2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa recreates the international tournament through World Cup licences, national teams, qualification, and South African venues. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa recreates the international tournament through World Cup licences, national teams, qualification, and South African venues. Tournament licences, nations, and atmosphere are excellent, while match feel, modes, and local play are solid. Content centres on one event with limited long-term depth, and online services and roster data are dated. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. This description covers the original xbox-360 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
FIFA is EA SPORTS’ football series built around passing moves, defensive decisions and the excitement of scoring. Across its history, careers, Ultimate Team and women’s football broadened the experience beyond individual matches.
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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa recreates the international tournament through World Cup licences, national teams, qualification, and South African venues.
Tournament licences, nations, and atmosphere are excellent, while match feel, modes, and local play are solid. Content centres on one event with limited long-term depth, and online services and roster data are dated. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. Overall, its main strengths are Tournament licences, nations, and atmosphere are excellent; Match feel, modes, and local play are solid. Its material limitations are Content centres on one event with limited long-term depth; Online services and roster data are dated. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Tournament licences, nations, and atmosphere are excellent
- Match feel, modes, and local play are solid
Weaknesses
- Content centres on one event with limited long-term depth
- Online services and roster data are dated
Who it is for: Players who value tournament licences, nations, and atmosphere are excellent and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect content centres on one event with limited long-term depth and online services and roster data are dated.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Match feel, modes, and local play are solid; Online services and roster data are dated. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Tournament licences, nations, and atmosphere are excellent; Content centres on one event with limited long-term depth. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Match feel, modes, and local play are solid; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox-360 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Content centres on one event with limited long-term depth. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Electronic Arts
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2010
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsReplayablePlayer versus PlayerSports-based PlayThird PersonModern SettingLow Entry BarrierLocal Co-op
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2010
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2010
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