FIFA 16 will see a new game type to help players improve their skills. The FIFA Trainer will put you in a match situation and provide visual hints and advice on what to do in any given situation. Players will be given two options that should help improve their understanding of how to better compete in actual matches, not just in the isolated Skill Games settings. Speaking of Skill Games, FIFA 16 will have a new Basic level aimed at first-time players of the franchise. If you do call when you have no space, and the computer does the pass, you will lose possession and leave yourself open to be attacked by the opposition.
Oh and one last thing: Don't make your Pro really ugly, with a huge nose and blue hair. Your Pro is supposed to be a representation of your footballing prowess. There is nothing worse than seeing your Pro celebrate and noticing that he has a massive nose, overhanging eyebrows, a pointy chin, and eyes that look like they are trying to escape from his face. Just don't do it, please. Icelandic club FC Stjarnan became world famous for their amazing goal celebrations, and this probably ranks among the best. After scoring a panenka, Halldor Ori pretends to roll in teammate Johann Laxdal who is acting as a fish, before then posing for a photo with his prize catch. The types of players that you should select to take the low driven free kicks is really interesting.
You can literally select any player to take but it’s best to use either midfielders or attackers and preferably players with decent FK stats in their locker. Having said that, the likely outcome almost every time is a goal on your behalf. Just. Don’t. Do it. Keepers in FIFA 16 love to sprint off their line as it is, so just leave them be. They will make mistakes, but if you are holding Y or Triangle the whole time you’re gifting your opponents goals. A keeper that is being called out can’t set themselves to save a shot, so a simple finesse is all that is needed to beat them. Finally if players keep getting out of the defence try creating a custom tactic with a deeper defensive line. Follow these tips and you will stand more chances of keep your clean sheet.
Because youth players don’t grow so suddenly once a year any more, you have to work a lot harder to help them grow. The player training feature can really help with this (and I’ll be doing a guide solely devoted to this feature soon), but it means that you want your youth players to have a decent OVR when you first find them to help make that work manageable. A 17 year old with 40 OVR but 85 potential probably isn’t going to be worth it, as he’ll need to grow 45 points to meet his potential - that’s a ridiculous amount. However, for one thing EA have tweaked the player stats so that you can now find fast players and strong players, even in player types that used to always result in slow weaklings in FIFA 15.
For example, if you find a defensive minded full back he’s unlikely to have tackling in the 80s any more, but could have pace in the 70s. This can partially help overcome the lower OVRs, as players can have more useful individual stats than was often the case in FIFA 15. To those who have played the FIFA series, there is not great change in FIFA 16 because despite some improvements in defence the basic principle is still the same. You can make a tackling with the B button or circle button on the PS4. Using the square button or X button on the Xbox One, you can perform a sliding tackle. The first tip that I’ve for you is not to neglect the pre-season tournaments. These will allow you to earn some extra cash on the side and try out some new players out in the field.
By doing so, you will have more than enough players for each position even in the case of an injury. In addition to this, you’ll also be able to get the players on loan. While late, scything tackles from behind usually lead to a red card, the officials in FIFA 16 are still too inclined to turn a blind eye to what borders on outright thuggery. When the penny drops that the current referee falls into the ‘Lenient’ category, cynical online players are inclined to embark on a concerted, incessant barrage of slide tackles from the front, switching to shirt-tugs and wrestling whenever they’re behind an opponent. Married with high-intensity pressing, this can make it hard to string passes together.
