it’s here, our review of FIFA 15 is here!
We spent a couple of weeks with the game and thought now (a week after it’s release in the UK) would be the time to bring you our review. It’s a long one, with each aspect of FIFA 15 dissected and talked about. However, (something you’ve probably noticed if you scrolled down), there’s no score. No, that doesn’t means a nothing out of 10. We wanted to let out text do the talking and you (the reader) take away exactly that after going through it.
The entire FIFA Soccer Blog team came together to produce this epic review, with specific sections being handed to certain guys to cover. You know, the experts. Anyway, enough rambling, we hope you enjoy reading it. We know not everyone will agree, but that’s cool. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.
Graphics & Presentation
This is perhaps where EA have put most of their effort into with FIFA 15, bringing out the most authentic and realistic looking FIFA title yet, and considering how good the game looks year after year, it is great to see EA still making big strides in the Visual and Presentation department.
Of course, one of the headline features was that the Barclay’s Premier League was to be represented in a way that has never been done before in all other sports games. They have managed to perfectly recreate the look of a Saturday/Sunday afternoon Premier League match. As previously revealed, FIFA 15 includes all 20 premier league stadiums, with every one perfectly replicated right down to the last stride of grass! Playing at the Etihad stadium, seeing the Man City fans do the Poznan celebration when I scored a goal genuinely wry smile to my face. Attention to detail in so many visual replications of the beautiful game is clear throughout. It is a shame that other leagues were not given the same treatment, but I certainly expect them too in the future. It is an exciting future to see how EA SPORTS truly want FIFA to become the most authentic, realistically looking football title on the market.
On the pitch, EA have also improved their lighting system, which generally gives out a more realistic looking football match on a whole. Little animations, such as your teammates clapping you as you narrowly miss a chance, to your player’s head taking a bow as he continues to miss chances are also a nice touch from EA. With added celebrations and a vast amount of new animations, FIFA 15 is certainly the best-looking football title on the market.
However, with all these graphical advancements there are two areas that haven’t seen the same success. Although they have been given particular focus this season, the player models still lack the true feel of the physique of the modern athlete in some cases the players look too thin and often top heavy. Next season we would like to see further attention given to accurately representing the physique of the modern athlete as some player models look are a little exaggerated to say the least! While we’re talking about areas that require graphical improvements it’s worth mentioning that player skin textures and tones could also benefit from some attention. AS it currently stands it would seem that there is an issue with the saturation and the hue, particularly when analysing player faces. It is that “zombie-like” look that we hope can be eradicated for next season and possibly replaced with more natural looking skin textures and more diverse skin tones.
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