Players like Ronaldinho and Franck Ribery can perform all of the tricks and skills in this section of the guide. It’s not a good idea to get into the midst of a competitive game and have a trick fail because you used the wrong player.
This way you will know which moves your players can perform. It is a good idea to take players from your favourite team into Arena mode and put them through their paces. All the same, we've seen it all before.Certain skill moves in Fifa 09 require players with a higher level of skill. The commentary is still the best around, the graphics are OK, and there are about 10 million official licenses.
This year, goal feasts seem to be the order of the day, as the review kicked off with a 4-3 win, followed by a succession of high-scoring affairs, accompanied by the crowd singing the sanitised, "You're so bad it's unbelievable."Įlsewhere, the Be A Pro mode (where you control one player over the season) is still an utterly absurd concept, and there's a footwear-sponsored live update feature that also enables you to buy further leagues. All the same, while it's gratifying to see some concessions made to the PC, we struggle to see either control method replacing the humble joypad. It's a bit like driving a car with your tongue, but perversely is all the more satisfying if you manage to score. Mouse TrapĪ nonsense, but there's more, with a mouse-oriented mode that sees the player in possession haplessly chasing the cursor as yqu make him dance around the pitch. Furthermore, in what seems like a Wii-style gimmick, tricks are performed by holding down the middle mouse button and 'drawing' the trick on screen - so sketching a circle will result in a 360° turn, for instance. However, with practice it becomes vaguely manageable, enabling you to genuinely play the ball into space. We spent a couple of minutes making sure the game was indeed FIFA 09, and that there were indeed some features unique to the PC: specifically two all-new mouse and keyboard control systems, perhaps included as an acknowledgment that it's virtually impossible to satisfactorily set up a joypad.įirst up, you can control the player with the keyboard and pass using the mouse, something that is initially like trying to simultaneously rub your belly and pat your head. As if to emphasise the point, our review copy announced itself with an all-singing intro video that ended with the words FIFA 08 emblazoned on our PC's screen. As Is The lot of the PC gamer, this isn't the same game that is currently looking very tasty on the next-gen consoles, but as ever is instead the umpteenth iteration of 'old' FIFA.
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