43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

Great game but unacceptable amount of bugs ruins the flavour, 5 Oct 2009

On the pitch the game is great, the only real problem is that keepers come off their line far too easily leading to multiple lobbings. Double tapping triangle to keep them on the line doesn’t work as well as it used to. Players lack individuality but that has always been an issue. As i say though, make no mistake, on the pitch it is a great game.

I don’t really play online as people are only ever Man utd, Barca, Inter and this time the Uber team is Real. There is a filter this time which helps but most are still the above and reports of quitting and one tactic football are still rife so i stick to offline.

Many would say how it plays on the pitch is all that matters and usually i would agree but the problems off the pitch are so bad that it takes away from the experiece in a way i cannot ignore. Especially in the manager mode which is the core mode. I will not list them as they are too many but just look at the EA and other forums to see all the MM issues. The MM was advertised as being revamped and it has ended up so unfinished and clearly untested (or tested by idiots) that to accuse EA of lying, false advertisment and betrayal of trust is not ott.

The other unfortunate thing here is that EA have a terrible record of patching game modes. EA do patch gameplay issues when pressured but modes including last years MM are usually left alone no matter what

I will state so noone gets me wrong that the actual game of footy it plays is class, it really is, if there were no problems with with the modes then i would give 5 star for the game and 4 star for fun (4 star as the online community is immature and pathetic) but the game is unacceptably untested and unfinished that it falls short of greatness.

I am also disgusted that none of the main reviews mentioned this stuff which it is their duty too, yet another reason not to trust the critics. It was also hyped far too much, bugs or no bugs but that is another story.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4 Weeks Play- FIFA 10, 8 Nov 2009

Firstly- Good game which is great fun one minute then super frustrating the next to the point of being a joke…
-Online, everyone plays as the same teams, Real, Inter, Barca, Spain, Brazil, Chelsea, France, Man U, etc ect. people will choose these team regardless of what team you pick, so its no fun being a lower level side cus chances are you will get beaten easily by Messi/Ronaldo/Rooney/Drogba…this isnt much fun if you are trying to have a decent game, and do something different. ITS PATHETIC BEING THE SAME TEAM ALL THE TIME!
-After most celebrations the whole team runs into the back of the net.
-The ball hits the bar every game almost, and it feels forced, liek its trying be entertaining but its not.
-The referee gets in the way of the ball and then the opposing team can go and score from it- VERY frustrating!! i dont care if this is realism or not!
-Soundtrack is hit & miss, some AWFUL songs on there (some kid saying ‘wegue wegue wegue wegue about 100 times over) i’m sure everyone would agree here, no matter what musical taste you have.
-The defenders are quicker than most strikers, except for the few start players such as Benzema etc.
-Keepers get lobbed 9/10 times when clear through on goal
-you press a button, then the response time is so slow, the player will do it and by that time it wont be the choice you want, so they end up passing to the other team.

These are the most annoying things in any game ive ever played! apart from this its sometimes enjoyable.