FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup

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FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
Fifa06worldcupcover.jpg
Cover art featuring Ronaldinho
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Series FIFA
FIFA World Cup
Platform(s) Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: 22 November 2005
  • EU: 2 December 2005
  • JP: 10 December 2005
  • KOR: 25 February 2006 [1]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer, multiplayer online

FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup is a video game developed by EA Sports and DICE for the Xbox 360. The game is an officially licensed product of the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany. FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup World Cup mode only includes UEFA qualification groups for the 2006 World Cup. [2]

Contents

Released in 2005, this was the first FIFA game for a 7th-generation console. Road to FIFA World Cup is an Xbox 360 exclusive and preceded the release of 2006 FIFA World Cup game on the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and other consoles by several months. It offers superior graphics to previous versions, though at the expense of many gameplay features. For the first time in the FIFA series, it allows the player to practise shooting against the goalkeeper while each match is loading.

Reception

The game was met with mixed reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 62.55%, [3] while Metacritic gave it 62 out of 100. [4]

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References

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