HonestReview11

Pure garbage. 8 years for this? How can you release this unfinished product years after the masterpiece The Witcher 3, I don't get it. If you have a machine that actually runs the game without a glitch every 2 minutes and horrendous texture as well as low framerate, the game is still boring and disappointing.

Out of the box the game is very arcade (too fast, goalkeepers allow weird goals, too easy to score from a distance, to easy to pass the ball), you need to modify the sliders and settings and you can make it slower and more realistic. I am wondering if many reviewers even tried to do that. I tried PES 2018 (demo and full game) before buying FIFA 18, and in my opinion FIFA is a much better game including the gameplay (again, with proper settings/sliders). Once you find the best settings to make the GK better and more realistic, slow down the game and passing, (both for you and the AI) the gameplay is very satisfying. Graphics and presentation are very good, commentaries could be improved. There is a good variety of teams to play with, however national teams such as Croatia, Japan, Korea, Iran, Bosnia, Ukraine, Nigeria, and Costa Rica should all be in the game, even as generic it would be better than nothing. We could use a few more clubs (two major Brazilian clubs are missing due to licensing, and a few clubs playing European cups are also missing). An edit/import teams mode would be a nice addition. FIFA had the creation center and I don't understand what they got rid of it. We definitely could also use more stadiums, EA lost the FC Barcelona's Camp Nou last year, this year tno more Dortmund's impressive stadium. That's quite annoying. Adding an MLS stadium (LA Galaxy) shouldn't be a priority over Napoli's stadium, or Feyenoord, Galatasaray, Maracana, Lyon, Benfica, Celtic and many others. Game modes didn't change much from last year which is probably not a bad thing, the journey is back so if you enjoyed it in FIFA 17 that's good news for you. I mostly play offline and manager/career mode so I won't review modes such as Ultimate Team. The career mode (as a manager) is good but needs new features other than cut scenes, and to fix some things EA got wrong for years. There are for example too many big transfers made by the computer, players attributes start decreasing way too soon (sometimes before they hit 30 years old!). I understand how someone can dislike FIFA 18 just like I gave an honest chance to PES 2018 and didn't enjoy it at all, but the fact you struggle to defend and you don't change the settings and sliders to try different things doesn't deserve a ZERO. EA Sports game are mostly arcade, many kids who play sports games now only care about ultimate team, speed, scoring a ton of goals, winning games online...that's okay different generation, things change...Fortunately you can make it what you like (more of a simulation) and have a lot of fun. I am not a "fanboy", I earn my money and I think twice before I put so much money in a video game. While this game could be much better and I regret EA doesn't seem to care about certain things, overall it's a very good football/soccer game, whether you want to play it arcade, simulation, online, or offline.