It’s nefarious and downright immoral tactics behind the mode that make it hard to commend EA for despite it’s positives. Admittedly the mode looks and runs as smooth as ever and is a fantastic concept for a game mode. The ultimate team remains the core focus of the franchise as it continues to make all the money for EA. You will find more features and thought put into this than the career mode of the present. If you need a point of reference for this I urge you to play FIFA 06 and its career mode. Other modes like career mode remain lacklustre as it has been since the late 2000’s. Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket. Which decides to regrettably centre itself around the volta mode as well. Then the journey adds another campaign to its story. Merely adopting the core gameplay and making it fit, just barely might I add. The game adds a Volta mode which gives players a taste of old Fifa Street titles without the same charm or refined gameplay. Though, despite some graphical and gameplay additions for the better, there has been little to no change elsewhere. Fifa does still have the edge with online play and general gameplay but PES is finally beginning to close in on a franchise that has had a monopoly on the genre for over a decade. Which is laughable considering that it only gets a handful of licences thrown it’s way each year. Rival title PES Soccer 2020 does a much better job of representing a lifelike and fluid footballing scene visually.

To the point now that the step up is minimal to none. The engine has remained very much the same and therefore the graphical detail has begun to plateau.

The issue has been the inability to push the medium further. Does it look the part?įifa in the last three or four years has consistently looked the part. Allowing more a more natural playstyle and a fair chance of tackling in crucial moments. Switching between players is much more reliable and intuitive. Then in a more off the ball sense, defending has also improved. Shooting feels more reliable, strafe dribbling makes a return and pace is back with a vengeance, doing away with the rubber handing between attackers and defenders that drove players insane last year. Gameplay has had an overhaul from the mess that was FIFA 19 which is merely a necessity rather than something to commend it for. Though, if you have played games like NBA 2K20 or any UFC title, you’ll be familiar with the layout, especially the ultimate team mode that EA seem to wedge into any title that they can. Just with a much more polished set of visuals to bring it into the year of 2020. This game plays like any football game of the last two decades with core mechanics remaining very similar to early 2000’s versions of the series. It seems like a tried and tested formula that works, makes a tonne of money but one that often seems lacking a moral compass.įor those that have managed to miss the annual cash cow that is the Fifa series. With transfers being applied, new kits being added and sometimes a new mode thrown into the mix. With many fans often stating that the changes are minimal to none in most cases. As EA keeps on churning out annual sporting titles like clockwork, it can be difficult to keep up with the changes are new features of each Fifa instalment. It’s that time again, as EA pump out Fifa 20, another routine, no thrills addition to their football franchise.

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