Developer:

EA Games

Publisher:

EA Games

Electronic Arts and UEFA light up the football pitch with a stunning new game that puts you straight into the pressure cooker that is UEFA Champions League 2004 - 2005.

EA Sports re-creates the real life world of top flight football to make this the first mission-based football game. There are over 50 challenging on and off-field missions to overcome throughout the domestic and European season. Can you handle the pressure of having to win 2-0, or to be told by your new boss that your main striker has to be sold?

Choose one of any clubs out of a possible 239 -from the FA Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish Primera Liga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1. There are a number of extra clubs outside of these leagues to take to Champions League glory.

Features:

• Formations
  • Closing of midfield gap
  • Team-mates provide more support via runs and movement
  • Intelligent player logic to avoid getting caught offside close to the goal and in unrealistic situations
  • Defenders will try to play further up the field (also helping to reduce midfield gap)
  • More automatic player runs
  • Additional players in the penalty area for crosses
  • More variety in player position for attackers (formation offset)
• Dribbling Responsiveness
  • Sharper/cleaner turns at jog speeds
  • More responsive 90 degree turns
  • Improved control at sprint speeds.
• Crossing
  • More crossing assistance
  • Ability to cut the ball back to the edge of the penalty area when crossing from the by-line.
  • Variable targeting and trajectories on crosses.
  • More players in the penalty area on crosses
  • Double tap low crosses have more variety in height, pace and trajectory
• Goalkeepers
  • The keeper has better control over deflections
  • Improved keeper charge decision making
  • More variety in keeper save animations
• CPU Tactics
  • Substitutions
  • End of Match if winning
  • End of Match if losing
• Set Pieces
  • Fast and intuitive functionality
  • Call a corner kick set play
  • Control the delivery (location and power) of the set piece
  • A short set piece option at all times
  • Realistic Ball Physics
  • Re-use of the shot meter functionality (press and release)