''FIFA Football 2004'', also known as ''FIFA Soccer 2004'' in North America, is a

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simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. 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. The Japanese version of ''FIFA Football 2004'', called ''FIFA Total Football'', was released in March 2004.

Gameplay

While not adding much to the engine used in '' FIFA Football 2003'', the biggest new inclusions were secondary divisions, which allow the player to take lower ranked teams to promotion attempts. Gameplay has a new feature dubbed "Off the ball", which allows the control of two players at the same time for greater tactical play. Another key feature was Football Fusion, which allows owners of both ''FIFA 2004'' and '' Total Club Manager 2004'' to play games from the management sim in ''FIFA''. The title sequence was filmed in St James' Park, home of

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, with the opening song being Kings of Leon's European hit "

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Players

The cover features Alessandro Del Piero of

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, Thierry Henry of

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, and Ronaldinho in a Brazil kit.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version of ''FIFA Football 2004'' received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The game was met with positive to average reception.

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and Metacritic gave it a score of 84.20% and 82 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version; 83.67% and 83 out of 100 for the GameCube version; 82.50% and 82 out of 100 for the Xbox version; 81.74% and 84 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; 80% and 80 out of 100 for the PlayStation version; 78% and 77 out of 100 for the PC version; and 73.60% and 72 out of 100 for the N-Gage version.

References

External links

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