FIFA 18

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3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 393 Ratings

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  1. Sekhyt
    Oct 15, 2017
    4
    The game itself is fine (8/10), but the launch day EA MISTAKE disabling the ability to play for long hours and the constant gamebreaking bugs they introduce in updates makes the game deserve only 4/10.
  2. Albertoga
    Jan 16, 2018
    4
    Voy a ser sincero, claro y conciso.
    (Compararé el juego con su competencia directa, PES)
    LO BUENO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - El modo ser entrenador: está genial y cada edición de FIFA lo mejoran más, el 4 de nota es por el modo manager. LO MALO    Voy a ser sincero, claro y conciso.
    (Compararé el juego con su competencia directa, PES)

    LO BUENO
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    - El modo ser entrenador: está genial y cada edición de FIFA lo mejoran más, el 4 de nota es por el modo manager.

    LO MALO
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    - Jugabilidad: hay poco destacable aquí, todo es malo, los movimientos de los jugadores, la poca inteligencia de la IA en el posicionamiento defensivo, no quiero extenderme haría el post muy largo.

    - Gráficos: es mejor no comparar a FIFA en esto con PES, sin comentarios.

    COMENTARIOS ADICIONALES
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    No volveré a comprar FIFA más, me han decepcionado muchas veces, y doy este consejo:

    El modo cartas de FIFA existe en la competencia, así como el modo pro y demás, no comprar productos de mala calidad por el marketing, debemos para de dejarnos engañar.

    FIFA si juegas con amigos puede llegar a ser más divertido, pero obviamente PES sigue superando a FIFA en este aspecto.    … Expand
  3. yomisimie
    Oct 7, 2017
    4
    How you can take a decent game and crap on it it's beyond me. Why did you have to change the shooting mechanics?? EA managed to ruin the game. It's FIFA 07 all over again...
  4. PokemonStyle
    Nov 17, 2017
    4
    Another year another FIFA. A small amount of changes and stupid microtransactions system in multiplayer makes me hate this game even more than previous one. On of the worst sports game of 2017
  5. goatslayer
    Jan 15, 2018
    4
    defending is a total mess , all players on the field do not care about where the ball is , pes 2018 has a nice defence system but a kinda terrible attacking system fifa is the opposite , but overall its a terrible experience , ( terrible player switching , dumb goalkeepers , dumb defenders , dumb attackers ) hard/impossible to defend in it , and easy to score ..
  6. BlackKnight36
    Apr 24, 2020
    4
    FIFA 18 is basically the same as FIFA 17, with some slight changes and another chapter of the Journey. Never bothered to play the Journey for more than about 30 minutes.

    EA really needs to stop these shenanigans and update the career mode.
  7. ErayTellezi
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    17 gibi pas odaklıydı ancak defans 2 pasta çok kolay dağılıyordu. Böyle bir futbol yok.
  8. RagingKilledMe
    Nov 15, 2017
    3
    A game that doesn't feel like it takes football, or any sportive aspect seriously at all. The simulation part is atrocious, the gameplay doesn't feel right and FIFA 18 doesn't innovate over it's predecessor. The only improved part is the visual aspect, which still doesn't add much to the shallow experience.
  9. Otisnemes
    Jul 23, 2018
    3
    A truly horible game made with no love or interest. Have this guy's ever seen football?
    The worst thing about it is the control of the ball and passing. It's one of the worst football games ever.
  10. RomanGor
    Nov 7, 2019
    3
    Могу поиграть только в карьеру игрока, все остальное вообще не заходит. Система отбора мяча бесит неимоверно, за 150 часов до сих пор не привык к ней. На ПК нет тех скинов бутс, что есть на приставках.
  11. CharcoalBurst
    Jan 15, 2018
    2
    2 out of 10.
    1 for the graphics + 1 for the official licences they bought in order to make this game look real.
    Other than that, this is a broken mess. All the love go to the pay to win mode people seem to be addicted to (because buying a 60$ game with CR7 in it is not enough for them, they have to spend several thousand dollars in FIFA points in order to hopefully play him in P2W    2 out of 10.
    1 for the graphics + 1 for the official licences they bought in order to make this game look real.

    Other than that, this is a broken mess. All the love go to the pay to win mode people seem to be addicted to (because buying a 60$ game with CR7 in it is not enough for them, they have to spend several thousand dollars in FIFA points in order to hopefully play him in P2W modes).

    So, in 2018, you don't have a network filter in H2H mode. It doesn't care matching players from Spain with russians even though there's 300ms ping between the two players.

    Like every FIFA, when you buy it on launch, the gameplay feels great and it won't take more than 3 weeks to be screwed. The AI gets a huge boost and will do all the defending job for the players. All the matches will then look the same.

