For many years now, EA have led the pack when it comes to football simulation games, with its FIFA franchise often being considered the only option for anyone seeking a game with a sense of realism and an addictive online experience. FIFA 13 is sure to be a huge success with fans and critics alike; but what can we expect next?
The FIFA franchise has been vastly improving every aspect of the game since it all began almost two decades ago. However, in the last few years visible improvements have began to falter, which is understandable looking back at the huge success of FIFA 12 and its flawless gameplay (after a few tweaks to the impact engine of course…).
So when is enough really enough? I’m sure EA will continue its “tweaks” and “minor changes” but with millions dishing out £40, do we not deserve more? Perhaps the limited development would be acceptable if we only had to spend our hard earned cash once per year, yet the franchises Ultimate Team game mode requires some personal investment if you want a half-decent team. Not only have they extorted money through Ultimate Team and FIFA Live Season, but they’ve recently announced the EA sports season ticket allowing 6 days early access to the game and 24 Gold packs for Ultimate Team. This comes at a rather steep price of £19.99, considering all you’re paying for is a few days extra play and a few packets with players that’ll probably end up in your trade pile anyway.
Of course, all of these extra add-ons are optional and nobody has to pay above the £40 basic price. Then again, Pro Evolution Soccer offers all its downloadable content for free, with not a penny being charged for buying players on its equivalent of Ultimate Team; Master League Online. This doesn’t mean we should all go and buy PES 2013, but it does mean FIFA really needs to buck up its ideas and realise: customers will not pay £40 year in, year out, for the exact same game with a new face on the front.
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This isn’t biased in the slightest.
how is this biased? its a perfectly based view on fifa imo!
Ha! I pay 23 quid for FIFA at launch…at most. It isn’t worth 40 quid every year but it is worth less than 25 easy. This is why PC is king
How isn’t this biased? You can earn coins to buy master league cards. You can trade the cards you have for other cards. There are plenty of ways to earn cards. I, like half the FIFA population, never touch UT. I play career mode, online seasons and rarely touch UT. If that’s your excuse to why people will buy PES… Yeah you’re on crack.
Btw, I buy and play both just about the same amount. I tend to play FIFA more because that’s what my friends play so I like to play online with them.
LOL your not getting the point are you sonny jim? FIFA rips you off in ultimate team, you have to spend REAL LIFE MONEY to get a good decent team. is that fair after spending 40 pounds on fifa? well you decide. in PES master league online, all the extra add ons are free, and to get a good team, you simply have to be good at the game and work hard, not splash out ridicules amounts of cash on virtual players.
this is a stupid post he is obviously a pes fan, people pay money to play fifa because they enjoy it, fifa dont make them pay!
FIFA does need to sort their heads out. For the price of £44.99 (UK) we expect the game to be absolutely wonderful, but in actual fact its not!
There are some fantastic features in Fifa 13, including virtual pro’s saved on EA Server which means no more stupid, pathetic hackers and also no more boosting, however its the same things all the time. People get bored by Christmas and they need to find a new way to keep players playing.
IMO I think you are all FIFA fanboys TBH. TBF this is a good piece of writing. SMH TBH.
You can’t play the games online after a couple of years because they take the servers down.so you basically have to keep buying the newer ones to play online.I think you should get more coins for winning tournaments in ultimate team but that might just push up the price of items and obviously EA want you to spend money in ultimate team