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Video Games - Consoles Published date: September 26, 2016 Modified date: November 21, 2016

This year's new FIFA has better graphics and a brand new story mode, but is it still the premier football sim?


 


It's not easy taking to the pitch every year, with the expectation of fans weighing down more heavily with each new appearance. But while there's nothing a player can do about the ravages of age, video game sequels are expected to constantly outperform their previous efforts. But things rarely work out that way. Video game franchises always ebb and flow in quality, as new ideas make their debut and then slowly decline in worth until they're replaced with something new. And that can mean awkward transition years, where games are caught between the new and the old… good ideas and bad. By the way, welcome to our site for cheap fifa 17 coins, you will not be disappointed.


 


That's exactly the position FIFA 17 is in this year, and although it is still a perfectly entertaining football sim it's also an obviously flawed one. A lot of effort has been expended in terms of improving the graphics and making a single-player story campaign worth your time, but the gameplay has seen far less in the way of positive change. Which contrasts with series rival Pro Evolution Soccer, which is currently the best it's been in a generation.


 


But the one area where FIFA will always dominate is in the size of its budget, and the new ‘The Journey' story mode is something PES is unlikely to ever have any equivalent to. Taking control of young Alex Hunter, in his journey from zero to hero, you're given specific challenges to try and compete during a match, tutorial style training sequences, and adventure game style choices about what you do behind the scenes and at press conferences.


 


Although it could have stopped there The Journey actually bothers to tell a proper story, and its emotional moments can be genuinely touching. It's clichéd and schmaltzy, but in such an honest and enthusiastic way it's hard not to love. Although the game's usual ‘3' age rating means it's a rather sanitised view of the modern game. The Journey is the best thing to happen to single-player football games in a long time (although it's not in the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 versions) and an important win for FIFA 17. Especially given the questions that loom over the on-pitch action.


 


Compared to last year's release (which in itself was hardly a milestone for the franchise) the gameplay changes in FIFA 17 are all relatively minor. The most immediately noticeable though are that the pace of play is faster, arguably too much so, and it's now easier to shield the ball from defenders. That means, of course, that it's also harder to win possession, with the now ineffectual sliding tackles having you chase around the pitch like a headless chicken.


 


Computer-controlled players often seem to suffer similar problems, although the artificial intelligence has seen mild improvement when attacking – with more variety in tactics and a willingness to start a run from almost anywhere on the pitch. Passing is definitely less accurate than last year though, with the game frequently assuming you're trying to pass the ball to the wrong player.


 


Set piece play has also seen some significant change, albeit in that ‘Is this just so they could say that something has changed?' way common to sports game sequels. Most are no better or worse than before, just different. Although having to control the run-up to penalties with the left stick and aim with the right is a fun little mini-game moment.


 


In terms of graphics, this is the first time that a FIFA game has used the same Frostbite graphics engine as used in Battlefield. Up close the graphics in FIFA 17 do look excellent, but of course that's not how you play the game most of them time and it's really only with The Journey that the difference is particularly notable. While you're actually playing a match the upgrade seems much more modest.


 


And while FIFA 17 looks great in screenshots the new animations can sometimes be so overdone that they start to interfere with the responsiveness of players, who often seem to take just that millisecond too long to do what you ask of them.


 


When it comes to the depth and breadth of game modes though, FIFA 17 is still without rival. FIFA Ultimate Team now has a new competitive mode featuring in-game prizes, that is destined to take the obsession to a whole new level. And that's on top of the standard career mode – which is completely separate to The Journey – and now offers more control over your chosen club and its business.


 

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