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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

  • Summary: 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. Take control of players away from the ball, and run them into space for attacking passes or gain valuable position during dead ball kicks. A fine-tuned game engine, and new animations dramatically enhance the smoothness in player movement. Deeper team AI, attributes, tactics, playing styles, control, and individual player personalities. Build your franchise and guide your club to the Championship by making calculated front-office decisions with Career Mode. When one season ends and another begins new challenges will present themselves. More than 300 new crowd chants at an ever growing list of officially licensed stadiums help put you in the best seat in the house. Plus, an all-new dynamic weather feature even affects gameplay, so choose your home wisely. More than 500 official licenses, including 16 leagues, 350 teams and 10,000 players. From Europe?s super leagues to the Americas Club Championship, FIFA Soccer 2004 has the most authentic selection of the world?s best. A Game With No Boundaries: Go online and take on opponents from anywhere in the country. An online lobby area where gamers can meet, greet, chat and play head-to-head provides the ultimate interactive experience. [EA Sports] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Not to be outdone by "Winning Eleven 6," EA Sports has pulled out all the stops and created a soccer game that is second to none... I dare you to find a soccer game where the ball moves so dynamically and realistically. [Nov 2003, p.108]
  2. 85
    Offers the most significant changes the game has seen in years. The core gameplay is changing ever so slowly from super arcade play to a more comprehensive, more realistic style of soccer, and the series is better for it. But it's not quite there yet.
  3. It might be a rough console port, but it's still the best soccer game on any platform. [Feb 2004, p.89]
  4. The worst thing any game can be is predictable, and FIFA Soccer 2004 is one of the most predictable sports game in recent memory. [Feb 2004, p.72]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Negative: 5 out of 15
  1. MarkR.
    10
    This game is the best in the fifa series it is just tp quality.
  2. MohethM.
    10
    This is the best ever Football game that I have ever played. Its so real that you have to work hard for the goals.
  3. LeeW.
    7
    I've played both the demo of fifa2004 and PES3 on PC and I can honestly say Fifa is having a run for its money.
  4. MartijnV.
    4
    This game is just boring if you compare it with PES 3.

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