FIFA 2017 is the 24th edition of the series and the growth over the years has been marvelous, so we take a deep look at the evolution of EA Sport’s FIFA Video Game.

There has been a lot of hype hype going around – FIFA Video Game has already being called -the most realistic soccer game that has ever been produced thanks to the Frostbite game engine; similar to the one that powers top games like Battlefield 4 and Star Wars Battlefront.

Let’s take a deep look at the evolution of FIFA video game over the years.

1) FIFA International Soccer



This was the first ever game from the series, the FIFA International Soccer was a ground-breaking game at the time of its release – the player animations were impressive and the crowd effects were an upgrade on anything that had been seen before

The game was released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive console in December 1993 and ported to numerous other systems in 1994 and it was a huge hit, laying the foundations for the FIFA series

2) FIFA 95



This year edition was a sequel to FIFA International Soccer and the second game in the FIFA series. The first game consisted only of national teams but FIFA 95 introduced clubs from six diffrent leagues across Europe, which made it more interactive.

As at this time EA hasn’t acquired the necessary license to use real players names, as are currently used now, the game used made-up players. FIFA 95 used the same game engine as its predecessor and the gameplay was tweaked a little.

3) FIFA 96



This game was the first game in the FIFA Video Game series to released on the PlayStation, which made it to use real-time 3D graphics. Highlighting the success of the franchise, FIFA was granted a licence to use real players. The game was released on a number of different consoles and formats include some with vastly different graphics capabilities.

That meant that while the PlayStation and Sega Saturn versions of the game made use of the brand new 3D graphics, older consoles like the SNES and Mega Drive simply used an upgraded version of the previous game. However, it was on the PlayStation that FIFA 96 gained its most positive reception, and this would be the console that the game would be most closely associated with.

4) FIFA 97



FIFA 97 was the fourth game in the FIFA Video Game Series. The game engine made use of polygonal models for the first time as opposed to the 2D sprites used in FIFA Soccer ’96– this provided the gameplay with a far more realistic look. This was the first of the series to offer commentary and it was done by John Motson and Andy Gray while the presenter was Des Lynam.

5) FIFA Road to World Cup 98



The previous game recieved loads of criticism, EA decided to work on an improvement for the 1998 eddition of the series. The graphics was improved a bit especially due to the introduction of improved artificial intelligence, customization options and a soundtrack that really made the difference.

One big step was achieved in this game, that was the scale of the games dedication to a realistic presentation of the World biggest soccer tournament – The World Cup. All 172 national teams who took part in the official competition were included in the game.

6) FIFA 99



The graphics improvements for FIFA 99 were very very impressive. For the first time, the players’ faces were animated and heights were used. This version also featured also features a league called the “European Dream League”- a generic version of the Champions League, in which top teams from Europe battle it out in a league format.

7) FIFA 2000



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I started playing FIFA from 2002. Can never forget that day. Although, I played it in the year 2008/09 because I had been "Pes-ing" only. FIFA changed my perspective on Soccer Gaming.