2006 FIFA World Cup on Xbox 360 (2006)

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User collections:	Boost your XBOX360 Gamerscore, Achievement heaven 1000/1000, Easy 10,000+ Gamerscore, Games I have at least 500G on!
Developers:	ELECTRONIC ARTS
Format:	Xbox 360
Number of players:	1-4
Released:	28/04/2006
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Brief synopsis of 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup lets gamers and soccer fans experience every footballer's dream of bringing home the biggest prize in world football. This EA Sports game challenges you to lead a nation's team through the highs and lows of qualification, as you play teams from your chosen continent in order to amass enough points to take you to the World Cup Finals. Alternatively, you can skip the qualifying and get straight to the tournament in all its Teutonic finery. As you compete in the 2006 FIFA World Cup mode, you get a passport which gets stamped every time you beat another team. Every country you defeat earns you a stamp, with bonuses for completing a FIFA WC Zone. Points can be earned as you conquer teams from around the world, and these can be spent in the virtual store, to buy kits and players, etc. There's a virtual magazine available in-game too, with all the news and statistics to keep you abreast of all the tournament's happenings.

There's an interesting Objectives mode included in 2006 FIFA World Cup which comes with a range of demands, such as providing a feast of goals to keeping your team's hopes alive against the odds. You can practise your spot kicks in the Penalty Shootout so you're ready for those tense moments after extra time has elapsed with neither team able to get ahead. But 2006 FIFA World Cup is really all about the tournament itself, and it's comprehensive alright. We like to think we're well-travelled men of the world, but Cape Verde from the African qualifying group caught us out and had us reaching for the world atlas - at least until we noticed that the game menu was showing us in pinpoint detail where this island is. And did you know that Paraguayans have two native languages? No, us neither, until we started to pay attention to the menu screens. Very educational.

2006 FIFA World Cup is sufficiently different from EA's aesthetically similar FIFA 06 - no faffing about too much with the management side of things for a start - and the strict tournament qualifying structure is a boon somehow. At the time of the game's original release, we're just a few weeks away from the tournament for real, and 2006 FIFA World Cup is the ideal warm up.

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Better than RttWC

A customer from Derby, England , 22/11/2006

The first 500 points are well easy to get. Just take the time to navigate the menu system first, reduce game time, speed, difficulty etc. And make sure you're in Germany's group, you'll then get 450 points for playing 5 matches (you can forfeit one of the group games) For the 50 points for global challenge, do the China vs. Japan one, you just have to win and you're already 1-0 up, just hold on to the ball! For a next-gen game, the graphics are terrible, the characters look small and there was a system freeze when I played it. It is better than RttWC and should keep football fans happy. The challenges are very difficult and these would not be a quick way to gather another 500 points, unless you're adept at football games. I'd rent this again if my queue gets too short, so it can't be that bad. plus, the challenge difficulty setting can't be changed.

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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getting better

paul hatton from Doncaster, England , 06/05/2006

this game is the best footie game i have seen for quite a while. it lives up to the expectation it has created. it has been dramatically update from the RTWC version which to be honest was very disapointing!!

The squad lists are extremely large and provide ample opportunity to vary teams along the way. The soundtrack is also extremely refreshing for a world cup game and is very easy-listening.

This game has great graphics and gameplay. The skill levels are very forgiving for new players but do increase at a good rate which should keep the interest high.

Overall i would definitely recomend this game, until the new Pro Evo game arrives in October.

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

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EA churn another

Duallies from Glasgow, Scotland , 30/05/2006

Graphically this game is very nice with some players faces looking very similar to the real players themselves you have more added features for the xbox version than any other, and the overall gameplay is that of what you would expect from EA, unfortunately the reason for the dire 3 stars is that out of most Xbox live games, this is the laggiest online to play with other people, and can at times be very frustrating. Another bug or error in game is that during many matches it may crash at half time meaning u have to quit and if down a goal you lose a win in EA Leaderboard. Again a rushed out job by EA on the online department but that is nothing new.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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