FIFA 15 brings football to life in stunning detail so fans can experience the emotion of the sport like never before. what it ultimately means for FIFA is that you’ll see players make more mistakes under pressure. In theory, it’s a fine idea, but the execution is problematic, because to compensate for human error, EA Sports has made them less fallible elsewhere. The result is that AI behaviour oscillates between smart and stupid.

EA Sports Football Club itself is now an integrated menu that can be accessed from pretty much any other part of the game, instead of having to back out. You can purchase various items with the earned coins, from new footballs to new kits, celebrations, and even FUT temporary match income boosts. Other noteworthy additions include more skill games (that remain fun and challenging), and the ability to add custom comments to your EAS FC activities, as well as comment and like the activity logs of others.



As mentioned, the majority of the improvements here are in the graphics, with FIFA 15 boasting something it's dubbs a "living pitch". Along with goal posts that shake, mud and grime that builds up on your players, and even, as the press release gets far too excited about, "corner flag movement" (although sadly, you can't send Father Dougal to go and keep an eye on it), there's an all new graphics engine at work here, making the game look even more like the beautiful game - wrinkles and all. Whether it's the individual strands of hair on Wayne Rooney's head, or the wrinkles under John Terry's eyes, FIFA 15 has attention to detail like never before, with over 200 laser scanned player faces giving an uncanny valley level of realism.

Also each opponent can claim three 30-second breaks), Tournaments (you play elimination style competitions), Team of the Week (your team plays a single match against an all star team formed by best performing players from the real world football scene), Quick Match (allows to match-up your squad with any popular team from the world and play a single match) and Games of the Week (you can pick a favorite club and play the derby of the week scheduled in the real world).

But to find a near perfect experience goes a Herculean task, because the higher the ride towards realism over the small details are visible, allowing the inconsistencies detection and parts that still need polishing but we gave acceptances on issues above. This is a risk that EA Sports wanted and have to run, but that requires work and more time. Now 10 months of production are not enough.