The FIFA video game series from EA Sports is the undisputed champion of the world. It has become the highest-selling annual franchise and rakes in hundreds of millions more in digital revenue with every release. It’s not just a financial success - it has been consistently among the best sports games in terms of quality and level of content. Despite those figures, "FIFA 16" is a down year for the franchise. It’s difficult to reconcile that feeling with the game still being great in so many ways, but one big feature addition, FUT Draft, is a major disappointment and even borders on being sleazy in its implementation, and some new frustrations have emerged in the gameplay.
There are two types of careers. As a coach you will take over the management of the club and the squad, controlling the whole team on the pitch. The alternative lets you start a career as a young player, evolving and improving over the years. You can eventually retire as a player and continue your career as a manager. The guide below is mostly catering to the first option, if you chose to play as a manager. Your next step will involve the management of the scouts. You can set up a network around the world with a maximum of six agents to spy on players. The better the scout, the more accurate their observations. In the instruction menu you can define up to six specific types of players to look for, but before doing so, you should define your squad.
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One of the most progressive and exciting new features in FIFA 16 in my opinion is the first-time inclusion of female players in the game. Twelve Women's National Teams are ready to compete, and these aren't simply hasty generic modifications on the male player models either. Likenesses were captured in the same manner as other league pro's and legends, and each team is imbued with stats reflective of the high level these athletes compete at. They aren't simply delegated as a curiosity for exhibition matches either, as new franchises often can be the first time they are introduced into an established sports game series. The women's teams can compete in Match Day, Offline Tournaments, Online Seasons, and Online Friendly Matches.
EA has confirmed the outage over on Twitter as usual, revealing that the FIFA 16 servers will not be back up until 12pm UK time on PS4, Xbox One, PC and other platforms. Maintenance started earlier this morning UK time at 7am, so EA must be fixing something fairly serious to bring the game completely down for that amount of time. FIFA 16 Ultimate Team is the main mode for most gamers, so if the FIFA 16 Web App is not working - players won’t be happy about it, especially during Holiday periods. Let’s hope that the FUT 16 servers will be back up at the times above and won’t be subject to further maintenance as we’ve seen in the past.
To do the FIFA 16 Knuckleball free kick on PS4, hold the left stick up, hold down L1 and then press circle to shoot. You need to make sure that you have around three bars of power and are aiming between the two defenders in the wall. For those asking how to do the FIFA 16 Knuckleball free kick on Xbox One, apply the same process but hold the left trigger up, hold down LB and then press B. It is important that you don’t embezzle the defense to move much with the defenders, either to attempt an attack or disarm the player to stop. Pay special attention also with tackles, which must be performed accurately, or leave your goal exposed.
Time to take out your sadistic drill instructor fantasies on FIFA's poor, abused player avatars: career mode managers can now assign up to five training drills each week for individual players. Not only is it a good way to improve player stats, but you might learn a thing or two along the way. If, however, you're struggling to master some skills and just want the best results - because some of these training drills are ruddy hard - simulate the outcome and you're more likely to receive bigger stat boosts.
