![]() ![]() While there’s always a slight feeling of latency in the mainline console FIFA, here it’s entirely gone, and you can zip around the Ultimate Team menus to your heart’s content.ĭespite everything I knew, I had high hopes for FIFA on Switch. On the other hand, this is the snappiest, quickest feeling FIFA to move around the menus with. The only issue I have here is that some of the ball noises, and menu-press noises are from the old games, too. The commentary is as on the money as you’d expect, and the sound is, for the most part, excellent. After some adjusting to the different on-pitch action, though, it’s not a bad way to play FIFA when the TV is otherwise engaged. Everything feels a little stilted, but shooting just feels rough. The passing is fine, though, it’s the shooting I’ve got a problem with. FIFA 18 on Switch feels like a more fast paced, arcade style of football, and even after messing around with the sliders I can’t quite find a sweet spot. Running on the old engine, it doesn’t play like the recent games. Of course it doesn’t look like the other versions, and the closest approximation I can get to is that this feels like a last-gen game tarted up for the Switch, which isn’t a great look, but given the under-powered hardware, perhaps isn’t so bad either. I’m not meaning to sound down on it, but I don’t understand why you’d want to play FIFA this way.īut onto the positives, because it’s a technical marvel that this thing runs at 1080p, at 60fps as well. You can play with the Jo圜ons as well, in portable mode, but it’s less than ideal, with a lot of action happening on a very small screen, with tiny controllers and fewer buttons. That one? Yeah, that one isn’t really forgivable. With no console-level systems to let you invite friends, or party-up, EA hasn’t implemented a way to invite someone from your friends list. Worse, though, is that you can’t play online with your pals. ![]() Likewise, though they’re not a huge miss, the fact the quick-sub option is gone is also a shame. In fact, Career Mode isn’t quite on par with FIFA 17. I’m being a hypocrite saying I miss them, but they’re new, and it makes the Switch version feel old by not being there, regardless of how much I dislike them. Career mode is there, but without the updated broadcast overlays that add authenticity to the Xbox One or PS4 version, and without the (admittedly bad) cut-scenes that now make up part of the transfer saga. The Journey is absent, and given that the other versions run on Frostbite, it’s probably obvious why it’s not here. Along with the lack of Mobile App integration, this makes FUT feel like a weird separate offshoot, and with a transfer market that is dwindling by the days, it’s a bit worrying, really. Far worse is that the EA Sports Football Club is completely missing, so all the years of accumulated points are absent, so no FUT coin boosts or easy cheap loan options for you. Why? Because this is a custom version, or something equally upsetting. Oh, but the new Daily and Weekly Challenges? Nah, they’re gone, too. Squad Building Challenges (SBC) are present, thankfully, so that’s good. Secondly, the best new addition to FUT (the single player stuff) is also missing. Where the other consoles allow you to use the SmartPhone app to do your on-the-go trading, the Switch version isn’t supported in the app. Sadly, that’s the only place you can do it. Yes, you can buy and sell on the transfer market on a Nintendo console. What’s missing? First of all, the mode we all love is present: Ultimate Team is here. Sure, we knew it wouldn’t be quite up to date with the Xbox One, PS4, and PC versions of the game, but then, if that’s the case, charging full price for a game that is missing so much of what makes the other versions of it sing feels incredibly cheeky. ![]() That’s a horrible way to open a review, but it’s the overriding feeling the game gives me. FIFA 18 on Nintendo Switch is a bit disappointing. ![]()
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