The effectiveness of pace has once again been quashed, with physical contests and 50-50 challenges taking on greater prominence.īoth the opposition and your AI-controlled team-mates are quick to cover obvious gaps. Proceedings are interestingly pitched when the action begins. EA’s series doesn’t need to be the most technically gifted or realistic to dominate the two-horse race currently being waged in the video game world (let’s all forget Pure Football happened). Yet, most players know this and have been enjoying the game for years (myself included). The sport’s intricacies aren’t intelligently replicated, tactical battles are simplistic and game-winning patterns are easily forged. Putting it bluntly, FIFA 16 doesn’t play a better game of football than PES 2016, nor does it come close. However, with PES enjoying the kind of rapid development that makes Harry Kane look a slow burner, it’s fair to say FIFA hasn’t had to look over its shoulder so anxiously for years. The FIFA property is a commercial juggernaut, one that will always sell vast quantities until the day a cheesy-grinned Sepp Blatter is placed on the cover.
