History YMMV / FIFASoccer

** The PC ports really went downhill as the [=2000s=] progressed, showing few improvements over the console ports (mainly because, until ''10'', they still based themselves off the ''[=PS2=] version'') and being prone to major glitches.

* ColbertBump / GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Thanks to FIFA 15, "Walk" by Kwabs has become widely popular in Germany.

** For most of its lifetime, ''FIFA'' was considered inferior to Konami's ''International Superstar Soccer''/''Winning Eleven''/''Pro Evolution'' series, to the point that the Konami games would routinely outsell ''FIFA'' in European markets, despite ''FIFA'''s longer list of real league licenses and players and superior graphics. With the jump to the [=PS3=]/360, ''Pro Evolution'' began to flounder as Konami had difficulty working with the new consoles (not unlike EA Sports and ''Madden''); at the same time, ''FIFA 08'' came out to widespread acclaim and boosted sales thanks to a much improved and reworked engine that focused on tightening the gameplay itself. In short order, ''FIFA'' became the best-selling sports series worldwide, including topping 10+ million sales a year, and was the first soccer game to land on the yearly top-10 best selling games; hand-in-hand, it also routinely outscored ''Pro Evolution'' in the reviews. Although ''PES'' has improved much towards the end of the generation (despite ''PES 2014'' being a rather ObviousBeta for the [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Fox Engine]]), EA had seized the window of opportunity and now have a stranglehold in all markets.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: EA took this to [[UpToEleven new heights]] with the Wii version of FIFA 13, which was essentially FIFA 12 with the name swapped out. ''This is not an exaggeration''. It's the same game in almost every aspect but with new players and team kits. They were quite justifiably slammed by players and critics for this.
* NintendoHard: "Treble Mode" in UEFA Champions League 07. Having to recover a 2-goal deficit late in the second half is a common scenario.

* SongAssociation: Most of the soundtracks. The opening themes in particular ("[[Music/{{Blur}} Song 2]]"[[note]]From ''FIFA 98''[[/note]], "[[Music/{{Chumbawamba}} Tubthumping]]"[[note]]''World Cup 98''[[/note]], "[[Music/FatboySlim The Rockafella Skank]]"[[note]]''99''[[/note]], "[[Music/{{Moby}} Bodyrock]]"[[note]]''2001''[[/note]]...) are hard to dissociate from the games.

** For most of its lifetime, ''FIFA'' was considered inferior to Konami's ''International Superstar Soccer''/''Winning Eleven''/''Pro Evolution'' series, to the point that the Konami games would routinely outsell ''FIFA'' in European markets, despite ''FIFA'''s longer list of real league licenses and players and superior graphics. With the jump to the [=PS3=]/360, ''Pro Evolution'' began to flounder as Konami had difficulty working with the new consoles (not unlike EA Sports and ''Madden''); at the same time, ''FIFA 08'' came out to widespread acclaim and boosted sales thanks to a much improved and reworked engine that focused on tightening the gameplay itself. In short order, ''FIFA'' became the best-selling sports series worldwide, including topping 10+ million sales a year, and was the first soccer game to land on the yearly top-10 best selling games; hand-in-hand, it also routinely outscored ''Pro Evolution'' in the reviews. Although ''PES'' has improved much towards the end of the generation, EA had seized the window of opportunity and now have a stranglehold in all markets.

* RubberBandAI: The game (Especially FIFA 12 onwards) were very cruel with the rubberband. You can lose the game after leading 3-0 in the first half when suddenly all opposition players got turbo on their legs in Legendary against computer, and some 10 years old can owned you via two 35 yards kick goals in the last quarter. They try to fix it in FIFA 14, and succeeded in the normal gameplay (if you can ignore the fact that the upped ability [[OhCrap happen all the time]] now instead of scripted event). However, the Ultimate Team mode got EVEN MORE elastic Rubber band, and career mode is still suffered from it. The referee also became very picky to you, capable of throwing cards for tame, simply mistimed tackles. YMMV because this's rarely got talked with casual players, but mentioned alot in forums.

* ColbertBump/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Thanks to FIFA 15, "Walk" by Kwabs has become widely popular in Germany.
** ''FIFA'' is pretty much this every year, thanks to its large and eclectic worldwide soundtrack.

* SongAssociation: Most of the soundtracks. The opening themes in particular ("Song 2", "Tubthumping", "The Rockafella Skank", "Bodyrock"...) are hard to dissociate from the games.

* ArtificialStupidity: The AI in ''FIFA 2000'' was noticeably more prone to making mistakes than it had been in either of the previous two releases, and was almost totally inept when it came to dealing with set-pieces.

* RubberBandAI: The game (Especially FIFA 12 onwards) were very cruel with the rubberband. You can lose the game after leading 3-0 in the first half when suddenly all opposition players got turbo on their legs in Legendary against computer, and some 10 years old can owned you via two 35 yards kick goals in the last quarter. They try to fix it in FIFA 14, and succeeded in the normal gameplay (if you can ignore the fact that the upped ability [[OhCrap happen all the time]] now instead of scripted event). However, the Ultimate Team mode got EVEN MORE elastic Rubber band, and career mode is still suffered from it. The referee also became very picky to you, capable of throwing cards for tame, simply mistimed tackles.

