FIFA 13

I have to say that I think career mode has come on massively. Likewise, Ultimate Team has been tweaked a fair bit too.

As for Kinect, being able to shout your instructions is nice but I'm sure most people will just use the buttons in single player. In online is where it would be used most, to save waiting for your turn to pause it. Since you can't use it in this way I think that's a tad silly.

Speaking of silly: While I did try out swearing at the ref in friendlies (seems to work) I started a career mode and didn't utter a word to them. I then got a messages after every couple of games warning me for my language and eventually sacked. I hadn't said a word, in some games the room and I were silent. God knows what EA were playing at here.

I read that EA had solved the kit clash problem? Even if they had, they have a new one with you not being able to see who you're facing in Ultimate Team Seasons. I'm not a chicken but I see no fun in taking my team of bronze no names up against a squad of all golds with Messi and Falco up front. Pretty much ruins it.

Great review, I just needed to get a few EA issues off my chest.

Good review Dave, and agree with the majority of what you say. However, your criticisms of rigidity and speed are negated somewhat by the inclusion of full manual options (turn all the assists to semi or even off), full analogue movement and sprint and a 'slow' game speed option (which is not slow, but closer to 'sim' speed. I only play that way (obviously online is at default). When you factor in the team AI/CPU sliders as well you have a completely customisable game as well as a vast, and massively entertaining, one. As such, it's a 9/10 from me.

Fifa 13 or all other Fifa games are not a simulation of the sport. The players are way too agile and you have no feel of momentum or so whatever, you just make turns while running like if the players were ice skating and score goals from outside the box like if you were playing some arcade stuff. PES rules this year in terms of simulation, truth must be sad, FIFA looks brilliant in caracthers animations and is flashy like a hoolywood movie, but seriously, this aint football at all!