FIFA 22

FIFA 22 is the latest installment in a series of football games created by EA Sports since 1993. As usual, our task is to win matches, tournaments and entire seasons in career and multiplayer modes. FIF 22 features hundreds of licensed clubs, thousands of faithfully recreated players and realistic-looking stadiums that we know from TV cameras.

Game Modes

FIFA 22 offers a very wide range of game modes, both single player and multiplayer. At their core, they don't differ much from what EA Sports has accustomed us to, but this year we'll find a few new features that should appeal to fans of the series.

In Career mode, as in previous installments, we play the role of a manager and deal with the broadly defined management of a football club. We are responsible for making transfers, choosing tactics, scouting and playing matches (although nothing stands in the way of simulating them). A new feature introduced in this year's installment is the ability to create your own club from scratch and lead it to the very top of the soccer pyramid.

Fans of multiplayer battles are sure to jump into FIFA Ultimate Team. The basis of the game in FUT is collecting cards of football players and playing matches with them. The developers have made sure that we don't get bored even for a moment in this mode - we get various challenges, for which we are rewarded with packs of cards and coins, which we can use to buy new players. The best players can compete in weekly FUT Champions tournaments, where depending on the number of matches won we can get measurable prizes.

The fan-favourite VOLTA Football mode has been revamped and is now even more reminiscent of what players loved about FIFA Street. Here we have more freedom than in a normal match and the game is more arcade-like.

Gameplay

This year's installment cuts back quite a bit from the past in terms of gameplay. The use of the innovative Hypermotion technology allowed the developers to implement over 4000 new animations and improve the on-field intelligence of the players. Players now behave much more naturally, adhere better to tactical objectives, and move more fluidly. Redesigned ball physics make passes, shots, and passes look more realistic, and players have more control over the ball than before.

During matches, you'll notice that players look better during physical clashes, and pressing the sprint button at the right time will make players accelerate slightly faster than usual.

Graphics

FIFA 22 on next-gen consoles uses a new technology called Hypermotion. It uses machine learning algorithms and data collected from real-world matches to generate thousands of realistic-looking animations. The game's visuals are top-notch - the players are very well rendered, and the lighting and look of the fans and stadiums have been improved over previous installments.