A few weeks ago, around the period wherein EA Sports kicked into promotion mode for their latest product FIFA 23, leaks emerged of an upcoming collaboration with Marvel.
At first, fans were puzzled as a crossover between a football simulation game and comic book superheroes seemed outlandish.
Nevertheless, after the early confusion simmered, the community actually began to embrace the idea.
The notion of Hulk as a CDM was clearly too good to pass on.
Unfortunately, the collaboration’s official reveals led to disappointment as Marvel were merely providing superhero-themed sketches for future FUT Hero cards.
This, of course, was far from what players wanted – a true crossover.
Well, recently they received exactly that, albeit with certain caveats.
Drifting away from the big screen, Marvel Studios have recently been on a streak of putting out television shows.
Based on relatively B-grade characters, these shows have been a mixed bag, and not just critically.
Even the visual effects in use have been met by uncertainty from fans, the primary culprit of which has undoubtedly been their latest production, ‘She-Hulk’.
Based on, you guessed it, a female Hulk, the show didn’t exactly have the biggest of budgets, which is clearly reflected through the appearance of the protagonist herself.
While the mainline movies had a sharply animated Hulk, the TV show fails to follow, and Jennifer Walters comes off as a side character from a video game.
Coupled with a visual smoothening effect, footage from the show displaying a wonky-looking She-Hulk turned into a viral meme.
And fans soon discovered an uncanny resemblance between her and the character models that players come across during ransfer negotiations in Career Mode.
Cutscenes for transfers were introduced back in FIFA 18, and have remained largely unchanged since.
After making an inquiry to sign a player, a cutscene begins, with an office as the backdrop.
The player’s character is joined by stiff models of real-life managers, or generic avatars when real-life ones aren’t unavailable.
These visuals have always been criticized for having extremely mechanical-appearing characters, a complaint also shared by ‘She-Hulk.
So when fans came across a clip from the show which takes place within an office, the perfect opportunity presented itself.
