FIFA Soccer 2003 - PlayStation 2

Hey guys if you are thinking about no buying the game of fifa 2003 for playstation one then you are all making a mistake, because this time all the best players have their own moves and that makes it more realistic and as for graphics it is way to much improved, my advice would be to buy it, u will not regret buying it, for example it has every detail of every team and players and the commentators talk about all their information. U might be saying this game is like fifa 2001, but no is not it is 10 times better than that one that is why it has a 5*. If you buy it make sure you play with a world class league, my recomendation is REAL MADRID FC it has all the stars and all of them are skilled, try it and i guaranteed you will like it. It is to much of a game to be on playstation one, but still it is the best soccer game ever for playstation one.REAL MADRID all time champions and called the best club team of the century, try that team and i guarantee that you will be flying with them.5*star

I wouldn't say so...Fifa 2003 came to us with a bit of a bang, there were a lot of people dying to get their hands on a copy of this, and I was lucky enough to be bought a copy by my girlfriend this Christmas, along with the Playstation 2 she bought me.I have been playing Fifa 2001 on the Playstation 1 for a while now. Boring our girlfriends to death me and my mate would by riveted in competition against one another playing with the teams that we liked and had got used too. Each team was unique, each team could do different things, one team would nearly always score on a nice little corner kick while the other wouldn't have a hope in chance, but would be excellent at doing a through run and slamming it past the goalkeeper into the back of the net. Oh the joys of playing this game, hours were spent head to head, while both of us would be at the same skill level, one of us winning loads of games one day, then losing loads of game the next!Move over Fifa 2001, it's time for the new Fifa 2003, and argh, I can't play it.Fifa 2003 has changed completely to what I'm used to. The same idea is still there, Electronic Arts have just made it completely different to play with their snazzy camera angles and unique controls. It states on the back of the box `Brand new dribbling, shooting, crossing and passing models'. Indeed, I'm damn sure these are there as I can't get used to any of them. It used to be that when you passed, it would pass to another one of your players. When you pass now, half the time you will pass to no one, though normally, it's the other team!Total Dead Ball Control is another one of the features that Fifa 2003 has, but lacked in Fifa 2001. This is good, but on the other hand, can be a complete nightmare. What this generally means is that where you aim, the ball will go, unlike the older games where the ball had set patterns as to where it can go. Sure, this sounds like a damn good feature, but you just try playing with this. When you have camera angles moving in every single direction and your running down the field, ball in front of you, you see a side / slightly overhead view of your player, line him and up you shoot! It goes way off target thanks to the camera view putting you off and making you think you can get something. The same happens when an opponent gets the ball, you find yourself running around in circles before you realise where you are. The same goes for passing, how the hell are you supposed to pass to someone when you can't actually see them.Theres on camera angle that's good in this game, and I can play with, and that's the one that's closest to overhead (can't remember the name of it), it's the one that closest resembles the Fifa 2001 setup. With this camera angle you can actually see more of the players, but with the detail of the players being so intense and the detail of the stadium being so intense, once you can see half the pitch, more players and more of the crowd in the stadium, things start to slow up and you find the game jumping and skipping frames as it refreshes itself, trying to keep up with the demands of the graphics.Graphics is something that this game has. You can actually tell who the players are if you know what they look like (me, I wouldn't have a clue, apart from David Beckham!). The cut scenes are really good, with every player having his unique features, from his hair, to an ear ring, it ill all be there, right in front of you. The game itself is set up a bit like a TV showing of football, with the screens moving into one another.Sound is excellent too, with the crowd shouting out the scores, the unique chants and much more, ooo's and ahhh's as you go for goal and miss. The referee makes a few appearances too, showing his red or yellow cards, you should see some of the faces of the players when they get sent off!You can play a variety of different games, from championship, friendly's, arcade and simulation modes. You can select your arena, your opponents, your shirt colours, set your people up however you wan, view statistic, all while getting commentary, which is much improved over fifa 2001 along the way.The game is a damn good one in terms or realism and is probably the closest to real football game out there on the market at the moment. It's just a shame they have made it so damn hard to play and get used to the controls. For now, me and my mate will be playing against each other on Fifa 2001! For this reason, it gets 4 out of 5 from me....

This is an abomonation of fifa! The franchise is destroyed. For all of you fifa freaks out there, stear clear of this game. I've played every fifa game since the SEGA GENESIS, yes even the Game Gear game(remember that?) With a few exceptions, namely those games made to capitolise on the world cup, the Fifa games have always been an improvement over the past games. This time, they went a step backwards. To put it plainly, the gameplay and controls have been altered significantly enough to ruin the veteran fifa player's enjoy nil. That is to say, the open passing system we enjoyed, the speed burst, and through passes have all been altered. No more pounding uncontrollablely for a speed burst. Fine. BUT CHANGING THE BUTTON IS UNACCEPTABLE. Free passing is gone, and the passing system has been the "one-touch one pass" system of old. I tried to change the controls so that the through pass(which would function like the normal pass from fifa 2002), which is now Triangle, be the button as the normal pass, but you can't because then it changes the "change player" button! I was able to change the sprint back to Triangle, putting the through pass as the L button it was, but that's just gross becuase it's [darn] near useless without the open passing system. That having been said, if you've never played a Fifa game, this might be a good one to start playing becuse you haven't had the same controls for 10 or however many years!Why are franchises like Madden so successful? Because if you played one, you can play them all with little adjustment. That's because the basic controls are the same! When EA decided to change this, they just slapped all fifa fans in the face. I hope to god that fifa 2004 has the open passing system back or at least lets me CHANGE the controls to the old fifa....