FIFA 22 released: First Impressions and Gameplay

FIFA 22 released: EA Sports finally released FIFA 22 globally on October 01, 2021 and the game has already made its mark by bringing some major advancements and great ideas have been implemented giving attention to the smallest details. FIFA 22 released all the important dates for the new season of FUT 22 (FIFA Ultimate Team) and plenty of new contents in FUT 22 which includes new FUT Heroes, FUT Icons and Ones to watch cards. They included over 4000 new animations that raise the physicality, responsiveness and intensity of players.

The first impressions of FIFA 22 are quite striking with the introduction of the HyperMotion Technology which uses state of the art Xsens suits to motion capture data from 11v11 high intensity football matches played by professional footballers and used advanced machine learning algorithms to integrate seamlessly into the game. EA has used real world data to integrate true ball physics into the game. This includes point of contact, air speed, drag and many more factors.

In terms of gameplay, EA have worked on the defensive tactics and claim that they have maintained a realistic equilibrium between attack and defense. FIFA 22 also has a new feature called Explosive Sprint which offers players more control while unleashing the acceleration of footballers when required. The goalkeeper has been completely rebuilt from scratch and offers more realistic positioning and whole new animations which define the personality of top keepers. Players can see the emotion of top level footballers trying to talk, point and give directions on the pitch. A total of four new Icons are coming in the game with three FUT Icons already confirmed earlier. The new addition of FUT 22 Icons includes four new football legends namely Cafu, Robin Van Persie, Iker Casillas and Wayne Rooney.

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