FIFA Soccer 2004

by Electronic Arts

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00009X3V7
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 4, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,134 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: GameCube

From the Manufacturer

FIFA Soccer 2004 is the most complete and authentic soccer experience for true soccer fans. This year's action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness. Plus, a new Career Mode gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. With immersive atmospheres, total realism with the world’s premier clubs, and industry-leading gameplay, FIFA Soccer 2004 returns as the true authority in soccer gaming.

Product Description

MODEL- 14668 VENDOR- ELECTRONICS ARTS FEATURES- FIFA Soccer 2004 With the finest gameplay and comprehensive game modes, FIFA Soccer 2004 is the most complete and authentic soccer experience for true soccer fans. This years action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness. Plus, a new Career Mode gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. With immersive atmospheres, benchmark presentation, total realism with the world s premier clubs, and industry-leading gameplay, FIFA Soccer 2004 returns as the true authority in soccer gaming. -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------------------ ESRB Rating : E for Everyone Genre/Category : Sports/Soccer System : Nintendo GameCube Number of Players : Compatible Peripherals: compatible controller, compatible memory card for saves MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:andnbsp;andnbsp;90 DAYS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Could be better, January 31, 2004

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Forza Catracha "jcva13" (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 2004 (Video Game)

I got it because I wanted a soccer game for my son's game cube. Some things make me feel good about the purchase, but having played Winning Eleven 6 and the WE7 demo, there are other disappointing things, even if compared to previous Fifa versions, where world cup or world cup qualifiers where the main attraction -No more national teams competition in this one-. It's a good game and a great effort by EA but COULD BE BETTER, specially in depth and gameplay. Over all is a fun game to play and if you don't have PS2, is the way to go.

Pros:
Licensed Teams.
- Great Grahphics. The uniforms even get dirty.
- Music Tracks from all over the world.
- Fun to play, specially career mode.
- Good Learning Curve, takes a while to master a level
- Since there is no Winning Eleven for GC this is the best soccer game. But if you have a PS2 better stick to Winnnig Eleven 7.
- Excellent Free Kicks Control System, regardless what other people think.
Interesting career mode. But there's nothing much besides it, except for national cup competitions like FA Cup or Copa del Rey.
Cons:
Players are not very inteligent, specially teamates.
Very difficult to attack from the wings.
Most Goals are scored from long range.
Defenders catch up to your offensive players very fast even if you are way ahead of them.
No National team competitions, only exhibition matches.
Can not save great goals as you can in WE.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best of the best, November 12, 2003

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"cleric84" (Jamaica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 2004 (Video Game)

This game rocks. From really cool shots, to fantastic saves, to the tonne load of really cool moves. I really love this game. The camera angles are much better than all the previous fifa games. The game-play is fantastic, players are the exact replica of real time fifa players. I give this game a 5 star.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst FIFA Game Yet, December 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: FIFA Soccer 2004 (Video Game)

I've played every game in this series since FIFA 98, and this is by far the worst title yet. There are a few good qualities, but they are few and far between. I like being able to take a Division 3 team up through the ranks of English football, and the graphics and stadia are top notch. That's about it. After one-and-a-half seasons as my beloved Arsenal my complaints are:

1. The players are too slow. Thierry Henry is arguably has been compared to Olympic sprinters for his overall and breakaway speed. Then why can't he even outrun the Wolves defenders? Sure, I can use the sprint button, yet that doesn't even seem to get him in the open. This has been the third FIFA title in a row that biased running speed for the defense to keep things more even. I play on a weekly basis, and I could run the length of the field faster than every player in the game.

2. The players are constantly fatigued. What are they doing in their off time? I've tweaked every aspect of the weekly training and even bought almost and entire second squad to rotate players. Patrick Vieira in particular was susceptible to the fatigue factor. These are top notch athletes, yet when I rested them for two weeks, they would still have a fatigue factor around 50. That's bollocks! At least in the older versions you could turn off the fatigue if you wanted to. I would, just because the current version is so bad and unrealistic.

3. Where are all of the players specific chants from 2003?

4. Why does the "prestige" factor affect weekly training?

5. When taking a free kick about 30 years out, none of the players seem to be near the box. Where are they?

6. The menus are ridiculous. You can only view three stats for a player at a time. I'm constantly scrolling across menu after menu to check, guess what? Yup, the fatigue factor.

7. It takes forever to save your progress. You are constantly having to confirm the fact that you want to save and overwrite your progress. I know what I'm doing, so quit asking me if that's what I want to do.

I could keep going on and on and on. The fact remains that I'm trading the game in tonight. I've had it. EA needs to go back to the basics and quit trying to make it so good looking. The Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution series has surpassed FIFA in gameplay, and it seems as though EA doesn't take that very seriously. I wish they would.

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