    This is basically a counter attack simulator for casual players. 9 players out of 10 play the same. They don't defend, they sprint all game long and solely rely on coward tactics (like park the bus) and button mashing in order to score.

    Now, combined with the aforementioned lack of network filter you can add the fact that there are tons of players that just can't run the game at designed speed. So, no hardware filter as well.

    Those factors result in huge stutters, freezes, players turning like trucks, passes going to the wrong players and so on and since the updates ruined the gameplay, there's no skill gap anymore. You're basically failing easy things due to the **** latency.

    People in Div. 1 play as badly as in Div. 7, just with more lag and worse hardware. They're basically cheating their way to win games by spamming the same stuff all game long, waiting for the latency to screw something up. You can light a candle every time you see a skill move. There's a learning curve but it's not needed in order to win, so people happily play hilariously bad.

    Another issue: you can play the same player at different hours and monitor latency both times. The latency won't change. Yet, the game will fill different at peak hours with disgusting latency. I assume EA is adding artificial lag so that noobs spend more in the P2W mode. Why would you try to buy Cristiano Ronaldo if you can't score a goal with a 86+ rated team against a 79 one ?

    You can use PeerBlock so as to to filter countries and game-altering cheaters you've already wasted time (Their IP use port UDP 3659 at the time of the matchmaking) with but there's no perfect solution.

    You can play actually good games where skill matters instead of this piece of crap too.

    So, if you're an unskilled casual player and don't like to defend, this game is for you. If you want to win against technical players with a brain, make sure to have bad ping and a bad computer as well and use park the bus + counter attack tactics. You'll score ****ty goals and be happy. Don't forget to let the celebrations and replays in order to frustrate them all the more.

    And don't get good at it, or you will face rage quitters 2 matches out of 3 !    … Expand
  12. Chiaro22
    Jun 23, 2018
    2
    This might be a good game, if you can launch it.

    And good luck with that, I've managed to start it in 1/20 tries. Can't wait for the next 100, and all that quality time on Google that seems to come with the EA experience.

    From the small glimpses I've seen, FIFA 18 doesn't look too bad...in videos.
  13. clancli
    Nov 28, 2017
    2
    FIFA is resumed in a few aditions every year in a 60 USD pack or, a pay patch to improve the gameplay a little for only 60 USD.

    Pros *Awesome Atmosphere and ambientations *Comentaries feel more alive *FIFA liscense Cons *Bugs in a full price product. *Broken AI system, with a lot of weird and impossible situations that make you feel you are not playing soccer, teams that    FIFA is resumed in a few aditions every year in a 60 USD pack or, a pay patch to improve the gameplay a little for only 60 USD.

    Pros
    *Awesome Atmosphere and ambientations

    *Comentaries feel more alive

    *FIFA liscense

    Cons
    *Bugs in a full price product.

    *Broken AI system, with a lot of weird and impossible situations that make you feel you are not playing soccer, teams that are not prety good playing like a perfect anime dream team.

    *The defending system still sucks, players don't take the ball in easy situations, they make strange moves to pressure, and is vital for a game that has improves of al kind to atack in tha past 4 years, that at least the defending mechanics and AI still sucks.
    Cons    … Expand
  14. commandercool
    Dec 6, 2017
    2
    Fifa 17.20
    Each year we are facing with the same issue, EA sports releases a new version of FIFA which is partially or completely broken. The game comes out to release with such bugs that it is impossible to play. People pay for the game 50-100$, and receive a product that does not work. People tolerated it for years, but sooner or later it has to end.
  15. SkilletX
    Jul 20, 2018
    2
    Positive things:
    Graphics,
    pretty good penalty system, licences of leagues and clubs, Negative: Terrible free-kick system, bad corner system, too many false referee's desicions, game plan mutators are useless, 99% change that the opponents will score at least one goal, no matter how good the team is (world class singleplayer) pace and skill moves are the only abilities you need    Positive things:
    Graphics,
    pretty good penalty system,
    licences of leagues and clubs,

    Negative:
    Terrible free-kick system,
    bad corner system,
    too many false referee's desicions,
    game plan mutators are useless,
    99% change that the opponents will score at least one goal, no matter how good the team is (world class singleplayer)
    pace and skill moves are the only abilities you need to be and good player, not passing, vision, positioning, etc.    … Expand
  16. KreshPlays
    Jun 21, 2018
    2
    No differences from FIFA 18
    Frostbite engine still can't be modded properly so you can't make this game BETTER using Moddingway mods or something like this
    The Journey is boring
    Low online in FUT
    Career mode still sucks, "new" transfer system is just cutscenes and useless options
    And it is still rigged and scripted sh*t, you will never win a match if the game does not want it
  17. SahilKChandio
    Sep 26, 2018
    2
    Same game every year, they are releasing the same game every year and people still buy it guys you need to stop buying it like after playing fifa 18 there will be a tab bit of difference in fifa 22 they make no changes except the graphical one! Great job EA.
  18. theste99
    Oct 18, 2017
    1
    Online server issues like always, gameplay is some how worse then 17. A waste of my money !!!

