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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $45.93
You Save: $4.06 (8%)
New (17) Used (5) from $39.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 700
Format: Cd+dvd
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 15551
UPC: 014633155518
EAN: 0014633155518
ASIN: B000RI17GG
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new, factory sealed, never opened or used. US version NOT an IMPORT!!!
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| Features:
| • | Next-generation ball-striking engine recreates the unpredictable nature of shooting. | | • | Now featuring AI with a 35-point decision engine | | • | New, organic building-block system lets you to combine tricks and skill moves together to recreate signature superstar moves or invent your own | | • | Create and organize your own multiplayer Friends Leagues and tournaments with all the tools in-game | | • | Capture your best goals and highlights in-game and bring them online for the world to see. |
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Product Description
FIFA Soccer 08 challenges players to master the skills required to play professional soccer. The FIFA Soccer 08 next-gen gameplay engine delivers animations and ball control that is so responsive you feel like you are actually on the pitch. Players are now aware of their surroundings, reacting authentically to threats and opportunities to make intelligent decisions. The FIFA Soccer 08 shooting system allows even more control and precision in front of the goal to become a true marksman. You can combine tricks and skill moves together to recreate signature moves from the real-world superstars or define your own style of play. You can even capture video of your best moves and goals in-game and upload to the FIFA 08 website to show off your style and celebrate your glory with friends across the globe. Brand new to FIFA Soccer '08 is a play mode called Be A Pro, which locks you in the role of a single player and challenges you to master the same disciplines as a real professional player, from positioning and tackling to reading the field and passing. Tired of playing alone? You've got the award-winning Interactive Leagues. Represent your club online against your rivals throughout the season in the F.A. Premier League, Bundesliga, French League or Mexican 1st Division. When they play, you play. Plus, create and organize your own multiplayer Friends Leagues and tournaments with all the tools in-game. FIFA Soccer 08 brings all the drama of pro soccer right to you, made even more real with the inclusion of 620 licensed teams, 30 official leagues, and more than 15,000 players! 620 licensed teams, 30 official leagues, and 15,000+ players Tournament Mode - Play 60 tournaments, including 35 licensed ones, or create your own ESRB Rated E for Everyone
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 I love this game June 5, 2008
This is my first Xbox soccer game, I previously owned FIFA 06 on PC. The graphics on FIFA 08 are amazing, the gameplay impressive. I love everything about it. The auto transfer updates that are received via Xbox Live are a great feature. I also like how endless the gameplay is, there are so many acheivements and trophies to win, it makes the game last longer. I won MLS and moved on to EPL, then will take on La Liga, all the while playing new teams, new tournaments and raking in the trophies and acheivements.
G.reatest O.f A.ll T.ime - soccer game May 8, 2008
E. A. has finally done it,
this game is far superior than PES (konami) in terms of realism, controls, online capability and customization. To any Pro Evolution or Winning Eleven soccer fan looking to buy a soccer game i totally reccomend FIFA 08. The used version of this game is a great buy.
Great game but really steep learning curve February 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this game a few months ago and have probably played about 20-30 matches so far against the computer. It's quite fun and the animations are great (and really exciting when you play a friend), but I have had a lot of trouble with its learning curve as far as playing the computer goes. Normally I stick to FPS games, but I would think that after a while, I would have been able to at least defeat the computer some of the time (though I admit I haven't stooped yet to playing markedly inferior teams). It just seems impossible to shake a defender one-on-one, or to create good separation for your teammates in the red zone. I've tried doing crosses, one-on-one tricks (with Wayne Rooney), and even shooting long range for lucky shots, but I simply cannot find the back of the net consistently. On the other hand, the computer seems to be able to pull off at least one or two impossible shots in your goal during each game (after one player somehow runs around with the ball in and out of your goal box). It seems others have had similar problems as well -- any hints on how to be more consistent at scoring? As a typical American, I'm wondering whether it's just my lack of understanding football strategy that is accounting for my troubles...
All in all, though, a good game worth buying.
 Fifa 08 February 8, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Not into soccer games so its hard to play and control different players. Much better games out there
 What a Waste!!! January 12, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really long for the days when games played like games. The days when one had a few options and at least some of the options were good. With the growth of the few titans of the industry, we are subjected to various versions of repackaged garbage year after year. Fifa 07 was a mess plain and simple. I had hoped that having another year to tinker with this on a new platform would finally generate some quality. Once again I have been utterly disappointed.
To be fair, the game does have some bright spots;
Graphics are very good, player animation is mostly good and fairly accurate, and the stadium noise and play by play commentators are as usual very good.
Initially when I played the, I played against my brother (both of us seasoned Fifa players), everything seemed dandy with a few isolated issues.
However once I tried playing against the computer, everything broke down, and the game became pretty much unplayable in my opinion for the following reasons:
1) It appears as if none of your team mates has ever set foot on a soccer pitch. No one knows how to pass the ball, how to defend or stay in position.
2) None of your team mates will go after a loose ball, no matter what. They will simply stand by and watch an opponent scope it up. Passes do not go where you aim all the time sometimes they do and sometimes for no apparent reason, they don't quite. Off course there is always the ever seeing AI to take advantages of these situations.
3) It doesn't matter who you are paying as, you can't outrun any of the computer controlled defenders nor can your defenders get anyone of the ball with any success.
4) The referee must run around with blinders on or he must be in the pocket of whichever AI opponent I play. He swallows his whistle while you get thrown and shoved around the pitch and miraculously finds it if you are able to make a challenge.
5) It is almost impossible to maintain possession of the ball to any length, if an AI opponent even breaths in your direction, you loose the ball. Ah but wait, just watch in amazement as the AI strikers weave and draw circles around your clueless defenders.
In short this game in a nutshell has characterized a lot of EA's sports titles lately. I am a football (soccer) fan; I played soccer for years as a kid and have watched the game on several levels from kids including me, playing in our backyards with rocks for goals to the English premier league. On no level do I see anything resembling the rubbish that EA has called a soccer offering for 2008. I can't believe that any of the designers, testers or anybody at any level that had anything to do with this piece of trash ever played soccer or has even seen the game played.
Ok. Fed up with playing against the CPU, I decided to try playing online since the game seemed a lot more balanced when playing with another human being. I already have an xbox live account etc and have been playing games online for a while now, including EA's Fight Night. However trying to get a game going, I was greeted with a new sign in screen with so much fine print that it literally took me almost a half hour to get through!!!!! I guess EA assumes that most people will simply click "I Agree" and move forward, but at this point I had to see what they had to say that would take up soooo much. The gist of it is that they are collecting your information including your user tag, birthday, etc and have cookies which will install themselves on your machine (pc users) and monitor only for their purposes of course how long you play etc so you can be properly advertised to.
Perhaps I was pissed of already at this point but that was the last straw. To charge $60 for this game, another $60 to Microsoft for access to Xbox live and then sign away to have ads imbedded in the game when I play online and my info sold to others, so EA can make even more money, oh yeah off course you indemnify them from everything under the sun, and to top it all off, the game plays like crapola...
All I can say is that I am glad I only rented this game.
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