These celebrate some of the sport’s most memorable players and moments, but although they’re useful, obtaining one requires either significant luck or a big outlay. There’s also an entirely new feature, in the form of FIFA 22’s Hero cards. This revamped progression system works well, although it does still require a lot of play in a relatively short space of time. No longer does it require you to play tens of matches over a single weekend, instead letting you compete for qualification during the week whenever it suits you and earn your place in the Champions Playoff and Champions Final via a points-based system. There are checkpoints, too, which prevent you from tumbling too far down if you hit a poor run of form.įUT Champions, meanwhile, has been reworked to be more accessible. It’s an easy-to-grasp system and it effectively rewards you for playing well. The thrill of building your own squad, packing it with top players and competing against the best online is extremely alluring.Īs per usual, it’s in FUT that you’ll find the most significant off-the-pitch additions to the game, with The Division Rivals and FUT Champions modes both receiving significant overhauls.ĭivision Rivals has scrapped qualification matches and progression is now structured around a ladder: You move up if you win a match, down if you lose. FIFA 22 review: FIFA Ultimate TeamįIFA Ultimate Team, or FUT, is consistently the most popular mode in the game and it’s easy to see why. Plus, the set-piece systems have been left untouched, which is a shame because penalties in particular need a complete overhaul.
For instance, players with pace are still too valuable those with an overall rating in the low 70s but high pace stats will single-handedly win you matches. Far from being frustrating, that just makes scoring all the more satisfying.Īdmittedly, some of FIFA’s old failings are still present.
It’s still a bit too easy to carve a computer-controlled team open, but the AI’s defensive positioning has also been given a minor adjustment, and I found myself having to work harder than previously for each goal.
Ball physics have also been tweaked, which - when coupled with the Hypermotion animation system - makes for unpredictable scenarios that closely replicate the real sport.
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