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Ajax Club Football 2005 for PlayStation 2
Ajax Club Football 2005 for PlayStation 2 places Ajax at the centre of a full football game. The squad, kits and club presentation are based on the 2004-2005 season, while over 250 other clubs are also available. Eleven-a-side matches combine short passes, through balls, crosses, shots and individual skill moves with familiar stadium sounds and Ajax imagery.
Career guides the club through matches and develops players with earned skill points. Practice lets you rehearse controls and set pieces. Classic Scenarios begins in historical or difficult match situations and asks you to overturn a deficit or preserve a result. You can also create players and add them to the current squad.
Two players can compete locally with two controllers. Most licensed club content is devoted to Ajax; other teams fill competitions and matches but do not receive the same archive material. Data and players belong to 2004 and are not updated. This is therefore not a modern Ajax squad, but a football release preserving one club and one period.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Ajax Club Football 2005 supports one or two players on PlayStation 2. Two controllers are required for a local two-player match. The squad and club data are a snapshot of 2004-2005.
Manual
Ajax Club Football 2005 for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Ajax Club Football 2005
Codemasters began the Club Football series in 2003 with separate versions for major European clubs. Instead of one neutral package, each edition received kits, photographs, videos and menus centred on one club. Ajax was confirmed for Club Football 2005 alongside Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Liverpool and Real Madrid, among others.
Club Football 2005 was released in Europe in autumn 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows. Codemasters said it doubled the official club content and added Career, Practice and Classic Scenarios. The match engine also gained faster responses, new skill moves and improved goalkeeper animations. All club editions shared that core.
The Ajax version is not a separately developed football engine, but a targeted edition of Club Football 2005. That prevents confusion with general football games or the previous year's Club Football. Later squads, transfers and stadium changes are absent, as are online-updated teams and current rules. Its historical value lies in the official Ajax presentation and the snapshot of 2004-2005.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
FIFA Football 2005 offers many official leagues, national teams and a broad career without favouring one club. Ajax Club Football 2005 has a smaller overall scale but adds Ajax photographs, videos and club presentation. FIFA is the encyclopaedic season title; Club Football is the focused supporter edition.
Pro Evolution Soccer 4 strongly emphasises ball feel, formations and building attacks, but uses fewer official club names and kits. Ajax Club Football 2005 plays more directly and compensates with a full Ajax licence and archive material. The choice is between refined match mechanics and a clearer club identity.
This Is Football 2005 contains a wide selection of teams and tournaments with its own fast match engine. Ajax Club Football 2005 shares the general football format but builds menus, images and scenarios around Ajax. Players who want many countries and clubs treated equally find more breadth in This Is Football.
UEFA Euro 2004 is entirely about national teams and the route to the European Championship. Ajax Club Football 2005 uses club football, a career and over 250 clubs, with Ajax as its main subject. Both preserve 2004 squads, but competition, presentation and rivalries are entirely different.
LMA Manager 2005 mainly has you manage contracts, tactics, training and club finances; you watch matches as a manager. Ajax Club Football 2005 lets you control players directly and simplifies management. Both offer a club season, but only Club Football centres on passing, dribbling and shooting yourself.
