FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006

FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006 is a football simulator released specifically for the World Cup, and the game took its event seriously. The rights made it possible to reproduce not only the final part of the tournament, but also the qualifying cycle: you can take control of more than a hundred national teams of the world and lead them through qualification for the main holiday. In the main mode, real groups, squads, stadiums and equipment of national teams are available, and matches take place according to the schedule of a real tournament. A separate opportunity is to play for famous football players and rewrite the course of the championship according to your own scenario: leading a team that was eliminated at an early stage to victory is quite possible here. Additionally, there is a challenge mode, where you are invited to repeat memorable episodes and pull out matches that in reality ended unsuccessfully. Such tasks force you not just to play, but to solve a specific problem in limited conditions, which adds excitement. In addition to the final part, you can play friendly matches of any team with its entire real composition, which is especially convenient for those who like to test hypotheses like “what if they met in a group.” The music, the menu design and the conversations of the commentators create the mood of a great celebration, which is how the championship will be remembered. For its year, the game turned out to be easy and friendly to beginners, which is rare for official tournament releases. The weather, lawns, music and decoration convey the mood of the German summer. The game came out light and festive, without the excessive weight of the simulator: for fans of big tournaments, this is a pleasant reminder of the football month that the whole country spent in front of screens.