This is football

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This is Football (often just called TIF ) is a video game series of football games for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 produced by Sony Computer Entertainment . The games were produced in the SCE London Studio , with Thomas Helmer commenting on the German versions . Further cooperation took place with the game developer Team Soho and FIFPro , which is responsible for the rights and licenses .

General information

This is Football is a football simulation that is controlled using a gamepad . The game is not subject to any age rating, but from This is Football 2004 an age recommendation of 3 years has been set by the Pan European Game Information . The language is German , and foreign-language versions have also been published. In addition to the single player mode, there is also a multiplayer mode .

chronology

Publication date title system Cover picture (German version)
1999 Soccer Live PlayStation cheering player
2000 Soccer Live II PlayStation two soccer players
September 17, 2001 This is Football 2002 PlayStation 2 Mehmet Scholl
July 15, 2003 This is Football 2003 PlayStation 2 Michael Ballack
March 24, 2004 This is Football 2004 PlayStation 2 Michael Ballack
September 28, 2004 This is Football 2005 PlayStation 2 Michael Ballack
September 1, 2005 World Tour Soccer PlayStation Portable Soccer
June 28, 2006 World Tour Soccer 2 PlayStation Portable Michael Ballack

This is Football was the first title in the series and was released exclusively for PlayStation in 1999 . The game features over 5000 players, 230 authentic teams and more than 20 competitions. There is also the option of editing teams and saving game scenes on a memory card. With the help of a multitap , up to eight players can take part in the game.

This is Football 2002 was released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2 . On the cover is Mehmet Scholl displayed. The game has 800 original player names, and you can create your own team in a career mode and play with it in higher leagues.

On the cover of This is Football 2003 is Michael Ballack displayed when he at the 2002 FIFA World Cup celebrates a goal. Since This is Football sold more than 400,000 copies across Europe in 2003 , a Platinum version of the game was released. A frequent point of criticism is the long and frequent loading times.

This is Football 2004 was the first title in the series to have an online mode . Michael Ballack is shown on the cover, who makes additional comments with Béla Réthy .

With the help of an EyeToy camera, faces can be photographed at This is Football 2005 and inserted into the game as player faces. The game was also released in a platinum edition. No successor for the PlayStation 2 has been announced.

In 2005 Sony released World Tour Soccer , an offshoot of the game for the PlayStation Portable , which is based on This is Football . On June 28, 2006, the successor World Tour Soccer 2 was released.

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