Since I play it enough, thought it would be apt to give a quick review on the Fifa download for Euro 2012. First off, I have to say that I have been fairly disappointed. Yes it has plenty of hours gameplay within, but it is far too repetitive. There are a couple of different modes; Expedition and Story.
Expedition mode is similar to the Fifa Street World Tour where you play against teams to get their players using your virtual pro. Some big drawbacks though - you have to play each team 3 times (to get reserve, bench, 1st team players) which is incredibly boring especially when if you lose on penalties and have to start again. Not that that ever happened to us. Against Albania. Five times. After beating them you get one of their players which is fair enough, but you don't even get to pick! So after beating Germany 3 times, we eventually got the almighty Per Mertesacker, and let's be honest here, I've seen milk turn faster than him. All this added up to plenty of gameplay but we got half-way through the 3rd group (you progress through each qualifying group to gather players) and gave up bored. The fact that your virtual pro doesn't improve renders it pointless too as they quickly become replaceable which takes away the personification of the team!
Going to be honest here, haven't really dabbled in the story mode, but it seams a pretty straight run through the tournament itself using any team. Woop-de-doo, no big thrill there and minimal hours to complete I'd imagine.
I guess I'm just bitter that (in my opinion) the best game Fifa have done in a while was the World Cup 2010 edition. The captain your country mode is has never been replicated; where you can create a few virtual pros and play multiplayer moving from reserve team, through the qualifiers and eventually onto the World Cup itself to captain your country to glory! Very addictive to the point that staying up til 6am to get USA to the final before losing on penalties to Serbia seems totally worth it, that's when a game grips you!
To be fair, I can't really complain too much as it is a £15 download to tide us over until Fifa 13 hits the stores. Speaking of which, it's due to use the Kinect to identify when you swear at the ref and dish out the yellow card for unsportsman like behaviour. Uh oh, could be a few players sent off next season. Anyway, if you're looking for a game to get you through the summer months, I'd suggest picking up Fifa Street instead to familiarise yourself with the skill gameplay that's being merged into Fifa 13, that should be cracking.
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