


Players look like real-life counterparts to the point it is kind of an uncanny valley situation.

The game is nearly fully licenced and oozes authenticity. The final few sections offer up a review of each of the myriad game modes, so you can choose the ones that you play the most (or, just read all of them, I'm cool with that). This is followed by a section on the gameplay of the new and old, before reviewing the new offensive and defensive phases of this edition. This opening is dedicated to the look and feel of the game. Thus, each section of our review for FIFA 22 is labelled so you can pick out the bits you find pertinent. There is simply so, so much to cover it is untrue. But really, it is when you strap on the boots, hear the crowd chant over the commentary, and get that ball under the feet of your favourite midfielder that FIFA 22 begins performing at the series' peak. Game modes still generally deliver across the board, with Career, Player Career, Ultimate Team, Volta, and Pro Clubs all getting just enough of a facelift.

FIFA 22 requires relearning, retooling, and rewiring the dirtiest tricks of the ingrained skillset but, make no bones about it, it is for the better. For the first time in ages, FIFA's game on the pitch has made changes that make it the best at launch it has been since 2015. And yet, I could not be happier about all my many losses. In FIFA 22, though, all that skill is apparently for nought: I am truly bad at the game of virtual football this year. I've been pretty good at times in my life, proving more than a fair match for most of my friends and normally managing to conquer at least Division 4 in Ultimate Team. In fact, I got into real-life football by becoming obsessed with the ins and outs of the digital game as a fourteen-year-old. A little bit of history to contextualise what is a huge mass of a game, played by a huge mass of very passionate people. FIFA 22 requires something a little bit different, though. FIFA 22 FIFA Electronic Arts Local Multiplayer Online Multiplayer Game review Review Football Kes Eylers-Stephenson Normally, while writing a review, I like to avoid sticking myself in the first paragraph to give you a breezy overview, a little bit of intrigue, and a neatly generalised opinion.
