The passes that take finesse and luck for you to pull off the CPU pulls off immediately and seemingly without thought. Every one of THEIR passes is pinpoint and perfectly timed, while you are lucky to keep possession (I guarantee you will lose the possession % battle every time, 70/30 or 60/40.) This means when you get the ball, it's a mad dash resulting from you the player jamming on the triangle (speed) button in a cheap attempt to get to the goal before the cheap AI slide tackles you from behind. And have fun laughing in pain as the defensive AI seemingly is aware of your moves before you execute them. I can't count the number of times a defender has managed to successfully trap a long ball, turn, and complete a pinpoint pass to his mate, all within microseconds of a sliding challenge from me. It's almost not worth playing defense when the opponents are this bionic and psychic, with consistently split-second reflexes.

This gameplay is absolutely ZERO fun. Gameplay goes a little like this:
Watch the CPU complete pass after pass, retaining possession in a Pele-esque manner, until you finally stop them with 1 out of 10 well-placed standing tackles. You then see their side bearing down on you, realizing your team gives up the ball quicker than a Hong Kong trinket machine, so you start tapping furiously at the triangle button, only to get to the box and get taken down, usually without so much as a call. Rinse and repeat.

So the bottom line is, in changing the flow, the developers merely erred to the side of anarchy rather to the side of conservative staleness. It still results in precious little fun, especially in the 1-player games.