65
I like the look of this game but I find it quite difficult to play. The controls aren't easy to master, using the same button for tackle (while defending) and shooting (while attacking) means that the instant I win the ball I end up hoofing it down the pitch, which is really annoying.
80
The worst thing I find in this game is the framerate. Someone mentioned that this game has some slowdowns, but they are hardly noticeable. Let me tell you this, when you play on a large stadium with huge amounts of crowd and you happen to make a free kick, the framerate drops to about < 15 fps and the game is sloooow. Those hickups also happen when there are more players on the screen, but this is not as disturbing as the previous one.
The controls are not as responsive as they could be, but you can get used to it. I think that this is due to those slowdowns and the fact that, let's be honest, FIFA never was too responsive.
The graphics are good, more than ok but when it comes to gameplay you find that anti-aliasing would be handy. The camera zoom (even when zoomed to max) is a far distance from the stadium, and players are very small, and a little bit pixelated. This doesn't disturb me at all, but someone may find it to be a huge flaw. I also noticed that on the large stadiums players' textures are much less detailed then on the small ones (small crowd).
There are two BUGS I found in this game:
• AI sometimes goes like an idiot with the ball outside the stadium.
• AI sometimes stops with the ball in one place and freezes - easy to take away the ball from him.
I find the AI to be challenging, for now I can hardly win on amateur (have this game for a day and never played FIFA on a console, just a PC)
The sound is great, traditionally great - many good music performers and beats. The add-ons are great as well, especially the mini game and mini challanges. In the end I recommend this game to every footbal (soccer) fan!
72
Firstly, I have been a big fan of FIFA football series since about 2000. Finding out that FIFA06 would be available on the PSP meant that I could play FIFA 06 anywhere, which sounded cool. I have the PS2 version of this game, which is excellent.
I bought this game on release day in the UK. First of all you will notice a cross between FIFA 05 and FIFA 06 interface, with the it being visually like the older FIFA games menu system, but you will also notice that they have put many of the new features from FIFA 06 on PS2 into this game also.
The new "add-on" for the PSP version is the juggling game, which requires you to tilt your PSP 90 degrees anti-clockwise to see the player in portrait scale. This is good, but I think it would be better with a few more mini games.
Gameplay - 70
When I first played this game, after playing FIFA on PS2, I thought the controls were very sluggish. The joystick is a split second unresponsive, and other controls seem like this too. The controls are very similar to its PS2 couterpart, but replacing the functions on L2 + R2 onto L + are on the PSP by requiring you to double tab the shoulder button to get the requred function.
Load times - 80
Load times are the same as any other PSP game, they could be quicker, but they arent. The statium graphics do make up for the load times though.
Graphics - 75
The grahpics for the stadiums are superb, which I would say are as good as PS2 easily. When you are playing a game, the player graphics then are quite poor, as I used to get similar results on my Nokia N-Gage. The Cut Scenes are very good, slightly worse, that the PS2 version.
Sound - 95
The sound is excellent on this game. The menu music sounds rich, and not decoded to a lower bitrate to fit on the game UMD. The in-game commentary is equally excellent, as good as on PS2. Crowd cheers are also excellent.
Overall
Overall, if you are a big FIFA fan cant do without this game, buy it. Other wise if you are a slight football fan or you are more of a pro evo fan dont buy it. You will be dissapointed. Whether I was expecting too much of this game I dunno, but I could be a lot better.
93
This game really does make so much improvement over its predecesor. Just to quickly recap, the original FIFA Soccer for the PSP had a few floors the most obvious being extreme lag in gameplay which really did make the whole experience very frustrating. You would also find the game pausing for a second or two everytime the ball went out of play.
Well I can now say to you all that this new version of FIFA 2006 does away with all this irritable lag and pausing and comes up trumps as my favourite game in my collection.
First thing you will notice is that the controls are slightly different but to the users advantage. Done away with is the first touch using the direction pad. Now you need to puch the L button and use the analogue stick to perform first touches. Also while running with the ball you can now perform step overs etc using the analogue stick.
