To be honest, I haven't seen the FIFA scandals discussed in the community, unless we see some mock cover images for FIFA 16 with Blatter in cuffs. But what we have heard of are the discussions of the inclusion of Women's football into FIFA 16. This has been a surprisingly contentious issue with some players and I'm really confused as to why. Fans often complain about the FIFA franchise and they are totally right to do so. EA knows how much money they stand to make with FIFA, so every year they introduce small changes to the game. If they were to fix every problem that players have with the football sim, why would we need to buy it again next year?
There are so many ploys in place to keep dedicated football fans returning year after year and fans are desperate to see the countless frustrations they encounter removed. There's a clear improvement, too, in attacking AI, with much less prompting required for your teammates to make clever runs off the ball. But the general feel of the game remains relatively unchanged - one of quick transitions and spectacular goals, players gliding across the pitch as if on ice skates to volley a ball that floats, tantalisingly, in a way that seems to reflect a world with a different gravitational pull and weather system than ours.
These include the Creation Centre customization tool, custom music and chants, access to the FIFA Interactive World Cup tournament (only for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One), match lobbies, GameFace (which lets you upload a photo of yourself and create an EA Sports avatar so you can play as yourself in FIFA), match lobbies, and secondary English commentary with Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend. Microsoft used Gamescom to highlight new FIFA 16 Xbox One bundles alongside the game’s demo. That provides a nice window for players to try the game then still have a few weeks to decide whether or not to buy the full game at the end of the month. We should be able to bring you the confirmed date very soon, but in the meantime this at least gives you a heads-up - we will of course update this one we have the details.
As many regular FIFA gamers will agree, pace and skill moves are abused heavily in modes such as FUT, which is a shame as it’s probably the most-played mode. The top tier players will have sides filled with fast players with 4+ skill moves, and will easily dominate anyone thanks to the arcadey, sped-up nature of FUT. The same can be said of normal online seasons; if you come up against Barca or Real Madrid, you will be instantly handicapped. Ronaldo, Messi, Bale, Neymar and Suarez can just speed past your team and 80% of the time score with no problem - even from 30-40 yards out, if you hit it at about 75% power and from one of four/five sweet spots around the penalty area.
There are a lot of new FIFA 16 controls and features that you need to learn how to use. Additionally if you aren't a master of FIFA 15, you still have a lot to learn about playing FIFA 16 to your full potential. On both PS4 and Xbox One I played with the new FIFA 16 trainer turned on. Instead of working through drills and trying to remember how to do something later in a real game, the trainer is always there. The big news is that this year's update of FIFA will include... gasp... FEMALE PLAYERS. Not such a radical move, you would think, but it caused great consternation when it was revealed that FIFA 16 will include some international teams from the women's game. About time too.
FIFA 16 features 12 Women’s National Teams for the first time in franchise history and also include game modes Match Day, an Offline Tournament, and Online Friendly Matches. We will know more after the EA press conference at E3 today. Overall impressions, not hugely impressed with FIFA 16. The gameplay is still fun. A lot of the physics seem like they were (surprise surprise) ripped out of previous FIFA’s and at this point, I have come to expect very little variations in this series as there are some fans who generally aren’t too bothered and will buy anything EA releases as “FIFA”. I can only hope that EA have something up their sleeve in the future for their FIFA titles because they have really hit a wall with FIFA 16, and the cracks are certainly starting to show in this once great franchise.
