FIFA Football 2004
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| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Release date(s) | October 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer, Multiplayer online |
| Platform(s) | PC, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube |
| Media | Cartridge, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM |
FIFA Football 2004 (also known as FIFA Soccer 2004 and commonly abbreviated to FIFA 04) is a video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts based around the game of football (soccer). It was released in October 2003 with the tagline "Create Brilliance".
FIFA Football 2004 is the eleventh game in the FIFA Series and the eighth to be in 3D. While not adding much to the engine used in FIFA Football 2003 (except some fluidity), the biggest inclusion were secondary divisions, which allowed the player to take lower ranked teams into the top leagues and European matches. Gameplay had a new feature dubbed Off the ball, which required the player to control two players at the same time to execute some plays. The online mode was boasted as the main feature. Another key feature was the Football Fusion, which allowed owners of both FIFA 2004 and TCM 2004 to actually play games from the management sim'. The title sequence was filmed in St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United, with the opening song being Kings of Leon's European hit "Red Morning Light".
The cover featured Alessandro Del Piero in Juventus colours, Thierry Henry wearing his Arsenal shirt and Ronaldinho dressed in Brazil's kit.
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[edit] International squads featured
The teams with names in italic appear in the game with their licensed kits.
[edit] Leagues
The game covers some of the world major club football leagues including:
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In addition, there is a Rest of World block with teams from Czech Republic (AC Sparta Praha, SK Sigma Olomouc), Turkey (Galatasaray), Poland (Legia Warszawa, Polonia Warszawa, Wisła Kraków), Greece (Olympiakos, PAOK FC, Panathinaikos, Paniliakos) and, for the first time in a regular basis, Argentina (Boca Juniors, River Plate) and Mexico (Club América, CF Monterrey, Club Toluca, U.N.A.M.), the latter going on to become another staple league from the 2005 edition onward.
[edit] Game Soundtrack
FIFA Football 2004 features a wide variety of world music on its sound track, using the EA Sports Trax feature. The songs included are as follows:
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[edit] Reviews
Reviews of the game were mostly positive. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine awarded the game 5/5 whilst Official UK Playstation Magazine scored the game 8/10.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by FIFA 2003 |
FIFA Series 2004 |
Succeeded by FIFA Football 2005 |
