The money-making machine from EA

Unfortunately, there were some disappointing surprises ... First of all the positive things, of which there are not so many:

+ After a goal in the home stadium chants are a little louder.
+ Corners variants are possible, even if actually not a big difference can be seen on a normal corner.
+ Even the ball, it is possible to control from now on the recipient.

Following, the things that are misbehaving:

- As described by many others in advance, EA has taken a big step back. Especially in the gameplay. In other words:. Assuming you have a really fast and safe ball players such as Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale, one can from the kick-off in full sprint race over half the field and shoot the ball into the goal. Every time. Again and again.
Occasionally the goalkeeper holding a ball, but then lets him bounce forward so that another player meets. In my opinion this is absolutely unrealistic. For I have not seen it in a professional league that a player over and over again the ball dribbles without getting tired across the board and so 5 or 6 goals in a game effort. Successful passes, a good build-up play, or understanding of the game simply no longer an issue. Simply CR7 give the ball up and down it. This may in the long run not be fun and somehow reminds me of FIFA 98, in which it ran something like that ...

- Defense: The AI ​​of defense has become much worse. The full-back does not move and let their opponent always attract. Although basically not important if you again lonely direction goalkeeper marched with a top star because the defenders are too slow. But if it once but found that the goalkeeper stops the ball just the second striker is on hand and chasing the ball into the net.

- Tournament-setting: A major shortcoming of FIFA 14 was it that you as usual could not adjust all the teams from the outset in the team management in its own tournament (or league). You had to wait always until they had a home game in order to make fundamental changes. One aspect that was criticized last year already in a number of forums and we saw as serious development error that can happen again. Then comes FIFA 15 and has changed ... nothing. This is simply a bankruptcy declaration by the management when required by the customer changes / amendments simply completely ignored.

- Cover: While only a secondary aspect, but we did it upset anyway. Once again Messi? Since FIFA 13 now he graces the cover. But it would not even have been logical at the latest this year to change the protagonists? Messi was often injured and has not set any accents. Christiano Ronaldo has a very successful year, Manuel Neuer was named World Goalkeeper of the Year and a Marco Reus voted player of the season. Alternatives there would be so enough. For the German version is also simply wants more respect for the Bundesliga. After playing in Germany's top stars, who deserve to grace the cover. But I think that adidas and Qatar Airways have contributed greatly to the development costs (what?). so that Messi will probably accompany us the next 5 more years.

- Commentators: Earlier it was interesting to see what new commentators have made it into the game. Today it is a horror an already from having to hear again "Manni" and "Buschi". It could almost be that no fewer than 8 new sets / anecdotes have been added. The rest remains the same, and after 4 years with the same commentators it remains an only left to switch to the English commentators.

CONCLUSIONS: Although the game only 2.7 stars out of 5 has. It remains the life insurance of EA and any FIFA Players will buy it. Just as the future generations also. It is apparently could not care less that the basic game has deteriorated. Or that for 4 years the same commentators are used. Or that simply nothing, has been in spite of fierce criticism, much improved.
The question that arises is: Why was not improved? Construction sites, there was enough. But that would indeed cause complexity and costs. And as long as it still buys the consumer, although there is actually a worse version of the previous version, EA does not have to continue to invest. The game FIFA remains a money-making machine. In principle, EA should not have more than the material costs and a smidgen development effort invested. The whole is then wrapped for 60 to 70 euros and profits gushing ... just unbelievable! Would other companies do more with less monopolistic conditions such a thing, they would be quickly out of the window!

Now only hope for a speedy update, so playing again gets more entertainment value in itself. Or on the competition version PES. This will be tested this year in any case and it should turn out better than essential, we will switch. But then in the long term ...

A buy recommendation can not be pronounced here definitely. Then make prefer FIFA 14 Buy for Weigersdorf than half and the substantial transfers itself.