FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Review
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.0.7
App Reviewed on: iPhone 6 Plus
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The mobile versions of FIFA have been a progressively improving product over the last five years. Granted each year’s iteration was good in its own respect, but year-over-year it began to feel like a constantly building crescendo of quality. With last year’s outing snagging a coveted Editor’s Choice, can 2015’s installment continue the trend?
The free offering dives right into the card-collecting mechanics before players even have the chance to hit the pitch. Instead of the prerequisite on-the-field tutorial and the like, players are treated to the pleasure of opening packs of cards and designing their squad from the ground up. For some this may be quite a change of pace, but given that the mode is far from a newcomer and EA’s added emphasis over the past couple of installments, it is hard to imagine that this will be new to many.
For everything that the game does well, it is worth mentioning that the concept of an exhibition match or an online game with your favorite team and/or lineup will be next to impossible. Unless the player has managed to luck into recreating the squad using cards, there is little that can be done to settle a grudge match. Instead players are forced to use one of their Ultimate Team squads. While this is certainly not the end of the world, it does feel like a bit of a step back from prior seasons.