FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer
FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer, neuvième opus de la série FIFA, est un jeu de sport développé par EA Canada et édité par Electronic Arts et Electronic Arts Victor, paru le 29 octobre 2001 sur PC, PlayStation 2 et GameCube. Le titre introduit des barres de puissance pour les passes, réduit le dribble afin d'accroître la difficulté et permet de personnaliser cette jauge, tout en ajoutant les emblèmes de nombreux clubs européens et néerlandais sans championnat national associé, la Super League suisse à la place de la Grèce, et un système de cartes Panini débloquées après une compétition. On y trouve aussi un mode bonus avec les qualifiés automatiques de la Coupe du Monde 2002 et, pour la dernière fois hors versions Coupe du Monde, la sélection japonaise avant ses droits exclusifs concédés à Konami. La presse a salué la qualité visuelle et les animations, GamePro évoquant un jeu absolument magnifique et GamePen des animations parmi les meilleures du sport vidéo, tandis que certains joueurs sur Metacritic regrettent un manque de modes de jeu et une prise en main rapidement lassante, d'autres jugeant la jouabilité supérieure à l'édition précédente. L'agrégat de notes s'établit à 71,98.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« An absolutely gorgeous game, packing in fantastic animations, lavish player models, and stadiums with cool details like flags waving in the stands. »
« Perhaps most impressive are the stellar animations. I don’t want to exaggerate, but the animation is perhaps the best of any sports game currently on the PS2. »
« For the authenticity sticklers, you'll be blown away. [Dec 2001, p.164] »
« And while "Pro Evolution Soccer" could well reclaim its place at the summit shortly, for now FIFA 2002 - both for playability and aesthetically - is the champion of football games. »
« FIFA 2002 has consciously observed the strategy and brilliant mix of simulation and arcade gameplay within Konami’s ISS series and, in doing so, has made the FIFA series infinitely more approachable for the gamer who would never look at the licensed game, preferring to bury himself in ISS. »
« With the addition of enhanced graphics, as well as an all-new passing system, fans of soccer will find that this latest FIFA game is the most challenging, most realistic, and also the greatest yet. »
« The result is a next generation soccer game that is enjoyable to play and more importantly, an accurate simulation of how the game is actually played by the pros. »
« The thing that stands out the most is the commentary, which is usually a weak part to most sports games. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« It's kinda lame. There aren't many gamemodes, and it gets boring after a while. 6/10. »
« Are good game but not as fifa 2001 The game play is much better this time on fifa 2002 »
« This is a really good soccer game but there are some things missing. The graphics are really good but the computer has a really big advantage over you. there are a lot of special moves that are almost impossible to do which the computer will do very easily. Also you can't really see everything you need to be able to pass to your players, there's a lot of different camera angles but none of them are perfect. The computer will see a lot of excellent passes that you won't be able to see. It is a fun game to play with your friends. I'm being a little strict on it because it is a good game to play but those things did bother me when I played it. »
