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Description
The game that started the best-selling series licensed by football's
world governing body, this first installment in the long running series
used a dimetric (colloquially known as "isometric") viewpoint,
previously unusual in football games but quickly imitated by several
titles. The televisual presentation, one of the unique points of the
early EA Sports titles, with hosts introducing the matches, was another thing making the game stand out from a market dominated by Sensible Soccer and Kick Off games.
Based
on international teams (with fictional player names), their abilities
in each skill area rated out of 10 to give the player an overall
impression of how good they are. The options available follow the
standard set: fouls and offsides can be toggled on and off, the match
length can be set, and if the timer operates continuously, or only
while the ball is in play. Gameplay privileges quick runs, short passes
and blistering shots outside the penalty box, and set pieces are
controlled by moving a box into the target area for the ball, and then
passed, lobbed or kicked directly. On the tactical side, formations can
be selected, with 5 different strategies also available (although not
all of these combinations make sense) as can the team Coverage - the
areas which defenders, midfielders and strikers cover.
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