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FIFA Soccer 06
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 9 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Genre(s): Sports, Soccer
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 4, 2005
Summary
FIFA Soccer 06 brings the total football experience to your fingertips. It delivers a combination of attacking gameplay, complete customization, pure authenticity and the deepest manager mode ever. Intuitive gameplay enables you to command every move of your player with pinpoint accuracy. Passing, shooting and tackling is now more responsive than ever and enables you to trap, shield and dribble like a world-class football player. Experience 90 minutes of heart pumping football, feel the Team Chemistry of your side and the sense of momentum shift as you battle for supremacy on the pitch. As the Midfield General you'll control the overarching strategy of the game, dictating the pace and performance of your players as you execute strategic decisions on the fly using the tactical play button configurations. [EA Sports]
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GAMES: FIFA Soccer 2002 FIFA Soccer 2003 FIFA Soccer 2004 FIFA Soccer 2005
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What The Critics Said
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Gaming Horizon
FIFA 06 is a great game for both soccer novices and enthusiastic players alike, and is a worthy investment to a soccer fan’s entertainment library.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
A true upgrade to the previous years, and as I mentioned before, is possibly the best version of the series since its inception.
Read Full Review >PGNx Media
A delightful experience. The game truly captures the atmosphere of soccer.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
Attacking and formation options require time to appreciate, but the game's overall look, feel and flow make it time well spent. [Nov 2005, p.106]
1UP
It's certainly very enjoyable, it's incredibly slick, and packed with features, but it still loses out a little to Konami's game on that difficult-to-quantify quality; feel.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
The gameplay is extremely solid, the managerial mode is surprisingly deep and the additional features make FIFA 06 a great sports addition for fans of the sport.
Read Full Review >IGN
Like many other EA Sports games, FIFA 06 does a wonderful job of capturing the culture of the sport it represents. Fans of world football will feel that from the opening video sequence.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
FIFA is still doomed to feel a little stiff due to its reliance on set animations to govern play, and there are plenty of frustrating AI mistakes that linger. [Oct 2005, p.128]
AceGamez
I feel in about a year's time, when they have this new engine perfected, FIFA might be a serious contender, but at the moment it's not quite realising its full potential.
Read Full Review >Times Online
Shielding, tackling and dribbling have been boosted for better on-pitch control, while business in the boardroom looms with a more comprehensive management game and careers judged over a 15-year span.
Read Full Review >BonusStage
Though always attempting to up the ante on their long time rival, this year’s FIFA actually seems more of a step back when compared to the 2005 iteration.
Read Full Review >Ferrago
Now more than ever if you haven't already started to look at "Pro Evo" perhaps you should, it plays much better and feels like more a game of football than FIFA 06 ever will.
Read Full Review >Next Level Gaming
Gameplay has always been the staple of a good Soccer game, and when playing against the computer, FIFA '06 just doesn't have it like "FIFA 2005" did.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Hardcore soccer fans who wanted even more realism from this series will enjoy playing around with the new controls but if you’re a player who thought "FIFA 2005" wasn’t a great game might as well rent this game or stay away from it cause you won’t be missing much.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
If the players had some personality to go with their looks, this could have been the best FIFA yet. [NGC]
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
Oh EA what have you done; we we’re getting to enjoy FIFA once again and now this. We’re never ones to severely criticise an average game, however FIFA 06 beggars belief.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
On the occasions when the game flows it’s possible to produce some breathtaking football, but all too often the game slows to a crawl and it’s extremely difficult to produce anything like a constructive passing move. [Nov 2005, p.116]
G4 TV
It's tough to keep calling FIFA on issues of accuracy, especially when Konami seems to have soccer realism cornered.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Brandon P. gave it a10:
it is so goood because you run faster then any soccer games you have and has all the players.
Brian W. gave it a6:
I found it hard to make good plays, difficult to score, response time was poor, the four offensive tactics offered do not really work as they should, and it seems like all the wonderful moves and plays carried out by the CPU cannot be done by a human player. In terms of gameplay this game has a LOT of room for improvement (as with all EA games), as for graphics and sound it's done a pretty good job. Overall, typical of all EA games, bad gameplay, good graphics.
Mangaliso M. gave it a9:
I think that Fifa 06 is tight but I still think think 2005 was better in 06 you cant see the spot focus when taking a free kick the gameplay is slower than 2005.07 would B the best by far if EA join 2005 with 06 in terms of gameplay
Ahmed S. gave it a10:
The games is very good. i am so exciting with it .it so fantastic.
