He went on to produce WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth and 2002 FIFA World Cup. Statistically, however, the best player on the game was Nick Wloydka, who was an employee of EA Canada and was Assistant Producer for FIFA 97 at the time.

The game also had several Football teams in the USA league with players who were members of the production team for example, commentator John Motson was featured as a defender and animator David DeMorest was a midfielder.

FIFA 64, the first FIFA game to appear on the Nintendo 64 was based on FIFA 97.

Play when comparing it with FIFA 96 commented that it was 'Graphically better, but plays worse'. Another, however very rare error is that when a team has scored a goal that equals the scores of both teams, the commentary would state the correct score, however it also states that the team, which has previously had the lead, now leads, for example: 'The score's now 1 - 1 for England'.įIFA 97 features 10 songs which were made by EA Sports.īoth Play Magazine in Issue 15 and Official UK PlayStation Magazine in Issue 15 rated the PlayStation version of the game similarly with a score of 70% and 7/10 respectively. Another similar error was that a kick-off would be referred to as a cross, as well as a goal in the first minute being described as a goal 'that would win it surely'. Also, at times when a goal kick was awarded, the commentator would say that the kick had been given to the opposing team. Several errors plagued the game's commentary, such as John Millar of Heart of Midlothian being referred to as Joe Miller, who in fact plays for Aberdeen on the game. The game's commentary included the names of the majority of players on the game, and the names of the teams were also said by John Motson. However,these teams could only be played with in friendly matches. It was also possible to field custom teams made up of players from various real teams. The English clubs featured in the game were those who played in the 1995-96 Premier League. Most European domestic leagues were featured in the game, including the English Premier League, but only teams from each nation's highest division were playable.

The game trailer's tagline was 'FIFA 97, it will blow you away.' Multiplayer games are also possible with up to 20-players via. Commentary is provided by John Motson and Andy Gray whilst the presenter is Des Lynam. Leagues available in the game included the English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Scottish leagues and the Malaysian M-league and other sides, as well as the American A-League clubs with fictional teams, composed of the game's creators such as Bruce McMillan and Penny Lee.

Here, it was possible to play six-a-side football in an indoor arena with the ball bouncing off the walls meaning there is no throw-ins and therefore a much higher paced game. 32-bit AI was used, as well as motion blending technology which led to some of the sharpest graphics in any football game of the time. There were six ways to play the game, including outdoor and indoor, as well as action and simulation modes. The main new feature of the game other than the motion capture was the indoor football mode.

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