In FIFA 18 there should be fewer wrong decisions on the pitch. The referees are being improved.
In hardly any game are joy and sorrow so closely intertwined as in the annual installment of the FIFA series. When you dominate an opponent overwhelmingly or score the winning goal in the last minutes of the game, the joy is indescribable. However, the mood can shift dramatically in the next game. A major frustration point is the referee.
Those who have played a few games in FIFA 17 will surely know such situations: You barely touch the opponent and still get a yellow card right away. In the same game, an opponent tackles you brutally from behind, such that in real football, the player would have broken all bones – and for that, there is only a warning. This is not fair, it is a wrong decision, it makes your pulse race.
In an interview with Kicker, Creative Director Matthew Prior talks about the referees in FIFA 18. They are supposed to officiate the game better than in FIFA 17.
Referees in FIFA 18 are supposed to improve
Prior admits that there are strange behaviors of the referees in FIFA 17. EA Sports is working on it and hopes that these will not occur anymore soon.
He explains: The referee decisions are based on the Frostbite engine. This game engine was first introduced in FIFA 17. Physically, Frostbite is “very accurate”, however, some game situations do indeed look more extreme than they actually are. This leads to wrong decisions.
For FIFA 18, they have refined the logic. This is not a huge change – the major gameplay innovations in FIFA 18 can be found here – but it is still something they have worked on.
In FIFA 18, joy and sorrow will certainly still lie close together. Hopefully, the emotional outbursts will depend less on the adventurous referee decisions.
Note: The title image is from redbull.com.
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