FIFA Heroes preview - "The lad's got potential"I used to play a lot of EA Sports’ FIFA before eventually bowing out around 2015 when the importance of Ultimate Team came at the detriment of every other mode. I understood. It was their cash cow, after all, but I used to love a good career mode. Since then, it’s become EA Sports FC, and I’ve been intrigued to see where the FIFA licence might end up. Now, it seems that it will be spread across several games, with one of them being Enver Studios’ FIFA Heroes, which I recently had the opportunity to go hands-on with. And while it certainly shows plenty of promise in spells, I’m not 100% convinced it’s ready for the big leagues ahead of its April 28th launch.
If you’ve read any of our previous coverage, then you’ll know that Heroes isn’t trying to be a perfect football sim. In fact, it has no interest in that whatsoever. If I were to describe it somewhat flippantly, because I enjoy doing that, I’d go with FIFA Street meets Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. By which I mean, Enver Studios is serving up arcade-style 5-a-side matches where the various players at your disposal possess potentially game-changing abilities. Some examples include Meteor Shot, which sees the ball struck with such power and pace that even if the goalkeeper makes a save, they’ll likely spend a bit of time lying on the ground, no doubt regretting their decision to go between the sticks, as another player taps in the rebound. ... [ MORE ]
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