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I'm gonna do what Ant did..post reviews and this game seems pretty popular at the moment.
As the name suggests, THIS IS FOOTBALL. THIS IS the 2002 addition,not the poor psone version. The thing that hits you when you first load up the game is the huge likeness to a real match shown on T.V. The crowd chant songs for the teams that are playing, Peter Drury the commentator is spot on . I say spot on, and i mean spot on. Just like on T.V. he announces the players names in a realistic tempo as though he really is watching the match. I also mentioned the realistic songs the crowd chant. You can imagine playing for England while the crowd cheer you on with 'The Great Escape' while Peter Drury screams Gerrards name as he times a volly to perfection right passed the fingers of Barthez to the great cheer of the crowd. Believe me, this justs makes you want to get up and run around the room sccreaming GOAAAAALLLL!!!!! at the top of your voice.
It's not just the sound though that makes this game special. The visuals are excelent too. The players faces do (for once) actually look like the real players, so Scholes's actually looks likes scholes and not the honey monster. Its not just the faces that capture the characteristics of the players. Most of them actually walk and gesture like their real life counter parts. At the start of the match when Beckham shakes Desaillys hand it makes you want to check the T.V. channel via the remote to see if you have actually got it on your PS2 channel! (Well almost!) Its also nice to see players going down in pain after being smacked in the face by a powerblaster or being clipped round the ankles with a hard boot.
It's not just the players that look good, the crowd do too. They're the first crowd i've seen in a game that don't just put their hands up and down during the whole match. They actually react like a real crowd. Hands in head when the opposition scores. Fingers pointing when a harsh tackle happens.. it is so good. They also wear different things depending on the match. In premiership games you will find the crowd wearing their teams colours (as well as other garments like coats and tee-shirts) but in internationals you can see them wearing the flags of there team. This gives the game a real regional atmosphere. To cap this off the crowd throw ticker tape and light flares in internationals, serie A games ect. but don't in UK games because flares have been banned. Talk about attention to detail!
The stadiums are also a work of art. They range from massive stadia such as the stade d'france to little 'non-league team' style pitches. There are even a number of school play ground pitches to score past goalies between jumpers!
The most important part of every game is the gameplay. And, thank god, it doesn't fail here. The controls are like 'UEFA champions league' but the game has the same kind of play as 'ISS'so it plays some nice realistic football while still maintaining a nice array of tricks to add more enjoyment and skill to the game. These tricks include spins and flick overs and you can even do a deliberate dive with the tap of the R1 button. Most of the motion capture moves were done by Aston Villa (800 in all) but Rio Ferdinand also helped.
In terms of passing it is very nice!.The ball doesn't go straight to payers unless you aim it to them. This scraps the un-fun passing of the FIFA series but avoids being to complicated. A nice thing i noticed was the way the players position themselves like in real life. For example Gerrard seems to be there to blast in deflections while Owen tends to sprint to collect a through ball. Don't worry though you won't find it repetitive and see Owen scoring all your through balls.
This Is Football includes plenty of features. There are most of the european leagues, even Div 1 in uk. An FIFPro license means real names for players and teams and if your not happy with these you can even create your own team including kit editing.
Overall this will be a big hit among footy fans and gamers and it is a nice change from ISS.
Thanks for reading, Nat
As the name suggests, THIS IS FOOTBALL. THIS IS the 2002 addition,not the poor psone version. The thing that hits you when you first load up the game is the huge likeness to a real match shown on T.V. The crowd chant songs for the teams that are playing, Peter Drury the commentator is spot on . I say spot on, and i mean spot on. Just like on T.V. he announces the players names in a realistic tempo as though he really is watching the match. I also mentioned the realistic songs the crowd chant. You can imagine playing for England while the crowd cheer you on with 'The Great Escape' while Peter Drury screams Gerrards name as he times a volly to perfection right passed the fingers of Barthez to the great cheer of the crowd. Believe me, this justs makes you want to get up and run around the room sccreaming GOAAAAALLLL!!!!! at the top of your voice.
It's not just the sound though that makes this game special. The visuals are excelent too. The players faces do (for once) actually look like the real players, so Scholes's actually looks likes scholes and not the honey monster. Its not just the faces that capture the characteristics of the players. Most of them actually walk and gesture like their real life counter parts. At the start of the match when Beckham shakes Desaillys hand it makes you want to check the T.V. channel via the remote to see if you have actually got it on your PS2 channel! (Well almost!) Its also nice to see players going down in pain after being smacked in the face by a powerblaster or being clipped round the ankles with a hard boot.
