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Solid gameplay improvements and tweaks to existing game modes are overshadowed by Ultimate Team’s loot box problem. FIFA 22 is another cynical money grab.

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Solid gameplay improvements and tweaks to existing game modes are overshadowed by Ultimate Team's loot box problem. FIFA 22 is another cynical money grab.

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8/10

Richard Wakeling (GameSpot)

FIFA 22 excels on the pitch with a patient and more methodical style, but additions elsewhere are only incremental and microtransactions still leave a bad taste.

September 29, 201 |

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FIFA 22 features tons of big changes in every element of gameplay, making this year’s iteration the best version seen to date.

September 27, 2021 |

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Chris White (God is a Geek)

3.5/5 stars

Anthony J Nash (Windows Central)

FIFA 22 adds some big improvements to the way the game functions, and better yet, makes the game feel even better as you play. Add to that some big changes to modes like Career Mode, and FIFA 22 is a huge improvement from past entries.

October 6, 2021 |

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Richard Wakeling (GameSpot)

8/10 - (Read Review)

FIFA 22 excels on the pitch with a patient and more methodical style, but additions elsewhere are only incremental and microtransactions still leave a bad taste.

Chris White (God is a Geek)

9/10 - (Read Review)

FIFA 22 features tons of big changes in every element of gameplay, making this year’s iteration the best version seen to date.

Anthony J Nash (Windows Central)

3.5/5 stars - (Read Review)

