FIFA 16 is a little special this year. For the first time ever, EA will let you play its football game as one of 12 women's national teams. It's a landmark moment in the series, and today you can see how it all works with the long-anticipated demo on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC. You can step out onto the turf as one of two women's teams -- the USA or Germany -- or get to grips with one of 10 professional clubs: Barcelona, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia M?nchengladbach, Inter Milan, Manchester City, PSG, Real Madrid, Club Atlético River Plate and the Seattle Sounders. With whipped crosses, mid-air tackles and some new finishing animations, there's a lot here to sink your Suarez teeth into.
After a year of kick and rush being the default (and alarmingly effective) tactic for most online regulars, FIFA 16’s stand-out feature is a heightened emphasis on midfield play. Bypassing the middle of the park with preposterous lofted through-balls is out; patient probing and intelligent movement are in. After an unhealthy number of hours with the FIFA 16 demo in recent days, it’s fair to speculate that many players will need to completely rebuild their style of play from the ground up. Before we continue, a caveat: in a game where minute adjustments to global variables that govern player pace, strength and agility can completely transform the way that the simulation plays, we can’t be entirely sure that the FIFA 16 that we play in the demo will be the same FIFA 16 we’ll play at launch on the 24th (22nd in North America), let alone what manner of fixes and fine-tuning we might find in future patches.
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Ahead of the release, Boro's full squad ratings have been released according to site Futhead , and the scores of some are certainly set to raise a few eyebrows on Teesside. George Friend and Ben Gibson have been given surprisingly low scores, given their role in Boro's march to the play-off final last season. Stewart Downing is Boro's top-ranked outfield player along with Fernando Amorebieta (both 75), with Jonathan Woodgate, Damia Abella and Tomas Kalas following shortly after (all 74). From a visual standpoint, EASports.com says that there are over 350 new scanned star heads. It's a part of the game's initiative dedicated to bringing gamers new-world authenticity. One look at the star heads from players like Real Madrid's Gareth Bale shows the game is still accurately rendering players. There's not a major jump from FIFA 15 to FIFA 16 from a visual standpoint. That may not ultimately be a major drawback, as the game looked good last year.
Relating to the ‘pace isn’t everything’ point, another big boost for defences is that they feel solid, sturdy and physical size and strength actually matters. One of the greatest annoyances from previous FIFA games is when the diminutive Theo Walcott can barge through a dominant Vincent Kompany like he’s not even there. That matchup will be a lot more life-like this season, with strong real-world players rewarded with strong virtual representations. Defenders don’t necessarily need to go to ground, or even put a foot in, to nick the ball back. Instead they can hustle, bustle and bully the ball away from pesky pace-merchants. Players will still be able to get past, but defenders feel like a far greater presence.
Push out the boat to the tune of around ￡65 and you can get the FIFA 16 Deluxe Edition. Again this includes the full game, but in this case you also purchase 40 FIFA Ultimate Team Premium Gold Packs - these delivered two per week for 20 consecutive weeks. Add to that a five-match FUT Loan Player item of Lionel Messi and those two celebrations. It is probably only worth it if you are an avid FUT player, but you know if that is you. Finally, for the cash-rich time-rich (family poor) FIFA fan, there is the FIFA 16 Super Deluxe Edition. Of course you get the full game, but you can also count on 40 FIFA Ultimate Team Jumbo Premium Gold Packs (these delivered one a week for 40 consecutive weeks). For the Ultimate Tean fan there are five-match FUT Loan Player items of Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, and Thibaut Courtois. And you get the two celebrations.
So if you are a mad FUT fan, money is no object, and you want to kick off the season with three of the world's best, you know what to do. This option costs ￡79 via the PlayStation Store. In the demo, players can take part in one-off matches, skill games and get to grips with the new FIFA Trainer mode. Users can try out three new stadiums and play with 10 teams that feature in the full version, including two of the national women’s sides. The full version of FIFA 16 will drop on Sept. 22 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360, although not all the features will be available to Xbox 360 and PS3 users.
