12/3/2023 0 Comments Fifa 20![]() It’s certainly not broken, and it doesn’t need fixing.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. It’s still just as addicting as it was five years ago, but now navigating menus and dredging through your transfer list is more efficient. There’s also some fantastic quality of life improvements to the menus, including a radial bar that automatically tells you which consumable you need to use. Ultimate Team now has a battle pass progression system and, by proxy, more means to receive coins and packs to offset the predatory economy. Beyond that there are some fun interactive press conferences, but it’s really all set dressing rather than a proper overhaul. In career mode, you can now reply to late night texts from Jamaal Lascelles, if you fancy, in order to keep morale high with your players. Visuals are much too similar to FIFA 19 with a few coats of polish (the sheen on Jonjo Shelvey’s head is blinding) but at this point, we’re going to have to wait until the next generation of consoles to see a true graphical upgrade in a FIFA game - if that’s something you even care about. You can just ignore it, but its existence is obtrusive regardless. Shooting is still difficult to master, with particular thanks given to the controversial mini-game introduced in FIFA 19 where you have to hit the circle button once more to finesse the shot, which still feels rather unnatural. The minutiae of player attributes feel like they mean something as a result, especially when they’re aired out properly in Ultimate Team. Bad habitsĪnother consequence is that there are far less dangerous two-footed tackles in FIFA 20, a consequence of revamping the pace system to give players genuine speed.ĭeandre Yedlin is an unstoppable force when you flick the stick to send him hurtling down the wing, and even one defender out of position will more confidently lead to an opposing ball in your net. From a simple tackle to an eight-pass finish, everything is earned in this year’s beautiful game, and we’re pleased to say that a lot of what you may call “sweaty” tactics have been ironed out. It certainly makes things more complex, but rising to the challenge is part of the buy-in with FIFA 20, as it really strives to expose and convince you into playing the kind of soccer the game wants you to play. You can add varying degrees of spin with the right stick to your extra time upsets to really dismantle your opponent’s entire FIFA career. Set pieces are now stick-targeted and far more creative. This charm is aided by a diverse soundtrack which taps Jorja Smith, Mura Masa and Slowthai. They’re hit and miss in terms of successful quirks, with the ball-holding King of the Hill amounting to a frustrating bore but No Rules hackathons and Survival matches (where a random player is ejected from the scoring team after putting away a goal) delivering some of the most refreshing matches of FIFA we’ve played in years.Ĭrucially, for those of you in a household where there’s always a game of FIFA to be played, the ability to turn on some Rocket League-esque wacky modifiers is appreciated, and coats FIFA 20 in a light-hearted veneer which, when combined with Volta, helps to hack at its stoic exterior. House rulesĪ focus on fun and listening to the fans arises elsewhere in the FIFA 20 package, most notably in the new rule-breaking game modes that have made their way into Ultimate Team. When Volta starts to appear more like the polished ‘proper soccer’ found elsewhere in FIFA 20, you start to see the sharp edges. The option to have no walls feels counterintuitive and less fun, as does increasing the team size to 5v5. ![]() In the same way though, Volta feels bogged down by the fact that it isn’t exactly FIFA Street. It’s great fun if you aren’t a stickler for the rules, and it feels like a modernized version of FIFA Street, which is quite the bold compliment. Skill moves are naturally quite important here, and it’s all about creating fluidity between your teammates by using your environment, ensuring they have proper positioning near the box so they can hammer away goals and embarrass the opposition. This marks the first time men and women can share a pitch in a FIFA game too, which is a welcome delight. ![]() Matches are finished by accumulating a set number of goals, and can be over and done with in an instant or an age if you’re matched with a capable player. Volta is all about showmanship, skill and making a fool of your opponent. You can skip the cringy cutscenes and moan (quite rightly) about the long knockout tournaments, but the part worth caring about is the gameplay itself. It doesn’t have the beating heart of The Journey, but the variety of locations, gloss and neon make up for that.
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