Customer Reviews
Ruined by poor controls and general sluggishness - By: SA1, 04 Mar 2010 
One word which sums up this game for me is 'frustrating'. The first thing which you notice is the surprisingly horrible & unbelievably slow menu system which makes simple things like changing your squad formation or watching a replay an absolute chore. In manager mode the you have to wait several seconds after every game for what appears to be just 10 transfers to take place when the transfer window is open.
I can only describe the game controls as terrible, its quite hard to put into words their awfulness. They have a strange loose feel to them, like you're not reallly connected with the action. You seem to be constantly fighting against your own players to get them to do what you want. The poor controls are shown up most when you're in a tight spot surrounded by the opposition.
The game is played at quite a slow pace compared to other footy games I've played. The graphics are ok but its often quite difficult to tell some teams apart even though at set up the kits appear completely different. The players also seem a bit too thin to me.
The shooting mechanism is simply awful, I've lost count of the number of times I've run through on goal with a good striker , pressed shoot , only for the balll to dribble patheticallly into the goalkeepers arms like a weak backpass. I can find no logic to this as my player is running onto the balll carrying lots of momentum.
Like other reviewers have mentioned crossing & heading is unbelievably ineffective. Time after time your players header crosses over or wide when it appears easier to score. The number of times you hit the post or the referee gets in the way is phenomenal.
I find the skill moves to be almost entirely useless in practise , they can't be executed when your player is sprinting for one thing, something the manual doesn't mention. Quite often the player does nothing when you try a skill move, & when he does pull one off he usuallly goes in some bizarre uncontrollable direction afterwards.
The replay system is also very poor, I still cannot work out how to view the replays as I want, the rotate camera option with the right & left sticks is always greyed out meaning I can't get a decent angle, I don't reallly understand why this is the case.
The only good thing about this game for me is that you can configure the in-game camera angle to your ideal postion. I can't understand the 5 star reviews for this game.
"Exellent, makes PES 2010 look rubbish!!!" - By: , 02 Mar 2010 
This is an exellent Footballl Game. It got amazing 360 degree dribling, & to add to that phonemenal Graphics. The Gameplay is smooth & sutile, the passing feels your actuallly playing. All the players are rated 1-100, with Messi & (if you update the lates squad) Ronaldo being the highest - 90.
It's pretty simple, if you want a footballl game then buy this you wont be disappionted.
Overalll- 10/10- The best footballl game to date.
Fifa 10 - By: Hendo, 26 Feb 2010 
I would like to review this game but as you have never delivered it - unfortunately I cannot
EA shoots and they hit the post! - By: Bruce Banner, 24 Feb 2010 
Who would have thought that the day would come when I .. a die hard pro evolution soccer for life would go over to the dark side that is FIFA! Well this momentous occasion has happened & I have to admit I'm glad I made the change.
For the last few years any real pro evo fan, those that have been with the franchise since the days of International Superstar soccer deluxe on the SNES in my case, would readily admit that the once great game has not made the transition from PS2 to PS3 well. I would even go as far as to say its been a fairly lazy effort as they seemed quite willing to not get the basics right.
Anyway, having not ventured near a FIFA game since the days of my PS1, I still had visions of an overly simplistic, shoot from anywhere no atmosphere experience.
Well how times have changed FIFA has matured into a smooth, elegant experience of the beautiful game that is footie.
Free flowing attacking footballl, the odd goal mouth scramble, defensive mistakes & unbelievable misses alll add up to the excitement. Together with a bucketload of teams & various play options this is what I expected from the PS3 & what I expected from PES.
FIFAs management mode is like Master League on steroids lol Only in my first year as I'm playing every match, but I can see the class shining through.
Don't get me wrong there are a few annoying faults like the amount of times the balll hits the ref or the post! After the first few times this just gets plain annoying!
Graphicallly I cannot fault it, but again the crowd effects just aren't BIG enough .. but perhaps that is because I'm playing with Spurs! lol
If you are looking for a footie game on the PS3 then I guess that FIFA 10 is your best option for now until the PES bods wake up & get their act back together.
Oh & before the PES fanboys start yes I have played PES 2010 & no I wasn't overly impressed. But I am hoping that PES goes back to the glory days & puts out another quality product.
Incredibly disappointing! - By: Michael, 21 Feb 2010 I bought this game on the day it was released & thought it was great! Don't get me wrong, the gameplay is top notch & requires little improvement, however, I only reallly play the manager mode & feel that this season's is diabolical, which is why I've given it a mere 2 stars.
The board confidence decreases if you lose a friendly, you cannot substitute more that 3 players in a friendly, I have never had an injury that lasts longer than 1 week, an FA cup match will not go to a replay if you draw, the board moan at me for offering players money that we don't have (which you can't actuallly do) randomly outside of the transfer window & the face uploader is a complete waste of time & looks nothing like me!
I have been through 6 seasons & now manage Inter Milan after starting my campaign with Notts County. Well, I say I now manage Inter Milan, I got sacked for being top of the league, top of the Champions League table & losing ONE game in the Champions League because I was resting players for my next match, which was in a couple of days against AC Milan. I beat them 4-0 & then got sacked!!! So after 5 months of playing, I got the sack for losing ONE game & now am only offered rubbish jobs, which puts me back to square one. As I have auto save on, my campaign has been ruined. 2 stars, absolute garbage & waste of my time!
