{"id":90181,"date":"2026-09-25T19:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90181"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:45:51","slug":"ea-sports-fc-27-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90181","title":{"rendered":"EA Sports FC 27 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>I find myself in a weird place with EA Sports FC 27. On one hand, worthwhile strategic elements have finally been added that reflect real-world tactics in a concise, intuitive way. On the other hand, the promised improvements to the behavior and pathing of computer-controlled players on the field still ring hollow, carrying over many of the same issues the series has had for over a decade. Couple this with the dreaded introduction of open-world elements via The Grounds, and the result is yet another year where nearly positive change is balanced out by a negative one.Ever since NBA 2K14 introduced MyPark, which eventually evolved into The Neighborhood in NBA 2K18 and The City in NBA 2K21, I figured it was only a matter of time before EA brought a similar open world full of activities to its other sports franchises. While The Grounds isn&#8217;t without merit, it often feels like EA is trying to solve a problem that didn&#8217;t really exist.<\/p>\n<p>After hours of exploring The Grounds, it\u2019s clear FC 27 didn\u2019t need to have an open-world environment to deliver a more communal online mode. I don\u2019t need to run through a visually saturated, low-resolution city populated by lifeless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself in a weird place with EA Sports FC 27. On one hand, worthwhile strategic elements have finally been added that reflect real-world tactics in a concise, intuitive way. On the other hand, the promised improvements to the behavior and pathing of computer-controlled players on the field still ring hollow, carrying over many&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":90183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90185,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90181\/revisions\/90185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}