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Summary: Shray.....
Review: I thought that this game was exellant. Graphics-good, Simulation-good, Players-good, and everything else good.If you are a good sports player like me and win every expert game you will love FiFa 2001. Great Price-for a great game...... Gotta get it or else...... You will miss out all of the great fun that is in this game. You get to choose your own team from Arsenal, England to Iran which is terrible. Next you can choose the stadium, and you get to create your own team. I think EA sports did a really gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood job of this game and I thing that you will think so to, but only if you buy this game...
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Summary: Greg's FIFA Review.
Review: I thought this game was incredible. the graphics were awsome it was like being on the pitch itself. And the selection of club and international team was phoenomenal. All in all I loved it and give it 5 stars as the best soccer game I've ever played.
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Summary: Hunters Review
Review: I tought That This Game was excellent fun
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Summary: best football game out there
Review: I was watching a football match on TV... on wait, it's just the new fifa game... they made the pitch bigger, they added the linesman... on each side :), the players look like their respective real life counterparts (and move like them as well), the stadiums (not many though) look stunning, they brought back the great commentators back... good lord people, even if you're not a gamer, get yourself this game, so when they're showing golf on ESPN, just load this game up and watch some football!
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Summary: The best FiFA game ever
Review: I've read tons of reports on this game and i still think is the best game on pc. two days ago i was playing FIFA 2000 and it looked stupid compared to fifa 2001. trust me there's no better game than this out there. i think the only part missing EA.sports should have a Online tournament and keep all the players records, besides tha, this game is the best ever. i cant wait till the end of this year to get the 2002. Great game have fun
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Summary: A step in the right direction for the Fifa series
Review: In my opinion, the Fifa series has been on the downhill. From fifa 99 to 2000, I have found that the Fifa series has become worse. Well this year, I have been completely impressed and I consider Fifa 2001 to be as good as Fifa 98 as it was in its day.The Fifa series is the only good choice for you football needs. There has been no serious competition for EA Sports in the genre. All the competing products have mostly been flops. Microsoft tried in 96 and again in 2000, both of them have been failed attempts to emulate a football match. Fifa 2001 features many internatal teams and leagues. Leagues include the English Premiership, Italian Seria A to the Turkish first division. Looking at the league listings show an obvious missing league, the Argentine league. With the likes of teams like River Plate and Boca Juniors, the Argentina league should be there way before the turkish league. You are able to play as any team for any league and complete a season. During the season, you also play in the corresponding cups, like the Champions league. E.g. For Manchestar Utd., if you play with them in the english premiership, you get to play the regular english season, champions league and the FA Cup. Also, at the end of the season, you can play another season and see some of the newly promoted teams in the fray and the demoted teams disappear. This really adds to the realism to the game. Other modes of play include friendlies, penalty shootouts and training matches. You are also allowed to make your own custom cup or league. In the friendly mode, you can put any of the leugue teams or international teams against each other. There are near 100 international teams, with everything from Brazil and France to the USA. Noteable missing teams which SHOULD have been included are the Ukraine, with big players like shevchenco (I know I mispelt it), Jamaica, who made it to World Cup 98 and Trinidad and Tobago who have great players like Dwight York, Shakka Hislop and Russel Latapy. In the actual game, you will be surprised by the amount of detail in the stadium and grounds. The crowd is constantly jumping or clapping with all having a unique look for each person. There are also flags in the crowd. There are security guards, camera men, players and managers on the bench with some warming up and even a linesman. The players themselves look great and most people resemble their human counterparts. This is still a problem of the Fifa series but alot has been done to try and improve this. Also, users can make their own faces and download them. The pace of gameplay is very adjustable. Some people prefer a slower ball movement, more of a simulation while some people prefer fast arcade play. The game speed is easily changeable. Playing fifa 2001 is very realistic. The movements of the players look real. You can do all kinds of moves, from long passes to bicycle kicks. You cannot adjust the key setup for the game, so if you are unsatisfied with the keyboard setup, well, tuff luck. The layout for the keyboard is great in my opinion. I also use a Gravis Gamepad pro and that layout is superb also. I would suggest using this gamepad for fifa as this is one of the most common for the game (The other most common pad, the Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad 1 was stopped in production from Microsoft so luck of getting one is slim) The sound is Fifa