Get closer to the action than ever before by mastering the skills required to play like a real Soccer player in FIFA 08. Step into the boots of a professional player through a new mode called ?Be A Pro: Co-op Season? that challenges you to master the same disciplines as a real professional football player?from positioning and tackling to reading the field and passing. Step onto the field with your created player to play an entire game as that footballer, and develop him into an elite player over the course of the season. Never before have you been able to approach the game this way, improving your abilities one skill at a time just as if you were a pro. Play with up to three friends playing all fixed to their players on your favorite club, complete individual challenges to develop your player attributes and win glory for the squad, while competing with your friends to develop the best player by season's end. From the moment you step on the pitch, FIFA 08 challenges you to think and react like a real football player by giving you complete control over all of the action. New manual controls enable you to dictate the play with control over through-passing and crossing. Control the goalkeeper in one-on-one situations to deny the striker yourself. Take ultimate control over your defenders with new manual controls that enable you to use the right-stick to quickly switch defenders and choose exactly who you want to control when defending. Plus, now it is more strategic to break down the opposition than ever before with new defensive and positioning logic that ensures players are in the right place at the right time, constantly considering all threats and opportunities. Intelligently manage your club by preparing for each specific opponent using new custom formations. Design your own unique strategy to create the perfect formation and tactics.
* Complete Authenticity - Featuring 30 leagues, 30 real stadiums and 14,000 players * Share Replays (PC) - Now you can save and show-off your best games or just the highlights! It is easy to capture a game or key moments and export as a video file to share with your friends and foes. Brag about match-winning plays and goals or even capture the entire ninety minutes to relive your favorite games
FIFA 08 enables hardcore and casual soccer gamers and fans to play like a real soccer player through competitive and social game modes, new gameplay controls, and enhanced authentic presentation. Get closer to the action than ever before. With new attacking and defending manual controls, competitive game modes, and greater depths of authenticity, live out your dreams with FIFA 08.
FIFA 08 includes 620 FIFA licensed teams, 30 leagues (with all 27 leagues from FIFA 07), and more than 15,000 players included, 20% more than FIFA 07. The new leagues are the FAI League of Ireland, the Australian A-League and the Czech Gambrinus Liga. The following leagues are for FIFA 08: - Australia: Hyundai A-League - Austria: Austrian Bundesliga - Belgium: Belgian Jupiler League - Brazil: Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro - Czech Republic: Czech Gambrinus Liga - Denmark: Danish Superligaen - Netherlands: Dutch Eredivisie - England: English Premier League - England: English Football League Championship - England: English Football League One - England: English Football League Two - France: French Ligue 1 - France: French Ligue 2 - Germany: German Bundesliga 1 - Germany: German Bundesliga 2 - Ireland: FAI Premier Division - Italy: Italian Serie A - Italy: Italian Serie B - South Korea: Korean K-League - United States: Major League Soccer - Mexico: Primera Divisi?n de México - Norway: Norwegian Tippeligaen - Poland: Polish Orange Ekstraklasa - Portugal: Portuguese BWINLIGA - Scotland: Scottish Premier League - Spain: Spanish Primera Divisi?n - Spain: Spanish Segunda Divisi?n - Sweden: Swedish Allsvenskan - Switzerland: Swiss Axpo Super League - Turkey: Turkcell Super League Rest of World FIFA 08 has 23 clubs in its "Rest of World" division. These teams are not part of any league listed above, but are included in FIFA 08. - Switzerland: Lausanne-Sport - Switzerland: Lugano - Switzerland: La Chaux-de-Fonds - South Africa: Orlando Pirates - South Africa: Kaizer Chiefs - South Africa: Mamelodi Sundowns - Poland: Arka Gdynia - Poland: Gornik LEczna - Poland: Pogon Szczecin - Poland: Wisla Plock - Poland: Polonia Warszawa - Bulgaria: PFC Levski Sofia - Argentina: Boca Juniors - Argentina: River Plate - Brazil: Esporte Clube Bahia - Brazil: Atletico Mineiro - Brazil: Ponte Preta - Brazil: Santa Cruz - Brazil: Sao Caeatano - Brazil: Fortaleza - Greece: AEK Athens - Greece: PAOK - Greece: Panathinaikos - Greece: Olympiacos
