I'm an advocate of legacy defending. I tend not to defend in a double-pressure, guided missile kind of way, prefering to stand off sometimes, jockey and keep shape as much as possible, going for a tackle when the best opportunity arises. It works for me.
I never took to tactical defending.
I’m the opposite. I think that tactical defending was a great addition to Fifa.
It was good in 15, but to me in 16 it is much too difficult. Due to this I may have to give legacy a try.
Block passing lanes that's the key, AI is forced to go backwards most of the time, doesn't really matter that much which type of defending you use, if you drag 2nd defenders over the AI will destroy the empty spaces you leave.
It’s the best way to go. But, sometimes you don’t want to block lanes and wait for a mistake.
It should be possible to chase a defender and take the ball from him every now and then.
The success rate for this in 16 is very very low.
That I can do, but it's still a fault of the game (if it's trying to be realistic) that when I'm positioned on-top of an opposition player and I want to tackle the ball, I either...
A) Do a sliding tackle that misses.
B) Do a stab-tackle that misses because I can't get close enough to do that (for me, they work in midfield far more often than I can get them to work against a striker).
C) Try to predict where he's going to move so I simply run into the guy and just "fumble" the ball off him, which causes me to just walk/run the wrong way.
I agree. Seems that the cpu “feels” what you are going to do and they always beat you.
They either pass that ball or do a feint or simply dribble past you.
As mentioned above, success rate for a standing tackle is much too low.
On a positive note : it’s great to watch my striker putting pressure on a defender and then watch him do a body feint and move past me like I wasn’t there. That made me laugh a few times.
Unfortunately it happens too much.
Even the keeper – all of them – have great skills and never kick the ball in the third row seats.
They pass and pass, not realistic.
IMO tactical defending is one of th best things that happened to Fifa..I am very glad that it's a must in online games. When ı try to play Pes online ,it's really hard to enjoy a game when opponent players constantly running towards you for the entire game..It's really disgusting. In Fifa , ı have more time with the ball and i can play a good passing game. Like gamespot said , middfield feels like battlefield in Fifa 16, scoring a goal feels rewarding which is amazing..There is no cheap way to score in this game.
Agree with the tactical defending. Midfield battles are great but the balance has shifted too much to this now. It was almost non existant in 15, in 16 It’s too dominant.
So, I caved in (I know, I’m weak) today and bought 16.
Managed to play 2 games before work. It’s nice to see that most of my settings migrated from 15.
Played 2 matches on pro.
Fist one Ajax – Feyenoord. It’s always my first one.
At first I thought : pro is easier.
But in the end all I managed was a 0-0 draw.
Somehow it was just a little easier getting the ball from the cpu.
I also noticed a lot of errant passes, without having altered any sliders.
2nd match was me Bayern vs Hoffenheim.
Thought I’d take a top team vs medium team. But again all I managed was a 0-0 draw.
Speed on slow was to slow, on normal it feels too fast. Might have to do some slider tweaking here.
I’m starting to realize more and more that part of my problems are created by myself.
Thought I was a good player, but it seems I’m not. And I’m noticing this because of the increased pressure from the cpu.
I have less time on the ball and start to panic. Press wrong buttons, make the wrong choices.
Quite realistic actually.
With some tweaking I can have fun with this for a year , no doubt.
Some of the negatives remain :
The shooting, although generally much better than 15, is at certain points automated.
I miss the low driven shots, most shots go halfway or in the top of the goal.
Too many automatic placed shots…really don’t like it.
Defending is much harder than 15. I’m struggling on pro and don’t see myself ever going up to world class.
When doing league mode I’m sure I’ll have this problem against all teams.
Would be more realistic to struggle against the top teams and have it a bit easier against the shitty teams.
Have seen some great new animations already. Reactions of players when missing a shot / header.
Very realistic and immersive.
I really wish that my career mode with a created Marco van Basten could have been migrated into 16.
Now I have to start all over again, which I am not going to do.
Perhaps something to think of for future editions.
Ok, back to work.