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Areajugones	Juan Linares	9 / 10	09-27-2021	‎I am very happy with this new installment. FIFA 22 introduces us to the biggest gameplay change for years to bring more realism to a game mode that although it does not need it, if it brings it closer to the sport from which it is nourished. Whether the changes are positive or negative will also help the time and opinion that is formed throughout the season. But that we have to learn again to play and to look for ingenuity and strategies with which to succeed again in the game modes I see something positive.‎	Read review
Atomix	Rodolfo León	80 / 100	10-01-2021	FIFA 22 actually feels different from the rest of the franchise, but it’s still the same old game. New movement mechanics open up new strategies of scoring, but the AI still feels pretty dumb sometimes. Overall, it’s a solid soccer experience that fans likely wont’s miss out.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	Connor Christie	3.5 / 5 stars	09-30-2021	FIFA 22 is here for a new season, and while there are some inspiring changes, the same old own-goals keep coming back.	Read review
AusGamers	TobyBerger	9 / 10	09-27-2021	Combined with the new animation work, linking a few passes together to score a beautiful goal feels (and looks) fantastic.	Read review
Cerealkillerz	Gabriel Bogdan	8 / 10	09-29-2021	Even when FIFA 22 doesn’t really offer a great jump for the series, fans will get the usual whole package with lots of small steps into the right direction. The new HyperMotion technology and the option to create and manage your own club in the career stay the only real highlights.	Read review
Chicas Gamers	Adrián de Francisco	Recommended	10-06-2021	In FIFA 22 we will enjoy as much or more than in FIFA 21, with improvements in the quality of life of some titles, with updated rosters, with the Ultimate Team completely redesigned and if you are a football fan, you will have hours and hours of game modes in which to score one and a thousand goals. Although the improvements seem insufficient to go from last year’s installment to this one, we will see that they have been enough to give a more than realistic football, improving the golden formula and making FIFA the best football game one more year.	Read review
COGconnected	Jaz Sagoo	84 / 100	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 is the improvement that many fans have been waiting for. Shifting the focus away from pace, the game has managed to achieve a new level of realism. Due to HyperMotion Technology, players act and move intelligently, increasing strategic possibilities in offensive and defensive scenarios. With a litany of tweaks and refinements, FIFA 22 is the best iteration of the sport in the franchise.	Read review
Cubed3	Justin Prinsloo	8 / 10	10-03-2021	It feels strange saying this, but FIFA 22 is a sports game made with love, whose developers have obviously rediscovered the joy behind how a football sim should behave. The changes to gameplay and graphics, and the evolutions of established modes, give it the largest scope yet for a football sim	Read review
Daily Mirror	Nathan Bliss	4 / 5 stars	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 is probably the most realistic, most immersive and best looking FIFA game ever, but there’s also a feeling that with the right tweaks here and there, it could and should be a lot better.	Read review
Digital Spy	Owen Gough	4 / 5 stars	10-01-2021	Let’s face it, if you’re already well invested into the FIFA carousel, you’ll likely not need that much convincing to pick this one up. It’s basically everything you’ve loved for the past two decades with better graphics. Even if there’s not that much that’s actually new to get excited about, there really isn’t that much that needs fixing.	Read review
Echo Boomer	Diogo dos Santos	Recommended	09-27-2021	After years of big promises, FIFA 22 takes all the things the series does right and even more to the table. It’s the best FIFA in years.	Read review
Eurogamer	Wesley Yin-Poole	Not Recommended	09-27-2021	Solid gameplay improvements overshadowed by the fact EA Sports still hasn’t tackled FUT’s loot box problem.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Gabriele Laurino	7.8 / 10	09-27-2021	The EA Sports revolution comes to life in FIFA 22 for next gen, but in our opinion we are facing a starting point and certainly not a goal for Canadian football. The novelties guaranteed by Hypermotion Technology, a real pillar of this year’s offer, give the scenic impact and gameplay a realism that is unprecedented for the series.	Read review
Forbes	Brian Mazique	7.5 / 10	10-08-2021	EA Sports has delivered a strong next-gen experience with FIFA 22. The primary focus was on gameplay and the attention led to a tangible improvement overall. However, the feature set is still in need of more layers.	Read review
Game Informer	Jason Guisao	7 / 10	09-27-2021	There aren’t many notable changes in FIFA 22. My Career is still the most dynamic mode, and that’s not saying much	Read review
Game Revolution	Paul Tamburro	4.25 / 5 stars	10-06-2021	I’ve been impressed by my time with FIFA 22 thus far, with it shaping up to be one of the tightest entries in the series so far. While it doesn’t offer a great deal in terms of new modes, the improvements made to existing staples of the series such as Ultimate Team, Pro Clubs, and Volta are all welcome, helping to diversify current modes and make them much more distinguishable. We’ll have our full review soon.	Read review
Gameblog	Alix Dulac	7 / 10	09-27-2021	Doing better than FIFA 21 was inevitable for FIFA 22. And the task was pretty busy, between a pleasant interface to handle, an ever more addictive Ultimate Team mode and a more defensive gameplay, this time. But some defects persist, others have emerged and overall, the container remains the same from one year to the next. If EA has made the choice to reform the form this season, and under the condition that the patches improve and do not destroy what has been put in place, it will be necessary for the developer to urgently look at the background, which purrs and would need to be fleshed out.	Read review
GamePro	Dennis Michel	80 / 100	09-28-2021	FIFA 22 is either the leap into a new generation, depending on the version, more or less of the same … or the annual impudence.	Read review
Gamersky	细拉	7.4 / 10	10-02-2021	FIFA 22 has improved the smoothness of its feel and movement compared to its predecessor, but there have been few changes in mode and play.	Read review
