If you wanted a quick fix, these scenarios were ideal and provided a challenge. For example, you may be thrown in to pull off a comeback, scrape a last-minute draw, or score a crucial penalty. The first game of the tournament was between the South African team Bafana Bafana and Mexico at. Essentially it allowed you to recreate and rewrite history by taking control of a team mid-match and completing objectives. The 19th FIFA World Cup began on 11 June 2010 in South Africa. It featured loads of qualifying matches and extras, which focused on the finals in South Africa, were added at a later date. The Story of Qualifying was the only other mode that stood out back in the day, with a wide selection of scenarios present to partake in. As is usually the case though, exploits were soon found and you’d witness goals galore online from then onwards. This ensured the majority of matches in the early days were intensely tight affairs and instilled an inherent belief that a win was rarely out of reach. controlled players often made it quite tough for most people to break down the opposition. I knew I’d little chance of ever seeing Steven Gerrard doing it for real, so it gave me great pleasure to bang in a ton of goals and claim the trophy with the armband on.ĭespite personally possessing an innate ability for scoring goals, the new defensive systems implemented by the A.I. It offered decent longevity as there are many matches to play in including qualifiers and friendlies. The aim is take a created character through the ranks of an international team and lead them to glory by performing well consistently. That’s even more apparent in my favourite mode, Captain Your Country, with plenty of teams to choose from – although I only had eyes for England. As someone who plays a lot of FIFA each year, there’s no doubt FIFA World Cup SA was a breath of fresh air. It was released in-between EA Sports’ main titles FIFA 10 and FIFA 11, so as well as creating hype for the World Cup it also served as a way for the developers to try out some new gameplay features. As a tournament it was enjoyable to watch, but the sporting event actually occurred a couple of months subsequent to the game and that’s what took the responsibility for satiating the masses in the build-up.įor those of us in Europe, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (which I will henceforth to be abbreviating to FIFA World Cup SA) arrived on 30th April 2010 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, and PSP.

Unfortunately it also led to the torturous sounds of the vuvuzela horn during every match and the shattering realisation that England still weren’t up to the task after being knocked out by their arch-nemesis Germany.

The actual FIFA World Cup South Africa gave us a psychic octopus who could predict the future, an unpredictable match ball that caused chaos for goalkeepers, and yet more proof that the Spanish national team were ridiculously talented.

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