It’s a funny old game. For years EA’s FIFA series was regarded as an ‘arcade’ version of the world’s most popular sport. A slight bastardisation of football that resulted in high-scoring matches, jam-packed with goals from bicycle kicks, long range screamers and mazy dribbles from the halfway line. With FIFA 07, EA decided to slow it down a little and gave us the best FIFA in years. Yet the game suffered from a new set of problems; off-kilter shooting, dodgy animations and ‘floaty’ ball physics. Yet the general feeling was “Watch this space”. While FIFA 07 had its problems, it was a sure sign that EA was starting to lace up its scoring boots after some very poor attempts that were well-wide of the target…

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