Every year people ask the same question when FIFA is released: what’s different and do those changes warrant picking up the latest iteration?
The foundation has become so solid sometimes those innovations are subtle, but in FIFA 13 on PlayStation Vita they’re imperceptible, Why? Because there aren’t any really.
Last year, EA debuted its football franchise on the Vita under the name of FIFA Football (or FIFA Soccer depending on where you live). It was a carefully selected title, one that created distance between itself and the console version. It wasn’t quite the same but it had its own set of attributes – it took advantage of the touchscreen for passing and the rear touchpad for shooting, for instance. But one year later, things haven’t moved on. It’s the same, and the lack of parity with the excellent FIFA 13 on consoles is insulting. I don’t expect it to be the same game, but it doesn’t even try to be and that’s the worst part.