UEFA Champions League 2004-2005
Size: 1.14 GB
About:
After many years under Eidos/Silicon Dreams ownership and development, EA releases the official Champions League game for the 2004/2005 season.
The last rehash of the engine debuted on FIFA 2003, it draws most of it's gameplay elements from the 2005 edition, but with some changes to gameplay such as a slightly more aggressive AI on attack (reducing the need to constantly push players forward using the Off The Ball controls, still present), new refereeing aspects such as some deliberate errors (as in occasional bad offside calls or throw-ins, not cheating the player through mistakes), advantage rule and handballs and a new set piece system, which replaces the much criticized "targeting" and "push and shove" featured in 2005. This system is much less rigid and less formulaic, as a directional arrow and powerbars define how balls are crossed and there are four player movement setups, thus making each corner and indirect free kicks different. For direct free kicks, players have the option to take driven or curved shots or drop a pass to a nearby player to explore a gap in the defense. All options are available at all times, instead of being determined by the distance to goal. Many of these changes were later adapted into the new FIFA 06 engine, and it was also chosen as the match engine for subsequent Bright Future's FIFA Manager.
The presentation takes notes from real television broadcasts, with goals, fouls and attempts on goal being recapped not only in the full-time highlight reel but also during game stoppages and PiP popups. As the game is presented in a faux letterboxed format, next to the scoreline some statistics occasionally popup, allowing to keep track of them for some missions. A very requested feature, the ability to see the energy bars of the closest players to the ball of both teams, was finally included, as well as icons for the special abilities (speed, shooting, dribbling or tackling) of the best players.
The Champions League, where the player leads one team to the Final in the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, in the quest to succeed FC Porto as European Champions, is one of the available modes, but not the most important. That honour goes to the "The Season" mode, where the player starts by creating his managing avatar, and then proceeds to a a series of 50 missions, with the first being a close last-week match against a Champions League spot rival, proceeding with a buyout of the club and increased expectations, and (hopefully) closing with the Champions League final. This mode also allows players to unlock additional features such as balls, a stadium and special exhibition modes by fulfilling objectives set by the club president during the season, some of them crucial matches (which can result in a sacking if failed), others simply a matter of balancing the squad. Other modes include the usual friendlies, "home and away" (a two-legged friendly), scenarios (where the player can create situations such as a defending a 1-0 nil for 45 minutes while two man down) and practice.
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░ Proudly Presents.. UEFA Champions League 2004-2005 *Clone* (c) EA GAMES
Release Date : 02-03-05 Protection : Safedisc
File Count : CD1=41x15mb Game Genre : Sports / Soccer
CD2=42x15mb
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Electronic Arts and UEFA light up the football pitch with a
stunning new game that puts you straight into the pressure cooker
that is UEFA Champions League 2004 - 2005.
EA Sports re-creates the real life world of top flight football to
make this the first mission-based football game. There are over 50
challenging on and off-field missions to overcome throughout the
domestic and European season. Can you handle the pressure of
having to win 2-0, or to be told by your new boss that your main
striker has to be sold?
Choose one of any clubs out of a possible 239 -from the FA Premier
League, German Bundesliga, Spanish Primera Liga, Italian Serie A
and French Ligue 1. There are a number of extra clubs outside of
these leagues to take to Champions League glory.
Features:
Formations
Closing of midfield gap
Team-mates provide more support via runs and movement
Intelligent player logic to avoid getting caught offside close
to the goal and in unrealistic situations
Defenders will try to play further up the field
(also helping to reduce midfield gap)
More automatic player runs
Additional players in the penalty area for crosses
More variety in player position for attackers (formation offset)
Dribbling Responsiveness
Sharper/cleaner turns at jog speeds
More responsive 90 degree turns
Improved control at sprint speeds.
Crossing
More crossing assistance
Ability to cut the ball back to the edge of the penalty area
when crossing from the by-line.
Variable targeting and trajectories on crosses.
More players in the penalty area on crosses
Double tap low crosses have more variety in height, pace and
trajectory
Goalkeepers
The keeper has better control over deflections
Improved keeper charge decision making
More variety in keeper save animations
CPU Tactics
Substitutions
End of Match if winning
End of Match if losing
Set Pieces
Fast and intuitive functionality
Call a corner kick set play
Control the delivery (location and power) of the set piece
A short set piece option at all times
Realistic Ball Physics
Re-use of the shot meter functionality (press and release)
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"Vengeance is not the point, change is. But the trouble is that in
most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of
punishing the enemy coincide."
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Install Notes (Please follow these instructions IN ORDER)
1. Unpack the release with WinRAR or equivalent
2. Burn the bin/cue for CD1 with Nero Burning ROM, CDRWin or equivalent.
Use Alcohol 120% v1.9.2.1705 with the Safedisc 2/3 profile to burn CD2
using 4x write speed.
3. Install using one of the following cdkeys:
VUD5-P40A-NVNG-BMRA-E4EO
35U4-2PXL-EVNG-JMWX-J4A7
KUPF-AD79-LVNG-GBBM-241B
R4YY-NT5P-XVNG-H2EE-S4I2
4. Play!
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