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Internet Arcade Console Living Room. Books to Borrow Open Library. Search the Wayback Machine Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Although the intelligence of the opposition has been improved, they thankfully aren’t the invincible supermen that some football games over the years have provided.

The keepers aren’t infallible, and providing you’re quick enough on your feet you can get shots past them from all distances without having to resort to the little slippy kicks and specific tight angles that often plague soccer sims.

A very good new addition to the game is the on-screen directional arrow that accompanies corners, free kicks and dead balls. The arrow itself is pointed at its target with the analogue stick, while the Z and R buttons bend it so you can belt out curve balls without messing around with aftertouch. Although some people might not like it in a multiplayer game, on the grounds that it gives away your intentions, it makes things a lot easier for the player taking the kick – which is as it should be, as they’re meant to have the advantage!

From the more varied chatter of the commentators Motty, Des and Andy Grey to the extremely in-depth management options, FIFA ’98 is polished in every way. But is it as good as Konami’s International Superstar Soccer 64? On the other hand, FIFA’s management and customisation options and more up-to-date teams, as well as its greater variety of camera angles and familiar commentators, might tip the balance back for some people, and unlike ISS versus FIFA 64, there isn’t a huge difference in playability.

Plus there’s the rather obvious point that FIFA ’98 is cheaper! Which you buy is up to you, of course. But for the first time in ages, you won’t be falling for the old trap of ‘big licence over gameplay’ if you buy FIFA ‘ If you want to take your home team to the World Cup, you can’t go wrong with this!

Banishing the memory of FIFA 64, there’s plenty of promise here and a seemingly rosy future for the World Cup ’98 version. The game copies in accuracy Football Championship in France starting with since the qualifiers. That involves virtually every team of the world Besides, all of the 11 leagues are retained. Suffice to say, I was extremely pleased when I got some solid playtime on this game, because it is remarkably improved over its predecessor.

There are a lot of improvements in FIFA 98 , but the most important one is that the game is very fun. There is a variety of realistic moves, and some are quite dramatic when they involve shots on goal.

Multiplayer is where this game excels, but the One-player Modes are fast and challenging. For a change of pace, you can even try some frantic indoor soccer. There are only two major flaws with FIFA. First, the goalie A. For example, sometimes the goalie will walk by a ball that should be picked up, or will dive at routine catches.

It’ll cause you to grumble “cheap goal” more than a few times, I’m sure. Next, the frame rate is suspect at some points during the contest. It doesn’t hurt the pace of the game much, but you’ll notice it occasionally. FIFA 98’s 3-D graphics are excellent.

The players are very detailed, and they have a variety of realistic moves. The atmosphere of the game just feels right, and if you like you can dampen it with the rain, sleet or snow options. FIFA 98 is a huge improvement over last year’s version. FIFA 64’s engine has been totally overhauled for the better. The stadiums are more detailed, the player animations are much smoother and the gameplay is much more intuitive and friendly.

Multiplayer games are a blast and the whole experience reminds me of ISS64, and that’s a good thing. The goalie Al is braindead at times, but other than that, all is peachy. Al Sports: It’s not in the game. Soccer games are getting better and better. A few flaws prevent FIFA 98 from reaching stardom.

Inconsistent goalie Al they don’t seem to know where the ball is sometimes ; 2. Poor frame rates even in 4×4 indoor soccer and 3. Poor passing mechanics. Overall, the game is fairly entertaining.

I hope EA keeps improving the series. If so, FIFA 99 will be king. What a difference a few months can make! The game controls really nicely, the graphics are awesome the frame rate could’ve been better, but it’s hardly bad , and the play-by-play is excellent.

Indoor Soccer is a blast too. My only gripe is that goalie Al can get flaky at ti mes. If you’re a soccer enthusiast that was a little let down from FIFA ’97 , you’ll definitely dig the improvements made to this year’s game, which make it the best on the Nintendo

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FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 – Fifa 1998 game download for pc

 

The players now respond to your actions, for a start. Let’s be brutally honest – FIFA 64 was so much of a dog it was shedding hair and slobbering. It played so clumsily that it might as well have been programmed in ’64! A lot people had written off the once-proud licence as a result, thinking that it descended into the Hell Of The Sequel Too Far occupied by Alien Resurrection and all those Friday The 13th films.

