Sports simulations are the best they have ever been; NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL are all significant annual sports releases. Unsurprisingly then, it’s FIFA that’s the biggest sports series in the world today, derived from the biggest sport the world has to offer. FIFA 15 produced as exciting a game of football as has ever been coded. So surely FIFA 16 is the greatest football game so far? Somehow, it isn’t. Pace and power are still as important as they are at the top of the real game – you only have to look at the physique Gareth Bale has developed since moving to Real Madrid for evidence of that – but it’s now a lot harder for players to get away from their markers in a one-on-one foot race.
Faster, more skillful players can now use no-touch dribbling to get past their markers instead, which involves holding L1/LB to literally stop touching the ball, tempting the defender into trying to take it off them before bursting away into space. At least, that’s the theory. To begin with you’ll often just surrender possession but when you get it right it works brilliantly, allowing you to get half a yard on a man without resorting to extravagant tricks or flicks. On the pitch in the still-main men’s game, there are a number of alterations from last year. One of these is the introduction of No Touch Dribbling which allows players to perform more feints and fakes to get past defenders. It’s an effective way to gain a little extra space and time on the ball.
Another new attacking tool is the drilled pass which provides a slightly risky but useful way of really zipping the ball around the pitch. FIFA is that game series I play while the rest of RPS shake their heads and sigh slightly. FIFA Ultimate Team is the mode I spend money on, using real currency to buy virtual football stickers which heal bruises on virtual footballer’s thighs, while the rest of RPS wrestle me to the ground and try to get the debit card out of my hand before I bankrupt myself. The fight will intensify: FIFA 16 is making changes to FUT, which includes lifting the artificial caps FIFA 15 introduced for price ranges on the player trading market.
Use 25 innovative feature changes to mobility and locomotion to track skilled players. Mobile defenders can close down space and change direction quickly using swing-step behavior to stay with your opponent. You'll feel freedom of movement as you track runs and look to break up attacks. Defend together, win together. Rely on your teammates to cover gaps when you close down an attacker. New defensive AI gives players better awareness of dangerous space on the pitch relative to the ball and their opponent. Your teammates will track back to stop sophisticated attacking runs, and close down angles of attack.
In my first try in FUT draft mode I got an inform Ronaldo and Neymar and a few good players, FUT draft mode creates a whole new dimension in Ultimate team, it’s great fun for each space you get to pick between 5 players. I was quite sad because a few times I had to chose between some great players but I chose the players that would give my team the best chemistry. So I missed out on some great players to test. I played my first four games on World Class difficulty just to get the hang of Fifa again. First two games was easy they gave me two star teams to play against, third game was a 4 star team and the final game was a 5 star team.
Which I scored the winning goal in 89 min with my sub inform Ronaldo. The players feel a bit unresponsive hope its just because I have not gotten the hang of the controls again. Annoyances at having 6 ft 3 defenders shackled to the halfway line at corners aside, the signs here are promising – which is more than can be said for anything else linked to the FIFA name at present. EA Canada is taking measures to make the series better for those who want to mimic real football, and infuriating for trolls who’d rather manipulate every flaw to their advantage. The salient point is that it should make for an even more beautiful game.
