FIFA 17 Critic Reviews

The Frostbite engine has allowed FIFA to take the next step in gameplay, with better mechanics and smarter AI to create a bigger challenge. The Journey mode will suck in those wanting a new single player experience while Ultimate Team and Pro Clubs will give all the online players the fix they want. This is a must have for fans of the beautiful game.

Simply put, this is the best FIFA game we’ve seen in years and a superb package that will keep you hooked for months.

While FIFA 10 and FIFA 13 made huge leaps forward on the gameplay front, FIFA 17 brings it all together. From the world-class presentation to the familiar mechanics, FIFA 17 delivers the most holistic football experience ever.

FIFA 17 carries on the good work done by its predecessor, making some changes to the gameplay that make it one of the best games ever into the series. Our expectations for The Journey were a bit higher than the final result, but it's still a good experience.

FIFA 17 is an amazing game. It combines a simulative and refined gameplay to an incredible set of game modes. This year, Ultimate Team is interesting and well-structured, and the career mode is the best offline experience that the genre has to offer. The technical performance is certainly effective, thanks to the new engine.

FIFA 17 is the best next-gen soccer game to date. That's partly because of the new Engine, which performs absolute miracles.

Yet another extremely valid and compelling game in FIFA series, with great variety and a very good story mode. Our primary complaint is about lack of fidelity with many players: what's the point of adding so many of them if visual, animations, and stats fidelity is only accurate in the most popular ones?

This season, EA Sports has made a great effort to make its roster bigger than in the previous years. The change of FIFA to PS4 and Xbox One was very conservative, but this year it plays beautifully on the pitch and it shows a great physical form with the Frostbite Engine, The Journey and the exclusive licenses.

FIFA 17 has FIFA 16-based gameplay, but it's more polished. It includes a variety of game modes for every taste.

FIFA 17 is the biggest stride forward for football this generation. I can’t say it’s reclaimed the crown from PES, and for the players who have made the switch, you’ll still find the controls a little too erratic. But with vastly improved A.I. and more attacking options to complement the defensive backbone, this is the strongest FIFA this generation where it counts.

The sports game genre’s toughest task is to make consumers feel a need to buy each year, so an incremental upgrade can often not be quite enough. FIFA 17 was already coming off one of the series’ best outings in awhile, but with features like the The Journey mode and the even more realistic Frostbite engine, EA Canada has once again given players a reason to buy the game yet again with FIFA 17.

Football has never looked so good, and with a new story mode and some welcome additions to gameplay, EA has got a great football title on their hands.

FIFA 17 is a great game and without any doubt, is the best chapter of the series on next generation consoles. Frostbite brings brand new physics to the game and the Journey is the first true campaign in the story of FIFA.

FIFA 17 has pleased us, not only for the graphical overhaul thanks to the new engine, but also for the addition of a story mode and the gameplay improvements made. An excellent soccer game.

FIFA 17 is a great game. The on-pitch action is as realistic as it’s ever been, aesthetically and mechanically, but not without some shortcomings. It’s no longer stagnating like last year’s iteration, but while The Journey is fantastic, Career mode still feels woefully underdeveloped.

The Journey is engaging enough that it'll be interesting to see how it's developed next year, but right now, it's not the reason to buy FIFA 17. That remains a combination of still-excellent fundamental gameplay (on a par, at least, with Pro Evolution Soccer 2017's much-improved showing) and Ultimate Team, the game-above-the-game to which PES still has no serious answer. Put together with an improved Career mode and best-in-class presentation, and FIFA 17 is still out in front--even if its lead has been cut this year.

FIFA 17, thanks mainly to The Journey, feels like a reintroduction to the things that have made this series EA Sports’ pride and joy for the past eight years. It may be a safe and well-trod story path, but it’s walked with characters I cared about. When I finished The Journey, I beelined for Be a Pro, something I have rarely touched, to create myself there and carry on what I had learned with Alex Hunter.

FIFA 17 makes gameplay far more realistic than ever before, this is by delivering amazing details and a massive leap in its graphics fidelity in addition to more game modes than ever. It is definitely the ultimate football experience.

FIFA 17 is a step forward in the series thanks to its new gameplay innovations but specially for the new game mode called The Journey. This new FIFA game feels and plays differently. It's something the fans need.

Aside from the missing customization, this is easily the best and most complete FIFA ever. There are other areas with minor issues, but nothing worthy of mentioning in the negatives section. Tightened gameplay, improved visuals and The Journey make this a monumental achievement in the series and it reestablishes the series as the King of the Pitch, yet again.