IM PLAYIN discuss some of the long-standing issues with the recent FIFA titles.
Like all great photographs, the covers of the FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer video games capture a moment in time. But which ones have been best?
Richard writes: "It would be fair to say that Martin Korda may not be the first name that springs to mind when thinking of video game writers.
However, a quick look through his credits and you will see he is responsible for such stories as The Journey on FIFA 17 and 18, Destiny: The Taken King and Fable: The Journey as well as an impressive back-catalogue. You may then start to understand why we were so keen to sit down and have a chat with him at the Yorkshire Games Festival:"
Some of the best games to play are soccer (football, for our non-American friends). When you're looking for one of the best video games for team sports, and multiplayer play, look no further than the soccer game genre. The world of soccer video games is dominated by two heavy hitters: FIFA and PES (Pro Evolution Soccer). These two game developers keep pushing each other to have better characterization, crisper graphics, and a stronger gameplay engine. As a result, the real winner is the gamer. Let's look at both and see which is best.
Really digging The Journey most. So much fun. Hope FIFA 18 does it for another league like Ligue 1
All the problems mentioned in the article are thanks to scripting, the game is perfectly capable of passing it to the player making a good run, your teammates of not getting in your way to block your runs and shots and your keeper of not hacking down the opposition or gently palming a weak shot straight onto a striker's foot, but when the mood takes it you're at the mercy of all of the above.
Clumsy and obnoxious scripting is the real problem with modern football games.
I will buy another Fifa (stopped at Fifa 13 or 14) when they decide that players do not weight 200Kg each or that they are playing on ice.
Since they changed their engine to this "new-gen", player movement is just ridiculously unresponsive.
No wonder their Metacritics are between 5 and 10 points below where it used to be.
(Inb4 "gitgud", I played at 1st division when the game was good.)
The issue with FIFA is they don't fix the stuff that ruin the games... Terrible ai that will lose you a good 90% of your games, terrible defending mechanics that are designed to be used against AI and not players. Ultimately it's what stops me from buying any football game when winning or losing is largely out of your control.
EA has been notorious for continuing their legacy issues...especially in sports games. Madden and FIFA being prime examples. It doesn't make them unplayable. But, it DOES make them less than what they could be and less immersive as a simulation of the sport.