FIFA 16 News & Discussion Thread

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When will EA start showing TOP#50 players? I remember they were doing something like this in the past few years.
 
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For anyone in the beta.

Are the post match highlights in the beta?

If so, are they improved? does it still focus on meaningless shirt pulling and fail to show shots that hit the post, goal line clearances, penalty misses/saves and own goals?


And have they fixes the issue where you hold run but the player jogs or side steps because the game has decided to allow the attack past you. ?
 
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Chris Davies said:
I don't think it's aimed at you Jonney, I think it's aimed at all the kids who've leaked videos to YouTube and posted on the beta forums saying that passing is too slow and inaccurate (i.e. more realistic), therefore potentially ruining the game before release.
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Yes, talking about the beta forums. What are they complaining about now and what is EA going to change?
 
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Has the beta stopped now?

I didn't hear of anyone getting to play a Career Mode beta, even though it was mentioned numerous times here and there. I wonder if that's a later one?

Over two weeks to the demo, ngh.
 
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Chris Davies said:
Has the beta stopped now?

I didn't hear of anyone getting to play a Career Mode beta, even though it was mentioned numerous times here and there. I wonder if that's a later one?

Over two weeks to the demo, ngh.
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I guess only few trusted people get to play it. Here some good reading from a guy who played it.

https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/66111/j7vibe-ps4-feedback-career-mode-fifa-16-beta

The potential is there after reading this. Please don't screw/change it EA please :PRAY:
 
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New video today:
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Mehtab said:
I guess only few trusted people get to play it. Here some good reading from a guy who played it.

https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/66111/j7vibe-ps4-feedback-career-mode-fifa-16-beta

The potential is there after reading this. Please don't screw/change it EA please :PRAY:
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That sounds pretty good, I've not seen this before - thanks!

The slow turning issue sounds really weird. The optimist in me is hoping it's to counter people online relying on that button to ghost around the pitch, but admittedly it sounds... Well, weird.
 
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Chris Davies said:
That sounds pretty good, I've not seen this before - thanks!

The slow turning issue sounds really weird. The optimist in me is hoping it's to counter people online relying on that button to ghost around the pitch, but admittedly it sounds... Well, weird.
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FIFA 15 had the issue where all players should turn in 2 directions instantly and to combat it in FIFA 16 they slowed it down quite a lot. What I don't get is why don't they just let the stat play the role? I want Hazard/Messi to have a faster turning speed than Mertesacker or Terry.
 
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Beta impressions are very encouraging so far. The million dollar question is how different the retail version is from what's being played now.
 
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Mehtab said:
FIFA 15 had the issue where all players should turn in 2 directions instantly and to combat it in FIFA 16 they slowed it down quite a lot. What I don't get is why don't they just let the stat play the role? I want Hazard/Messi to have a faster turning speed than Mertesacker or Terry.
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It does in 15. Turn 180o with Mertesacker, he's like an oil tanker and gets easily dispossessed.

Hope dribbling isn't toned down this year. I thought it was implemented beautifully, entirely dependant on dribbling, ball control and agility stats.

The issue was defensively you didn't have the tools to deal with it responsively. If they've fixed this, then there's no need to tone down the dribbling. Make them both limitless so if you're skilled enough you have the freedom to be good at both. Just need to tweak the acceleration rate down a little and maneuverability of flat out sprints.

My worry is this will drag the game back to FIFA 09 times where you aren't able to hold on to the ball in midfield, so it turns in to a real physical slugfest. Similarly with passing, there should be more error but I still want to be able to slide it through a gap if executed correctly.

What I'm getting at is introduce variation rather then completely nullify something. Keep dribbling responsive, but introduce poor touches. Retain defence splitting through balls, but make them rarer and more dependant on the body shape and timing.

Also hope we don't see strikers plowing down CBs with immense pressure again. The most frequent goal type in FIFA 14 resulted from getting the ball nicked off your CB from someone with low 20s in tackling.
 
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Couldn't agree more with that.

