L03: Fifa 16 in-deph review Shayi Aluwoade

Fifa 16 Review

Fifa 16 is a sports genre video game, which I am going to review, on my Xbox 360.

The story of the game is basically two opposition teams battling for the football as they are trying to dribble past each other, tackle each other in order to get into a good shooting position to therefore score past the goalkeeper in the goal which is the main aim of the game. The story affects the approach of the player to the characters as the characters are football players and the player is controlling these football players and is interacting with them as the player is controlling them, performing skill moves etc. but overall the story of the game does not affect the players approach to the game to much.

The story connects well with the target audience as the majority of the target audience are sports fans, football fans in particular so therefore the story of the football fans does connect with the target audience as they may have experienced real life football matches and also maybe played the sport themselves so therefore can relate to a game about the sport. 

This game connotes social realism in many aspects as players show emotion on their faces, which is of course a reflection of real life, as football is of course a very emotional sport, as well as realism in the fact that the audience have the option to choose a multiple set of celebrations which again connotes real life, as different players happen to use different celebrations.

The game was created on EA’s ignite engine which takes advantage of the futuristic hardware which resides inside the newer range of consoles, and of course adds new dynamics to the game.

One thing I liked about the game was the amount of different characters it offers, as well as the amount of different teams, which again connotes social realism, as the real-life sport offers a vast amount of different teams, from different countries.

I also reviewed the multiplayer options, which really intrigued me, as there are a lot of different game-modes, which is helpful, as I tend to get bored of one particular game mode. The game mode I showed particular interest in, was Ultimate team. Ultimate team offers the audience the chance to build their own team, with the players that they love and our passionate about. The audience must obtain these players by opening card packs, which are got by either, playing matches to earn coins or by using real life currency to obtain the packs.

The players are grouped into multiple categories, which are based on, Bronze, Silver, and gold cards. Gold cards are in general, harder to obtain than bronze and silver cards, and require more work to obtain them.

Overall, as a reviewer, and an avid gamer, I would recommend this game to any sports fan, or anyone just looking to have fun really, on a game they can spend hours on, and really communicate with new players on the online mode, as you can connect your microphone to this game. The game really reflects football in real life, and in my opinion, is the closest that your going to get, comparing it to games like Pro Evolution Soccer. I would also say the game is suitable for any, age-range, as it displayed no violence so is appropriate, yet still offers the level of euphoria of some ultra-violent games.