GameSpot	Richard Wakeling	8 / 10	09-29-2021	FIFA 22 excels on the pitch with a patient and more methodical style, but additions elsewhere are only incremental and microtransactions still leave a bad taste.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Ben Wilson	3.5 / 5 stars	09-27-2021	A superb second next-gen season on the digital turf – but subtle Ultimate Team tweaks amplify the ‘pay to win’ criticisms that stalk this series annually.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	The GN Staff	7.4 / 10	10-12-2021	Overall, FIFA 22 is the best new entry in recent years. But the nefarious gutting of play-to-win rewards in its most popular mode means that the shadow of pay-to-win microtransactions looms ever more over FIFA’s latest entry.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shubhankar Parijat	8 / 10	09-29-2021	FIFA 22 makes some important changes on and off the pitch, and though there’s still plenty of room for improvement, it’s still the series’ best game in recent years.	Read review
GamingTrend	Abdul Saad	70 / 100	10-12-2021	Despite its noticeable faults, FIFA 22 is still a decent installment in the series. It offers players fun gameplay and an excellent visual experience to football lovers.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Juan Lorente	8.8 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 is a clear step forward in the franchise, thanks mainly to the arrival of much-needed changes. It still misses a generational leap, but it is undoubtedly a great football game.	Read review
God is a Geek	Chris White	9 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 features tons of big changes in every element of gameplay, making this year’s iteration the best version seen to date.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Mikołaj Łaszkiewicz	8.5 / 10	09-28-2021	If you’ve been avoiding FIFA for a long time, this edition is a great opportunity to change that and play some matches on virtual stadiums. If you’re a regular, on the other hand, you’re probably playing as we speak, but this time, you’re probably fully satisfied. Right?	Read review
Guardian	Keith Stuart	4 / 5 stars	10-01-2021	Fifa 22 is absolutely unmistakably a Fifa game – it has the sophistication and polish we’ve come to expect, with all the player likenesses, authentic stadia and recognisable commentators we see every year. But right at the core of it is a match engine that feels more surefooted than ever, at a time when the game’s more tactically complex rival Pro Evolution Soccer has been relegated to a free-to-play existence with all the compromises that will inevitably entail. If you can live with the loot-box trickery of Ultimate Team, this is a gigantic, rewarding simulation that offers a ton of variety and scope, and many, many moments of exquisite goalmouth drama.	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Cory Wells	4.5 / 5 stars	09-27-2021	The team left no stone unturned for FIFA 22 and went all out in making a supremely-improved football game.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Rafael Aznar	81 / 100	09-27-2021	As a football game, FIFA 22 is very continuist. It doesn’t offer anything spectacular or revolutionary in order to make you stand up from your seat, but it takes profit of its previous knowledge to provide some nice matches.	Read review
IGN	Unknown	7.5 / 10	10-05-2021	FIFA 22 paves the way for a new generation of more realistic and intelligent FIFA games thanks to Hypermotion technology, but its content remains refined with a focus on Ultimate competitions rather than any other playing phase.	Read review
IGN Italy	Davide Mancini	8.6 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 is the most interesting and deep entry in the series from years to date, thanks to its new physics, AI and level of details. FIFA 22 gives players a game finally balanced, where defenders have the same power of attackers. The spectacular and televised identity of the franchise, though, is always the same, but this comes as a silent revolution which, if not muted after a couple of match in the name of metagame and pro gaming, it could be a great start for the future.	Read review
IGN Spain	Álex Pareja	8 / 10	09-28-2021	FIFA 22 incorporates enough novelties in its game system to vary the rhythm of the matches and improve the experience. A great simulator, punctuated by the importance of microtransactions and the absence of major developments in its different modalities.	Read review
LevelUp	Pedro Pérez Cesari	7.7 / 10	09-29-2021	FIFA 22 could be a new beginning for the series thanks to a better football sensation. The gameplay is smooth, slower and fun. Sadly, many of its mode still lack that extra edge to feel different to FIFA 21.	Read review
M3	Raphael Cano Felix	4 / 10	09-30-2021	“New” Fifa is a big step forward for both the series and Electronic Arts. Realism is more evident this time, while the ballplay on the pitch is becoming increasingly compelling. Sure, there are occasional misses in places, but mostly everything from animations to collisions feels entirely worthy of the epithet “next gen”.	Read review
Merlin’in Kazanı	Ersin Kılıç	77 / 100	10-05-2021	FIFA 22 has achieved a successful acceleration with its HyperMotion feature and new dynamics. But despite all these innovations, it can barely get rid of the “same game” feeling.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	77 / 100	10-12-2021	Despite a full year since the launch of the new console generation, FIFA 22 doesn’t offer anything groundbreaking, on or off the pitch. The changes are largely minor and exclusive features are not worth fretting over. It plays a solid game of football, as always, but we’re still left waiting for a true next-gen leap.	Read review
Nintendo Life	Chris Scullion	2 / 10	10-04-2021	FIFA 22 marks the third time EA has given us FIFA 19 with a different shirt on. It may clearly state Legacy Edition on the title, but being kicked in the groin isn’t any less painful if your assailant tells you they’re going to do it in advance. Once again, EA has insulted Switch owners by giving them the version it usually releases on dead systems. Do not accept it.	Read review
Operation Sports	Kevin Groves	Recommended	09-29-2021	FIFA 22 will no doubt change over the course of the next couple months by way of patches stemming from community feedback, but if you’re looking for a solid soccer title to scratch your footy itch then FIFA 22 is your game. There are plenty of modes to enjoy, online is solid as ever, and the gameplay is finally good enough to propose a rewarding challenge thanks in large part to the attacking/defending balance.	Read review
