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While the core game is better than ever, and the Ultimate Team mode has its perks, the shift to just being about this monetized meta-game hurts FIFA 15.Complaining about Ultimate Team isn't a complaint about the monetization itself, as much as it is  Fifa 17 Points Account a complaint about the way the structure of the game makes me feel as a player.

The game makes it quite possible to play for free, as you can buy every card pack with in-game currency, and there are regular rewards for daily play, and opportunities galore to get free packs. I'm not mad about that. I just don't like the ever-presence of it. It's the only thing I can do. It's impossible to sit back and enjoy a match because players are regulated by contracts, which tick down after each match.

When they run out, you either have to sub in another player or use a contract card to replenish their contract count. So the game becomes a race to build a strong team while your current team's resources are depleting, and you have to balance earning your resources from Fifa Coins matches on improvements with maintenance.It's actually understandable why everything but Ultimate Team would be stripped out of the game.

It's not just because not only is there greater potential to make money from Ultimate Team than in selling a $4.99 unlock for the core game modes. It's that if you take away the option to play anything but Ultimate Team, EA manages to get people who otherwise wouldn't touch the feature – like myself, for instance – to play the Ultimate Team mode, and potentially spend more than that $4.99 that they would have on unlocking the full game. And when you can sell card packs and the like instead of just one $4.99 IAP for playing matches of my choosing, then, well, I understand why.

I don't like it, though.Now, sure, I could just play FIFA 14. It's not available on the App Store any more, but I can re-download it from my Purchased history. I don't really care all that much about having current rosters, I'm not really a soccer fan at all, I just like watching the World Cup and playing soccer video games. The problem is that Fifa 17 Coins  feels significantly better than FIFA 14. The player physics have a pleasing weight to their movements that feels realistic.