FIFA 16 is the first FIFA in a very long time where it doesn’t feel like pace is everything, as now the most effective players are those who have a good balance of speed and strength. No more just putting Ibarbo or Doumbia in the team and sprinting to victory, the key to success is playing to your individual player’s strengths and using the news tools that the new game has provided. If you are looking to move the ball from the midfield to attack, using RB/R1 while passing will drive the ball in hard to ensure it doesn’t get nicked by a defender. Keep in mind that this will make the receiver’s first touch more difficult, but the standard pass will be intercepted if your man isn’t totally free. As mentioned above you can start pretty backwards when in defending by just running towards the opposing players and performing a sliding tackle in the hope of scoring the ball. In many cases, it does not happen. You should just use slide tackle if it’s really necessary.

 

Make the standing tackle your preferred method. Sliding tackle should only be used for blocking shots or when you’re sure their work. And don’t sprint everywhere. It will drain your players stamina and attackers can use your momentum against you. Team mate contain is great for putting extra pressure on a player with the ball. Hold hardly but don’t over use it to avoid pulling players out of position. These numbers are your scout’s initial estimation of each player’s current and future ability. When the scout first finds a player, these ranges will be very wide. However, if you ask your scout to look at the player for another month, the ranges will have shrunk on the next report a month later. For example, the player mentioned above may show 47-57 as his OVR range next month and 67-81 as his potential range.

 

Once you have got the hang of that the only other button you’ll need to press is the shoot button which you will all no-doubt know and we discussed which button this was above with the previous FK. There is one man in the wall that you should be keeping your eye on with this curved effort on goal and that is the one that’s squeezed in the middle of the pack. He has specifically got to be in line with the post that you are aiming for. Since then it's hardly been touched and some would argue made even more simple and limited compared to previous years to make room for FIFA front runner Ultimate Team. Make the correct calls and the computer ANY can be a powerful tool; defensively solid and able to make the passes you want.

 

Make the wrong calls and the computer will constantly lose the ball, be out of position, and generally make clubs a living hell for you. Do not constantly LB + Y (lobbed through ball). Predictability can be your number-one friend, or enemy, depending upon whether you are predictable or not. The greatest, and most often seen, example of this is the lobbed-through-ball. Many people online seem to believe that the only way to get through your opponents is to chip the ball hopelessly over the defense time and time again. Don't get me wrong: A perfectly timed lobbed-through ball is devastating to a defense, but the key here is perfectly timed. Too often I see the opponent just hoofing the ball over the top, hoping his small striker will latch onto it. Pass around and stay unpredictable.

 

Despite these announcements, expect plenty to remain the same from FIFA 15. I doubt there has been enough time for the FIFA 16 developers to fix every problem from this year’s game, and every year there are elements that stay unchanged from the previous year’s edition. So I don’t think we should expect a radically different career mode in FIFA 16. Finally, EA tell us that goalkeepers have been improved to make them less likely to be beaten by freakish long shots. Keepers will backpedal and be able to track the ball better when it is struck from distance, reducing the likelihood of you being beaten by a long range wonder goal.