Despite barely watching any football or caring too much about it beyond how Leicester City are doing, I find football games to be perfect to play in the background while listening to a podcast or watching something on another screen. But this year has changed us all.
If I were to give this award every year, it would go to FIFA for the last seven. I could have switched to Pro Evolution Soccer if it weren't for FIFA 17, 18 & 19 providing a large narrative campaign called the Journey which involved Alex Hunter and followed by his half-sister and on-again-off-again friend/rival. While it wasn't anything groundbreaking, it made you feel somewhat invested.
This was replaced by a street football campaign of Volta which felt more like some cutscenes between picking which region of the world you were going to win with flip-flaps and step-overs while meeting famous street players like *checks notes* Jayzinho?!
Ultimately, it didn't carry the same human-interest that The Journey had. With continuing drive towards FIFA Ultimate Team's loot box driven play and Pro Evolution Soccer also taking a year off with only a roster update 2020 may point to a nadir in football games in recent history.
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