It was miles beyond the pc version, but the gameplay was solid and the “championship mode”, although lacking the depth of the pc version, kept me hooked for tens of hours. When we looked at the platform and its unique features, we made the choice of custom-building the game,” producer Andrei Lazarescu said during E3.

As mentioned about, FIFA 18 does offer Ultimate Team, albeit missing some features, a Career mode, online and local multiplayer, Kickoff, and Local Seasons. Live Campaigns: FIFA Ultimate Team reflects the real world, evolving with the season to align and reflect major cultural and football moments. Same with my nephew who got it on ps4 who is hardcore into football/soccer, he told me he never liked the story mode. This won’t be enough next year, though: a few little additions aside this is essentially a Legacy Edition port, and while EA Bucharest gets the benefit of the doubt this time as its relatively new to Switch development, if the inevitable FIFA 19 doesn’t have full mode parity with the other main versions of the game then no amount of spin will justify it. To be able to play this in handheld mode on the couch while the Wife is watching The Great British Bake Off is my idea of heaven.So I don't get how a Switch version that doesn't look as nice, has a weaker engine, lacks features and modes and has fairly poor online can get the same score. As previously mentioned, its custom game engine means that it runs smoother and looks sharper (the developers claim it renders at full 1080p when docked and it certainly seems crisp enough for that to be true). Hmm butt hurt over vita, it was dead sales wise ages ago, yet still it gets games, very strange for a dead machine.

This reviewer has been playing Ultimate Team since 2010 and has never spent a single penny, yet still adores the satisfaction of building a team into world-beaters through nothing more than hard graft and skill.

It's information worth having in there, IMO, as it's exactly the sort of stuff that many FIFA fans will be scouring the internet to find out. Hmm, I'd say 30 bucks is reasonable for the insult to us players, lack of modes/features and their stupid 'spin' on it. This scenario will continue with most 3rd party games that are new and not old ports from last gen but when Ninty make a game, it's a home quality console game they scream. The registration and linkage of Nintendo Account and acceptance of the Nintendo Account Agreement and Privacy Policy are required.

I don’t like football, so don’t know why I bothered reading the review, but when it includes the phrase “smoother than a greased-up jazz musician” I know I made the right choice. So let’s not go too overboard: it’s clear that at least some work has gone into optimising the game for Switch and ensuring there’s at least some new content in there for the system.

Looking forward to FIFA 18 but NL is right to say that if FIFA 19 isn't in parity with its PS4/XO counterparts, I'll look for a Pro Evolution Soccer game that is.