FIFA’s move towards the ultimate

Following on from Pro Evolution Soccer’s warm-up act last week, Fifa 16 arrives on the scene, with the defending champion facing a tougher test than in recent years. There are incremental improvements, but the obsession with the superficial endures, the build-up to Fifa Coins  a match resembling Sky Sports more than ever.

There’s an added physicality to the players this time, rendering pace less of a killer and giving defenders greater options for easing attackers off the ball. Cerebral passing is encouraged, too, coming to the fore in the women’s game, which is represented by 12 teams.The other big addition is that of a draft mode to the increasingly popular Ultimate Team.

Rather than spending months building a squad, you can dive right in with players, draft a quality group and take on four increasingly difficult challenges, with big rewards. But the scarcity of goals at  Fifa 17 Coins higher levels will not be to everyone’s taste, and the endless replays still frustrate, meaning for the first time in a while Fifa isn’t a clear winner on the virtual pitch.

FIFA’s move towards the ultimate soccer simulation continues – but has it forgotten that football’s supposed to be, y’know, fun?The first thing you’ll notice about FIFA 16 is that it’s harder to score goals. Messi may be on the box art again, but the latest edition of this best-selling football sim focuses on defence.

In previous games it was fairly easy to draw out opposition players, creating space in behind for an attacker to  Fifa 17 Points Account  occupy and a pass to be played into. FIFA 16’s teams, however, have been watching Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and now hold their shape much more stubbornly.The result is a game that’s more realistic and tactics-driven than ever before.