It's not just the players that look good, the crowd do too. They're the first crowd i've seen in a game that don't just put their hands up and down during the whole match. They actually react like a real crowd. Hands in head when the opposition scores. Fingers pointing when a harsh tackle happens.. it is so good. They also wear different things depending on the match. In premiership games you will find the crowd wearing their teams colours (as well as other garments like coats and tee-shirts) but in internationals you can see them wearing the flags of there team. This gives the game a real regional atmosphere. To cap this off the crowd throw ticker tape and light flares in internationals, serie A games ect. but don't in UK games because flares have been banned. Talk about attention to detail!
The stadiums are also a work of art. They range from massive stadia such as the stade d'france to little 'non-league team' style pitches. There are even a number of school play ground pitches to score past goalies between jumpers!
The most important part of every game is the gameplay. And, thank god, it doesn't fail here. The controls are like 'UEFA champions league' but the game has the same kind of play as 'ISS'so it plays some nice realistic football while still maintaining a nice array of tricks to add more enjoyment and skill to the game. These tricks include spins and flick overs and you can even do a deliberate dive with the tap of the R1 button. Most of the motion capture moves were done by Aston Villa (800 in all) but Rio Ferdinand also helped.
In terms of passing it is very nice!.The ball doesn't go straight to payers unless you aim it to them. This scraps the un-fun passing of the FIFA series but avoids being to complicated. A nice thing i noticed was the way the players position themselves like in real life. For example Gerrard seems to be there to blast in deflections while Owen tends to sprint to collect a through ball. Don't worry though you won't find it repetitive and see Owen scoring all your through balls.
This Is Football includes plenty of features. There are most of the european leagues, even Div 1 in uk. An FIFPro license means real names for players and teams and if your not happy with these you can even create your own team including kit editing.
Overall this will be a big hit among footy fans and gamers and it is a nice change from ISS.
Thanks for reading, Nat
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I'm gonna do what Ant did..post reviews and this game seems pretty popular at the moment.
As the name suggests, THIS IS FOOTBALL. THIS IS the 2002 addition,not the poor psone version. The thing that hits you when you first load up the game is the huge likeness to a real match shown on T.V. The crowd chant songs for the teams that are playing, Peter Drury the commentator is spot on . I say spot on, and i mean spot on. Just like on T.V. he announces the players names in a realistic tempo as though he really is watching the match. I also mentioned the realistic songs the crowd chant. You can imagine playing for England while the crowd cheer you on with 'The Great Escape' while Peter Drury screams Gerrards name as he times a volly to perfection right passed the fingers of Barthez to the great cheer of the crowd. Believe me, this justs makes you want to get up and run around the room sccreaming GOAAAAALLLL!!!!! at the top of your voice.
It's not just the sound though that makes this game special. The visuals are excelent too. The players faces do (for once) actually look like the real players, so Scholes's actually looks likes scholes and not the honey monster. Its not just the faces that capture the characteristics of the players. Most of them actually walk and gesture like their real life counter parts. At the start of the match when Beckham shakes Desaillys hand it makes you want to check the T.V. channel via the remote to see if you have actually got it on your PS2 channel! (Well almost!) Its also nice to see players going down in pain after being smacked in the face by a powerblaster or being clipped round the ankles with a hard boot.
It's not just the players that look good, the crowd do too. They're the first crowd i've seen in a game that don't just put their hands up and down during the whole match. They actually react like a real crowd. Hands in head when the opposition scores. Fingers pointing when a harsh tackle happens.. it is so good. They also wear different things depending on the match. In premiership games you will find the crowd wearing their teams colours (as well as other garments like coats and tee-shirts) but in internationals you can see them wearing the flags of there team. This gives the game a real regional atmosphere. To cap this off the crowd throw ticker tape and light flares in internationals, serie A games ect. but don't in UK games because flares have been banned. Talk about attention to detail!
The stadiums are also a work of art. They range from massive stadia such as the stade d'france to little 'non-league team' style pitches. There are even a number of school play ground pitches to score past goalies between jumpers!
The most important part of every game is the gameplay. And, thank god, it doesn't fail here. The controls are like 'UEFA champions league' but the game has the same kind of play as 'ISS'so it plays some nice realistic football while still maintaining a nice array of tricks to add more enjoyment and skill to the game. These tricks include spins and flick overs and you can even do a deliberate dive with the tap of the R1 button. Most of the motion capture moves were done by Aston Villa (800 in all) but Rio Ferdinand also helped.
