TheFamilyGuy 11-17-2005, 03:51 PM

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Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Electronic Arts

Decription: Delivering an unprecedented combination of attacking gameplay, complete customization, and pure authenticity, FIFA Soccer 06 is the TOTAL SOCCER experience. More intuitive gameplay lets you control every move with pinpoint accuracy, enabling you to pass, shoot, and tackle with more responsiveness than ever before. Off the pitch, master the most immersive Manager mode ever. Sign sponsors, monitor the transfer market, and buy players as you discover the stars of tomorrow. Featuring the most comprehensive line-up of licensed leagues, players, and kits from around the world, FIFA Soccer 06 dominates the pitch like never before. (description from Ebgames.com)


The Scores

80- GameDaily
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"Looking for soccer action on the Xbox 360? Then you have only one option: FIFA 06: Road to the World Cup. And while that can sometimes be a bad thing, we're happy to say that FIFA 06 doesn't really disappoint. Sure, it has the same problems as the other EA Sports titles that released for the 360 launch (not as many features, seems a bit rushed), but on the pitch it's all about the sport. Hi-res, running smoothly (from a distance), and controlling as well as any FIFA game has, this one scores a should I go there? Sure. GOOOOAAALLL!" Read Full Review


69- IGN
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"EA's disturbing trend of yanking features from its 360 sports titles continues with FIFA 06 RTFWC, and it hurts. The upgraded visuals and animations look nice, but the poor framerate during replays and too many blank faces negate the jump to the next generation. The gameplay is good old FIFA at heart and, while more difficult, is still enjoyable and simple. While EA provides a decent, yet very shallow, base for its first next-generation soccer title, it's evident the team over at EA Canada could have done a lot more. As such, we will be eagerly awaiting FIFA 07." Read Full Review


67- Teamxbox
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"Electronic Arts is surely on the right track by working on core gameplay in these early games, but FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup is yet another example of a launch title lacking the necessary amount of oomph. FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup is not a terrible game by any means, but most gamers are expecting games on the next-gen 360 to actually be “next-gen”. The graphics are better, but the graphics will be better on backwards compatible games as well, so there simply needs to be more than visuals to entice. The gameplay engine is on the right track, so we’ll see what EA has in store for us next year. Until then, I’d hold onto my Euros for a World Cup match ticket, and save FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup for a weekend rental." Read Full Review


60- Gamespot
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"At the end of the day, FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup plays a passable game of soccer and is definitely fun when played against the right human opposition. There's not a lot of single-player content here, though, and the fact that the game is inferior to this year's PlayStation 2 and Xbox games in so many ways makes it nigh on impossible to recommend." Read Full Review


50- Gamespy
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"I've never played a game that went from mackin' to mediocre quite as quickly as FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup. The graphics are amazing, the gameplay isn't perfect, but decent, and the loading mini-game is very promising for what developers can do in the future with this new hardware. Unfortunately, the frame rate is atrociously choppy during replays, and the online is possibly the worst I've ever experienced with any online game that actually connected me with an opponent instead of just not connecting. Players are probably better off sticking with FIFA 06 for Xbox than this, which feels like a tacked-on afterthought, and waiting until this time next year for the real next-gen soccer game." Read Full Review





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lol, no green reviews and the only red review on the site so far

BOOOOOO SOCCER!!! How much fun can it be, lol....

They mainly based it on that just because there are no club teams to play with. But EA has always released world cup games and just club game seperately and reviewers have always given the world cup games good scores. Though I think it sucks that you can only qualify for the World Cup and not play in it. Nice screw up there EA.

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lol, they call it "Road to the World Cup" and you can't even play in it!?! :huh:

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That's what my friend says. All you can do is drive your chosen country to the World Cup.

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this is the worst 360 game so far....what a shame :(

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