![]() Additionally when you are logged in to EA Nation you get a soccer ticker at the bottom of the screen. I never saw less than 75 players online in all my games. One of the nice things about a game as long lasting and popular as FIFA 09 is there are always people online to play against. Included this year is an online Interactive League where you pick a team and test your skills against players from around the world. ![]() Probably the biggest area of improvement in FIFA 09 is in the area of online functionality. You earn points for correct answers which you can use to purchase unlockable items such as third kits, game balls, stadiums and all-star teams. The questions are usually easy for anyone that knows their team well, but it’ll get frustrating quickly for the casual fan. So you may get questions like “which of these Columbus Crew players is not a forward”. The questions are based off of your favorite team. The Soccer IQ quiz feature is back for FIFA Soccer 09. With a new women's professional league coming back to the United States in 2009 and the recent success of the USA National Team in the Olympics, maybe it's time for the women to be given their due. So any of you women who make up the reported 40% of gamers, please feel free to call and/or write EA about this oversight. EA unfortunately also took 3 International teams away bringing the total down to 40. Leagues include: Australian Hyundai A-League, Austrian Bundesliga, Barclays English Premier League, Belgian League, Brazilian League, Coca-Cola Championship, Coca-Cola League 1, Coca-Cola League 2, Czech League, Danish Superligaen, Dutch Eredivisie, French Ligue 1 Orange, French Ligue 2 Orange, German 2 Bundesliga, German Bundesliga, Ireland FAI Eircom League, Italian Serie A and B, K-League, Major League Soccer, Mexican 1st Division, Norwegian Tippeligaen, Polish Ekstraklasa, Portuguese League, SPL, Spanish Liga BBVA, Spanish Primera, Swedish Allsvenskan, Swiss Axpo Super League, and the Turkcell Super Lig.Īdditional teams are lumped into a “Rest of the World” category with 18 teams including Boca Juniors, River Plate, Santa Cruz and others. Still, FIFA Soccer 09 includes much of the feelings of accomplishment when you manage Leeds United or another lower tier team to Premiership glory.įIFA Soccer 09 includes the same 30 leagues from last year with 12,500 authentic players. While this mode is good on the PSP, it is not anywhere near the depth level of such manager games as EA's FIFA Manager or Sega's Football Manager. Those of you who take notes on graff paper don't get too excited. As the manager, you must deal with cranky players, a demanding governing board, contracts, scouting, ticket prices, and a good list of other things. The manager mode is where the real meat and potatoes of FIFA 09 lies. You just play as your guy and do everything you can to stay in position and maybe score a goal or two to keep the coach satisfied. You don't have to worry about scouting, contracts or any of the other team business. ![]() In Be A Pro, you just worry about your player. In FIFA 09, EA has tweaked the gameplay and cleaned up a lot of clipping bugs that plagued the game last year. It's a great mode on the next gen systems and it was a welcome addition last year to the PSP. You will be that player through all the ups and downs of a season. In Be A Pro mode, you can create a player or take on the identity of a current player. However the real fun comes by making a long term investment in the “Be A Pro” and Manager modes. Kick Off mode is just a 'friendly' game so it's a quick and easy way to satisfy your soccer itch but there's no lasting glory with a win. The usual “Kick Off” mode puts you right into the action. It makes for a lean and mean soccer game that now is better than any other soccer game on the PSP.įIFA 09 isn't a huge leap from last years offering, but there are enough improvements and additions to make it worth a look from any soccer fan. FIFA 09 has the same core content of the other systems, just not as many extras. It's my MP3 player when I'm running, my video player when I'm waiting for the clothes dryer, my photo viewer when I'm out with my camera in some remote location, and when I long for my glory days playing soccer, I have FIFA 09 Soccer.ĮA's FIFA Soccer 09 has come such a long way from the original PSP version. My PSP goes with me just about everywhere. The PSP does everything – video, audio, photos, internet, and games – all in a compact portable package. But functionally speaking, I still think the PSP is the best thing going. I know, most people think their Xbox 360 and/or PS3 are the best videogame systems on the planet.
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