This Is Football
This is Football (often just called TIF ) is a produced by Sony Computer Entertainment video game series of football games for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games Produced in SCE London Studio, commentator for the German versions were Thomas Helmer. Further collaboration was with the game developers instead Soho team and the FIFPro, which is responsible for the rights and licenses.
General Information
This is Football is a sports simulation, which is controlled using a gamepad. The game is not subject to censorship, but a recommended age of 3 years by the Pan - European Game Information was from This Is Football 2004 set. The language is German, also in foreign languages versions appeared. In addition to the single player mode, there is also a multiplayer mode.
Chronology
This is Football was the first title of the series and was released in 1999 exclusively for the PlayStation. The game includes over 5000 players, authentic 230 teams and more than 20 competitions. Furthermore, it is possible to edit and store team game scenes on a memory card. Using a multitaps up to eight players can participate in the game.
This is Football 2002 was released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2 on the cover Mehmet Scholl is shown. The game features over 800 original player names, besides you can in a career mode, create your own team and play with this in higher leagues.
On the cover of This is Football 2003 Michael Ballack is pictured as he celebrates a goal during the World Cup 2002. Since This is Football was sold in 2003 in Europe more than 400,000 times, appeared a Platinum version of the game. Frequent complaint are the long and frequent load times.
This is Football 2004 was the first title in the series, which had an online mode. On the cover of Michael Ballack is shown, which delivers additional comments with Béla Réthy.
Using an EyeToy camera can photograph 2005 faces at This is Football and insert them as a player faces in the game. The game was also released in a Platinum Edition. It was announced no successor for the PlayStation 2.
In 2005 was published by Sony World Tour Soccer, an offshoot of the game for the PlayStation Portable, which is based on This is Football. On 28 June 2006, the successor to World Tour Soccer 2 was released.