FIFA 2006 brings you intense and realistic soccer action -- the world-class soccer action that true fans crave! Get out on the pitch as you play as you play a complete, authentic, and intelligent soccer experience. Become a player or a manager, as you guide a team through its career and create a legend. Special club transfers option for downloading updated roster information
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Challenging team chemistry keeps teams in the game, pulling together when the game gets rough
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New advantage rule and improved set piece rules give you more flexibility -- now you can experiment with throw-ins, play short corner and more
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Try manager mode in the FIFA Lounge -- pick a team, pick tactics, handle licensing & keep player chemistry as high as possible
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As you win against tougher and tougher teams, you'll earn points you can spend on improved skills, special tricks and more
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Unlock player interviews, classic footage of the greatest goals in soccer history, even a playable version of FIFA '94
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Much improvedOct 19, 2005
By Will This is by far the best EA has created in their FIFA series. The atmosphere, graphics, and user interface are much improved over last year's version, but there are still some areas that need improvement.
First, the positives:
The gameplay is pretty realistic. The defense is much harder to break down than in previous versions, which seems to keep the scoreline in check.
The players don't have superhuman ball control like in 2004, and are even less sure-footed than 2005, so you'll actually see even the best players take a bad touch more often.
As far as the graphics go, I believe they're pretty strong. EA could have definitely done better on some of the players' resemblances, but the overall look of the stadiums, game action, and atmosphere is much improved over previous versions.
The new commentary is a nice touch. Having played the last two releases of FIFA, hearing some new commentary and a new voice is a nice touch.
Career Mode is much better in most ways. Although you are still limited to a 15-year career, the team management, player contracts, sponsor deals, and scouting add some new challenges to the career-minded player.
The negatives:
AI on the defense is ridiculous at times. It's been hard to gain a lot of possession due to the fact that if you're pressuring a defender, he will dribble away from you. He'll just dribble back to the 18-yard line and then kick it out-of-bounds. The fact that the computer is happy with dribbling in their third of the field with little ambition to move forward is a bit annoying and unrealistic...especially when they are losing by just a single goal.
This is not so much of a negative, but a warning. In career mode, you need to be careful with your budgeting. After 2-and-a-half seasons with Fiorentina, I was fired with a 17-1-0 record, while also still being alive in both the Italian Cup and Champions League. Performance on the field didn't matter when the money started drifting into negative numbers.
Finally, it's very difficult to build a powerhouse like Chelsea did in real life. The amount that the sponsors give your team doesn't seem to foot the bill for a team with more than a couple high-quality players. Winning tournaments and fulfilling sponsor agreements will provide you with the means to purchase good players, but the weekly salaries of these players might find you in a precarious position (see previous warning). It's also difficult to recruit these players, as many of the teams that I have tried to purchase players from, like Milan for instance, will tell you that they don't have enough players for an outright purchase. This can be frustrating since EA makes you start with a sub-par team.
Regardless, I have to give this game four stars for its attempts, successes, and improvement in realistic gameplay. Although there are a few flaws in the gameplay, it's still the best that EA has put out to date. EA's ability to provide up-to-date rosters, true-to-life stadium environments and kits, and solid graphics definitely help make it fun to play. I'd recommend it for any soccer fan who has stayed loyal to the EA series. You'll definitely enjoy the improvements.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Finally EA FIFA is listening!!!...sort ofOct 06, 2005
By tmodc
"tmodc"
After years of sloppy gameplay and after almost beating my XBox to death over frustration of playing the FIFA 05 version. EA Fifa's is finally looking like a player's videogame. In this year's version the gameplay is WAYYYYYYYY better. You can actually control what you want your player to do. In the past years that was only a dream. The reason why I bought it this year is because I actually played it before buying it and love it. Great chants of popular teams, and like previous editions great graphics, Included as well are all the latest FIFA rosters plus some cool new stadiums. The reason why i give this game a 4 star is because is because is FIFA 06, the year of the World Cup. And the tournament is NOT included like in FIFA 2002. The reason for that is that in November 21 the Xbox 360 version of FIFA 06 will come out, and there EA included the World Cup for the low hyped price of $59.99. I guess they thought we will spit $60 for the game after spitting the $400 of the Xbox 360. Thats this years choice. Buy the xbox version or wait a month and half for the xbox 360 version in you have that kind of money.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
A solid game all aroundFeb 14, 2006
By Will C.
