It's another optional tool in your armoury, but it can also come in handy while defending free kicks, as you are now able to set your wall and then shift the keeper along his line to defend the other side of the goal, making you look even more stupid when striker curls it onto the opposite corner. Old habits die hard and, having assumed control of the keeper, it's easy to instinctively press triangle and throw yourself on the ground in a heap while the forward casually strolls past and rolls the ball into the net. It's a nice idea, but it does take some getting used to after years of simply holding down triangle and hoping for the best. A swift click of the right stick, and you are the keeper, caught in the headlights of an oncoming striker, with the triangle button enabling you to dive at his feet. On the subject of keepers, it's all change at the other end, as you can now manually control the man between the posts. Thankfully corners can prove a reasonably potent weapon, with glancing headers sometimes catching the keeper out, or at least resulting in a frantic goalmouth scramble. The game has clearly been balanced and tweaked for years and, in order to keep the scorelines realistic, the goalies do appear to have been imbued with supernatural powers, with point blank saves proving commonplace. Mr+Wayne+Rooney:+on+the+box+and+in+the+game. It's not uncommon to put together a 20-pass move before stinging the keeper's hands and muttering under your breath in disgust as he tips it out for a corner. While it's action-packed stuff, the experience isn't cheapened, and you really can play some impressive flowing football.
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It still requires a degree of skill though, with the new manual through ball enabling you to play the perfect pass, and the manual crossing enabling you to ghost in at the far post with a bullet header, something sadly lacking on next-gen FIFA. If you want end-to-end action, it's all happening on the PS2. It's horses for courses: if you want to be camped on the halfway line for 20 minutes probing for an opening, get the next-gen game.
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There's an argument that a football videogame should be the equivalent of the televised highlights of a full match and, on that criterion, FIFA 08 ticks all the boxes. Players are responsive, tackling is precise, it feels comfortable on the ball, team-mates run in to space and you can almost always find a pass. Compared to the stunted action of the next-gen game, this feels right straight from the kick-off. It shows too, with this version a much more compelling fare.
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Having hosted more versions of the game than any other console, it's arguably FIFA's natural home, and the PS2 game continues to be developed by a different team to the next-gen affair.
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Following hot on the studs of our FIFA 08 360 review, it's time to dust off the trusty PS2.