FIFA 2000 (PS)

About a year ago, I decided that I had to go out and buy a decent football game, seeming as I am a big fan of football. I instantly went for something in the Fifa series, and 10 minutes later, I came out of the shop with £30 less in my pocket, and Fifa 2000 in my hand. I rushed home to play it and was impressed immediately, as I had only had ‘Adidas Power Soccer’ to play on before, and it is not very good at all. Anyway, here are the details about the game: Fifa 2000 is obviously a football game, which is fairly recent. You have to select a team to play with, and then you can play against other teams from all over the world. There are English clubs, ...

FIFA 2000 was actually the first FIFA game that I didn't buy, or at least have any aspirations to buy, since the series launched in 1994. After the death of the Sega Megadrive, my only medium of videogaming was my PC, for which I bought copies of Road to World Cup 98, World Cup 98, and FIFA 99, but there was something about FIFA 2000 that just didn't excite me. Possibly because I had now bought three games using the same engine, possibly because the marketing campaign seemed more eager to promote Robbie Williams involvement with the game(Why I'll never know), I don't know, but this game is easily the FIFA I have played the least, as I got a copy of 2001 free with a ...

FIFA 2000 has got to be one of the best football games ever released on the Playstation. First off, the most striking feature of FIFA 2000 are its graphics. They are simply stunning. With motion-captured graphics, the game looks wonderful. The players move as any soccer player would, sometimes even more fluidly. The player profiles are simply superb, and they actually look like the real players, and play like proper footballers, which is unusual for a computer game. The bets bit though is the after-goal celebrations. From dives onto the grass to running into the opponents? goal, celebrations are rather over the top sometimes. Instant replays are good, ...