Sometimes it’s barely distinguishable from the product that Sky and BT sell you every weekend. Play a match between two Premier League teams and the graphics even include the necessary hashtag, but it all works together to create a package that practically reeks of football – at least of the televised variety. In fact, branding is everywhere in FIFA 18, just like the real thing (depressingly). It’s not the best start, but it’s hard not to be impressed by the life EA has injected into the Bernabeu, or almost any one of the countless other real-world stadiums that are featured in the game, particularly when you run into the crowd to celebrate.įlags and banners cascade down from the upper tier at Boca’s Bombanera, LA Galaxy’s Stubhub Arena is bathed in Californian sun, and even the more run-of-the-mill grounds get localised advertising hoardings to really add to that sense of immersion. You are Cristiano Ronaldo with the ball at your feet on the edge of the 18-yard box, but because it doesn’t know you play with alternate controls (you’re not a heathen), you dink it gently into the arms of the waiting Jan Oblak.
In fact, it’s never been better.Īfter a hectic intro sequence, the first thing it gets you to do is stand over a free-kick during the Madrid derby.
Regardless of whether you’re playing online or offline, yet again EA has absolutely nailed the presentation in FIFA 18.
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