is excellent. People who have played Fifa 2000 have complained about the annoying American commentators so ea has reverted back to the old english duo, John Motsen and Mark Lawrence. I don't know what it is, but football ain't football unless you have english commentators. The commentators are excellent in their comments, they are very accurate. The talk to each other alot and they correct their own mistake. E.g. If I have a player making a solo run, John might say " Here he goes and no one can stop him now " and if I loose possesion immediately he says " I spoke to fast there." The ambience of the crowd is well presented as the chant, scream, clap at the appropriate times. For all the Fifa veterans, you will immediately realise this is a step foward in the fifa series. EA has finally decided to listen to us instead of doing their own thing. They have starting including the stadiums again but are limited to 5 for now. They have added a shot power bar so it is more realistic when taking shots (it is very easy to shoot over bar), the have improved character faces, they fixed the shot arrow, there is online play, they made the pitch bigger, the crowd sounds bias for home matches, the refreeing works much better, the logos on the shirts are there (The nike ticks are really nike ticks) and they have fixed the commentry. I would say that the Fifa series will only get better from here. The are only a few problems besides the missing teams. This is mostly some incorrect rosters and logos. E.g. In Hibernian in the Scottish league, Russel Latapy is not there and he almost always starts. The good thing is that people can edit the teams, shirts, pants and shoes (there are third party jersey editors. In conlusion, Football is the most international sport in the world. With the USA women's team enjoying success, football is growing daily. If you want to play football on your computer (it is also on playstation and n64) then this is the way to go.
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Summary: el mejor fifa game en la historia
Review: los graficos son realmente excelentes, los estadios son simplemente maravillosos, pero como todo juego tiene algunas cosas que faltan. para el que no lo tiene, debe conseguirlo, y para el que lo tiene, que lo disfrute, y esperamos que el FIFA 2002 sea aun mejor que este y que el FIFA 99.
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Summary: Nice graphic is the only factor saving this game
Review: OK, here we go, you are a real soccer player, right? So, of course, you want to control the game the way you wish to. This games does NOT let you do so. You have a BIG brain for soccer strategy? Throw it away, man! It will be so useless if you are playing FIFA 2001.
My team was under pressure. A defender successfully kicked the ball away and it went straight to a forward who was facing only the goalkeeper. What are going to do in this sitiuation? I assume any sane player would hold on to the ball and go inside the box and score. BUT this game isn't made for SANE player because it will "help" your forward to do a volley shot right after the ball goes to him. And, as someone already mentioned, we have "superman" goalkeeper in this game who can easily save such a shot. The reverse is even worse! If your denfender receives an air ball, he'll NOT control it but shoot back right away to the goalkeeper and create some funny disaster consequence. So much for your "help", fifa, thanks a bunch.
Now, it doesn't matter whether you are Rivaldo or a nameless player, you will never be able to control the ball near the border lines.
And the worse part may be the referee (This defect still lasts until FIFA 2002, and FIFA WORLD CUP 2002). You may get the ball from a player then run for a few secs as if nothing happens, but who knows "the man in black" will call you back and give you a red card. If such a referee is present in a real soccer game, he might be beaten up right away
IF YOU ARE NOT INSANE, IGONORE THIS GAME, IT'S NOT WORTH A CENT.
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Summary: Still not there yet...
Review: Since EA is the only one in the PC market that make a (decent) soccer game I waited with great anticipation for FIFA 2001. Once again they are just still not there yet, as usual they have improved the graphics with motion capture and the effect are simply amazing, however this is also one of its major drawbacks. Each player must complete its motion captured movement before it can move again. Therefore your player must receive...control...and then pass the ball, and by this time you are tackled already. Another problem is your inablity to pass into open spaces which is the essence of any sport. Such as the off the ball rotation in basketball, the ability to pass and move into opens spaces is just as important in soccer. There is a "through-ball" button but your balls always seemed to be intercepted, not because of a bad pass, but because your players always seem to lose the 50/50 balls, a decent manual also would have gone a long way here. Gameplay issues aside (even though they are the most important). Sound and commentary are a great improvement, like if you won the league last year they will mention it next year, amazing. However overall I was very dissapointed and I don't think I would want to wait another year for another poorly made game.....thank goodness I am also a big fan of basketball.
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Summary: The best
Review: The best soccer game ever you can trade players, custimize your teams uniform edit your players play a season or the world cup. custimize what your teams jersey short and socks. the one problem with it is they call alot of fowls on you sometimes if you slidetakle.
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