FIFA 17 - the football game where you're better off letting the AI defend for you

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I've played over 50 online matches of FIFA 17 now, so feel comfortable in delivering a verdict of sorts: this is the sweatiest FIFA game I've ever played.
I don't mean it actually makes me sweat. Well, it sometimes does, but not, you know, generally. I mean its gameplay balances precariously on a knife-edge and matches are won or lost in a moment of madness. A mistake, invariably, either from the computer-controlled players or, yep, the goalkeeper.
I'd like to get stuck into the gameplay here. This is not an article about FIFA Ultimate Team, a gameplay mode I dare not encourage but understand EA has improved in key areas this year. Nor is it an article about The Journey, FIFA 17's surprisingly fun but still a bit odd story mode. This is an article about gameplay, about what it's like to play match after match after match.
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