After playing EA Sports FC 27’s new open-world mode, I’m less worried about it being an NBA 2K advertising nightmare

When EA Sports FC players first heard that EA was developing an open-world mode for its massively popular football simulator, minds immediately went to its basketball equivalent, NBA 2K’s The City. For those unfamiliar, one of 2K’s largest money spinners in its annual basketball title rips players off the court and forces them to plod around a clunky open world in order to complete quests that, in the past, have included such basketball staples as recording an album and hanging around with the mascot of a US insurance firm. It is, frankly, very easy to imagine how EA could take this very lucrative formula and apply it to FC. However, after playing the mode, my main concern has shifted from its potential as an advertising factory, and more towards whether I’ll be able to have enough mates online at once to take advantage of it. Read More...

Jul 30, 2026 - 00:11

After playing EA Sports FC 27’s new open-world mode, I’m less worried about it being an NBA 2K advertising nightmare

When EA Sports FC players first heard that EA was developing an open-world mode for its massively popular football simulator, minds immediately went to its basketball equivalent, NBA 2K’s The City.

For those unfamiliar, one of 2K’s largest money spinners in its annual basketball title rips players off the court and forces them to plod around a clunky open world in order to complete quests that, in the past, have included such basketball staples as recording an album and hanging around with the mascot of a US insurance firm.

It is, frankly, very easy to imagine how EA could take this very lucrative formula and apply it to FC. However, after playing the mode, my main concern has shifted from its potential as an advertising factory, and more towards whether I’ll be able to have enough mates online at once to take advantage of it.

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