And so another football season starts and another installment of the ridiculously successful FIFA franchise hits the shelves.
In what has been a turbulent, unpredictable and worrying year for the world as a whole and the football landscape, the return of a shiny new FIFA is just that little bit more welcoming. That bit more comforting.
First up, is this the sort of game you can pick up and not realise the hours are sailing by? Absolutely.
But haven't most FIFA football games been like that?