The story mode is fun, if slightly cliched, and you can simply ignore it if it’s not for you, while Ultimate Team is still as addictive as ever. That’s particularly difficult given the ability of your AI opponents to retain possession for several minutes at a time thanks to changes to FIFA’s physics making it easier to shield the ball. When I earned a place as a regular starter, in the vast majority of games I’d have less than 40% possession; that makes it realistically tough to make a name for yourself in one sense, but even if you make the most of your few chances it’s still frustrating to see so little of the ball. It perhaps says something that you’re given the option to play as a team rather than just controlling Hunter – and after a few games playing that way I felt much more involved and less irritated by teammates’ errors. There’s nothing worse than being penalised for a ‘bad call for a pass’ when the pass itself was inaccurate. It can be frustrating at times, especially when you think your player is going to curl the ball into the top corner and he instead smashes it over the bar, but there’s nothing more satisfying than successfully finessing a long-range shot and have it nestle in the corner of the net. FIFA Soccer 17 Review – IGN". ign.com. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017 . Retrieved 2 February 2017.

FIFA 17 Controls – FIFPlay FIFA 17 Controls – FIFPlay

Essentially, The Journey is Player Career, except you're playing as a preset character with a voice and personality. The campaign itself is split up between training sessions, full competitive matches, and story scenarios as your actions both on and off the pitch determine how successful Alex's career turns out to be. Put in a good performance on a consistent basis and you'll keep your place in the starting eleven, for example, but make too many controversial - or 'fiery', as the game calls them - comments in post-match interviews, and the manager may start having second thoughts, even if the fans on social media think that you're top notch entertainment. Fifa 17 review – new story mode and on-pitch tweaks keep veteran in the game". theguardian.com. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017 . Retrieved 2 February 2017.The Start Of A Promising Career – FIFA 17". Game Informer. gameinformer.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017 . Retrieved 2 February 2017.

FIFA 17 – PlayStation Controls – FIFPlay FIFA 17 – PlayStation Controls – FIFPlay

If you’re familiar with the slow pace, defensive focus and intricate button combos of FIFA 16, you’ll feel right at home with 17. If you’re coming from PES, then things might feel a bit complicated. In PES 2017, things happen naturally. The game cleverly knows if you’re trying to dink the ball over the top of defenders with the outside of your foot. In FIFA, you have to do all this for yourself. In football’s incredibly unpredictable world, FIFA’s regular yearly launch provides us with a nice bit of stability. But in the most odds-defying 12 months of football I can remember, can the latest update to the beautiful game’s most popular sim still stand tall against Konami’s fantastic PES 2017? It sounds odd at first having a single-player campaign in a football game that isn’t completely about management, but it’s hardly something new. 2K has been at it for years with its MyCareer mode in the NBA series, with the mode becoming increasingly popular with each iteration. Spike Lee even directed last year’s version. Moving swiftly on from the apparent killer android that is FIFA 17's version of Jurgen Klopp, you're now expected to manage the business aspect of your chosen club as well as the team when playing as a manager. At the start of your career, you'll be presented with typical objectives such as domestic and continental success, but you'll also need to keep an eye on profits from shirt sales and give a thought to developing your youngsters. On paper, managing your club as a whole seems like an interesting idea, but in practice, it rarely amounts to anything more than simply making sure that you have a good season. The mode is broken down into three distinct sections: games, training and cut-scenes. The games are self-explanatory, just typical FIFA matches with the odd tinker to make them fit into the story dynamic. You can either control the whole team or, like in Be A Pro, just control Alex.The first demo of the game came out on 13 September 2016. It included eleven teams: Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, and Gamba Osaka. FIFA 17 cover vote: Anthony Martial, Eden Hazard, James, Marco Reus". ESPN. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018 . Retrieved 24 August 2016.