FIFA 16 Demo Available Now For Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, PC

[Matt10]

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I'm on again guys, sorry about earlier. Playing PC version with demo expander for 10 min half lengths. Sliders applied as well:

http://www.twitch.tv/matt10l

[JimmyDeicide]

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Why do fullbacks insist on coming in instead of staying wide. This takes away the width of the field that attacking fullbacks are supposed to provide D:

Lol I swear they fix one thing and then break another

Check the players instructions the default maybe telling him to come inside.

You can change lots of individual instructions for every player have them do whatever you want. Its quick and easy also.

[grizzlies317]

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Check the players instructions the default maybe telling him to come inside.

You can change lots of individual instructions for every player have them do whatever you want. Its quick and easy also.

Only problem is that with fullbacks, there's only one box of instructions besides the interceptions one. The 3 options in the other box are "always overlap", "balanced", and "stay back while attacking".

I'm loving this demo. They appear to have fixed a lot of things, but the thing that has me most excited are the player models and their movements. Maybe it's not perfect, but the players' movements are more lifelike. Far and away better than FIFA 15's players. I feel like the slow dribbling options are much more practical.

Other than the fullback issue that was just mentioned, it seems like instructions work better. Again, maybe not perfect but it's nice that my holding midfielders don't sprint forward and clog up my attacks. And I'm seeing my forwards press the back line with more intensity.

There's really several things, big and small, that have caught my attention and have honestly impressed me considering the sometimes lack of detail evident in FIFA 15. The CPU intelligence is obviously miles better. The CPU teams I'm playing against look like they actually have a plan other than running with the ball until a pass opens up. I'm not seeing the Seattle Sounders play like they all graduated from La Masia either. The sound of the ball when it's kicked is greatly improved, though maybe I'm crazy and it's been like that for past games. The celebration additions are nice little things that enhance the experience. I love the Bundesliga presentation. The driven pass option is nice, though I need to get used to the new location of the flair button. I'll see a nice opportunity for a back heel and end up rocketing the ball to my player, who's standing mere feet away.

Overall, I'm MUCH more optimistic about FIFA 16 than I felt before the demo came out. Hopefully nothing breaks when they roll the full game out. And hopefully edited instructions/tactics will be used by the CPU in matches. That's my biggest concern for the full version of the game. Well, that and finding out if they've improved player editing/creation, but I've come to expect no additions to that over the years.

EDIT: Forgot to mention the runs made by my CPU teammates...much more intelligent and makes attacking so much more fluid.

[morkusyambo]

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The Demo is great. I think the game-play is much improved from last year, not to mention the better visuals and player models as has been mentioned already. Need to fix stuttering issues when using different cameras, but maybe this is due to it being a demo?

If the franchise gets some added depth and complexity, and they fix the youth team/squad issues of the past then this game will be a 10 for me.

[talucchesi]

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If anybody can find a fix for the fullbacks pinching in I'd love to hear it, any ideas for that matter as I find myself banging my head against the wall trying to figure out a solution.

I've tried uping Barca's passing support all the way to the 80's and have seen little to no change. I've even tried manually moving Dani and Jordi out wider in the team sheets, even tried making them wingbacks, nothing is working here

Any other ideas maybe?

[steelerfan]

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If anybody can find a fix for the fullbacks pinching in I'd love to hear it, any ideas for that matter as I find myself banging my head against the wall trying to figure out a solution.

I've tried uping Barca's passing support all the way to the 80's and have seen little to no change. I've even tried manually moving Dani and Jordi out wider in the team sheets, even tried making them wingbacks, nothing is working here

Any other ideas maybe?

Would the Line Width slider alleviate the problem?

[Simaofan-20]

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Hmm, saw something I've never seen before. Corner kick by my team and I connect with a shot, it hits the crossbar crashes down into the net , clear past the line , the ball spins out and no goal.

[Money99]

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Do teams and players play like their real-life selves?
Probably one of my biggest gripes for all EA sports games.
The CPU always seems to play like a group of all-stars regardless of who they're controlling.

[KG]

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Do teams and players play like their real-life selves?
Probably one of my biggest gripes for all EA sports games.
The CPU always seems to play like a group of all-stars regardless of who they're controlling.

Not really BUT it could be due to a lot of factors: the short demo time skewing their mentality, team tactics not set up since it's a Gamescom build, etc...

[RoyceDa59]

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Do teams and players play like their real-life selves?
Probably one of my biggest gripes for all EA sports games.
The CPU always seems to play like a group of all-stars regardless of who they're controlling.

This is still an issue sadly but some of the player instructions and tendencies are a little better than last year it seems, we'll see in the retail version if it is improved.