This definately makes the whole playing experience much more intense and enjoyable. This time around you actually have to think about how your approaching the game, think about how your going to attack your opponants. You can't dribble the ball past 4 defenders and slot the ball home. You need to use your men, all eleven of them.
The player animation is better and more realistic as is the ball physics. Graphically the game is the same apart from a few very subtle but much improved. For example you will see cameras flashing in the stands and the crowd looks like they are moving a lot more and actually enjoying the game.
There is your usual Season modes, challenge mode and all that but something they have added this year is juggling. This is a mini game where you will need to turn your PSP on a 90 degree angle with the direction pad at the bottom. You will then select a player and he will appear in front of you kicking the ball up in the air with feet and head and it's your job to keep it in the air for as long as possible pressing the corresponding button that appears on the screen.
To sum things up this game is a breath of fresh air to any soccer fan out there. A game that I know for a fact I will enjoy for a long time. I could go on but in all honesty I would go out and get this.
90
I find this game very enjoyable. The first thing you'll notice is that is not that easy to win, even on amateur. This gives you a great challenge. The graphics are ok and I think the game runs smooth enough. Being a Benfica supporter I was pleased that the players looked like their real counterparts. Some are very detailed. It's true that the players look litle and pixeled in the Tele camera, but it's nothing that disturbing.
The gameplay feels nice, even if some might think it's unresponsive. I think it adds to the reality making it hard to control the ball with every single player. It's not the arcade game it used to be.
Last note for the online. I had absolutly no trouble getting into a game and it runned as if I was playing against the computer. So, if your up to a challenge from someone real, it's great.
I recomend this game to anyone who loves football and wants a good game with correct teams, stadiums and all the other stuff.
96
Gameplay
The gameplay on FIFA 06 is brilliant. The controls are a bit awkward to get used to but when you have played on it a bit they come like second nature. The 15 season manager mode in 05 is not there. You get to choose whatever team you want to start with and you do one season with them. If you win the cup it gets ticked off the list and you have to win every single cup possible, whether it's spanish premiere to english premiership. There are also tournaments which you have to win. There is the juggling mini game which is good but I think is extremely hard.
Graphics
The graphics are brilliant, I wouldn't say as good as the PS2 version but the stadiums are. Cut scenes like when you get a yellow card or something are good but when you're playing not quite as good.
Overall
The game is amazing. If you are a FIFA fan you cannot do without it so buy it. But don't expect too much from it as it is not as good as the PS2 version. Overall, you need it, it is great.
95
As a beginner to the world of FIFA (I am a fan of the international aspect of the game, to feel connected with the rest of the world) I found this game a lot of fun. It's deep, but not deep enough where I get lost - but fluid and fun to just pick up and play. The graphics are really good, more so than any sports game to grace this little handheld. But I think the best part of this game is the music. World tracks from every corner give this game a "cool" feel - better than the EA trax on other games. The little juggling game is just enough of a subway ride killer that it wraps up this tidy little game in the "please get it" column.
95
Having already owned the first version of FIFA for the PSP and also a copy of 05 version for the Xbox, I found the first FIFA to be kind of OK.
It's a fun football game but not anything like the real big boy console version, the glitches and load times were a real let down and the game controls limiting. I ended up selling the FIFA game and thinking I would wait for Pro-Evolution to arrive on the PSP, but I read a few reviews on here and thought, Go on buy it, see if it is better and like the FIFA you know and love. So I did and I can tell you this is a classic example of how a developer has learnt from its original version to re-create a classic.
It has been smoothed out and really is classy and polished to play and view. There are none of the pauses as the ball is kicked out of play, none of the annoying loading times and the graphics have been improved. Pretty much everything is similar yet totally improved to create a perfect football game that lets you really develop your team, and also the added Multiplayer functions will prove a plus.
The only funny thing that they have retained is the occasional slow or late comententary.
Basically go out and buy it regardless if you're into Football (Soccer for the US) or not. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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