A Melodramatic Return To Form
HIGH The gameplay is both speedier and more grounded in physics.
LOW The Journey has already jumped the shark.
WTF Floating corner kick reticles are evil and must be punished.
Tag: EA Sports
NHL 18 Review
Slick On The Ice, But Stuck In A Rut
HIGH Franchise mode remains the primary reason to hit the ice
LOW Be a Pro is awkward, paling in comparison to career modes from other EA titles
WTF Did videogame hockey really peak in 1994?
FIFA 17 Review
The Empire Has Fallen
HIGH The Journey is the story mode this series has needed for years.
LOW Realizing that PES is starting to pull ahead in the race for soccer supremacy.
WTF Overdone player animations decrease response time (and increase how often I threw things at my cat.)
Madden NFL 17 Review
A Modest Two-Yard Gain
HIGH: Finally, a kicking system that isn’t always a sure thing.
LOW: Ultimate Team seems to be a bigger cash-grab than before.
WTF: Two hours in and still in training mode?
FIFA 16 Review
The competition is heating up
HIGH A solid card-based mode that doesn't feel out of place.
LOW EA may have gone to the rehash well one too many times.
WTF Again, a CARD TRADING MINIGAME THAT DOESN'T SUCK
NBA Live 16 Review
As good as a colonoscopy
HIGH It's light years ahead of NBA Live 15, in every way possible…
LOW … so is a colonoscopy.
WTF Based on the audio, it's not uncommon for everyone to leave the arena mid-game, including the announcers.
EA Sports Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Review
EA's reboot lacks the eye of the … well, you know.
HIGH: Not having ample time to bake scones between holes.
LOW: Shimmery, hiccupping graphics and textures seem odd on current platforms.
WTF: Did I just use a 4-iron near a grazing elk?
SSX Review
Insert Your Own "It's Tricky" Joke Here
HIGH Logging in to see you've earned credits when friends failed to beat your scores.
LOW Dropping into another bottomless pit a hundred yards from the finish line.
WTF Why does reversing time only affect me and not anyone else?
Fight Night Champion Review
As Goes the Heavyweights, So Goes Boxing
HIGH Brian Kenny's soft hair reporting on my last fight.
LOW Controlling a fight for nine rounds, only to be instantly knocked out by poor collision detection.
WTF The feeling of watching my boxer, with my face, get pummeled mercilessly into unconsciousness.
Madden NFL 10 Review
Made The Playoffs, But Lost In The First Round
HIGH Breaking through a six man gang tackle to rush for a touchdown.
LOW Having to play the fight for the fumble mini-game when I was the only one near the ball when I fell on it.
WTF Enough with the measuring, it's clearly a first down.
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