Trophy: World Cup (Scotland)
Remember that time Scotland was in the 2002 World Cup? Remember? The one which took place in Japan and Korea? Remember how well we did? Oh, that's right. We didn't even qualify for it. So how did I managed to win the bloody thing with them in the video game version?
Well, not wishing to remind any Scottish fans that their team is rubbish (or, more importantly, not wishing to discourage Scottish gamers from buying the game), EA decided to make it so that, if you wish, you can enter the tournament as one of a handful of teams who failed to qualify, in this case the Scots. All the game does is kick out a low-ranked team who did qualify. In this tournament I was placed in Group H with Japan, Belgium and Russia, with actual qualifiers Tunisia politely asked to leave so I could make way.
The game itself isn't going to win any "best football game ever" awards, or even any "best World Cup game ever" ones (that accolade going to World Cup 98: more on that another day). It's slow, it's sloppy... it's FIFA at the turn of the millennium, basically.
Still, I managed to beat Brazil and Germany on my way to a final against Spain, who I beat 1-0 by scoring in the last minute. Here's a video of the winning goal:
And here are the celebrations, as described by the least enthusiastic sounding commentator of all time. Considering that a below-average team has just won the World Cup he doesn't seem that bothered by anything.
And, of course, the required images (including a ridiculous pink inflatable mascot in the background):
1 comment:
A pink cow? A pink cow?! What were they thinking?!
Well done, Chris! :-D
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