"Will C."
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but I must say that some of the negative reviews I have read are completely unfounded. You must first ask yourself what you are looking for in a game:
* a challenge? In Fifa 06 the AI is much improved, and you will need to utilize strategy in order win. Basically, this isn't a game that you will simply pick up right away and beat opponents 4-0. It is competitive but not so challenging that you will throw down the controller in frustration. Obviously, the more you play, the better you will become, and you can always change AI levels to suit your taste.
* fun? Whether it is a single match or head-to-head play with a friend, Fifa 06 will have you cheering outloud when you score the go ahead goal. It really doesn't matter if you are a fan of soccer or not, you will enjoy this game.
* replay value? There are plenty of game modes for your entertainment: manager, dynasty, tournament, practice, etc. Plus, contrary to another review I saw, there are many, many teams to choose from (international and regional leagues).
* graphics and gameplay? The graphics of Fifa 06 really pull everything together quite nicely, and the realistic touch controls allow for smooth gameplay. Add in the stadiums, the crowd, and the announcers, and you have a real winner in Fifa 06.
Bottom line: Fifa 06 is a great game that should be in your collection. Feel free to rent it first, but you won't be disappointed if you buy it.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Dont tell me how to playAug 29, 2006
By Javier Arreola Carrillo
"Norteco"
FIFA Soccer 06 its a good game but it could have been so much better with just a couple of changes, and i'm not talking about things that have never been done before, but stuff they've done in previous fifa games. I remember FIFA Road to the World Cup 98 from Sega Saturn it had so many stats, options that you felt really in charge of the game. Not like FIFA 06 where you cant control your player when the goalie from the other team has the ball, you have to guess to what teammate you're passing the ball because they dont highlight what player you're going to pass, in stop balls you cant pass it to a player thats behind you nor pinpoint where do you want the ball to go to. And dont get me started about the goalies if they have a 50 or a 99 rating they stop all your shots, you can shoot 20 times and they stop you the 20 times but if they only have 1 shoot they score, it so frustrating!! i could go on and on with a bunch of little things that could make this game a lot better. It's like they didnt test the game with people who really know soccer, they took away a lot of great features of their previous games. They center all there energy in graphics, teams and players names and stats that i think they forgot whats important. This review can also be used for FIFA 06 World Cup the only difference is that it's only national teams and that they took some good features off but they improve some bad ones.
I've been loyal to FIFA Soccer but i'm really thinking of traying Winning Eleven, if they dont start focusing in the game and to the graphics.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Another fallen EA franchiseJan 29, 2006
By Red Things have changed a lot for Electronic Arts since the mid 90s. They have turned from an upbeat company that released nothing but the highest quality games especially in sports, into the biggest game company on the block & unfortunately with their quanitity over quality bend, they have allowed many of their strongest franchises to go right down the drain.
FIFA is a perfect example. FIFA 94-96 really was just a treat to play, whether you liked soccer or not, just like the NHL franchise until 95. Now they're just bland, bland , bland. We don't need 200 billion leagues, or soccer season previews. We just want solid, fun gameplay. The control has gotten so horrible in the name of 'realism' that sometimes you feel you are watching the game rather than playing it. There really is no excuse for a 5 second delay between a button press & the corresponding action, when the same franchise had instantanious precision controls a decade earlier.
EA seems so dedicated to the dull, lifeless pace of the game that they felt the need to severely penalize any upbeat defense as well. Slide tackles are all but forbidden altogether, even if you don't actually touch anyone. And though you can take a nice minute-long stroll into the fast-paced older FIFA games, you can't actually play them.
I sometimes wonder why I bother even renting the old standby franchises from EA Sports. Maybe deep down I hope that they will finally come to their senses and realize that good games aren't about realism or about rendering sweat in real time, just make games the fun arcadey experience they used to be. I would pay $50 just to have a basic roster update for FIFA 95 or NHL 94 before I would pay $20 for a roster update of last year's awful FIFA game.
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