The following tips, tactics and tricks have been written with online play in mind, but many of the techniques will translate into single-player sessions. If you’re struggling in general, we’d advise that you head to Seasons mode to practice in a realistic, live-fire environment: this way, there’s less chance that you’ll encounter the squads of human bulldozers that savvy Ultimate Team players are assembling. A good first touch is equally as important as the quality of the pass that came before it. Your initial contact with the ball should always set up the next part of a move, either creating space or establishing an angle for the next pass.
With No Touch Dribbling, the best touch can be the one you don’t take. Free yourself from the ball to buy time, create separation, set up a feint or skill move, and then blow by your defender just as Leo Messi does when he is at his best – it’s near limitless creativity on the ball. Weirdly, this quick distraction of a mode clearly created to squeeze more coins, points and – shock! – money out of those who don’t normally play FUT, was originally aimed at hardcore players of the mode, according to Adam Shaikh, creative director on FIFA Ultimate Team.
DC is very addictive as you attempt to level up and win four matches in a row. If FUT Draft succeeds in the same manner, and also increases the amount of gamers who play FUT, it's a win-win for EA Sports. Perhaps the only thing that could derail FUT is a poor server performance. That hasn't been an issue with DC. We can only hope FUT follows suit. Gamers will get a sneak peak at FUT Draft and a few other new features when the official demo releases on September 8, per EA Sports. “
It was pretty quick that we realised it would work better for the ‘non-hardcore’ players,” he told me, “It didn’t change the design very much, but it was something we thought YouTubers and people on Twitch would want to show, as you can have a complete experience, as well as people who are newer and don’t have much time, they get to see a good sample of what the full FUT experience is like.” From our experience so far, it seems harder to play a possession game with formations that feature a flat bank of central midfielders.
If you want to dominate a game, you’ll need a system that gives you the necessary angles and movement. As a general rule of thumb, we’ve found that fluid passing sequences are less likely to break down if you have a quality central attacking midfielder. A playmaker in the CAM role will habitually take up space between the lines, acting as a pivot in attacking moves, or drifting into pockets of space in and around the penalty area when the ball is played to the wings. Try not to sprint as you receive a pass to feet: this can lead to awkward bounces and extra touches, though it’s less of an issue if you’re running onto a pass into space.
The situation is even more serious for FIFA if we consider that the consensus on Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is a very positive one, although the game also had its fair share of problems. While we hope that PES will also continue to grow, we believe there is still hope for EA Sports' football simulator, and we decided to identify five changes that can reverse the situation and the series back on top if they're addressed in FIFA 17 (assuming, of course, that EA Sports makes another game in the series). That said, stick to teams of a no more than a four-and-a-half star rating to avoid an interminable succession of Real Madrid fanboys. Those guys are arseholes, and you’ll learn little by filling the air with choice invective as they run Ronaldo in inexplicably effective straight lines.