EA Sports obviously realised this, and rather than just knock out another lacklustre update that would top the charts anyway purely on the basis of the name, they’ve completely tweaked everything about FIFA and come up with a footy game that’s finally worthy of the N64, in the rectangular shape of FIFA: Road To World Cup ‘ Every single aspect of the game has been improved, from the opening of the game complete with Blur’s ‘Song 2’ blasting out from your TV and getting you straight into the proper mood to the animation and responsiveness of the players.

Although it’s not an actual World Cup licence, the cunningly titled FIFA: Road To World Cup ’98 might as well be, taking international teams as close as they can get to the actual final without having some important French bloke handing over the silverware.

You can then go down even further, and choose the actual teams that make up the leagues! Taking things to a ridiculously local extreme, you can then edit the teams – and the appearance of the players – so that you can actually jog out onto the pitch alongside Beckham or slam a few balls into the back of Blackburn’s net.

All that’s missing is a way to slap your own face onto one of the players – something for the 64DD version, perhaps? Off the pitch, FIFA ’98 offers a hugely comprehensive management option, which is detailed enough that it almost qualifies as a game in its own right.

Players from all over the world can be bought and sold, tactics developed and your chosen team generally honed into a world-class side – if you get things right, of course! It’s actually possible to play FIFA ’98 entirely as a management game. At the start of a match, you’re given a controller selection screen – by leaving this in its default position, the match will play itself without any intervention on your part at all. If you don’t think your playing skills are up to par, but instead fancy yourself more in the Glenn Hoddle role, this is the one for you.

People will look at you funny when you admit to buying a game with the intention of not actually playing in it, though. Team tactics play a much increased role in FIFA ’98 over its predecessor. Although it’s perfectly possible just to jump into the game and start playing, tinkering with formations and strategy can improve your chances of slotting one into the onion bag, and new options like ‘man marking’ and ‘aggression’ now you can turn your whole team into raging psychopaths!

If the team are performing badly, you can give them a dressing-down at half time and try to psyche them up for the second half by whacking up their aggression and sending them back out there with a red haze in front of their eyes. You just have to hope that they don’t end up seeing too many red cards as well! When you actually start to play a game, the first thing you notice is how much the graphics have been improved over FIFA It’s probably hard to tell here, because PAL machines and our video grabbers still don’t get on quite as well as they ought to, but FIFA’s use of a nonstandard graphics mode gives everything a look rarely seen on the N It’s still not pin-sharp by any means, but it’s far better than the Coke-bottle glasses effect of old.

The animation of the players is much better than it was; if you think that everyone’s got the moves of David Ginola, it’s because they have! The posy Frenchman was motion-captured doing his stuff for the benefit of EA Sports’ computers, and it pays off. Having fully animated players does cause some annoyances from time time, because there are occasional points in the game when it seems like you have to wait for a particular animation sequence to finish before you can regain full control of your player.

It’s especially apparent when you’re trying to make tight turns, where what should be a single smooth movement feels like move-turn-move-turn-move. This time lag is short, but just noticeable enough when it happens to be irritating. The animation isn’t the only thing that’s better about FIFA ‘ The players are now a lot more controllable than the hobbling pensioners of old, and the drastically improved control system now lets you pass the ball about with some degree of accuracy, rather than just hoofing it up the pitch and hoping for the best.

It’s much more of a passing game than it used to be, and is a lot more fun as a result. Although the intelligence of the opposition has been improved, they thankfully aren’t the invincible supermen that some football games over the years have provided. The keepers aren’t infallible, and providing you’re quick enough on your feet you can get shots past them from all distances without having to resort to the little slippy kicks and specific tight angles that often plague soccer sims.

