FIFA 20
FIFA 19 saw the conclusion to the Alex Hunter saga; one that sent him and his closest far and wide to progress careers and achieve their fever pitch dreams. The new featured mode is VOLTA. Meaning “return” in Portuguese, this portion is doing just that. While the height of EA Sports’ Street catalog had run its course by the crest of the 2010s, the publisher did kick the refresh b...[Read More]
FIFA 19
Pomp, panoply, pageantry. All apt descriptors for the beautiful game’s most prestigious club competition. For years, FIFA‘s biggest (now only) rival Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami owned exclusive rights to use the UEFA structure in-game, including Champions League. This annual event features the best clubs from each top flight league in Europe, starting earnestly in September with grou...[Read More]
Forza Motorsport 7 Review
Since 2005, the Forza Motorsport brand has actually espoused a fair amount of varied complexion. At its inception, another first party racing franchise was already burning rubber on the “OG” Xbox. Project Gotham Racing started as a launch title for the console in November of 2001 and produced inviting driving mechanics just a tick on the arcade side. Forza was tuned more “simR...[Read More]
FIFA 18 Review
At the jump, you’re thrown right into the ’53 minute of El Derbi madrileño match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. Drama heats up as current Ballon d’Or holder Cristiano Ronaldo is fouled right outside the box, resulting in a golden opportunity to bury a go-ahead goal. From here, you step in and play out the rest of the tilt. This is an initial assessment test to attain y...[Read More]
Halo Wars 2
The first edition in the subseries, Halo Wars, was released right around eight years ago for the 360. That was a joint venture between the then named Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios. It coalesced basic real time tenants within the Halo-verse realm. With the odds stacked against (usual RTS-on-console control mismatch, melding facets of a shooter to fit a completely different genre, et c...[Read More]