The PC version won the "Best Sports" award in PC PowerPlay 's Game of the Year 1999 Awards. At the 1999 Milia festival in Cannes, it took home a "Gold" prize for revenues above €50 million in the European Union during 1998.
The PC version took "Gold", for 100,000 sales, at the same time. In February 1999, the PlayStation version received a "Platinum" sales award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), indicating sales of at least 200,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The game was a bestseller in the UK, replacing Tomb Raider III. Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the PC version four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "one of the best sports games you can buy." In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported and published by Electronic Arts Victor under the name FIFA 99: Europa League Soccer ( FIFA99 ヨーロッパリーグ・サッカー, FIFA 99 Yōroppa Rīgu Sakkā) on 26 August 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.
The game received favorable reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. It was also the first game to feature a block containing teams which did not pertain to any of the main leagues (back then, it was known as "Rest of Europe" since all teams were European, the vast majority of them featured either in the 1998–99 season of the Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup or Champions League). Gamers may also create their own custom cups and leagues and select the teams they wish to participate.įIFA 99 also features an elite league called the "European Dream League" in which 20 top teams from across Europe battle it out in a league format. Graphically, it is a major improvement over FIFA '98, with the inclusion of basic facial animations and different players' heights as well as certain other cosmetic features such as improved kits and emblems, although they are unlicensed. The increasing number of websites dedicated to the game and a larger number of leagues (the Malaysian league was removed, and on its stead came two new leagues: the Belgian First Division and the Portuguese Primeira Liga this came to be a problem when the owners of the rights to the Primeira Liga tried to pull the game from the shelves locally).
While the indoor mode was no longer featured, the gameplay's fluidity and responsiveness was increased.
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