fifa 15 coins xbox 360 A full month into the new season every year, EA Sports releases the newest version of its massive FIFA video game franchise. Sales have been particularly strong over the last three years in particular with the 2013 version of the game selling 14.5 million copies in its first year and its 2012 predecessor dropping 3.2 million units in the first week alone. There is no doubt that the FIFA series is and has been great for what seems like ages now but is FIFA 15 more of the same or is it a whole new experience for the masses? The first thing you’ll notice in FIFA 15 is the quality of the graphics during gameplay. This is especially true if you didn’t upgrade from the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC versions that were released at the start of 2013/14. Those that reupped when the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 came out have already seen the benefits of the Ignite game engine.
Every single blade of grass is defined and as the game goes on, the players’ footsteps appear on the pitch as you slowly wear away at the virtual grounds crew’s work. In the rain, your players kick up water and in the snow, you’ll be thankful for high-visibility balls as your screen is covered by big, fluffy snowflakes. Kits pick up mud after a few slide tackles and the list of nice little touches goes on.
If you happen to be tired of playing all of your Premier League matches at the generic Town Park or Stadion Neder or whatever else they assigned to the KC Stadium, the Hawthorns, and Selhurst Park last season, there’s some more good news for you. For the first time, all 20 Premier League grounds are in the game, adding 11 new grounds to the mix in just England. On top of that, Boca Juniors’ la Bombonera and Ajax’s Amsterdam ArenA, among others, are also back in the game, among many others. Goalkeepers have a whole new range of save animations to boot. So, if you like flashy saves with plenty of hangtime, you’ll have a few more reasons to hope that the ball doesn’t hit the back of the net.
In addition to everything else that FIFA has brought into the 2015, there are also a ton of new face scans and player models now in the mix. The in-game footballers look more realistic than ever and during the cinematic sequences in stoppages of play, it’s cooler than ever. Unfortunately, it also takes us pretty far into the uncanny valley and it’s especially noticeable whenever you get in close to the action. It’s all well and good when they’re celebrating goals but when you watch one of those instant replays where the camera is at ground level, it’s pretty easy to see the thousand-yard stare that they develop from being your puppet over what is sure to be hundreds of hours.
The graphics in FIFA 15 are incredible, unless you’re stuck on the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3. Everything looks good and it’s very nice to see the environments become part of the action. The player models are mostly solid but the nearly-lifelike faces, with “nearly” being the operative word there, can cause some awkward moments. Some collisions are weird and players may fly out of a tackle like they’ve been hit by a tank shell but actually, that may just be soccer.
The Gameplay
The nice thing about FIFA 15 is that if you’ve played the game over the last few years, odds are that you are able to pick up the new version and get right into it. This is especially true with the new version of the game.
The user interface is almost identical to last years with cards taking up very familiar places. Navigating the game is kind of like riding a bicycle or using any number of other cliches that are about remembering things and that’s good because kick-off, Manager Mode, Ultimate Team, and online play are exactly where you expect them to be. That part of the game has barely changed with some alterations to the menu structure and graphical adjustments here and there.
On the field, it’s also much of the same and that is just fine because FIFA 15 builds on what was already a good thing. There’s new animations abound from the aforementioned goalkeepers to player reactions after fouls, injuries, and plays. FIFA 15 adds new tactical elements on set pieces from plays on corner kicks to taking control of the receiver on throw-ins. The home crowd reacts to goals and the screen shakes accordingly.
Scheduling, pre-season, cup matches, and international management are all pretty much unchanged from last year’s game
Pre-season feels just as useless as ever and rather than giving you a chance to test new team combinations on the fly, you may as well skip it and take your chances in competitive fixtures. Players are limited to just three substitutions which is a lot less than what happens in a friendly in, you know, the real world. As for international play, its also much of the same with the number of international squads providing a list that’s paltry at best. More than half of the teams in the game will make FIFA 15′s World Cup tournament and when you hear it that way, qualifying doesn’t sound like a lot of fun.
Transfers in FIFA 15 are still annoying as hell. To find a player, you must set up a scouting network with scouts that will give you an approximation of the player’s current statistics. They won’t give you much of a recommendation short of determining your team’s shortcomings and where you need reinforcements or replacements. With the sheer number of footballers listed in FIFA, it’s an annoying and frustrating process at best.
The ratings as a whole seem pretty accurate. The best footballers at the moment in the game, by rating are: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Manuel Neuer, and Arjen Robben with Andres Iniesta and Luis Suarez not far behind. It’s really pretty difficult to argue with that. Where it gets more iffy is when you travel further down the ladder.
Being a Bolton Wanderers supporter, it was easy for me to compare that team in-game to my perceptions of the frankly awful Trotters squad in real life. For some reason, Jermaine Beckford, who couldn’t hit the side of the Goodyear Blimp’s hangar, is rated a 69 in both shooting and overall which seems a little bit extreme. There are websites like Futhead, which aggregate all of the game’s various rankings, and give you a rundown of player potential and growth. According to them, the player with the most growth potential in the game is 18-year-old Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Callum Burton who may someday go from a 50 to 78 rating in-game which is something.
There are a lot of players in the game and odds are that you can find players that will suit your needs without them being a total dud. Scouting said players will get you an idea of their worth but an enquiry to the parent club will give you their value based on current rating, potential, and form, which is helpful.
FIFA 15 won’t simulate anything to the level of a game like Football Manager but it also really doesn’t try to. Tactics in FIFA will only get you so far and that’s also fine because the game is meant to be fun. Think of it as a lesser version of the Need for Speed series of racing games when they are compared to the much more technical Gran Turismo and Forza series.
FIFA 15 is a lot of fun and does pretty much exactly what it sets out to do. If you’re looking for tactics, in-depth press conferences, scout suggestions, and serious player movement, this game probably isn’t for you. If you want to do all that and still play through match after match, there really is no better option on the market at the moment.
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