I really like the stupid little details in the game, the other day the ball hit the goalies water bottle and they show the “5 mins of injury time” man walking out.
I've found myself playing FIFA 20 thanks to EA Play. Only dabbling with the training so far but I'm liking the feel of it, very responsive, and a bit of freedom with what balls you play and where. I'm loving the options you have when receiving the ball too, regular control, close touch, knock it into space to run into it and you can not touch it at all and let it run into space. Very nice, especially in comparison to shitty PES which I've not played for a good while now.
The acid test will be when I'm playing a season and the patterns start to appear where it feels a bit scripted instead of keeping the feeling that anything is possible if I can pull it off.
Ffs, EA know how to push my buttons.
Start with an unskippable cutscene...then jump into a game mode i don't want without seeing up controls, then twice badger me about signing in to play online...followed by tonnes of notices and ads
One exhibition game was enough for me. Not bad, but not something i'd bother with in single player. PES the same really. There's just a general lack of joyfulness in modern footy games i find. Without the extra edge from multiplayer against a human, it's all a bit meh! Then again, maybe I'm just too old and grumpy!
I think also there’s an inbuilt justice system where if you do a cynical foul it makes your players ghosts for a few seconds or will give a penalty away.
Should I just be grinding out squad battles in FUT?
Maradona has lit up my first two games. Absolute star. Scored 3 and assisted another, including a lovely free kick. Shame he's only hanging around for one more match.
It's such a shame that it doesn't look like you can play cross-gen. I play clubs on One X but I can't access the club on X/S. Makes the upgrade pretty pointless although Ultimate Team can be played between the two on the same save.
Game play feels a little different too - really funny seeing much better ranked players getting pumped cos they're playing to the Xbox One 'Formula-to-Win'.