So I have now bought this and played it a little bit, bear in mind I only played FIFA at my mates house casually for the past decade I reckon...
Some thoughts.
System mechanics. There is definitely an almost overwhelming amount of system mechanics to think about. I have competitive experience with fighting games such as SFIV and MvC3, so luckily I think I can learn things a bit faster than normal, but its still quite confusing in the heat of the moment.
I think this is why I got into fifa, as I like games like street fighter etc
(I have a custom fightstick)
Also when competing in streetfighter as a new player most will find the same confusion.
Passing.
Like the introduction of strong pass. But I play on manual settings (I like the control even though I randomly will send a wayward pass and try over the ball at the worst time!), so I'm not even sure if the through ball button is even necessary now? Only annoying thing is when I play a pass, the AI sort of decides who is going to react to it, and sometimes its not the right person. Anyway around this?
I tried full manual online and it was terrible
Also the wrong person reacting just seems to happen so much in this fifa, if it's a long ball & you have time, you can manually select/change the player in your control using the right stick.
Fouls
I actually really like how often the ref blows his whistle. Controversial but hear me out! Basically... its not that the ref is trigger happy, but I genuinely think these are fouls. Problem is, people are playing this too aggressively. You would never full sprint into someone and go for a tackle and not expect them to be able to shield the ball and get tackled. I seem to give away less fouls than the people I'm playing with just because I feel like my defending is more conservative and true to life.
I find the exact opposite, the ref hardly ever blows the whistle unless it's in the penaulty area.
Players can get side swiped or tackled from behind and lay on the floor with an injury and the ref will just ignore it, even tho the crowd are clearly jeering, booing or whistling. (and in FUT you will need to pay for a injury card or sit the player out for a few games)
FUT
This is quite confusing and I don't plan on spending any actual money so hopefully I don't have to wait ages before I can actually have some good players... but it looks like the green coins I need for decent packs are micro transaction only? Unless I'm wrong, haven't messed about too much with it.
I am the same but it seems some players are happily spending £50+ on fifa points as they think it will give them an advantage.
The majority of people I have played with 83+ rated squads (especially BPL) have been terrible at the game.
The main problem with FUT on the PC is the market is so small, eg: PC last night = 270,000 transfers, XBONE = 3million+ transfers
Making coins seems so hard on the pc version because of this
also it seems there are few people on the PC version who list players for the wrong price, you might find some that are like 500-1000 coins cheaper on BIN but that's if you're lucky.
I think a better starting point is to change it from assisted to semi, for more control. Although again the OTT AI interceptions will somewhat limit it.
