Real team styles?

[Walt Frazier]

Bought FIFA 16 and loved it for a week..but then noticed Watford and Barcelona played the same.

As did Chelsea and Portsmouth.

As did every team.

Any word on FIFA 17 having authentic team styles? This is my single biggest factor in whether I will buy it this year.

[face2face]

Re: Real team styles?

I don't own fifa17,so, can't answer your question.

But, for Fifa16, read this thread:

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...m-tactics.html

[cadalyst17]

Re: Real team styles?

Bought FIFA 16 and loved it for a week..but then noticed Watford and Barcelona played the same.

As did Chelsea and Portsmouth.

As did every team.

Any word on FIFA 17 having authentic team styles? This is my single biggest factor in whether I will buy it this year.

Sorry to say that it will be the same in FIFA 17.

[Walt Frazier]

Re: Real team styles?

Sorry to say that it will be the same in FIFA 17.

Yeah, seems that way on videos unfortunately.

[BL8001]

Re: Real team styles?

I have seen no difference.

Played the following matches all against cpu on WC

Man city v man utd
Gala v fener
Pana v olymp
Ajax v vitesse
St pauli v fortuna
Gent v lokeren

AI played the exact same in all matches.

Only difference I see is moving up from pro to wc the AI offense is more direct and the AI D tracks central sprinting runs better than pro.

Spoiler

Wing sprinting runs are still very OP even on wc.

[rippy987]

Re: Real team styles?

im playing the ea access trial atm on legendary. ive played against 4 different teams. i could definately tell the difference between leicster city and manchester city.this is the first time since fifa 14 i noticed a difference between teams. leiscter was trying to lob it over the top to vardy alot, and they were playing a very quick counter attack....man city did this slow buildup passing style and pressed hard without the ball.there was definately 2 different styles happening there by the cpu oppenent. not sure why u guys arnt noticing this. i was quite surprised.legendary default plays great also.im pretty happy with this years game overall

[Lashley93]

Re: Real team styles?

Nope, same as usual on FIFA (sadly)

All teams play the same. You can edit their team styles, though sometimes squad updates reset it.

[My993C2]

Re: Real team styles?

I am in the middle of a spoofed UEFA Champions League tournament right now using FIFA 16 and yes I fully agree with what people say that all the FIFA teams play the same which is one of the game's big warts. But yesterday when Barcelona played Anderlecht in a CPU vs CPU match, it was clear that the Barcelona players were a step ahead of their Belgian opponents. It was clear that Barcelona was the better team. What wasn't clear, at least for the first half of the game was whether the better more skilled team would actually win the game because Anderlecht jumped out to a early 1-0 lead followed by another 2-1 lead just before half time. But as I said, it was clear that the Barca players had that extra step over their opponents and they took over the game in the 2nd half to win 4-2. So yes it is unfortunate that FIFA has each team playing the same style of game. But when one team has noticeable more skill than another team, it is easy to observe in the game.

[rippy987]

Re: Real team styles?

i was playing 17 not 16......i agree teams play the same in 16, but ive been pleasantly surprised by fifa 17 atm. leicster city plays completely different from man city.man city played a different style than arsenal. im kinda shocked that people are saying all teams play the same. i havent touched a slider at all and play on legendary(alot better to play on that years past)and the games played really well in my opinion.

[rippy987]

Re: Real team styles?

i also play 20 min halves, dont know if that helps with anything

[Chrisx]

Re: Real team styles?

So yes it is unfortunate that FIFA has each team playing the same style of game. But when one team has noticeable more skill than another team, it is easy to observe in the game.

Unless you play in CM mode, where the braindead adaptive difficulty takes over with total disregard for context. It works like this: are you on a winning streak? expect a super hard game soon or vice versa.

Last time I played it was the end of the season and I was battling for promotion with 2 games to go. One game with a mid table team with nothing to play for. Couldn't keep up with the AI and lost 4-1. Why? I probably won the previous games. Last game of the season with a top team, both fighting for promotion. That should be exciting right? Easy 2-0 win, CPU didn't even put up a fight. Why? Probably because of that earlier 4-1 loss. That was the last time I touched the game. Still looking forward to see whether things will improve in fifa 18 or 19 though.