A very good new addition to the game is the on-screen directional arrow that accompanies corners, free kicks and dead balls. The arrow itself is pointed at its target with the analogue stick, while the Z and R buttons bend it so you can belt out curve balls without messing around with aftertouch. Although some people might not like it in a multiplayer game, on the grounds that it gives away your intentions, it makes things a lot easier for the player taking the kick – which is as it should be, as they’re meant to have the advantage!

From the more varied chatter of the commentators Motty, Des and Andy Grey to the extremely in-depth management options, FIFA ’98 is polished in every way. But is it as good as Konami’s International Superstar Soccer 64? On the other hand, FIFA’s management and customisation options and more up-to-date teams, as well as its greater variety of camera angles and familiar commentators, might tip the balance back for some people, and unlike ISS versus FIFA 64, there isn’t a huge difference in playability.

I am not referring to their sales figures, but rather to the quality of their games. Their 97 line had a common problem- too much looks, too little play. But one has to admit- FIFA 97 looked good. Very, very good, in fact. With most of the other EA Sports games suffering from this same problem in , I was a little cautious when the 98 ones appeared.

Especially as they were saying the same things all over again- improved graphics, improved looks, improved feeling of being there Then, slowly but surely, my worries were set aside. Then came one of the loveliest surprises of the season, NBA Live 98 , that, while still needing a patch to reach its full potential, is one heck of a fun game to play. Need I say that it looks amazing too? But as the days went by, and FIFA 98 was growing near, those worries crept slowly back in.

We all know that football, not the American version, is one of the hardest sports games to put on a PC screen. We know that, not only by any objective criterion, like the slow nature of the sport, but also by the fact that good PC soccer games are so impossible to find. While it is true that it is indeed a good game, it certainly isn’t on par with games like Links LS or Nascar Racing 2 when compared to the sport they are representing. Note that I used the word “was” back there.

When referring to WWS being the best. And if you wish to know why, well, you will simply have to read on, won’t you? Patience, because I wish to talk about the little details first. You know, things like installation and options and interface.

Things that I am obliged to mention as a reviewer and that you need to know as a prospective buyer, but that you might not really wish to spend a lot of time reading about. I’ll try to keep it short, then. First of all, installation. It is simple, effective, trouble free, and comes in six languages English, French, Dutch, German, Swedish and Spanish.

Being the brave and stupid reviewer that I am, I decided to check the installation options when I started writing the review. This constituted of an uninstall and reinstall I am happy happy? Good job there. The game, by the way, takes less than MB for the full installation which you can only do through choosing everything in “custom” , not MB as it says, and I highly recommend it as it is only 12MB bigger than “typical”. When you are done, you will have the option to install DirectX5.

When installation is complete, and you run the game, you are immediately treated to a great opening video, and also a double-great, super-wonderful, wowee! FIFA 98 ‘s “theme song” is Blur’s “song 2”, which is also the theme song of the movie “Starship Troopers” advertisement.

This song fits so well into the opening video, and my only wish is that I could listen to it without actually running the game. Ever heard of a computer game promoting a music CD?

Interesting opportunity for the two businesses. I digress. It uses the Mondial 98 mascot that silly blue bird , which enters the screen in all sorts of amusing ways if you don’t do anything for a while. You can reach any menu from within any other menu with one mouse click, which is fine and dandy.

What isn’t so fine is the fact that I could not change button assignments. I can understand that there is good reason for that- FIFA 98 simply requires an 8 button gamepad to really enjoy. Reconfiguring would have been a confusing and laborious process, but I would still like the option. I may have missed it though, as my Hebrew translated manual is so poorly translated, that I simply could not use it for advice.

I sincerely hope that the manual is translated better into other languages and wonder if EA Sports would care to send me an original English one You can play a friendly match, and a penalty shootout. You may also train yourself in various aspects of the game- and this is a must if you really want to master free and corner kicks. Time spent there is well spent, and I have a replay of a 90th minute free kick match winner to prove it. The first of the two really interesting modes of play, though, is the Road To The World Cup mode, which allows you to play as any of international teams in six regions, through the exact same qualifying process as in real life.

