Tag: FIFA 19
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FIFA’s Ultimate Team Future Stars are here
EA has announced the full list of 21 players who make up the Future Stars roster. What Future Stars are, essentially, is stat-boosted versions of players that EA think are on the cusp of becoming special players. These cards are designed as imaginings of just how good these players could be if they go on […]
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Xbox One ‘Countdown’ sale is on now!
As most people countdown to Christmas with chocolate treats hidden behind cardboard doors, Xbox gamers can count down the days by buying one of the discounted games in the Xbox One Countdown sale every day. Well, you might not need that many games, but it will be hard to keep the willpower long enough to […]
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EA are addressing lag issues in the latest FIFA 19 update
It’s the 90th minute of a tense game, the scores are level at 1-1, you’re through on goal with only the keeper to beat. You compose yourself, take a deep breath, then…the connection goes tits up and you smash your shot three foot over the crossbar before smashing your controller up in anger. We’ve all […]
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FIFA 19 update nerfs AI defending
FIFA 19 has a new patch on PC (coming to Xbox One and PS4 “in the near future”), and this one looks to address the issue of players finding it much easier and more effective to let their AI teammates defend for them. This patch is aimed at making controlling your own defenders a “more […]
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FIFA 19 update nerfs finesse shots
A new FIFA 19 update has gone live on the PC (it will be coming to consoles soon) and it addresses a number of things, most notably a nerf to first-time finesse shots. Bear with me, because I’m about to get all mathematical on your ass. This nerf will adjust the effectiveness of first-time finesse […]
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FIFA 19 update nerfs overhead kicks
There’s a new update out for FIFA 19, and it’s a pretty big one that addresses a number of issues. Most notably, it brings us the much needed nerf to overhead kicks. In our FIFA 19 review, we noted that overhead kicks were in a ridiculous state. Every man and his dog were doing them, […]
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FIFA 19
I really do think that on the pitch, FIFA 19—although still not perfect—is in the best place the series has been for a while, and if Ultimate Team is all you’re interested in then you’ll have a blast with FIFA 19. If I were to score FIFA 19 purely on the game of football it plays then I would award it a solid 8/10; It is, however, EA’s attitude off the pitch as it continually neglects key modes in favour of funnelling you towards this pay-to-win, microtransaction-heavy experience that I can’t bring myself to support, so if the only way for me to speak out against it is to award a lower score than the game of football it offers deserves, then so be it.
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FIFA 19 Will Show ‘Pack Odds’ in Ultimate Team
Amid the legal conversations with the Belgium government regarding loot boxes in FIFA due to them being considered a form of gambling which—is of course illegal in Belgium—EA have decided to release the ‘odds’ of getting players in packs in FIFA 19. They have most likely done this because of the legal situation they are […]
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EA is Finally Making Sense of Team Chemistry in FIFA 19
On the face of it, and to any casual FIFA player, FIFA is an easy game to understand. I mean, you’re just playing football right? Wrong. If you’re a fan of Ultimate Team, you’ll know that ‘team chemistry’ plays a role. This is affected by the players you choose for your squad; for example, if […]
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Fifa 19 Demo Content and First Impressions
The battle for top dog of football games may very well be over before it’s started this year. The FIFA vs PES battle has been a bit of a dead rubber in recent times, and this year is shaping up to be no different. With PES sales already massively down on this time last year, […]