A port of FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer
FIFA Soccer 2002 is an early mobile release in the FIFA series. The game is played from a top down perspective and uses a mix of stylus and button controls. Tapping and holding down the stylus moves a player around while lifting the stylus and then tapping again leads to a pass being made. Shooting is done by pressing a button, and holding it down gives extra height, but it is also possible to use the stylus to add aftertouch and curve the ball's movement.
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It's hard to know for sure, but I think this is the one I spent the most time with. Played a lot of the in the years before and years after, before only going for Pro Evolution Soccers and ignoring FIFAs for years. Game still looks amazing to me for 2001, having power bars for almost all non-panic moves is bonkers and it's so hard to do anything correctly, but it creates a lovely mess on the pitch. Still can't pull off my trademark goals straight from the kick-off I mastered back in the day, doing that was insane.
Visually and audibly impressive, messy but refreshing mechanics, decent database with some questionable choices in both names and attributes on top of iconic soundtrack (can't beat 19/2000 Soulchild Remix), it's hard to have too much against this.
Visually and audibly impressive, messy but refreshing mechanics, decent database with some questionable choices in both names and attributes on top of iconic soundtrack (can't beat 19/2000 Soulchild Remix), it's hard to have too much against this.