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Even without network play, I recommend this game very highly. Electronic Arts

Soccer fans such as myself have worshipped EA Sports ever since that company's 1993 release of FIFA International Soccer for console systems.

After years of suffering through such abominations as Pele Soccer, which was so bad it threatened to make American football the most popular sport in the world, FIFA restored our faith in the basic premise that sports games - even soccer - can be entertaining.

FIFA was the first soccer game that allowed you to control the players well enough to employ basic strategies. FIFA's design allows you to move the ball up and down the field in any style which suits you - short, crisp passes; long passes to your wings down the field that you hope will catch the defense by surprise; or a variety of choices in between. In and of itself, this makes FIFA worth buying, but the game's package includes a lot more than outstanding gameplay. Your choice of teams includes a wide variety of international sides.