Rating: 
Summary: An absolute classic!!!
Review: This game ranks among EA's best work for PC, right up there with Madden 2003 in terms of quality and pure fun. It's great for soccer (FOOTBALL in the rest of the world, you well know) fans or overall gamers who are looking for a challenge. I've picked up the last 3 three years versions of FIFA, plus I enjoyed their World Cup 2002, but this is the best of all for PC. It is down-right addictive.
As always the graphics are a major plus. There is an expanded selection of stadiums, better rendering of uniforms and global players' faces. In the past many of the players were generic looking. The stars are recognizable.
The improved AI makes for more realistic gameplay. Players are more agile, moving laterally and side-to-side much better than previous versions. The one difference I noticed between this and World Cup 2002 defensively was the way defenders almost stumbled when attempting a conservative tackle. In FIFA 2003 they just seem to stick their arms out and outmuscle the opponent, which is still an improvement over earlier versions. Changes to the game's AI force gamers to pass the ball and position themselves to play defense rather than depending on straight ahead speed and long balls. There is a bit of an adjustment to be made as far as the controls, but nothing major, don't worry this also turns out to be an improvement.
The sound nearly exceeds the graphics in terms of quality. Crowd noise, singing, reactions, chanting are all much improved and very entertaining. John Motsen gives nice play-by-play, but I enjoyed color commentator Andy Gray from the previous version more than Ally McCoist.
The emphasis this year seems to be on club play. You won't find as many international teams as in FIFA 2002, but supposedly there are teams and features to unlock if you win tournaments. This game is very Eurocentric. English, Italian, German and Spanish leagues are the highlights but there are other leagues like those from Brazil, MLS, Japan, Korea, Austria, Belgium and sort of a best of the "rest of the world" section of teams to choose from.
I was not a soccer fan when I first started playing this game a few years ago. My interest in the sport has grown with the release of each version and I can now say I am a FOOTBALL fan interested in the EPL, La Liga and Serie A. FIFA 2003 is worth the price whether you are a FOOTBALL fan or a video gamer.
Rating: 
Summary: Boring and repetitive, but nevertheless
Review: This game seems awesome at first, especially after fifa 2002. Great graphics, more teams, more choices, club championship, lotsa differen cups to play, etc. But then you start noticing things you don't quite like.I played professional in 2002 and struggled. Probably because I rarely tried to crosses. But nevertheless, a win in professional was very hard for me. In fifa 2003, which is totally different in gameplay, it took me a month of playing (and I was in school - didn't really have time to play much) to get to world class. And that was without using crosses. But about them later. You start to notice a lot of inconviniences that at first you try not to notice but then start freaking out when it costs you a game and 16 minutes gone for nothing. Example? Sure.
You can't use headers unless challenged by a computer player on the PC. It seems allright but once in a while it happens that after a lob the comp doesn't go for the header, instead he just waits until your player chests it, and then tackles the player as soon as the ball hits the ground. Very frustrating when you were on a attack. Another great bug is the player selection tool. When a comp is on a breakaway, forget it, there is no way to get him. Because the stupid game selects players BEHIND the opponent. So if you want to tackle him, you gotta do it from behind. The only chance you stand against a breakaway is trying to get the ball in midfield all the time. Because a breakaway in midfield (happens a lot actually) still can be intercepted. Direction of passes is really weird. When all of your players are in proper position, everything's ok, but when your players are, say, running into position after a free kick and you gotta get the ball out of the box before a swarm of 5 opponent players gets you, you got a problem. For some reason, when not everyone is in their spot, a pass directed straight forward becomes a pass downwards, a pass downwards becomes at different times becomes a pass backwards, forward, up, down, ANYWHERE.
You can argue that you can use a through ball, but it takes too long and you get tackled before that happens. I've been playing this for about 5 months. First 3 months seemed lotsa fun. I still lost a lot on world class, still was playing cups. But the comp is not challenging anymore. The computer does the same stuff all over again so now I'm able to defeat Real Madrid with my made team (all 30s and 20s in overall skill) 6-1. The only pleasure in the game are crosses. Crosses are automated, although you have to press down which way to hit the ball to score. There are so many different ways to cross and crossing requires such perfection in world class, that it is very satisfying when you finally score on a cross. But at any rate, this is a game you play for a while and then throw away.
Rating:
Summary: fifa 2003
Review: this has great graphics excellent realism the commentry is great an the player animations are brilliant
Rating: 
Summary: Not very challenging!!!
Review: This has to be one of the worst sports games ever created. It seems to me that each year, in every newer version of the game EA does all that its possible to improve the graphics of the game, but very little to make it realistic, and I will tell you exactly what I mean. First lets take the graphics part. Graphics are great. Ofcourse that depends mainly on your graphics card capabilities, but I have to admit that they are really good. The movements are also realistic and from what I see, EA team has done a good job with the teams information, statistics, jerseys and stadiums. Now up to this point that was an excellent work although there is still room for improvement. But such games should respond closer to reality in gameplay as well and not only in designing the players to look like the real ones, or make them run and kick the ball like a live person would. My brother has been playing this game and he is already beginning to get bored. He chose World Class difficulty level and in only 16 minutes of gameplay (8 min. each half) he has an average score of 8 goals per game. And the reason is because the opposite teams defenses .... This game is stupid. There is no defense. You can actually run from the centre of the field with the ball straight forward the opponent goalkeeper and no one will try and stop you. The players will actually run away from you instead towards you and if you stop and just stand there doing nothing no one will come to take the ball from you. At one occasion my brother tried to play this game full half, and after scoring 23 goals before the first half ended he actually got ..... off with the stupidity of this game and at how easy it was to score and shut the computer down. And that is at World Class difficulty level. If you just want a fast game with nice music, great graphics and realistic movements, scoring plenty of goals and winning 99 out of a 100 games then buy this game. But if you want something challenging that you will play again and again and again and never get bored of it, then don't spend your money on this one. Its not worth it. Find a friend who owns it and ask them to lend it to you, or if there is a store near by the place you live, rent it first to find out first hand what this game is really like. I know that there are a lot of fans out there who like this game and maybe dislike the fact that I only rated it with two stars, but I am sure that they agree with me that after getting used to the controlling of this game scoring is as easy as stealing candy from a baby.
