IGN - It's tough for sports game developers to outshine previous efforts substantially enough to emerge as something special. NHL 09 was able to do it, NBA Live 10 was able to do it, and now the folks at EA Canada have miraculously created a FIFA title that is markedly better than the impressive previous effort.
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Rating Description
8.5 Presentation
Virtual Pro is wonderfully organized while everything carries the usual EA Sports level of polish.
9.0 Graphics
The stuttering that used to plague instant replays has very nearly been removed entirely. Players carry nice details. Visuals are only slightly marred by occasionally inaccurate physical interactions.
9.0 Sound
A suitable assortment of songs create a solid soundtrack. Stadium sounds are wonderfully lively and the duo in the booth only adds to the action with a few inaccurate quips here and there.
9.0 Gameplay
The amount of "on rails" moments have been cut down drastically, even from last year. The new dribbling and physical interactions spectacularly articulate the sport of soccer.
9.5 Lasting Appeal
There's no shortage of things to do in FIFA 10. With Virtual Pro permeating every aspect of the game and myriad online options, you'll be playing this one until FIFA 11 comes along.
9.0
Outstanding OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)
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TGC writes: There are those that like to argue whether you are a Fifa gamer or a Pro Evolution Soccer gamer. I’m going to take it one step further and say your either a football gamer or a non football gamer. The fact of the matter is a new game comes out every year with possibly the slightest difference from the previous game and they release it onto the shelves in quantities thinking that they’ve made something new and improved. I really think they should hold a prize for anyone who can spot the difference between FIFA 09 and FIFA10 because I’m really struggling.
I use to buy every sports game I was interested in madden,MLB,nba and wwe along few others and I remember buying playing for few days than thinking why I paid full price for this. Than one year about 4 years ago I said no more and I have never bought another sports game at launch sometimes I do buy me when they $20 on craiglist of sale but that's barely
IMO sports games don't do enough to justify a fully price and that's just my opinion
If 2k can sell nfl 2k5 for $19.99 and make a profit than why are games today with less content are selling for full 60? No wonder why EA ran to nfl and bought the exclusive rights
FIFA
Nfl
Nba
MLB
Wwe
NHL
Etc,
Sports games shuld be every 2 years and in between dlc and more updates and stuff like tournaments
If people are willing to buy them then whats the problem? i think its cod or mw123 you should be talking about, the new pes and fifa look good this year.
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Sports games tend to bore me, but I'm very fond of Tony Hawk, Skate, NBA Street V2 and some WWE games (if you count it as sport... sports entertainment... whatever).
