This is my least favorite FIFA yet. They tweaked the game play (for the worse). Half of the time, you can score wondergoals 40 yards out with Toumani Diagouraga from Morecambe. Other times Mbappe or Haaland will miss an open net sitter.

The defense is unpredictable, not in the realistic AI way, but in the sometimes-might-run-away-from-the-goal-for-no-reason kind of way. And there aren't enough new features to save the poor gameplay.

Once they got rid of the pay-to-play model, the game actually is pretty good. I played it for an embarrassingly long time over a three month period.

Learning languages is difficult for me and I don't love puzzle games.

Yet, this puzzle game based on learning made-up ancient languages consumed by brain for 3 straight days. The art is beautiful. Every level of the tower feels unique, yet equally interesting. Not a slow point in the game. So good.