FIFA 10

FIFA 10 came out at a time when the series was already confidently standing on its feet and, instead of experimenting, started polishing. The responsiveness of the controls has been improved to almost instantaneous: the player begins to move immediately after pressing, and not with a delay, which is why matches have become faster and more accurate. At the same time, the defensive assistance was reworked, and now tackling the ball requires more calculation than before. The career has been made deeper: in addition to matches, you need to deal with the composition, fatigue, transfers and training of youth, and the season drags on taking into account the calendar and injuries. A special find is Virtual Pro: the created football player grows along with your actions on the field, and his skills are revealed as you complete tasks. The same career can be built online together with other players. Live Season 2.0 allows you to improve the team's form based on the real results of the week: if the club is on the rise in life, then it will behave more confidently in the game. A small thing, but it adds dynamics to the season. Cup tournaments and friendlies work without unnecessary complications: you can select a team, opponent and stadium in seconds, which is exactly what you need when you want to play one match before going to bed. The difficulty level can be adjusted flexibly, so a beginner will not be defeated, and an experienced player will find decent resistance. Thanks to mods that came out years later, the game had a live audience for a long time. Separately, the atmosphere of matches has been improved: the stands react to events, commentators get excited at key moments, and the picture has become cleaner and softer. FIFA 10 is the part that is often remembered as the perfect balance: already quite modern, but without the complex and overloaded mechanics of subsequent releases.