FIFA 15: Reviewing the demo

Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea are among the teams that are available to be used in the demo version.

The FIFA 15 demo was released yesterday for PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC platforms and will release for the PS3 today. After playing the demo, we couldn’t be more excited about its official release on the 26th of this month. After some disappointment in FIFA 14, EA has taken things to another level with FIFA 15, making it one of the best works to come out of the EA studio. The teams that you can play with in the demo are Borrusia Dortmund, Napoli, PSG, Barcelona, Boca Juniors, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool. Listed below are the pros and cons, after reviewing the FIFA 15 demo.

Pros:

Better passing and movement

In FIFA 14, the movement of players seemed somewhat restricted and tough, like players were tied to heavy chains but all of that has been changed in FIFA 15. The movements of players are more fluid and realistic. The controls don’t feel restrictive and movement becomes easier in the game, allowing us to do so much more. Coupled with this is the improvement in passing, which feels crisp and accurate, and more realistic than ever before.

Skills and dribbling

EA has also put in a lot of work for in skills and dribbling in the game. Players can now do more impressive tricks and manoeuvre through defences with better dribbling abilities. The dribbling feels realistic and is better than how it was in the previous games.

More realistic experience: commentary, environments and player emotions

What really impressed us about the demo, was how realistic and up to date everything was. The commentators pipe in the latest of happenings in the football world and have a variety of sentences and phrases they use; a vast improvement from the dull, much repeated commentary in FIFA 14. Imagine starting a new match and listening to the commentary of either Martin Tyler and Alan Smith or Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend talking about the relevant happenings in world football for instance Carles Puyol retiring or Atletico Madrid clinching the title on the final day, and Jose Mourinho’s second spell without a trophy; it’s all there.

The stadiums are much livelier with fans, singing and cheering their team with a multitude of chants and songs, groaning at missed shots and screaming at goals. Another really enjoyable bit is the emotions expressed by the players themselves. Tackle a player too often, and you may end in a fight with him. Miss open chances and risk disgruntling your team-mates. This and much more awaits you in FIFA 15

There were a few things we didn’t go gaga over though, so you may want a little heads up about that.

Player emotions are much more realistic

Cons:

Goalkeepers are not from this world

Something that frustrated us was the amount of times we were denied in front of the goal, no matter how good the build-up or the shot. Scoring a goal is pretty difficult in FIFA 15 and the goalkeepers are brilliant, to the point that it hurts. Granted the keepers in the game are more realistic with new movements and diving techniques, it’s still frustrating when you just can’t seem to find the back of the net.

Shooting is tougher

Compared to previous games, shooting is much harder. The accuracy and precision of your shot is harder to line up than before, with long shots flying wide from the posts. Even the higher rated players have a tough time, hitting it straight. However, more time with the game could correct this.

Scripted play

As hard as it is to believe, the game feels scripted when you keep winning and losing in patterns. During certain phases of the game, you end up on winning streaks, defeating one team after the other and sometimes, even with the best team, it’s hard to get a win.

All in all, an epic demo, thoroughly enjoyable. The demo has now only managed to make us hungrier for the game when it releases later this month.

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