The story mode is fun, if slightly cliched, and you can simply ignore it if it’s not for you, while Ultimate Team is still as addictive as ever. Whatever level you are, investing in good youth scouts is an absolute must if you want to bring through superstars. Football – the version played with the feet rather than the hands – is the most popular sport in the world, so it's no surprise to see FIFA 17 utterly dominate the sales charts around the globe. EA announced as part of an earnings call overnight that the latest iteration of its soccer simulation was the best-selling console... In many ways it’s a resounding yes, but FIFA and PES are now more different than ever, and that’s a good thing.

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For all the adjustments and additions that don’t quite work, you can hardly accuse EA Sports of not trying. Some might argue that the new systems for set-pieces and penalties are changes for change’s sake. But while I did wonder if having to adjust your position in the run-up to penalties might be a needless complication of what should be a simple process, I’m sure plenty will appreciate the greater nuance – and, admittedly, it does add to the pressure. All told, there’s still plenty of room for improvement, but the on-pitch action is an advance on last year. FIFA 17 Review – GameSpot". gamespot.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017 . Retrieved 2 February 2017. I enjoyed the demos of both FIFA and PES. The commentary on FIFA is a turn off for me. One of the reasons I quite like PES at the moment. Not that the commentary is better, by any stretch, but it's just different! I can't listen to Alan Smith any longer. It sounds odd at first having a single-player campaign in a football game that isn’t completely about management, but it’s hardly something new. 2K has been at it for years with its MyCareer mode in the NBA series, with the mode becoming increasingly popular with each iteration. Spike Lee even directed last year’s version.NOOOOOOOOOOOO! THE WORLD IS DOOMED! FIFA IS ON THE XBOX!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You know, having Martial starring for Burnley in the "EPL" is one thing, but the real pleasure for many players of Fifa is in bringing through the next generation of wonderkids. The journey is a welcome addition and is really fun.... Until you have to play some football, I feel they have tried to hard on the journey and making the visuals look like sky sports. Doing that they forgot about the important bit.... The football.

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For years, the role of a game changer has often fallen to positions that can make greater waves on the field - be it a holding midfielder or an aggressive forward. But for Fifa 17, EA Canada has finally tweaked its setup to include the humble goalkeeper in the action. Out of interest, are the photo-realistic Managers given tangible personalities in terms of favoured tactics and substitutions? In football’s incredibly unpredictable world, FIFA’s regular yearly launch provides us with a nice bit of stability. But in the most odds-defying 12 months of football I can remember, can the latest update to the beautiful game’s most popular sim still stand tall against Konami’s fantastic PES 2017? FIFA 17 controls for PS3 and PS4 gamepad controllers. The controls in this guide refer to the Classic configuration.Yin-Poole, Wesley (12 June 2016). "FIFA 17 has a story mode with a Mass Effect-style dialogue wheel". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018 . Retrieved 12 June 2016. At the most basic point, The Journey is simply a career mode with some fancy acting and a simple story. That’s far from a bad thing, though. Speaking of Career, the managerial side of things has seen some slight alterations this year. For starters, you can now choose the look of your manager from a selection of preset models. Naturally, most of them look like grumpy older geezers, but it's a welcome addition nonetheless, and it means that you don't appear totally out of place next to existing Premier League coaches, who, by the way, are now fully modelled in-game. And yes, it goes without saying that a good number of them look like really creepy animatronic waxworks. Fifa 17 brings plenty of new changes and modes to the mix, making this one of the most entertaining entries in years. Everything from player movement to an entirely new campaign has been tweaked or overhauled.

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Any additional comments re gameplay versus Evo? I already have the latter so of chief interest would be how it measures up versus prior releases in terms of the actual football gameplay. Love it or loathe it, Manchester United is a commercial juggernaut – that much was evidenced by the sponsor-laden red carpet that was rolled out for Paul Pogba this week. And if you wondered why fictional footballer Alex Hunter signs for the Red Devils in FIFA 17's forthcoming story mode, then this may explain a thing or two: EA... Some familiar FIFA annoyances rear their ugly head again – notably the pesky referees. Penalties are given for the slightest touch in the box, and yellow (and red) cards are handed out seemingly for challenges that shouldn’t even warrant a stop in play. On 23 June 2016, EA Sports announced that the J1 League and J.League Cup will be featured in the game for the first time. [10] On 4 September 2016, EA Sports announced at Brasil Game Show 2016 that 18 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A teams will be featured in their respective league ( Corinthians and Flamengo, who signed an exclusivity deal with Konami for Pro Evolution Soccer, do not appear). Five Série B teams are also in the game. The Brazilian teams in the game have generic player names which the user cannot change. [11] Women's teams, who were introduced in FIFA 16, also return, with the Norway women's national football team being added to the series but they removed stadium Camp Nou and added El Libertador in FIFA 17 The first demo of the game came out on 13 September 2016. It included eleven teams: Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, and Gamba Osaka.How about being able to play the ball exactly where you want it to go based on your skill? nope it's like a magnet ball, the same as all the other years. And the passing has a slight delay... Which for any football game lover, such as myself is a cardinal sin. FIFA 17 review – second place". metro.co.uk. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017 . Retrieved 2 February 2017. FIFA 17 cover vote: Anthony Martial, Eden Hazard, James, Marco Reus". ESPN. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018 . Retrieved 24 August 2016.