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System Volume Information Deleter Service. How to learn to play football in FIFA simulators. How to block applications from accessing the Internet in Windows How to disable or remove MS Edge from Windows How to shut down Windows from Outlook. How to start Windows 10 in Safe Mode. The graphics have a clean look and the animation is very smooth. Although the Single-player Mode is fun to play, the multiplayer game is a blast and a half as is to be expected with a soccer game.

Not bad by any means. RTWC 98 is a very, very good soccer game and one of the best available for the PlayStation, if not the best. The game controls really nicely Analog Pad support, yes! My only complaint again is that it's just too easy. Scoring, stealing, whatever - make it harder, EA! The FIFA series continues to improve each year but still has trouble reaching the ever-elu-sive all-star status. Does it do well in the gameplay department too?

No, I won't answer this question just yet. Let me say a few things about "immersion in a gameworld" first. Let me repeat that. NHL 98 , another of EA Sports ' titles, the one which was, only three months ago, considered the new standard to which others must conform to graphically, seems terribly outdated when you run it near FIFA That's because the latter has SO many intricate little details inside, that even after an accumulated over hours of play, new things keep popping up all the time unexpectedly.

Look at the players moving their heads to follow the ball in flight. See the striker shake himself as he comes up after a rough tackle, then makes a little, annoyed hand gesture. Watch how the referee raises his head to look straight in the eyes of the red-carded fullback, as the latter is shouting and waiving his hands at the former in agony.

Evidence the attacking midfielder doing his little dance as he blitzes past yet another defender, switching legs and giving the ball a little push with the outside of his shoe. See the player about to throw a ball from out of bounds receive it as it is thrown from the sidelines, and watch he net moving satisfactorily when a goal is scored.

FIFA 98 simply looks tremendous, and I shudder in anticipation to think about next year' installment.

The movements of the players are so fluid, so realistic, that in my first few games I had to stop once in a while simply to admire them. It is the first game ever in which I sometimes run a CPU only match, because it is so much better than any screensaver.

No, don't ask me if the non-3dfx FIFA 98 also supports PowerVR straight from the box version is good enough to play- it simply doesn't matter. I know I said this about a few games this year notably Moto Racer and Screamer Rally , but I had no idea what I was talking about, really.

So I will say it again, and this time with conviction: if you love soccer, even a little, and you do not have a 3dfx card, buy FIFA 98 and a 3dfx card. It is a really cheap ticket to gaming heaven. Trying hard to find some fault in the graphics, I can think of two things: in crowd animation, EA Sports are still using that 2D overlay, although this time there is some low resolution movement at the front row or two.

And you may also get a very rare bug, in which the ball seems to go into the goal after it had hit the outside part of the net, and vice versa. As for sound, well, it doesn't disappoint. The graphics are so superbly done, that the audio is belittled in comparison, but let me assure you that EA Sports did a great job here too.

Yes, you still get the occasional funny mistake by John Motson in the play-by-play, like forgetting to mention that a penalty was given until after it was actually shot, or claiming that the referee was "a little lenient" when an opposing player just received their second yellow and was thrown off the field. But these errors are rare, limited to maybe once or twice per 12 minute game, which is way better than anything else on offer in your local computer shop.

They have also included some nice, colorful remarks, like when Motson claims that this is great treatment they are getting back in the media booth. Lastly, ambient sounds, like crowd cheers, are good and add to the overall experience. Is FIFA 98 a blast to play?

Surprisingly enough, the answer is a most emphatic yes. This year, EA Sports went back to the tried and true arcade methods of shot control, then made them much more complex while still keeping their basic simplicity.

Sounds confused? I will try to explain. First of all, an 8-button gamepad is fully used- there are buttons for lob, shot, and pass, and also avoid tackle and speed burst. The latter replaces turbo in a much more realistic way, allowing the player a short burst of speed to pass an opponent, but also tiring the attacker.

You cannot use too many of those during a break, as the player will simply run too tired too quickly, and the defender will easily catch up and strip him of the ball. You also have the R ight and L eft buttons, which, combined with other buttons, perform specific actions, such as a spin or leg change or any other of a large number of different combinations.

Every move you ever saw in real life is possible in this game, if you try hard enough, and are quick enough with your fingers to perform it.

OK, so this is pretty basic, except for the R and L buttons. Where the control system gets complicated is in the fact that a different type of execution of each button press will have a different result. For example, you may shoot normally by pressing and holding the shoot button the shot gets stronger the longer you hold down the button, up to about one second , but you may also make a direct, strong, low shot if you simply tap it once, or a chipshot if you tap it quickly twice in succession.

You can pass to a player normally, or may pass to an open space by tapping the pass button. You can lob low or high, depending on how you use the lob button, and you can even "lob" the ball to yourself, preparing for a bicycle kick. Did I mention already the necessity of training? If you really want to master this amazingly rich control system, then you will have to spend some serious time with it.

But if you don't, you can do very well with the few basic options, never caring about the flashier moves. Still, where's the fun in that? And how does the AI perform? Very well, thank you. Today's computers are simply not advanced enough for that. But compared to other soccer games, this one is a leap forward- players move realistically, changing places and running for open spaces. Defenders switch positions and cover for each other, executing offside traps with cunning accuracy.

Your teammates will position themselves well in almost any situation, but only as dictated by their level and skills. Goalies and defenders let balls slide over the line, protecting them from advancing strikers. No more of the "two defenders leaving the ball, undecided" phenomenon seen on other games- in FIFA 98 , if you want to score against a better team in World Class level, you need to work for it. The other two levels, Amateur and Professional, are good for the first few games, but it's in World Class that the most fun can be had.

Another nice touch that has to be mentioned is the how the different teams play- you can expect different things from Colombia and Germany when you pit your lads against them, with the former going for many short, on the ground passes and flashier plays while the latter being much more effective- and boring. All in all, when it comes to gameplay, FIFA 98 scores heavily. The pace of the game is right- it feels like real soccer is being played.

Movements are realistic, and your plays are rewarded or punished as your would expect them to be had the match been real. Controlling your players is as impeccable as you want it to be- if you spend the time learning the game, your can do precisely what you want to do.

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