After 30 years, six console generations, and a trillion microtransaction debates, we’re finally here: EA’s final ever FIFA game. Not that those familiar pay-to-win complaints are going anywhere. It’s still nigh-on impossible to lock down your chances of packing Son, Messi, or Mbappe in Ultimate Team. Thankfully, however, the biggest mode in sports gaming does get some shock refreshment.
Like an ageing Semisonic CD, EA’s squad-building mode remains all about chemistry – but without the punitive effects of deploying players on zero. Now every card’s performance is true to its stats. More importantly, you don’t