    I just bought the game to play with my friends and we can't even find a match on pro clubs

    Final score 0
  19. HeresyX
    Dec 10, 2017
    1
    They sell points, for real money, that give you a *chance* to get good items. Seriously? At least in other games, you know that if you buy DLC, you get something. You can literally pay 25 USD to get rewards equalling an hours playtime.

    but to play regularliy, you seldom get rewards beause the game crashes; meaning no rewards. Oh, but you still lose contracts for the players. Those can    They sell points, for real money, that give you a *chance* to get good items. Seriously? At least in other games, you know that if you buy DLC, you get something. You can literally pay 25 USD to get rewards equalling an hours playtime.

    but to play regularliy, you seldom get rewards beause the game crashes; meaning no rewards. Oh, but you still lose contracts for the players. Those can be bought with real money.    … Expand
  20. PRoxy_oQ
    Aug 27, 2018
    1
    This game is worse and worse by the year since Fifa 11 they started Fing it up , player movement is horrid feels like playing dota champions on most players and IA is playing some sprite game w/o turn ratios as i can go around player and still never go trough , defense system is utter Slit where i can just zone and never catch up to anyone so it's either move some random player in defenseThis game is worse and worse by the year since Fifa 11 they started Fing it up , player movement is horrid feels like playing dota champions on most players and IA is playing some sprite game w/o turn ratios as i can go around player and still never go trough , defense system is utter Slit where i can just zone and never catch up to anyone so it's either move some random player in defense or let pc do it both un-interactive as hell . Ball moves like it's 1,5 KG free kicks are horrid and everything feels so slow. I don't know why they added protect the ball when you have to do it everywhere unless your running on wing . Shooting is all about some timing witch you cant see bcs camera is retarded and you can only attack on closer side . Dribbles are bad and boring . I can't stand it this game is horrid and i know they are scanning faces and all but how can they make game still look so bad ? Human skin has sub surface scattering and reflection this has neither and looks bland . I was amazed to see how low the score is here and I can see that most are copy paste reviews but it's deserved I took my time to write how bad it is . I am hoping PES will up their game but i doubt that as well.

    pros
    - ability to fight for the ball (if you ever get into that situation)
    - licensing

    cons
    - ball movement
    - referees
    - player movement
    - AI
    - defending
    - fee kicks
    - corner kicks
    - penalties
    - and so much more    … Expand
  21. pirx1968
    Oct 31, 2017
    1
    1/10 nice bait, I bought the game. Still everything but not fun. Gameplay sucks. Career boring, FUT as always at start - pay to win. Handicap in on-line matches should be removed.
  22. D3M0N07
    Jul 19, 2018
    1
    i am not going after Pro club because its already a issue. . .

    Most irritating is defending is suckz. . .its broken. . .f**ked. . .i hate it sooo much. . **** you #EA **** u real hard. . . -_-
  23. BYBY3EJIA
    Feb 2, 2018
    1
    Pros:
    - Graphics. Pretty good for game, where developers do nothing year after year.
    - A lot of leagues and real players. You can enjoy most of players you know. Cons: - Scripts. If game decides that you must lose, you will lose anyway. You will even have a problem with scoring from 3-4 meters. - Referees. It is guaranteed that referee will not see fouls of AI (bot) team, but you will    Pros:
    - Graphics. Pretty good for game, where developers do nothing year after year.
    - A lot of leagues and real players. You can enjoy most of players you know.
    Cons:
    - Scripts. If game decides that you must lose, you will lose anyway. You will even have a problem with scoring from 3-4 meters.
    - Referees. It is guaranteed that referee will not see fouls of AI (bot) team, but you will get yellow card for each action.
    - Kick-off. This version has a "bonus", where your players are becoming total idiots after you have scored. So it is no problem for opposite team to score right after you.
    - UT packs. You can pay 1000$ or more, but you will get players that cost nothing (can earn this coins in one game).
    - Customer Support. They can ignore customers for months, they are not interested in your opinion, they can give only scripted answers. They can even close chat with you, just because they can.

