When EA Sports’ 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FIFA International Soccer꧂ first hit shelves in December 1993, the game was unsurprisingly a far cry from the powerhouse series that now dominates the spor♏ts game market. Alongside 2D graphics and an isometric pitch-view, the game featured only 48 national teams in total, none of whom contained real players.
FIFA has since undergone a variety of changes to reach its present day form as a quasi-live-service game thanks to the hugely popular Ultimate Team mode. But while FUT has been an enormous success for EA, many other entries in the series ha🌠ve previously made their own attempts to strike gold. Although none became series regulars, here are some that deserve another shot.
8 🎃 Classic Te✱ams - FIFA 2000
FIFA 2000 was the series’ seventh installment and represents a major ♌step towards the game we know today, with an extension to the length of career mode beyond a single season allowing promotion, relegation, and European Cup football. Another feature, one never repeated in subsequent games, was the option to play as a variety of iconic teams from the past.
These included Madrid’s five European Cup winning side from the 1950s and Argentina’s 1986 World Cup winners, alongside up to 40 more clubs and countries whose achievements were found to merit inclusion. All included sides featured licensed kits alongside names and likenesses of players, allowing you to play as footballing legends such as Pele, Maradona and Pu🍬skás. Despite its popularity, EA decided not to feature the mode in future entries.
7 Scenario Cha﷽llenge Mode - FIFA 07 𒆙
FIFA 07 is among the most beloved games in a series that spans over 30 games, but the handheld edition remains divisive to this day. Whilst the PSP edition flourished, the Game Boy Advance edition was widely considered to be poor, with a 510 team roster not excusing the inability to make transfers in career mode, and the measly one save slot༒ allocated across the entire game.
Despite this, even the handheld edition of FIFA 07 for the GBA featurꦕed the Scenario Challenge Mode, which has lived long in the hearts of those who played it. The game allowed you to relive key portions of real-life matches and attempt to replicate daring comebacks. While it has featured inconsistently across the series, many fans are eager to see t🍒his challenge-focused mode return in EA Sports FC 24 and beyond.
6 The Journey - FIFA ♔17-19ဣ
For three years in the late 2010s, you were given the chance to follow the career of Alex Hunter, a young English footജballer who would then be signed by a dream club of your choosing. The mode allowed you to make direct choices with RPG-like dialogue options and attempt to balance off-pitch drama and on-pitch performance in order to become a superstar.
Footballers such as James Rodriguez, Marco Reus, a🔯nd Harry Kane made appearances in the game, in addition to retired professionals such as Rio Ferdinand. Despite their seemingly large investment, since Hunter’s story concluded in FIFA 19 EA have shown no indication of a sequel bei💮ng on the cards. Despite this, with NBA 2K receiving considerable praise for their in-depth story based career modes, EA may well try telling a new story soon.
5 Retro Mo🦂de - FIFA 0ღ6
Also available in that year’s NHL and NBA Live games, FIFA 06 offered you the oppღortunity to play the 16-bit game that started🀅 the hit series: FIFA International Soccer. Previously launched only on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Retro Mode gave PS2 players the opportunity to play the original.
The retro mode has never reappeared in any FIFA game sinceꦓ; although, given the nostalgia associated with many of the earlier games, it would surely prove a fairly low-effort hit. Whilst the newer games’ file sizes might make this awkward, many would surely loꦐve to experience the often-reminisced FIFAs 10 through 14 on modern consoles as was once possible in-game.
4 Foo🥂tball Fusion - FIFA 2004
2004’s Football Fusion saw EA attempt something truly innovative for the time, a mode which (provided you owned both games) gave you the opportunity to combine the match gameplay of FIFA with the higher quality management❀ simulation of EA’s Total Club Manager 2004.
The result was a more detailed simulation of real life football tactics where taking control was optional. The mode even allowed you to import teams that weren’t in FIFA itself, meaning that you could play as any of the many teams in the management simulation’s database. Whi♋lst modern career modes now have the option to simulate, the depth of tactical decisions offered by Total Club Manager and other football management games has been sorely lacking in FIFA for a long time.
3 🦩 European Dream League - FIFA 99
An idea decidedly more suited to video games than reality, FIFA 99’s European Dream League compiled Europe's best teams into a super league that featured all of Europe’s heavy hitters, including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and many more.
Controlling one of these, you would then play through a full season of European football without being bogged down by the c𓂃ommon rabble whose lowly standing barred them from entry. A fun idea for players seeking a real challenge, the European Dream League was nonetheless dropped for FIFA 2000. Should EA choose to return this mode, football fans will hope it stays a fictional mode only.
2 🐻 A Real Wo𒁃rld Cup Mode - FIFA World Cup 2010
The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is mꦉemorable for many reasons, from the Jabulani to vuvuzelas to Shakira’s memorable song. What some forget, however, is that the tournament’s tie-in FIFA game was a truly remarkable one which captured not only the essence and atmosphere of the tournament, but also the underdog feeling of going up against the finest footballing outfits in the world.
The game allowed you to play as any of 199 FIFA licensed national teams, with only five teams omitted. And after all, in a game licensed by Football&rs🗹quo;s world governing body, why shouldn’t this be possible? For the massive amount of fans whose nations hadn’t qualified, this provided an opportunity to literally play out your dreams of qualifying for and even winning the tournament.
1 Player-Manager Mode - FIFওA 11 🎶
FIFA 11 brought considerable iꩵmprovements to the game’s career mode, including the necessity of agreeing transfer fees and ironing out contract details with players. Much of what was added has become the template for a FIFA career mode, such as the ability to view standings from other leagues around the world, and a budget allocator slider which allowed you to change where your money was spent.
What failed to get a foothold in the series was a third optio𒆙n for your career type: Player-Manager mode. Following in the footsteps of legends Alf Ramsay, Kenny Dalglish and Ruud Gullit, you would take control of the club’s transfers and tactics in addition to your chosen role on the pitc🌟h. With Career Mode falling to the wayside of the ever-profitable Ultimate Team, it seems unlikely we’ll see this make a return, although many fans remain hopeful.