Game Modes
One of the most eagerly awaited features in FIFA 17 is their newly introduced Journey mode. This will see players follow the career of young youth hopeful Alex Hunter as he tries to progress through the ranks at both club and country levels.
Alex will have the opportunity to play in a number of attacking positions and training drills and sessions will help increase his skill level. On the other hand, poor performances could see him loaned out to other lower league teams. There are also a number of cutscenes where you can choose to tell the media and your teammates exactly what you want.
Experiences from Marco Reus, Harry Kane, Dele Alli and a number of others were all taken into account to make this game mode as realistic as possible. Apart from Journey, the standard career, manager and ultimate team modes will also be available.
With PES, it remains uncertain as to what to expect. The traditional Master League will feature new transfer and wage budget restrictions as well as a dedicated transfer deadline day. They have also retained the licenses for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League and these 2 competitions will definitely feature.
Online
Another area where FIFA has dominated in the past is in online gameplay. While EA improved their servers to a small extent from their turbulent FIFA 15 version, PES 2016 was an absolute nightmare for online gamers.
The game was crippled with lag resulting in losses of major parts of matches. Improvements have been made this time around however and myClub is set to feature new scouts in the auction house in order to easily get the player you are looking for. Also, a team analyser tool will help analyse your team’s strengths and weaknesses efficiently.
FIFA’s Ultimate Team still rules the roost, though, with the ability to buy and sell player cards in order to build a dream team. Arguably this online game mode is bigger than the FIFA game itself.
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