FIFA (video game series)
The FIFA series (formerly known as FIFA Football or FIFA Soccer) is a technology developed by EA Sports series of football sports simulations, which have a strong arcade -heavy gameplay. It is made with the release of FIFA International Soccer since the end of 1993. Since then, an annual publication, a new edition of the game with the latest data from the world of football, so that the series consists of 20 games so far. The current version ( FIFA 14) on September 27, 2013 published in Germany for PC and various consoles (Wii U only at 30.11. ) And the first time there is a lock on the PS3, so it is playable only on September 27. In addition to the main games that carry a consecutive year in the title, EA Sports released at irregular intervals differing offshoots (see FIFA Street ) of the games and standalone versions to world and European championships.
- 6.1 Werbefiguren
- 6.2 Game Commentary
- 7.1 FIFA in E- Sports
- 7.2 Online Leagues
Developer
Be Issued the games of the series from the U.S. software maker Electronic Arts, the first title of the series was FIFA International Soccer (the first title that had a reference to the year, FIFA 95 was ), the current title are FIFA 14, FIFA Street and FIFA Online.
Scope
Due to the complete licensing of the game by FIFA, FIFPro and numerous national associations the series offers a large number of international leagues, players and teams. In the current game ( FIFA 14) are over 30 leagues and 500 licensed teams included. The number of playable tournaments varies in each version, EA reserves the right in recent years, individual competitions, how to publish the football World Cup and European Championships as separate games and not to integrate these tournaments in FIFA.
In Manager mode, you can choose a team, which is then accompanied by several seasons. As a manager, sponsorship contracts are negotiated and committed players in addition to the usual game.
In addition to the friendly match, tournament, manager mode and the League mode, the series has both a multiplayer mode as well as an editor, with which you can make changes in the game, such as the games design vision, tactics and team line-ups. The official external editor Creation Center allows further changes to players, teams, jerseys, balls etc.
Since FIFA 08 the game also includes the so-called " Be A Pro " mode, in which you can play through with an existing or self-created player 's career. During the season you collect "Attributes " points with which you can improve the abilities of his opponent. In addition, a new camera, the " Third Person " camera, introduced, which is intended to give the player a realistic and adequate picture of the action on the plaza.
Since the 2006 edition, the voices of Tom Bayer and his "Sky" - mate Sebastian Hellmann were used for the comments. With FIFA 11, the commentators duo Manni Breuckmann and Frank Buschmann is introduced, but only in versions for PS3 and Xbox 360
History
With FIFA International Soccer was released in 1993, the first track of the FIFA games manufacturer Electronic Arts exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive. This Extended Play Productions took over the development of the game. End of the same year appeared a conversion for the PC ( MS- DOS), and the following year for 3DO, Amiga, Game Gear, Mega CD, Game Boy and SNES. In 1996 the first part for the Brazilian market on the Sega Master System has been ported. The sub was integrated as a bonus in " FIFA 06" on the Playstation 2.
The chart was based on an isometric perspective and used simple 2D sprites. However, the 3DO version of the game had, in contrast to the other platforms in 1994, a 3D graphics SVGA resolution. On the PC was first converted with FIFA 96 on 3D graphics.
FIFA Soccer 95 appeared exclusively in the following year in 1994 for the Mega Drive and the advanced version of the previous year by an international club teams leagues.
Chronology
In the FIFA series several games were released annually in part. Grayed out titles indicate the annual publication of the main game.
Offshoot
FIFA Street
In 2005 appeared another game of the FIFA series, however, did not present the usual stadium football but street football.
FIFA Online
FIFA Online was since 30 September 2010 in final beta and could be tested by anyone. In FIFA online it was a free massively multiplayer online game for the PC community. The game used the same game engine as FIFA 10 and the gameplay is very similar. This beta testing has now been completed. Whether a final version follows is not known.
FIFA Online 2
Then FIFA Online 2 was developed, which was not advertised in the European space, since the classic version of the annual full-price title promised more financially. In addition, FIFA Online 2 based again on keyboard control instead of mouse control of FIFA Online.
Licenses
Werbefiguren
In addition to a local player EA advertises an internationally known footballer. After Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney as a central figure in future advertising Lionel Messi FIFA Series represent. The following list contains the previous advertising figures on the cover of the German edition of FIFA.
Game Commentary
As in other sports game is the game comment of the FIFA series of prefabricated speech samples that are played depending on the situation. The samples were eingesprochen in the past by various commentators of the different language versions.
The following list contains the commentators that the German editions lent their voice.
Community
FIFA in E- Sports
The e- sports scene FIFA games has evolved over the years to become a regular fixture in the entire e-sports. FIFA is one of the most popular and best-selling online games worldwide. The FIFA series is now recognized in e- sports and added as an official discipline at the WCG. There Germany 's most successful nation with 10 gold medals so far. Also in the German ESL Pro Series FIFA has long been a constant discipline, which is why a lot of German multi - gaming clan FIFA squad entertained. This FIFA has established itself in Germany as an e- sports title. FIFA also operates its own world championship with the FIFA Interactive World Cup.
Currently, FIFA will, among other things in the World League eSport Bundesliga, played professionally the Electronic Sports League, ClanBase, the WWCL, and in VFBL and VDFL.
Online Leagues
For a more realistic online gaming experience came from FIFA 98 FIFA a number of online leagues. These are organized since 1998 in the Association of German FIFA leagues ( VDFL ). The association bears twice a year from the official German FIFA championship. In the games Platforms PC, PlayStation and Xbox, an official German FIFA champion will be crowned in each case. The individual participants compete for hundreds of different leagues or clans. Among the largest and most successful online leagues were in recent years, the German FIFA League, VDFB and the FIFA Fighters. The best clans were especially mTw and SK Gaming.
Reception
In the early years of its existence, the series was able to set standards. Milestones in particular the parts FIFA Soccer 1996, which offered a displayed in 3D graphics field for the first time, and FIFA are 98 add- ons to the latter published in 2008 created by fans, including a package with the then current team data from the 2007/08 season under the title " Because It 's Still the Best" patch.
Later, however, FIFA struggled for years with the reputation of being a paid annual data update. Nevertheless, supported by the high number of licenses and the brisk popularity in the market, changes have only been performed on a small scale. In addition, the depth of the game was only at a moderate level due to prescribed procedures. The direct market competitor Pro Evolution Soccer winning in this time the best reviews for themselves. For several years, this trend is counteracted by the developer, which took its assessment in the press.
Ever since the release of FIFA 09, which was able to achieve top marks in the trade press, the FIFA series enjoys not only commercial, but also critical success among football fans. From FIFA 10 were sold almost 10 million units worldwide until February 2010.
In many newsrooms and computer players pushed the concentration of the game from EA to newer consoles and the consequent stagnation of the graphics and the gameplay in the PC version with incomprehension. Only with FIFA 11 the development of the PC version by EA was again taken more into focus and a level of development similar to the aim of the versions for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.
There are differences depending on the platform: During the versions for PS2 and Xbox are using an outdated engine, PlayStation 3 and Windows for Xbox 360, uses a new version. Among other things, is possible a better calculation of the ball physics. The attributes of all 22 players are calculated in real time and thus influence actively the game. In the Xbox 360 version of FIFA 07 were only six of the 25 leagues and a few stages that are included in the other versions, integrated. The small size was claimed on this version of the online magazine CHIP Online, there would be voices who described the game as " trimmed " version.
The PS3 and PS4 version of Fifa 14 hardly differ in content. The only differences are in technical point of view in the form of subtle animations and a more direct control that have the next-gen version.