This is an excellent choice if you want a good, child friendly football game.

If you’re after just one good and challenging football game this autumn, there is only one contestant: “FIFA 10”. FIFA is a title that rarely let you down, and EA manages each year to add new elements and improvements. In this year’s edition you can amongst other things represent your favourite club and your own country. So it’s important to develop good skills, in order to get a place on the team. In this new mode, called “be a pro”, you can also create your own player from scratch. This means you build your player’s looks and skills, as well as choose what position you want to play. What separates this mode from the others is that you don’t steer the whole team, but just one single player. For each game you complete you get experience points, and these can be used to improve the skills of your player. Another new element is that you get tips from the coach at half time, which might help you do better at the second half. If you’re an experienced FIFA-player you might think this game is far too simple, but at the same time, this is a positive thing for the less experienced.

During football play you more or less exclusively use the button functions. The touch screen is used only for penalties and free kicks, or if you want to change tactics or send more players into defence during the game. “FIFA 10” is a game full of charm and elegance, and it contains, as usual, a number of good tunes.

Child suitability:
Everyone can play football, and this game is child friendly in every way. Small children will probably need some help, seeing as the game is a little demanding and difficult. It might also take a bit of time to learn all the button functions. To play “FIFA 10” you must be able to read. For this reason it is best suited to children from seven years of age.

Score: 5

Suggested age: Suitable for children from 7 years.

Format: Nintendo DS

PEGI: 3