[fearwhatnow]

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My demo impressions after playing on PC, 10min and 15min halves with modded database, World Class Difficulty, Slow Speed, Manual-Semi Controls:

+ Cpu AI is drastically improved. Changing sides, long passing, holding on the ball and looking for the best pass, backpassing and less dribbling.
+ Players have weight. The ball also.
+ Shooting is a joy because of what I wrote just above.
+ Cpu teammates are improved both in D and offense. Their runs are smarter. As a result triangles are a joy to perform and open new offensive possibilities and attack variety.
+ GK animations are top notch.
+ Animations are great.
+ Fouls. It's sad though to list a football rule as a positive for a football videogame.
+ Legacy defending controls. They work way better than Tactical because your cpu teammates can pressure to WIN the ball and not just standing and looking the ball handler. It's football not volleyball.
+ Women's gameplay is the best football recreation in videogaming after WE9 LE.
+ Player instructions seem to work. Needs more testing.

- Some GK wrong passes (Should be perfectly fine in full version)
- Still team individuality lacks even though there's more variety. I have posted about this in the PES thread a month ago with a solution that's right now in the sphere of utopia.
- Men's gameplay is not as good as women's. I'm quite sure EA doesn't want the game to be a hardcore simulation so it's more possible they'll ruin the women's gameplay too with patches...
- Professional difficulty is very easy (at least for me).
- Some "old" habits of cpu dribbling are still there.
- Too many shots hit the woodwork even on manual shooting.
- Tactical defending is a big joke. I don't want to take control of all my 10 players to steal the ball. Have you guys at EA ever heard of off ball D and area/zonal coverage? Also I don't really care about online excuses regarding this matter. Patch the game so we can use a button to call the cpu teammate to GO FOR THE BALL and not just contain like a waterpolo player.

That's all for now. The game has big potential. Still EA needs to focus a bit more on offline users. We're equal consumers/customers, many of us have families and we don't want to spend our precious free time playing ping pong online with randoms.
Also EA take the women's pace/gameplay and apply it to the men's. Do you know how it's done? Simple: Copy-Paste

[JHedges2]

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This is still an issue sadly but some of the player instructions and tendencies are a little better than last year it seems, we'll see in the retail version if it is improved.

Yeah I think we need to reserve judgement on this.

While I agree that changing tactics and instructions should see noticeable change, the players still have the mindset of it being 4 minute halves and "friendly" matches so--nothing to play for.

I would assume that this goes into the coding? I think we'll be able to get a much better representation on how "fixed" the custom tactics are when we can play league games and longer games.


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[nunogomes]

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Not really BUT it could be due to a lot of factors: the short demo time skewing their mentality, team tactics not set up since it's a Gamescom build, etc...

It´s not, there was never a FIFA where the team tactics were different from the demo to the retail version, so im pretty sure this one isn´t going to be any different.

While the gameplay is different, for better in my opinion, from last year, the problems with the CPU controlled teams remain untouched.

They play ping-pong football, they pass mindlessly around the opponent box without any sense of urgency to score, except when you are winning at the 85th minute, then, they switch the tactic to offensive and start trying to score (in most cases, you can´t stop them from doing it to...).

Sliders can alleviate a bit this problem, but if experience count´s for something they never solve this problem despite everyone´s best efforts.

[Matt10]

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Increase FB positioning to 60, and that mindless passing doesn't happen because the FB is moving up in attack.

Regardless, it's better than PES 15 with their approach of even more mindless passing around the back. Compared to FIFA 15, we'll gladly take the extreme of build up versus 'dribble, dribble, pass'. It's a solid start, but like Royce said up there, we have to reserve judgement. Experience definitely counts for something in that regard.

[KG]

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It´s not, there was never a FIFA where the team tactics were different from the demo to the retail version, so im pretty sure this one isn´t going to be any different.

While the gameplay is different, for better in my opinion, from last year, the problems with the CPU controlled teams remain untouched.

They play ping-pong football, they pass mindlessly around the opponent box without any sense of urgency to score, except when you are winning at the 85th minute, then, they switch the tactic to offensive and start trying to score (in most cases, you can´t stop them from doing it to...).

Sliders can alleviate a bit this problem, but if experience count´s for something they never solve this problem despite everyone´s best efforts.

Yeah you're probably right when it comes to changing tactics. Both games suffer big-time from a lack of attention to details in tactics.

Like Krebstar said earlier, a lot of the differentiation comes from individual player traits that are missing for the lesser leagues. IMO, it's the 2nd biggest reason why games can feel the same (tactics being the 1st). I played Inter the other day on WC and got beaten by 2 shots outside the box. One by Hernanes and this one by Shaqiri:



I wish I would have saved the Hernanes one too.