Pay attention to FIFA Ultimate Team and the game's most popular mode
Did you have a fun weekend with FIFA 16? EA's new football game launched last Thursday, meaning many PlayStation and Xbox owners were busy practising their skills on Saturday and Sunday, but don't let things like having to go to work or college stop you. Thanks to FIFA 16 Ultimate Team Mobile, you can still play FIFA on your phone or tablet. FIFA has a new name in iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. Now it is ‘EA Sports FIFA’ instead of FIFA 16 Mobile as almost everyone expected.
Play beautiful – on mobile! EA Sports FIFA let’s celebrate every awesome attack, nail-biting goal, and powerful win like never before with console-like graphics. Experience the most realistic set of football features on this game. Get ready for better skill moves, more exciting goals, more responsive controls, smarter team mates and improved animations. Plus, now it’s even easier to play like a pro Enhanced Hybrid Controls that let you use Gestures or Buttons to control the ball. Gain improved offside awareness and more with Attacking Intelligence, then blow past defenders with ease. Also, for the first tie on mobile, you can trigger unique player celebrations on the pitch after you score.
Taking a successful free kick can be a difficult task in FIFA 16 if you don't know how. Wayward efforts can either skyrocket into row Z or smash straight into the wall. They're not as difficult as you might think, however, as shown by the below FIFA 16 tutorial. Provided you're within shooting range, aiming for the post is a good starting point. Use a left-footed player on the left, or a right-footed player on the right. Apply just two bars of power when striking the ball and you should hopefully have enough power and control to get the ball up and over the wall and on target. Apply a little curl with the control stick to help as well. As always, practice makes perfect.
There are plenty of techniques in FIFA 16, ranging from the seemingly advanced to the deceptively simple, that can take you to the next level and have you playing total football before you know it. Gone are the days in FIFA where you could walk the ball into the net from the halfway line, so you're going to need to take a more considered approach, especially when playing some of the best players online. Keep in mind the instructions below are based on default control schemes, so if you've changed them make sure to adapt accordingly.
FIFA 16 isn't all about fancy stepovers and eye-catching rabonas. Just like the real game, much simpler body movements can be the difference in buying you time and space to move the ball. No touch dribbling is a great way to achieve this through using body feints to deceive defenders. Accomplishments are a special feature only available in the mobile version of FIFA 16 Ultimate Team, and they hold the key to massive rewards. Tap on your profile pic at the top-left corner of the menu to see your Accomplishments screen; this is a list of 76 achievements that will earn you free card packs if you beat them.
These range from simple stuff – win ten matches to earn a Gold pack – to more complex stuff like buying Charlie Austin and scoring with him. Focus on beating these and your team will grow much quicker. Keep your eye out for limited time accomplishments too; sometimes these can be repeatable, meaning you can rack up huge rewards by doing them over and over. This mobile-only version of FIFA does away with all the other features and focuses solely on Ultimate Team, the game's most popular mode which has you putting together your own dream team and taking on the world.
