FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup

FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
	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; [better source needed]
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]

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

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	62.55%^[3]
Metacritic	62/100^[4]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Eurogamer	2/10^[5]
Game Informer	8.25/10^[6]
GamePro	^[7]
GameRevolution	C^[8]
GameSpot	6/10^[2]
GameSpy	^[9]
GameTrailers	6/10^[10]
GameZone	7.5/10^[11]
IGN	6.9/10^[12]
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	6.5/10^[13]
Detroit Free Press	^[14]

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]

References

^ "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup Release Information for Xbox 360". GameFAQs. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b Calvert, Justin (21 November 2005). "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup for Xbox 360". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ Bramwell, Tom (28 November 2005). "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ Miller, Matt (December 2005). "FIFA Soccer 06 [sic] (X360)". Game Informer. No. 152. p. 165. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup". GamePro. January 2006. p. 48.
^ Reilly, Mike (21 November 2005). "FIFA 06 [Road to FIFA World Cup] Review". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ McGarvey, Sterling (22 November 2005). "GameSpy: FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "FIFA Soccer 2006 [sic] Review (X360)". GameTrailers. 5 January 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ Valentino, Nick (28 November 2005). "FIFQ Soccer 06 Road to 2006 FIFA World Cup [sic] - 360 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ Miller, Jonathan (16 November 2005). "FIFA 06: Road To FIFA World Cup". IGN. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup". Official Xbox Magazine. 25 December 2005. p. 80.
^ Huschka, Ryan (25 November 2005). "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.