    So, if you buy this game, be ready that you are going to play the game, where developers don't respect you at all, and your game progress doesn't depend on you - scripts decide it. But you will enjoy graphics and thousands of real players.    … Expand
  24. Labarev
    May 8, 2018
    1
    I hate your f*** handicap. I'll never buy this **** again! Musa with 90+ speed skill cant run faster than Jones with 60+ speed! Are you serious? Players comparable is fiction. Team with 50-60 comparable doesn't make any difference with 90-100 comparable. EA...you're serious? The worst FIFA game in history.
  25. Solidol
    Jul 20, 2018
    1
    Lags, cheaters I was already **** this has been going on for years. EA u suck.
  26. StellarKane
    Jun 26, 2019
    1
    Ea’s latest attempt to bleed gamers dry and wreck the gaming industry through loot boxes aka gambling mechanics
  27. SAtreides
    Mar 30, 2020
    1
    Blatant cheating AI, Carefully trained players get nerfed whenever the game needs them to be. Bare minimum features (no replay saving). Absolutely **** career gameplay. Will never buy from EAids ever again and will tell anyone in my circle. Extremely greedy, amoral and downright incompetent developer. Soundtrack is passable.
  28. LETO
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    I cant stand the fact i paid for one more year 60 dollars to my favorite sports game and in return i got this inconsistent, scripted, input delay, kick off boost joke :/
  29. Arteta6
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Each year we are facing with the same issue, EA sports releases a new version of FIFA which is partially or completely broken. The game comes out to release with such bugs that it is impossible to play. People pay for the game 50-100$, and receive a product that does not work. People tolerated it for years, but sooner or later it has to end.

    This year a new version of the game has    Each year we are facing with the same issue, EA sports releases a new version of FIFA which is partially or completely broken. The game comes out to release with such bugs that it is impossible to play. People pay for the game 50-100$, and receive a product that does not work. People tolerated it for years, but sooner or later it has to end.

    This year a new version of the game has surpassed all it's predesestors. And a huge part of the community received a completely broken mode Pro Clubs. Critical bugs that not allow to play friendly games between teams and stopped all the international tournaments held in every country of the world. Hundreds of thousands of players spend 2-3 hours of their time to play only one game each evening struggling with the broken mechanics.And these efforts do not always guarantee success. Almost 2 months as EA sports knows about this issue. It released 4 patches to the game, and not one of them did solve this problem. Players tested all possible reason and the occurrence of this error, reported all this information to support, but they do nothing.

    They spend their resources to repair the small problems of the game modes which bring them money for the donation. But it seems they forget that we already paid for the game, and had to get a quality product. We will do our best to make our voice heard and make executives who are responsible for what is happening respect their customers and players. Otherwise they will lose them, as well as reputation.    … Expand
  30. noelhuxley
    Nov 26, 2017
    0
    Congrats EA for unleashing yet another sack of **** onto the unwitting public. I was in two minds for a while before deciding to bite the bullet and just get it... which i did yesterday.

    The game is just utterly awful quite frankly and is the final nail in the coffin for me... i won't be buying any more FIFA titles. FIFA 13 had it's issues... sure it was flawed but it was damn fun to    Congrats EA for unleashing yet another sack of **** onto the unwitting public. I was in two minds for a while before deciding to bite the bullet and just get it... which i did yesterday.

    The game is just utterly awful quite frankly and is the final nail in the coffin for me... i won't be buying any more FIFA titles.

    FIFA 13 had it's issues... sure it was flawed but it was damn fun to play... Ever since then EA have continuously shat out crap with every release each year... sadly this release is no better than any of the previous titles since then.

    We have the ball defying the basic laws of physics...
    Goalie's simply not moving when the ball is coming towards them from a distance... I literally had a ball bounce off a goalies head and into the net as he stood there like a statue... it was hilarious!
    Goalkeepers are laughably terrible.
    Defending is near impossible.
    Maneouvering players feels like steering a boat in syrup.
    bump into another player and they go hurtling backwards.
    General control is clunky, heavy and very sluggish.

    AVOID at all costs...

    If you are silly enough to buy then then don't go via a third part (ie cdkeys)... you wont be able to get a refund!    … Expand
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#65 Best PC Game of 2017
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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    FIFA did not go on the revolution path of this year, it took a perfectly thoughtful evolution. Thanks to a few small innovations game is funnier, and no one can curse it for only pulling the money out of your pocket. [Issue#280]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 7, 2017
    80
    EA Canada gave their all to story mode. Even though there’s far less leeway for story writers in FIFA than in, say, an FPS game, they’ve managed to weave a compelling story that puts Battlefield to shame. [Issue#224, p.63]
  3. GameStar
    Oct 8, 2017
    89
    On the pitch, it's a real improvement of the usual strong FIFA package. Off the pitch, however, the innovations are missing.
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