FIFA 22

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 61
  3. Negative: 0 out of 61
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  1. Eurogamer
    Sep 27, 2021
    So, here's to another FIFA 22, much like the last one, and the one before that, and the one before that - a game that would be so much better for the soul were it not dragged down by the clawing hand of capitalism. Much like real football, I suppose.
  2. Metro GameCentral
    Sep 27, 2021
    An ambitious release that focuses on new animations and gameplay innovations but the execution needs refining, whilst matches feel too heavily skewed in favour of defence. [Provisional Score = 70]

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#50 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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#18 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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User Score
2.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 472 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 472
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 472
  3. Negative: 339 out of 472
  1. KurosakiCarlos
    Sep 29, 2021
    10
    For the first time in the Fifa's history, here we have a real football simulator. The pace is lower than ever. The physics. The Keepers. TheFor the first time in the Fifa's history, here we have a real football simulator. The pace is lower than ever. The physics. The Keepers. The Nets. The sound of everything. More difficult to improve. More difficult to score. More difficult to dominate the game. And this is the best thing of Fifa 22. A videogame for adults. For people with experience. With courage. With passion for football. If you love football, congratulations. This is your game.… Full Review »
  2. Bubbsta1
    Sep 29, 2021
    5
    Once again, career mode (manager mode) players have been neglected. It's 95% the same as last year. Here's what's new:

    1. Some new    Once again, career mode (manager mode) players have been neglected. It's 95% the same as last year. Here's what's new:

    1. Some new hairstyles and a new beard to customize your manager with. (There's no new clothing though. Exactly the same options as last year).

    2. More realistic looking randomly generated players. In the past fake players looked waxy and weird to say the least. Some of them still do, but some of the fake players in the Youth Academy look like real people with improved skin and hair textures on PS5. This makes growing young players and integrating them into the First Team more enjoyable.

    3. Some new cutscenes during transfer negotiations. Also instead of having to "hold X to skip" dialogue, you can now just tap X (or A on Xbox) to skip most dialogue. This speeds up the transfer negotiation cutscenes. In settings you can also disable "Hold X to skip" entirely from the career mode so you can skip pre-match cutscenes with a button tap rather than a button hold.

    4. A few new objectives like "reduce player wages by £150,000 a week" or "keep salary growth under 15%" and things similar. But as with previous FIFAs, some objectives are ridiculously hard or don't register such as "sign a veteran player" which is hit and miss.

    5. Players seem to be less complaintive. Henderson is an "Important" player, but I've barely played him. I completed a full first season without him complaining about his game time. I could be wrong - this is my first career save - but there seems to be less "boss I need to play more" emails, although you do get emails about other subjects like contracts etc.

    For Manager Career Mode specifically, that's about it. Everything else is the same. Same layout, same tiles and menus, just re-skinned. As for the gameplay (offline. I don't play FUT) - people are calling it more realistic and less arcade-y. I don't know what's realistic about finding it easier to score a banger from 25/30 yards than to get in the box.

    But yeah, the game is slower. The CPU is more difficult. I could score 5 - 10 goals easily on Legendary difficulty in FIFA 21. This game...usually 3 or less. There's less chances, shots and goals which is why a lot of early players have resorted to long range shooting to score. On average I'm getting about 4 or 5 clear cut chances a game, if that. And with the newly improved keepers I put maybe 2 or 3 away.

    To enjoy Career Mode on Legendary or Ultimate difficulty, you have to come to terms with FIFA no longer being a casual experience. Scoring is harder, defending is harder, holding possession is harder, penetrating defences...I could go on. If you can accept it as being more like real football where results are often marginal, then career mode will feel less like a chore and you may even start to like the unpredictability of a season.

    My biggest gripe with the gameplay is the player switching. A defender will be a yard away from the attacking player, I press L1 or flick RS to switch player, and it will jump to someone 10 yards away despite there being a defender literally right next to the attacker. Conceding last minute goals like that is beyond infuriating. I was seriously close to dashing the controller at my new OLED. So if you're reading this and you're at that stage, I feel you. And if you haven't got the game yet, you will get to that stage.

    But after 2 seasons and dozens of hours of getting to know the game (I've been playing non stop since last week), I'm now controlling scorelines more. I still just lost 3 - 1 to Spurs, got knocked out of the Carabao Cup and the Champions League, but I'm starting to like that. You can no longer just blitz the season beating everyone by 6 - 0 and winning the quadruple.

    Overall, aside from the atrotious player switching and the park-the-bus CPU (which I hope EA will patch, or I could just turn the difficulty down), the gameplay just about gets a thumbs up from me. For Career Mode specifically, it's a massive disappointment. You're spending £69.99 on updated kits, re-skinned menus and some new face scans.    … Full Review »
  3. inmycontrol
    Oct 2, 2021
    0
    I had to create an account just to write a review about this game.
    First of all, this is clear to me that critic reviewers do not try the    I had to create an account just to write a review about this game.
    First of all, this is clear to me that critic reviewers do not try the Ultimate Team mode, they don't know anything about the competitive aspect of the game, so you can go ahead and ignore them.

    I work in the gaming industry and I can see EA doing the same thing as the company I work for is doing. They don't change something that makes money, period! Instead, in my company, they spend millions and millions on marketing department. People come and play, then they complain it's different from the ads. Guess what? Fifa is doing that!

    Every year they come up with great videos to tell you how the new AI is a gaming revolution, and you'll have an experience you have never had before. BS! That's the same game and the AI is just as stupid as the previous games. You'll be on rage, because you know what exactly your opponent will do and you still cannot avoid it! They do a long pass, you select your defender to follow, but they do not run, they freeze, they watch your opponent getting one-on-one with your goal keeper.

    My brother bought this again, and I am super pissed about it. This game will never change, this game will never be fun anymore, because they make too much money to risk a change. RIP Fifa.    … Full Review »
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