

I am completely impressed by the ability to play teams throughout the world. Sitting back and loading the game immerses you to the serenades of a football stadium right at the comfort of your location. Also, the game gives you access to different leagues adding the Mexican league not available in the previous series. FIFA 2005 supersedes its predecessors by having access to more modes such as the tournament mode. Its back again and I like it same as before but better.The franchise has developed credibility in football gameplay, in particular, the advancements in each new series as well as the updated rosters of teams and players. Just manage your players right spend enough time on coaching, fitness and pulling in finances for the club and get the right results and the chairman will always be smiling but if you don't well there's only one option, you will be down the job centre before you can say we were robbed.

The career mode is over a 15 year period which gives you plenty of time to impress and gain employment with the bigger clubs. Where you take control of a club in the lower reaches of the football league for example Rochdale and using your skill and judgement guide them to bigger and better things maybe even the Premiership title. There is a creation zone where you can create the new Wayne Rooney and also create new tournaments, but the big bonus in FIFA 2005 is the career mode.

The 'off the ball' control is back and slightly better where you can control players not in possession of the balll into making tackles, sending your team mates on runs and controlling the movement of players at free kicks, corners and now throw ins. To be fair there isn't much difference to last year visually but now they have introduced a first touch system where by using the right analogue stick you can now control the instantly when it is passed to you instantly gaining extra space and time for yourself which can be crucial in tight games. Yes true to say Pro Evolution's game engine is more superior giving you a real feel of playing the beautiful game, but for pure fun you can't beat FIFA 2005. I prefer EA Sports FIFA for two main reasons the first being it holds the licence to use the real names of players and clubs which is always much more fun and secondly it is pick up and play time arcade game. It will be another round of squabbling between FIFA fans and Pro Evolution fans deciding which is better. Well what can you say about this game that hasn't already been said, it basically does what it says on the tin.

Oh yes it can only mean one thing Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat please put £39.99 in EA Sports Wallet, that's right its FIFA FOOTBALL only this time its 2005.
