

The cycle of play/train/play/train gets a little old and the story elements get less and less frequent once you’re settled into your team’s starting eleven. On the plus side, I found myself genuinely wanting Alex to do well (not to mention absolutely hating his ex-best friend Gaz Walker) but in reality the conversation choices lack impact and I’d have rather played just key matches during the season than having to play in every match I was selected for. It is essentially the Player Career mode from previous years but with more story behind it and some conversation choices. EA have done something like this before with Fight Night Champion but it is new when it comes to footballers and while I didn’t expect to get much from it, The Journey has been quite enjoyable. This mode sees you step into the boots of Alex Hunter, a talented young footballer, as he tries to make his way into a professional football career. I mean, yes, fundamentally FIFA 17 is pretty much the same game as FIFA 16 but this time they’ve added something genuinely a bit interesting and that is The Journey. Football is football and football games aren’t going to change any time soon. Neither game is going to surprise you unless you have the memory of a goldfish. So, each year there really isn’t much you can say about either games.


Likewise, EA and Konami have been accurately simulating the sport for a couple of decades now with their FIFA and PES franchises respectively.
FIFA 17 PS4
Octoin PS4 tagged FIFA 17 / football / simulation / sports / the journey by Richieįootball has been around since the late 1800s and, aside from a few rule changes here and there, the game hasn’t really changed much over the years.
