![]() Ultimate Team also serves as a great on-ramp for new players as it leads you by the hand through the basic situations you’re going to experience before it starts to ask more complicated things of you. Instead, let’s think about the compelling card collecting, the daily challenges, and the opportunity to craft a team featuring your favourite superstar players. ![]() I also try not to think about the fact that those purchases don’t jump from one edition to another, as that way madness lies. I try not to think about how much I’ve spent on Ultimate Team over the years. Hopefully this can be patched out in the very near future. I didn’t lose any progress, but even on Series X reloading the game takes well over a minute, sucking a bit more of the fun out each time. The biggest downside at the moment seems to be that Franchise has a worrying habit of crashing the game, forcing a restart. The staff now have their own talent trees, with these active abilities helping to improve your team’s chance of success, and you can tweak and tune to your heart’s content. You can now really dig into the management and control of your entire team, from the staff upwards, and it feels as though they’re taking a few of the right steps with a scouting tool that allows more granular scouting of college players. That may well not be why you’re here though, and Franchise itself has finally had a long-awaited update. When you consider where NBA2K stands in terms of putting you at the centre of your own sports movie, Madden has a long way to go. Your player can of course become the Face of the Franchise, and you’ve got a spot of narrative drive to take you through the mode, but it’s still not a patch on the Long Shot sequence from Madden 18 and 19. You can also unlock and equip Superstar and X-Factor abilities across classes to forge a truly unique player that suits your personal playstyle. Progression for your character is thankfully unified across Face of the Franchise and The Yard as it returns for a second year. You can select a class, choose a physique that’s going to match your style, and then see its impact on your class’ power. Player classes are another new facet for your created character. What that should mean is that your weekly play reflects what’s going on in the NFL, though we’ll have to wait to see how impactful this proves to be. It sits at odds with the commitment not to secretly fudge the game flow, but you can see the meter at the top of the screen, at least clueing you in on the shifting sands.ĮA Tiburon have had ‘the real thing’ firmly in their sights this year, and alongside momentum there’s both Gameday Atmosphere and live player AI that updates each player and team’s playstyle and tendencies as the real season progresses. When you’re on the receiving end of it you’ll feel like you’re facing an uphill battle, just like the real thing. ![]() It’s an interesting way to reflect when a team is playing well, and it feels authentic. These home field advantages kick in when you’re playing well, and bring with them a host of different boosts, whether that’s your QB tightening up their accuracy or your receivers being fumble-proof. No one likes change – it’s a good job Brady is still reassuringly, and annoyingly, brilliant – and I wasn’t sold on them at first, but once you settle into things it’s clear that EA Tiburon has made a concerted effort to make the game feel as engaging as possible, no matter whether you’re playing offence or defence.įirst up is the Momentum Meter. Newcomers and series stalwarts alike will be greeted by a few changes on the gameplay front.
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