When you do qualify, you get to play on the world cup itself- and you need to qualify at least once to get there directly from the main menu. The same rule applies to the second stage- you need to pass the first stage at least once to be able to get to the “last 16” stage directly. The other mode is league mode, which allows you to play as any of the sides in any of 11 leagues, like the Premiership and the Bundesliga.

The wealth of options in FIFA 98 is no less than staggering. You have all the usual tactical options for every team, like positioning and general strategy conservative vs.

You can edit your team, right up to the design on their socks and shorts, tertiary shirt colors, and stadium name. You can edit individual players, which not only includes changing any of their 13 skills using a point based system , but also changing their skin tones, shirt number and preferred position, and up to adding facial hair. I needed to start mastering some of the games more advanced moves if I wanted to get away with a victory.

Eventually I was able to squeak by, only losing by 1 or 2 goals instead of 4 and 5 goals. While you are on offense, you have many actions that you can take.

You can sprint to try and beat the defender, pass directly to a team-mate, or double tap to perform a through pass that places the ball just beyond your team member, so that he may catch up to the ball while in full sprint. This is often essential while trying to beat the last defender on your way to the goal.

You can also perform lob passes to teammates or even to yourself. This is an effective move to avoid opponents’ slide tackles. Another nice feature is the ability to fake or juke your opponent. So if you are trying to best a defender, you can fake to the right and go left.

Even shooting on goal allows you many options. Using the D-pad, you can target any part of the goal on your shot or allow the computer to select where the shot will go.

If you opt to pass to a teammate instead of taking the shot yourself, the receiving player has several other options. While the ball is in the air, you opt to attempt a header shot on goal, bicycle kick shot on goal, or even lob it over the goalies head.

As strange as it seems, some times the slow lob shot scored pretty effectively. The goalie would go up and some how the ball would just sneak through between the top of the net and his hands.

On the defensive side of the ball, EA has given you several more options. In many games you are given the option of tackling. EA Sports has given you the option of executing a conservative, aggressive or severe tackle. While these are fun to do, you risk getting called for the red card. It’s bad enough to get the yellow card at times but the red card will keep you out for a game.

Going after the true realism of the game, EA also has allowed for the possibility of injuring yourself on a severe tackle. This could keep you on the disabled list for more than a couple of games. Keep on eye on your star players here. You will miss them in the big games against Brazil or Argentina. Each player is evaluated in 17 categories of real-life performance.

The detail even goes down to the point where even their facial features are captured. This in itself is amazing. In addition they have faithful recreated 16 true-to-life stadiums from around the world, where your teams can compete. John Motson and Andy Grey handle the announcing for each game. From the panoramic stadiums views, to the players, each is uniquely drawn so you can distinguish them from a distance. The movements of the players are fluid and life-like.

The range of motion is painstakingly represented from merely running to shooting, performing degree turns, passing, throw-ins, as well as corner, goal, and penalty kicks. Toss in the after the goal celebration and from a distance you would almost swear that you were watching an actual game on TV. The more that I play this game, the more that I like it. Everything is top notch, from the game play and graphics, to the overall realism and atmosphere of the game.

Toss in that with three levels of difficulty, you should never get too frustrated. In fact, increasing the difficulty kept me from getting bored. The amateur level was considerably easy, but the professional and World Cup levels will definitely keep you challenged for a long time. If you love soccer, you will love this game. FIFA 98 features many accurate team rosters, including national reserves for a national call-up when playing in the round-robin qualification modes.

In addition, eleven leagues were featured, containing clubs. For the first time in a FIFA game, the offside rule is properly implemented. Next, go to the Compatibility entries folder and run PatchInstall. Now go back to the main folder and start the game. Important Information: Abandonwaregames. To the best of our knowledge, these games are no longer available on the market and are not supported by publishers. If you know otherwise, write to us. Developer EA Games.

Publisher Electronic Arts.

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