Sports titles exist within a bubble that?s strangeness seems at odds with the relative normality of games dealing with athletics. There?s no part of the world unfamiliar with some kind of sport, so there?s nothing inherently weird about a franchise based around them?except for the fact that so few of them change over the years. Whereas other series are lambasted for anything that doesn?t amount to careful, honed perfection or a reinvention of core gameplay, series like FIFA could, if the developer were so inclined, probably just bump up the graphics a little bit, reorder the team rosters, and call it a day.
Don?t worry. FIFA 19 is far from just a small graphical upgrade from its predecessor, although it does shine there, too. What EA has accomplished with this title is nothing short of a collection of the most soccer ever assembled. Everything is soccer even when it isn?t. Have we tried throwing a League Cup at world hunger" Has anyone played soccer to settle international conflict rather than with violence" After playing through a refined The Journey campaign, I?m beginning to wonder if there?s a problem that can?t be solved with a little bit of footy and a sweet highlight real goal. Don?t Stop Believin?
The Journey was championed by many as the reason FIFA 17 was such a breakout title in a long-standing franchise, and was subsequently something of a disappointment in FIFA 18 when the game mode failed to capitalize on some of the insights gleaned from the first ...