PC Gamer	Matt Killeen	76 / 100	10-11-2021	Wonderful and distasteful all at once, it entertains and fails in turns, like Frank Worthington. But I loved watching Frankie.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Blake Grundman	7 / 10	10-01-2021	For as much as FIFA 22 has done right with enhancements to the the on-field product, they seem perfectly content to not offer up new ways to engage with the sport. While HyperMotion helps bridge the realism gap that’s been present for a bit, it isn’t quite substantial enough to warrant calling it game-changing. This may be a positive step in the right direction for the franchise, but it’s still quite a ways from genuinely raising the bar.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Adam Byrne	8 / 10	10-03-2021	As good an entry as we’ve seen in recent years, FIFA 22 is a step in the right direction for EA Sports’ oft-faltering series and has laid a foundation for what will hopefully be positive changes going forward.	Read review
Press Start	Toby Berger	9 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 is the best FIFA game in years. HyperMotion pushes the action along, with a renewed focus on Career Mode more than welcome. It’s a more refined, well-developed package this time around, and I’m excited to see where the series is headed in the future.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Bruno Henrique Vinhadel	70 / 100	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 remains a good FIFA and a good football game. It has its usual attempts at improvement and tweaking, but it remains more of a festive presentation of the sport than a collective experience as a whole.	Read review
Push Square	Sammy Barker	8 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 feels like real football, and it’s all the better for it. Impressive improvements to player positioning, ball physics, and animations make for a supremely satisfying simulation that underpins each of the franchise’s flagship modes. Career Mode doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but the ability to create a club is entertaining, and the changes to Player Careers are overdue. Microtransactions still rule supreme in Ultimate Team, and you’ll already have your own personal opinions on that, but there’s so much to do in this year’s release that you could easily invest hundreds of hours into it without seeing a single loot box.	Read review
Saudi Gamer	Unknown	8 / 10	09-28-2021	FIFA 22 brings significant and substantial improvements to the most important fundamentals of the game, response, ball physics, animation, and artificial intelligence improvements, all of which contribute to a smooth and enjoyable experience.	Read review
Screen Rant	Cody Gravelle	4 / 5 stars	09-27-2021	For those who haven’t picked up a FIFA title in a few years, however, this is certainly the best time to jump back into the franchise, with a skew towards offensive soccer minds that will no doubt result in quicker pacing, attractive games, and a strong pick-up-and-play appeal for those just looking to play some soccer here and there.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Matúš Štrba	8 / 10	10-08-2021	FIFA 22 on nextgen is the the most realistic and fun FIFA game in years, but it still has some flaws in its (lack of new and interesting) content.	Read review
Softpedia	Bogdan Popa	9 / 10	10-09-2021	FIFA 22 is undoubtedly a step forward for the franchise, and the new Hypermotion engine on new-gen consoles is totally worth it, though it’s pretty clear it’s not everybody’s cup of tea.	Read review
SpazioGames	Unknown	8.4 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 improves things where it’s needed and is the first actual next-gen FIFA.	Read review
Sports Gamers Online	Steven Montani	7 / 10	10-01-2021	FIFA 22 has some nice things, and the addition of HyperMotion shows where the series is going. But, for now, there’s a lot that needs to be built on moving forward.	Read review
Telegraph	Tom Hoggins	4 / 5 stars	09-29-2021	The latest in EA’s football behemoth puts gameplay first, though some off-field concerns remain	Read review
The Games Machine	Marco Ravetto	8.4 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 presents itself at the kick-off of the season with a renewed edition, with the much-heralded Hypermotion Technology playing the role of the protagonist. On a technical level, the (numerous) new animations shine above all, while the game structure is partly detached from what has been seen in the past, proposing slightly slower games and with a lower incidence of skills. An interesting choice, which overall works quite well even with some calibration problems (on all goalkeepers) that we hope will be solved as soon as possible through patches.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Kes Eylers-Stephenson	4 / 5 stars	09-27-2021	On the whole, though, the value for money here is ludicrous and every mode provides a different slice of footballing simulation goodness. Beyond all that, though: FIFA 22 is just a fun time. The game will change with patches eventually, but right now, it is the best at launch that FIFA has been in a long, long time. It leaves you with a smile at every small touch and with a satisfied feeling and you ping a cross-field ball. FIFA has finally brought it home.	Read review
TrueGaming	Unknown	8 / 10	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 has provided an improved style of play experience with additions to all the gameplay, but we are still waiting for bolder steps from EA to the integrated experience of the football world.	Read review
TrustedReviews	Max Parker	3.5 / 5 stars	09-30-2021	FIFA 22 offers a better game of football than before and a whole load of new features for PS5, Xbox Series consoles and Stadia. Shame it’s let down by countless bugs and a lack of true improvements in many modes.	Read review
Unboxholics	Κυριάκος Στεργιάδης	Recommended	10-01-2021	EA Sports delivered a good football game that mostly advances things in the realism front, showing of what we can expect from the series in the current gen platforms moving forward.	Read review
Video Games Chronicle	Chris Scullion	4 / 5 stars	09-27-2021	FIFA 22 is the best in the series to date, even if its revamped animation isn’t as revolutionary as billed. As a standalone title it’s fantastic, even though avid players will likely feel that changes are negligible compared to last year.	Read review
Windows Central	Anthony J Nash	3.5 / 5 stars	10-06-2021	FIFA 22 adds some big improvements to the way the game functions, and better yet, makes the game feel even better as you play. Add to that some big changes to modes like Career Mode, and FIFA 22 is a huge improvement from past entries.	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Matt Lorrigan	80 / 100	09-29-2021	FIFA 22 offers a slower, more deliberate game of football on the pitch, and that’s a good thing. But with minimal investment in new modes or updates to existing ones, this is a good upgrade, rather than an essential one.	Read review
Zoomg	افشین پیروزی	8 / 10	10-07-2021	FIFA 22 offers the closest experience to football among recent versions of this simulator series, while also providing the excitement expected from a video game.	Read review

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