Let’s be honest. If you fire up EA Sports FC (or even the latest FIFA ) on a console today, you expect hypermotion technology, 4K grass blades, and Jude Bellingham looking so real you could have a conversation with him.

There is a purity to it. It’s a complete soccer game that fits in your pocket (or your laptop), doesn't require a constant internet connection, and doesn't try to sell you a "Season 6 Pass."

Sometimes I want to be 15 years old, hiding my PSP under a textbook during study hall. That is why, a decade after its release, I just installed on the PPSSPP emulator —and honestly? I’m having more fun than I have on my PS5 in months.

Modern FIFA is a casino. You spend 70 dollars to get angry at pack luck. PPSSPP FIFA 16 has "Ultimate Team" as a . You earn coins by playing the CPU. No microtransactions. No "meta." No 99-rated sweaty players.

Here is the weird, wonderful case for the ultimate "budget retro" soccer experience. We tend to romanticize the FIFA 14 or Fifa Street era on console, but on handhelds, FIFA 16 was the swan song. EA knew the PSP was dying, but instead of phoning it in, they delivered a miracle.

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