The game was met with positive reception. Gary Whitta reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "With improved tactics and graphics, FIFA 2002 once again cements itself at the top of the virtual soccer universe." FIFA Football 2002 ran for 10 years as the last FIFA to have only one person as the cover star, before Lionel Messi appeared alone on FIFA 13. Also, this was the final FIFA edition to feature the Israel Premier League and its teams.įrance and Arsenal star Thierry Henry is featured as the cover star.
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To date, this was the last FIFA edition (not counting the World Cup versions) to feature the Japanese national team, since Japan Football Association would go on to concede exclusive rights to Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series.
Many of the international teams in the game are not licensed (some of them down to the players' names like the Netherlands), as well as smaller countries such as Barbados, who were only given numbers as player names. There is also a bonus game with the nations that had automatically qualified for the 2002 World Cup (France, Japan and South Korea), in which the player tries to improve the FIFA ranking of their chosen team by participating in international friendlies. A card reward system licensed from Panini was also introduced where, after winning a particular competition, a star player card is unlocked. This game also features, for the first time, the Swiss Super League, at the cost of excluding the Greek League. The game also includes club emblems for many more European clubs as well as for major Dutch clubs such as PSV, AFC Ajax and Feyenoord, although there was no Dutch league of any kind (they were under the "Rest of World" header). The power bar can also be customised to suit the gamer's preference. Power bars for passes were introduced, and dribbling reduced in order to attain a higher challenge level. FIFA 2002 is the ninth game in the FIFA series. Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayerįIFA Football 2002, commonly known as FIFA 2002, is a football simulation video game released in 2001, produced by Electronic Arts and released by EA Sports.
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