Soccer fans all over the world are rejoicing that the latest iteration of the benchmark soccer title has now hit store shelves. FIFA Soccer 12 features around 30 leagues from around the globe, all ready to use your gaming skills to reach the ultimate soccer prizes. Providing players with a wide variety of game modes, players can take the pitch quickly for an Exhibition match, take a rookie player to super-stardom, or battle against other players all over the world.
FIFA Soccer 12 features a familiar button scheme and controls, all of which still feel intuitive and smooth. Frequent players will fall quickly back into the controls they used in previous iterations, and new players will easily find ways to exploit defenses and make outstanding tackles. The in-game sights and sounds still smack of the series, and hold all the same aesthetic appeal.
Highlighting this edition of FIFA Soccer 12 is the shear volume of leagues, teams, and game types. Players have a great variety of ways to approach the pitch. They can take on a team from the perspective of a single player or manager and try to reach success, or they can build their own players and play online against others. Rounding out the game modes are familiar game types such as a career mode and other exhibition game types, all of which allow for casual and hardcore players.
Overall, FIFA Soccer 12 is a nice iteration of the popular EA Sports franchise. The smooth and updated graphics blend with good controls and a surplus of game types to play the same wonderful game for hours with people at home and around the world.