Rating:
Summary: Great game, Just Great!
Review: This is the best game EA sports came with in a long time, the 3D grafics are truly amazing you can recognize the player from a mile away its like seeing the game at the gamepark (stadium) playing it makes you feel like living it!!!
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Summary: EA SPORTS GAME DISSAPOINTMENT
Review: This is the worst EA Sports game Yet. If you have more than one controller connected and installed. EA support staff says to only have one controller installed on your computer. THAT IS BOGUS AND NARROW MINDED. The game only reconizes one of them and it has to be the default one on your computer.I hane a wheel and joystick . They are both Microsoft but the wheel is newer and came with software so it became the main controller. Too hard to try to play soccor with a wheel. The menu system sucks and looks like high school kids designed it. The past FIFA soccor game menus were easier to move around and looked better too. Also you cannot create your own player or team. There are also bugs in kicking. This game takes a giant step backwards into the past. Do not wast your mony. I recommend buying Madden 2003, or NHL 2003 or NBA 2003 instead. This is the worst EA Sports game made. I think the programmers who made the other sports games should kick the soccor programmers out, take over and make a remake of this game.
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Summary: Worst game of the EA Sports Fifa series
Review: This is the worst game of the Fifa series.If i remember well they dont even have the national team of Holland,they dont have the dutch league,or Portuguese,yeah,and i think they dont have the national team Portugal.And how can they rate Anderlecht as strong as Man Utd(am a fanatic man utd fan),Real Madrid,Juventus or Milan?And its too easy.And you cant even create players like the other fifa games of EA Sports.It has nothing.What can i do know that i want to create Cristiano Ronaldo that they dont have it?I hope the next years Fifa will be a lot better.It only gets two insteaf of one stars becauce of the graphics.And they still have Sheringham on the England national team.
Rating:
Summary: It isnt good, or bad either
Review: Well... The game interface and graphics are just so great, although u might need an ati radeon 9700 or something like it. What makes me give this game 3 out of 5 stars is the teammates AI. It just sucks, I just dont understand why does the opponents always intercept passes, all their passes are well accurate, they shoot on goal every time... But ur teammates just suck they cant even move by themselves. Example: Rivaldo got through my center defences, and the 2 side defenses were there... but u think they went after rivaldo??? NOOO, they stayed at their places... That will make u want to kick your computer and uninstall right away. Isnt worth the $$
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Summary: The Train Keeps going
Review: What I said for FIFA 2002 World Cup I say for this newest of EA products...What a great and pleasant surprise!!!. FIFA World Cup 2002 was pretty good. It started taking us back to the basics of the game with smarter goalies and more agile players. The reactions to opposing takles became more and more realistic and scoring goals became a more satisfying experience, even the vastly improved passing models continued to move towards the right place. But of course some of the problems of old persisted, and some new ones emerged as it is expected. For example, those annoying bugs which allow you to score the same type of goals all the time continued to be there, goalies did very stupid things repeatedly and without purpose, the AI, a continual thorn for FIFA games did not improve greatly, still making you feel incomplete, the feeling of the big game wasn't there since it was so easy to defeat top teams. But now, FIFA 2003 has surely redefined soccer gaming, and why not, taken the FIFA series to perhaps a golden era should EA continue the improvements. I've only played the demo so far but what I've seen has taken me by storm. First off, gameplay is simply ADDICTIVE!!. Yes, it sounds like an impossible word for the FIFA series, but it is the truth, since I downloaded it I can't let it go. Player/Ball interaction is more realistic than I've ever seen in any PC soocer game, ISS and its Konami partners are the only things to come close, the reinvention really shows. Passes, lobs, crosses and player reactions to ball physics are instinctive and simply amazing. After every cross into the box wether there was a goal or not you just wanna press the replay button over and over. FINALLY!, 1-0 games are a real possibility, whereas before that would only happen once in a blue moon, now it seems to be (like in real life) a somewhat common occurrence, with teams actually hunkering down to defend the lead. And for last the best improvement as far as I go. The AI is definetly smarter. It feels like real soccer now, and from what the demo tells me the feeling of the BIG Game is back. Classics between Real Madrid and Barca seems a real dandy since the AI engine has been re-vamped. This also includes things such as tackling, ball recovery, goalkeeping, and even the passing game which now requires you to build your attack up the field, like real soccer. Other natural EA strenghts such as graphics and sound just keep getting better, nothing I didn't expect from them. Yes, I've found some bad things remain (at least in the demo). The certain bugs about scoring seem to be there, althought not as omniprescent as before. Goalkeepers sometimes will not position themselves the rigth way to stop shots when they should,it feels like the are letting you score. Other minor unimportant details remain, not enough to taint the true brilliance of a job well done by EA. If you haven't already, picked up your copy now, not having this game in your soccer gaming archives would truly be a crime!.
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Summary: brazil (ronaldo)
Review: why dosen't Ronlado play in brazil ??!its very strange...!!can somebody tell me why!?
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