I've followed FIFA series since the first one for the Genesis in 93, and I spent days without sleep playing it :P.
I liked these FIFA games: 94, 95 (because it was so different from 94, with clubs and much more, but just average really), 96 (loooved it!) was great but not in the 32 bit consoles, 97 was ok on Genesis (horrible anywhere else), 98 was the best one by far! (for PC
), 99 was an improvement on 98, but lost some of its feeling.
2000 was fun for a while, but if it wasn't for classic teams it would have sucked terribly (but new, revamped look sure did a good job on it!), 2001 was sort of a mix of some 2000 aspects, with FIFA 99, and I personally found it too shallow. 2002 was a bit of nice change from 2001, but average again. From 2003 on, they just try to copy WE but without success, as the only nice part of EA's game are the graphics and the full license!
WE started as a great game, and just kept improving
. I got WE 8 on the PC, as you all know, and it sure doesn't help playing on keyboard, but the overall feeling for the game is very nice, I love it! Besides a couple of minor issues, it is a superb game, and for the PS2 must be even better
!