FIFA Soccer 2004

Oct 12th, 2008 by cm1

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In the grand scheme of things, FIFA Soccer 2004 is a good PC game. It adapts well to newcomers but keeps plenty in reserve for skilled, seasoned veterans. It is the first FIFA to feature a career mode. And, despite some issues we’ll tackle later, it is nicely presented and blessed with an incredibly deep control system. Unfortunately, it is marred with blemishes. It also follows a pattern that’s beginning to creep into the most recent versions of some of EA Sports’ team sport titles. Namely, despite its many positive attributes, its most important element–gameplay–simply doesn’t seem to be advancing quite as quickly as it should.
FIFA 2004 doesn’t feature any form of precipitation, but it does sport some very convincing sun effects.
This may be seen as a harsh judgment, considering the perennial popularity and general critical acclaim the series continually garners, but the truth is that FIFA has been around for over a decade now. In that time, EA Sports has blown the roof off of the game’s audio-video components. Starting in 1994–with 2D sprites and flat, comparatively lifeless environments–and culminating in today’s stunningly better-than-TV delivery and incredible motion-captured players, the FIFA presentation has never failed to impress.
Rather than instilling the game with artificially intelligent opponents and teammates who truly mimic the nuances and dynamics of real-life, world-class soccer stars–and thus compelling the human player to act accordingly–the development team continually seems more fixated on adding incredibly complex button-pumping maneuvers that feel more clinical than sport-oriented. Furthermore, though FIFA’s AI programming is quite acceptable in the short term, it begins to feel downright repetitious after you’ve played a couple dozen contests. This sort of thing was perfectly fine for much of the first 10 years, but recently it’s all beginning to feel a little old. We’ll explore this concept further, but let’s first look at some of FIFA 2004’s more noticeable practical innovations.
As is typical of the series, EA Sports has once again tweaked its gameplay/AI engine just enough to keep us interested. For the most part, the game does feel marginally better. You’re likely to notice, right off the bat, that it features a comparatively large number of deflected and intercepted balls. Whether you’re shooting or passing, chances are that if you’re in the midst of a group of players, your ball will strike something on its way to the target. This is a good thing, as are the newly modified defensive alignments and structuring. In FIFA 2004, AI defenses tend to back off the ball carrier somewhat and, thus, clog your path to the net. This, in turn, forces you into a far more passing-oriented attack than ever before.