Tag: FIFA 17

October 3, 2016

FIFA 17’s The Journey isn’t perfect, but it’s promising and addictive

Alex Hunter, along for the ride. (EA Sports)

For general thoughts on FIFA 17 and first impressions of The Journey, see this post from August.

Upon completing FIFA 17’s new single-player, story driven game mode, The Journey, my first thought was about how EA Sports could build on it. Though addicting (it was the first thing I tried upon receiving the game and it remained the only game mode I played until completion), it definitely feels like it’s just a starting point. Like EA wanted to gauge the level of interest in it before building it out to the degree that it could be built out to.

August 2, 2016

First impressions after playing FIFA 17 in the general vicinity of David Alaba and Javi Martinez

I got an early look at FIFA 17 at an event in New York marking the partnership between EA Sports and Bayern Munich. This only partially explains why Javi Martinez and NBA player JR Smith faced David Alaba and Zedd (a person who does music) as the culmination of the evening. The team of Alaba and Zedd won both matches they played. Javi Martinez was not pleased.