Re: Football game suitable for 7/8 year old

Tim Miller <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hot Rats wrote:
> > I've been toying with the idea of getting my son a PS2 football game for
> > christmas. He can play Ratchet and Clank and Ape Escape ok, but are there
> > any football games that are ok for a child his age (8 in a few months)?
> >
> > I know he'd like one, but I've never played a footie game for the PS2 and I
> > don't know how complicated they are. The last footie game I played was FIFA
> > 92 for the megadrive!
> >
> Generally, the FIFA games are more simplistic than others. They play a
> more arcadey game of football. Since I doubt he'll be too bothered
> about being really up-to-date, try and get FIFA 2003 which I think is
> the best of the series. You should be able to get it really cheap
> second-hand.

The original ISS for PS2 is also much more simplistic than PES (being
more like the ISS games on N64, and much better for it in my opinion)
and you should be able to grab it for about a fiver second hand from
Game/Ebay. The TIF series are also more arcadey and generally pretty
good.

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