I loved 14 because you had the defensive tools, and the dribbling in 15 is excellent, but either game on its own has that massive defensive/offensive flaw.

Give us decent defending (which has been item #1 on all of their PR) and it'll be a great game, but don't break the dribbling too.
 
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they need to bring back legendary defending (not tactical). when you press
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the defender should attack the the player and take the ball, not crab walk paralell to them.

legendary was only abused before because the game had zero momentum and was super floaty, but thats changed now. just look at pes defence, same system but no one complains about abuse or overpower, because pes have momentum.
 
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It has probably been moved to the Closed beta forums (where we can't read it).
 
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joonlarjj said:
they need to bring back legendary defending (not tactical). when you press
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the defender should attack the the player and take the ball, not crab walk paralell to them.

legendary was only abused before because the game had zero momentum and was super floaty, but thats changed now. just look at pes defence, same system but no one complains about abuse or overpower, because pes have momentum.
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I think you mean legacy, and it's still there. I switch to it right away on my game.
 
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Prime example of a feature never making it in game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWTTIwphjz4

As I said before, I think the developers hearts are in the right place. Unfortunately they compromise to deliver want to core audience wants.

This is the main problem with PES dropping off. The market had a choice between an arcade or simluation. The kids bought FIFA, the lads that play football bought PES. PES would focus on catering to this demographic and made games that had a learning curve that would put off casual consumers but rewarded the hardcore.

Unfortunately Konami have forgotten exactly why the game was popular and instead trying to cater for the casual demographic that would take one look at the licenses and discard it.

EA on the other hand is caught between both demographics. They need to appease the hardcore as they are most vocal in pre-release criticism, hence why every year promises to be 'slowest' more realistic version. Yet they can't alienate the demographic which makes them most money, the kids who want rapid, easy FUT gameplay to accumulate points for cards to show off.

I always say this but it would be amazing for another entrant to the market who carved out their little simulation niche. How Bohemia do with ARMA against CoD, or Paradox do with Grand Strategies against Civilisation.

Imagine someone like Sigames producing a stats driven experience from the pool of talent that makes Football Manager. Even with the same 3D engine, I'd play that in an instant if it retained the same level of AI and attribute determination.

Chris Davies said:
Couldn't agree more with that.

I loved 14 because you had the defensive tools, and the dribbling in 15 is excellent, but either game on its own has that massive defensive/offensive flaw.

Give us decent defending (which has been item #1 on all of their PR) and it'll be a great game, but don't break the dribbling too.
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I enjoyed FIFA 14 but my gripe with the previous FIFAs is they always felt 'stodgy' and almost railroady. Like you were hemmed in to a back and forth tussle with minimal control of the ball.

FIFA 15 was the first one for me that felt truely free and limitless with the ball at the feet. I can pick it up in the final third and feel reasonably comfortable about retaining possession if the player had 80+ dribbling. Really killed the effectiveness of constant pressure, which has always been a problem in every football game. If my opponent aimlessly rushes out his defence, I will simply skip by him and expose the gap. In previous games you couldn't do that so were forced to constantly move the ball away from a herd of steamrolling defenders rather then just side-step them.

But unfortunatly like you say, the defending in FIFA 15 is so imbalanced it makes the dribbling exploitive. It's not even 1 vs 1 challenges, if the CB is positioned well enough it's not hard to block off the running lane.

It's just the lack of structure and organisation that makes the game feel all over the place. DMs won't hold their position so you're constantly left with overloading counter attacks. Defenders group to the ball leaving gaps, or simply rush into each other making a huge opening. Defending feels like constantly trying to marshall their own ineptitude rather then actively win the ball back.
 
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banbenbin said:
I think you mean legacy, and it's still there. I switch to it right away on my game.
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Tactical was the best thing to happen defending. Automatated defending is fucking excruciating to play against, requires zero forward thinking. Defending is finally a skill now, even if it's currently under powered.
 
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shit !! lots of scripted shots will hit that bottle this year !!

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