* RubberBandAI: The game (Especially FIFA 12 onwards) were very cruel with the rubberband. You can lose the game after leading 3-0 in the first half when suddenly all opposition players got turbo on their legs, and some 10 years old can owned you via two 35 yards kick goals online in the last quarter. They try to fix it in FIFA 14, and succeeded in the normal gameplay. However, the Ultimate Team mode got EVEN MORE elastic Rubber band, and career mode is still suffered from it. The referee also became very picky to you, capable of throwing cards for tame, simply mistimed tackles.

* RubberBandAI: The game (Especially FIFA 12 onwards) were very cruel with the rubberband. You can lose the game after leading 3-0 in the first half when suddenly all opposition players got turbo on their legs, and some 10 years old can owned you via two 35 yards kick goals online in the last quarter. They try to fix it in FIFA 14, and succeeded in the normal gameplay. However, it's the Ultimate Team mode now that got some painful Rubber instead.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: EA took this to [[UpToEleven new heights]] with the Wii version of FIFA 13, which was essentially FIFA 12 with the name swapped out. ''This is not an exaggeration''. It's the same game in almost every aspect but with new players and team kits. They were quite justifiably slammed by players and critics for this.

** The PC ports really went downhill as the [=2000s=] progressed, showing few improvements over the console ports and being prone to major glitches.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''2000'' is generally agreed to be the worst game in the series (or at least the worst one with 3D graphics) due to the glitchy AI, inconsistent difficulty and screwy controls. The following three outings got things back on track, but then the series hit a lean patch from ''2004'' to ''07'', with the games not getting any worse, but not really improving. Since then however, things have generally been on the up.
* TheyJustDidntCare: On the Wii FIFA 13 was identical to FIFA 12. It used the exact same art assets, backgrounds, menus, creation modes and interfaces. Adding no new game modes, choices or options. Virtually the only arbitrary changes are the new squads and kits. Though even in the case of new kits old assets were still clearly used in many cases. See some examples [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/385833/features/fifa-13-wii-vs-fifa-12-wii-the-shocking-truth/?page=2#top_banner here]]. It became apparent EA didn't want to spend any real money on the Wii version but still wanted to put out a full price game for the console.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: EA took this to [[UpToEleven new heights]] with the Wii version of FIFA 13, which was essentially FIFA 12 with the name swapped out. ''This is not an exaggeration''. It's the same game in almost every aspect but with new players and team stripes. They were quite justifiably slammed by players and critics for this.

** The Xbox 360 port of ''07'' was an odd case, as it featured a proper ball physics system for the first time in the series... at the cost of over half of the leagues from the [=PS2=] and original Xbox versions, most noticeably the entire Italian Serie A (for some bizarre reason the only Italian club in that version was Juventus, who had been temporarily busted down to Serie B due to a scandal).

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Mostly averted with the main games but the WorldCup and EuropeanChampionship games tend to suffer from this up until the ''Euro 2008'' game. FIFA 2000 is notable among the main series for being the worst, especially considering the titles prior to it's release were much better.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Mostly averted with the main games but the WorldCup and EuropeanChampionship games tend to suffer from this up until the ''Euro 2008'' game.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Imagine qualifying to, and winning the World Cup, to the sound of "[[{{Blue}} Song 2]]". You can do it in ''98''.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Score one for ElectronicArts thanks to their new ''FIFA 12'' [[http://gametreemac.com/EA-Electronic-Arts/Buy-FIFA-Soccer-12-Mac-Download port to the Mac.]]

* ScrappyMechanic: FIFA '12's tackling system has it's fair share of detractors. A common complaint being that slide tackling in the game favour's the AI. Not to mention it's also seen as more difficult to perform tackles in the game than in real life. Though in fairness tackling is always a BaseBreaker in soccer games.

* ScrappyMechanic: Fifa '12's tackling system has it's fair share of detractors. A common complaint being that slide tackling in the game favour's the AI. Not to mention it's also seen as more difficult to perform tackles in the game than in real life. Though in fairness tackling is always a BaseBreaker in soccer games.

* ScrappyMechanic: Fifa '12's tackling system has it's fair share of detractors. A common complaint being that slide tackling in the game favour's the AI. Not to mention it's also seen as more difficult to perform than in real life.

* ScrappyMechanic: Fifa '12's tackling system has it's fair share of detractors. A common complaint being that slide tackling in the game favour's the AI. not to mention it's also seen as more difficult to perform than in real life.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Score one for ElectronicArts thanks to their new ''FIFA 12'' [[http://gametreemac.com/EA-Electronic-Arts/Buy-FIFA-Soccer-12-Mac-Download port to the Mac.]]

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Mostly averted with the main games but the WorldCup and EuropeanChampionship games tend to suffer from this up until the ''Euro 2008'' game.