Customer Reviews

UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal

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Ok this game might not be as popular as FIFA 2004 but it is actually better as it has more of the players actual faces added on the game like Bixente Lizarazu, Marcus Allback, Deco, Pauleta, David James and C.Ronaldo (some dont appear on the profile but they do during a game), there are less glitches/bugs in this game, has slightly better gameplay and some of the underated players got slightly higher ratings than in FIFA 2004, the Minus track is very good and there are free Euro 2004 stickers with this game:)(The free stickers were very good as i got some rares like Nesta). The only downfall about this game is the Holland team is very [edited] up as it dosent include the names and some of the faces of the players, I found this very unfair indeed as I saw another international football game in the gamestore with the official names of the Holland squad. But even so overall id still say this is a better game than Fifa 2004

Consider this game an expansion pack with some minor tweaking. You get the tournament, which is nice, but you also get a slightly enhanced soccer experience. The player animations seem to be slightly better and there are more animations. After only playing a few times, I swear the speed is a bit faster than FIFA 2004. The box notes different weather conditions, although I still have not seen rain, which was missing from FIFA. Anyway, the game is very good and if you are a soccer (football) nut, you should get it.

I got this game yesterday, my only problem is that I payed full price for what is basically an expansion of Fifa 2004. There are some fine tuning present tho, some new dribbles and a nice lofted through ball...why wasnt this included in the original 2004 is a mystery to me. It is a great game and the replayability is huge although another drawback is that this game offers no in game dolby digital and the Netherlands team has no names or faces, apparently EA sports and Holland dont see eye to eye in terms of licensing agreements. The biggest change is the shooting mechanism , in fifa 2004 i could score from 40 yards out no prob, in Euro, you have to get your shot set and scoring is a lot more difficult,making it all the more real.Frankly some matches are quite boring with few scoring opportunities...kinda like real international matches, so i'd say Euro is a step up in terms of realism. Overall, Id buy it because Im a big football fan and Ive been buying the FIFA series since '96 , but a casual fan might be disappointed.

Essentially Fifa 2004 dressed up to be a Euro tourney game, obviously EA didn't bother fixing any glitches (like the darn ref writing on his hand and then magically a yellow card appears).
English keeper David James has had dark hair all season, but he's still blond in the game.
The game play is decent and all, and the controls are cool, but that was the same with Fifa 2004. This should be sold for about [edited] instead of full price.