FIFA 09 (PS3)

By Electronic Arts | Released: Out Now! | Also on: Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, DS, PSP

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FIFA 09 Review

By Wesley Yin-Poole - 30/09/2008 - 9:06am GMT

We had worried that FIFA 09 was going to end up like EURO 08 with a Premiership skin. Luckily for us, we were wrong. The best FIFA game ever made.

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Posted at 08:01 on 05 October 2008
smudgemonkey	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Fifa is for people that didnt get picked at school.......the real footy players will ALWAYS pick pro as it plays like a real game. But for those of your Commercial United fans out there, pick up your copy of Fifa and shout to your friends about graphics and smoothness and I'll see you real footy fans on Pro on 17th october. peace out Reply

Posted at 09:35 on 05 October 2008
Jeff	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post FIFA09 could have been great, but it misses the boat thanks to a few really basic errors. Firstly, the referees. They're horrendous. Not only are they blessed with the weakest understanding of the advantage rule ever witnessed on a football simulator, they are also oblivious to a lot of waist-high tackles. They completely ruin the game. You may think this is a small point but when you're running through 1 on 1 with the keeper and the ref pulls it back for a minor tug of the shirt on the half-way line you'll see what I mean. The game also has a number of bugs which you could probably find in the PES series if you go back a few years. For example, players running backwards totally out of the user's control whilst the ball just rolls out of play, and always selecting the wrong player when you need to change man quickly. It makes for a very realistic-looking but frustrating and disjointed experience. One final thing. Unless I'm missing something - although I and friends have tried numerous times already - you can only organise a custom league with 4 humans in it. Yes, you can play the Lounge mode but that's just a bit of a laugh. If you want a proper league with more than 4 humans in it you're screwed. WHY??? Did the designer only have 3 friends and he's really bitter about it?! I've had a league with friends this weekend and had to WRITE THE RESULTS DOWN ON PAPER! Nice one EA! On the plus side, the 1-player mode offers plenty and is not as sluggish as multiplayer/online. Be A Pro is excellent and the Management side is another option. It's just a shame EA neglected a few of the basics. Hopefully a couple of free software updates will iron out these bugs and we'll have a game that really deserves 9/10. Reply

Posted at 23:34 on 05 October 2008
tim	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post pro evolution didn't have an 1/8 as many player as fifa. doesn't that bother you. fifa is the better game hands down. Reply

Posted at 06:02 on 06 October 2008
Chuck	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post have they fixed throw ins or given more options on free kicks? What about the Bernebeu? Is it still absent? Reply

Posted at 12:53 on 06 October 2008
colinmatts	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Upgraded to PS3 for the first time this year and got fifa 09. Finding it hard to settle on a camera angle. Why no sideline cam? Also, in custom league, why can you only have 4 user op teams. Is it the same in the PS2 version? Apart from that, love the enhanced graphics. Gameplay is a little hard to control though. Fooled my Dad into thinking it was a real match yesterday. Report Reply

Posted at 14:13 on 06 October 2008
CHAN LEE	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post MY FRIEND HAS ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES SINCE THE SYSTEM IS OUT,IUSE TO HATE FOOTBALL GAMES UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN I PLAY FIFA O8,BEACUSE PLAYING TWO PLAYER GAMES KEEPS IT INTERESING YOU ALLWAYS FEEL HAPPY WHEN U STUFF YOUR MATE AND WATCH HIM FEEL DISSAPOINTED AND ANGRY AND HIS BEEN PLAYING IT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. Reply

Posted at 14:17 on 06 October 2008
kyle	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post WOOT! GOT TODAY Reply

Posted at 17:44 on 06 October 2008
Aza4FIFA09	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Fifa 09 is awsum a definate winner Reply

Posted at 20:06 on 06 October 2008
Dan Fahy	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Fifa 09 is un-doughtfully the best footie game thats around but i was very dissapointed when I started having problems with my xbox 360 version. Me and my friend elliott both suffered from a screen freeze where you are unble to press certain butoons, the screen blanks and than you get signed out of the ea server. Dan.F, England Reply

Posted at 20:22 on 06 October 2008
greg	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post If you cant feel the difference then i belive you people have disability how can you not feel the difference fifa 09 is the game for football fans pes is good to but since pro evo 5 they have been disapointing! Reply

Posted at 09:55 on 07 October 2008
msp22	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post hey you all, its martijn from the netherlands here.. Just bought the game yesterday, and i was.. SIMPLY BLOWED AWAY. It looks like that EA Sports has signed all konami people to work for FIFA instead of PES.. Man, this game plays like all pes games together, and then doubled, and the game looks like fifa08 and then doubled.. When they have made the new version of the popular CEP mod, the game looks and plays even better.. Looking forward to that.. but man, this is a SUPERB game Reply

Posted at 17:50 on 07 October 2008
rat	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post i think the game is a smash hit Reply

Posted at 21:29 on 07 October 2008
quialman	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post fifa is so structured it. you can only dribble the ball up down left right or diagonal. its almost the same with passing which is also very delayed. when playing the cpu it seems there is no imagination. its like playing against robots. all they do is cross. there is no passing the ball around like pes. and whether the in game tactics makeany difference to me is a mystery as i have never noticed the changes. any football nut that wants to play seasons in manager mode should stear clear of fifa as you will be bored of the same repetative gameplay and reaction from cpu. get pes its a real game for football fans because it really works like real football. cant stress enough that fifa feels years behind gameplay wise and in a game where its all about gameplay and not kits and glossy graphcs then thats whats important. Reply

Posted at 22:24 on 07 October 2008
lightnshade	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post I sgree with Folkert - FIFA is for kids. I've played both demos a few times and FIFA's big problem is that the ball and player movement still don't fee right, regardless of whether it's realistic. PES let itself down last year in terms of bugs and being rushed into production (awful multiplayer, lack of editing options, and little annoyances like not saving player 2/3/4 control options each time you reboot - was I the only one who noticed that?), but although FIFA is very well polished, PES just plays and feels right, and that feeling is what it's all about, it's ore important than the bellls and whistles like full team licenses etc. Combining the best elements of both would of course be the cream dream. PES is still king with purists and gamers old enough to vote, and long may that continue - but if last year's bugs aren't fixed when it's released next week (or if there are new ones which should have been picked up in testing), God help you Seabass, because you'll lose a lot of long-term fans. Reply

Posted at 07:15 on 08 October 2008
Football lover	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post pes 2008 a goog game?? come on guys. The graphics are crap ( never seen so much lag in pes ) Online was worse then ever. No improvement since 2005. Fifa 09 surprised me this year . They managed to throw pes of the throne with this one. Konami ***ed it up over the passed years. nothing new and all the new features like online gameplay sucked big time. I am a ex pes player who has crossed over. And for all the slack that you pes players are gonna give , I don't giev a fck Reply