


This gripe aside, this type of game play is highly enjoyable due to the fact it is a return of the challenge mode that was absent from FIFA 10. While some people may not mind paying $80.00 to be advertised to, I found this incredibly frustrating, mainly due to its repetitive nature and the lack of a skip option. When selecting the Story of Qualifying from the main menu, be prepared to be subjected to a Coke Zero splash screen every single time you play a game.
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A free kick from one spot with the same power and direction done over and over again will yield different and random results.Ĭoke Zero presents: The Story of Qualifying: However, free kicks from just outside the box now have a much greater random aspect to them. This is a strange change as it just makes it easier to slot a shot to the left or right of the goal. Now the keeper barely comes off his line and the chip has been modified to be random and lacking power.
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Additionally, during a full World Cup qualifying campaign you are exposed to one of the major selling points of the game which is playing away from home in high altitude effects the players overall skills and fitness and makes it difficult to take points away from crucial qualifying away games.Īnother change is that in FIFA 10, one of the easiest and most powerful ways to score a goal was to chip the keeper when he charged out in a one on one situation. Notable differences include referees awarding more red and yellow cards to computer controlled players who seem to cause more fouls than avatars. The crowd shots during game breaks make it feel more realistic and more like you are playing on the world stage, not in front of a few thousand cardboard cut-outs. There is also country specific commentary and shots of the crowd in country colours and the coach. The new menu has the layout of a website which makes it highly accessible and user friendly and the loading screen has been changed to include facts about countries that compete for World Cup slots which include population, number of times qualified for previous World Cups and notable wins and defeats.Īnother notable aspect of this new addition is an easy quick start option, which sees you start a game with your country of choice against their greatest international rival. There has been a menu overhaul and reskin to include the 2010 World Cup South Africa colours. My first impressions lead me to believe that this is an exciting new instalment to the long running FIFA series. I think a legitimate question to ask of the new 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is whether it is worthy of being sold as a full game or is it just a fund raising, rebadged FIFA 10 with a few game play tweaks?