In terms of passing it is very nice!.The ball doesn't go straight to payers unless you aim it to them. This scraps the un-fun passing of the FIFA series but avoids being to complicated. A nice thing i noticed was the way the players position themselves like in real life. For example Gerrard seems to be there to blast in deflections while Owen tends to sprint to collect a through ball. Don't worry though you won't find it repetitive and see Owen scoring all your through balls.
This Is Football includes plenty of features. There are most of the european leagues, even Div 1 in uk. An FIFPro license means real names for players and teams and if your not happy with these you can even create your own team including kit editing.
Overall this will be a big hit among footy fans and gamers and it is a nice change from ISS.
Thanks for reading, Nat
As the name suggests, THIS IS FOOTBALL. THIS IS the 2002 addition,not the poor psone version. The thing that hits you when you first load up the game is the huge likeness to a real match shown on T.V. The crowd chant songs for the teams that are playing, Peter Drury the commentator is spot on . I say spot on, and i mean spot on. Just like on T.V. he announces the players names in a realistic tempo as though he really is watching the match. I also mentioned the realistic songs the crowd chant. You can imagine playing for England while the crowd cheer you on with 'The Great Escape' while Peter Drury screams Gerrards name as he times a volly to perfection right passed the fingers of Barthez to the great cheer of the crowd. Believe me, this justs makes you want to get up and run around the room sccreaming GOAAAAALLLL!!!!! at the top of your voice.
It's not just the sound though that makes this game special. The visuals are excelent too. The players faces do (for once) actually look like the real players, so Scholes's actually looks likes scholes and not the honey monster. Its not just the faces that capture the characteristics of the players. Most of them actually walk and gesture like their real life counter parts. At the start of the match when Beckham shakes Desaillys hand it makes you want to check the T.V. channel via the remote to see if you have actually got it on your PS2 channel! (Well almost!) Its also nice to see players going down in pain after being smacked in the face by a powerblaster or being clipped round the ankles with a hard boot.
It's not just the players that look good, the crowd do too. They're the first crowd i've seen in a game that don't just put their hands up and down during the whole match. They actually react like a real crowd. Hands in head when the opposition scores. Fingers pointing when a harsh tackle happens.. it is so good. They also wear different things depending on the match. In premiership games you will find the crowd wearing their teams colours (as well as other garments like coats and tee-shirts) but in internationals you can see them wearing the flags of there team. This gives the game a real regional atmosphere. To cap this off the crowd throw ticker tape and light flares in internationals, serie A games ect. but don't in UK games because flares have been banned. Talk about attention to detail!
The stadiums are also a work of art. They range from massive stadia such as the stade d'france to little 'non-league team' style pitches. There are even a number of school play ground pitches to score past goalies between jumpers!
The most important part of every game is the gameplay. And, thank god, it doesn't fail here. The controls are like 'UEFA champions league' but the game has the same kind of play as 'ISS'so it plays some nice realistic football while still maintaining a nice array of tricks to add more enjoyment and skill to the game. These tricks include spins and flick overs and you can even do a deliberate dive with the tap of the R1 button. Most of the motion capture moves were done by Aston Villa (800 in all) but Rio Ferdinand also helped.
In terms of passing it is very nice!.The ball doesn't go straight to payers unless you aim it to them. This scraps the un-fun passing of the FIFA series but avoids being to complicated. A nice thing i noticed was the way the players position themselves like in real life. For example Gerrard seems to be there to blast in deflections while Owen tends to sprint to collect a through ball. Don't worry though you won't find it repetitive and see Owen scoring all your through balls.
This Is Football includes plenty of features. There are most of the european leagues, even Div 1 in uk. An FIFPro license means real names for players and teams and if your not happy with these you can even create your own team including kit editing.
Overall this will be a big hit among footy fans and gamers and it is a nice change from ISS.
Thanks for reading, Nat
Good review. Im still not going to get it though. Champ Man is my next footie game.
Thanks...played the demo yet?
Nah, im going to wait for the game to be released.
Ive played the demo.Nothing too special..I am still getting the game though
I didn't know you could be the Division 1 Teams! This means I get to be Rotherham United. Wahey!
Good review by the way!
Good review by the way!
Ya , I want to be Man City.I cant be bothered to play it yet though
yeah, you have always been able to be div 1 teams, you can be practicly every proffesional team there is!
I want to be the mighty sheff wed, as usuall
I want to be the mighty sheff wed, as usuall
Yeah, you may actually win something with them :)
Thats really funny. My ribs are hurting.
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