EA Canada hasn’t touched the gameplay – and if they have it’s negligible at best – but it still holds up a good few months after release. None of this would be worth a damn if the football wasn’t any good, but that’s just not the case at all. If you’re more excited about it than the sun this summer, you can close all the blinds and lose yourself in both the reality as well as its virtual spin-off. To say this gives FIFA a well-needed boot – pun intended – in the behind is more than fair, especially because of how true it is to the World Cup.

That may not be appealing when June rolls around, but there’s every chance after the hype dies down it absolutely will. As well as all 12 stadiums, 32 licensed teams (with over 736 players), official ad boards, cameras, updated commentary and so on, you can also customise your own series where a group of new teams could end up in the main event. Outside of this is the base game which is equally dolled up. Given that there’s single player and online tournament options, drafts and squad building challenges, and your spoilt for content, which makes sense given how popular it’s become. There’s new packs, of course, and you can share all of this with your regular FUT account, which is important as the chemistry system has been tweaked to tie in to what’s happening over in Russia. Printing money for EA like it’s going out of fashion, the appeal is that you can build a new squad using qualified nations, compete in a full World Cup and even enjoy a few regular modes with a World Cup twist. If you’re wondering how this is possible, the real reason, if we’re being honest, is Ultimate Team which also gets new coat of paint. You just download an update on May 29 and that’s that – a ton of World Cup information, stats and players become available to you should you want to lose yourself in the competition. The most joyous news of all is that this is free. Sometimes keeping things simple is the way to go.

While it has the exact foundations you’d expect, said foundations do a very good job. That almost seems silly to say given it’s relatively obvious, but it’s only fair to underline that fact as directly as possible so anyone excited about this summer’s tournament can also get ready for a solid digital version as well. The World Cup add-on for FIFA 18 is awesome. FIFA 18 World Cup Update Gameplay Impressions by Simon MillerįIFA 18’s World Cup expansion is as beautiful as it is simple…

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