FIFA 19 Beta Review: 8 Hands-On Impressions You Need To Know
6. The Step-Up IS Noticeable
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Although you'd have a hard time conveying the difference between FIFA 16 and 17, or perhaps even 17 and 18, the step-up between 18 and this year's instalment is noticeable.
FIFA 19 looks, plays and feels different to its predecessor, and while that isn't to say that it makes enough changes (certainly not, at the time of writing), the system on the whole does feel a lot different to FIFA 18. The change in passing has already been noted, but together, it's actually the smaller changes that have combined to impart a fresher feeling on FIFA 19 - irrespective of whether or not it's enough to justify the yearly reinvestment.
So yes, there are noticeable changes. It may be a case of quantity over quality, but at least there's a discernible difference between this year's entry and the last's.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
