fifa 15 trailer 10 major things revealed
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FIFA 15 Trailer: 10 Major Things
Revealed
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revealed
Football is the greatest drama on Earth. This is our stage, our theatre. I was born into it, others
were adopted; but we’re all connected. If you don’t believe we’re family you haven’t felt what
we’ve felt – agony, tension, heartbreak. But that moment when it comes together just right, words
cannot describe. But this isn’t fiction, this is real life – our life.
In yesterday’s EA conference at E3 they chose to showcase an all‐new trailer of FIFA 15 which
opened with the impassioned narration quoted above. It was certainly enough to stir feeling inside
any football fan and it was nice to see EA use some real footage of football fans to demonstrate
who the game had been made for. Indeed, this passionate trailer was a fitting choice for many of
the upgrades the developers have implemented into FIFA 15, as we shall discuss a little later.
From the trailer it is clear that a host of amendments, overhauls and additions have been made to
forthcoming football game to ensure that it improves on its predecessor, FIFA 14, in all areas. The
trailer’s tagline is “Feel The Game” and EA ensure we do thanks to the emotive opening sequence
and the plethora of exciting new features. Here are the 10 major things revealed in the FIFA 15
trailer:
10. Elite Tackling
Instalments of FIFA in recent years have tended to always favour the attacking player. If you’re
blitzing down the wing with Lucas Moura, for example, the odds favour that you are not only going
to beat even a quality left‐back like Henri Bedimo, but you’re going to make him look like a
lumbering carthorse in the process. Calculations by EA revealed that around 80% of tackles in
professional football result in the defender being successful so they felt that the tackling in their
FIFA series needed amending. Based on what we’ve seen in the trailer and also suggestions made
by EA Canada, more power will be given to the defending player in FIFA 15. In yesterday’s E3 trailer
we saw four‐goals and three noteworthy tackles – this obviously still seems more offensively
orientated but in comparison to the footage of previous years there is a definite sense that more
emphasis is being place on defence. Indeed, the first football action we are shown in the trailer is
of Aaron Ramsey delivering a crunching sliding tackle to Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembélé – this
could be a statement of intent by EA, showing how they intend to foreground defensive play.
9. Visual Details
We always see an array of visual improvements from one FIFA game to another. While we have
covered all of the noteworthy ones in other points on this list, there are several minor graphical
tweaks which deserve mentioning. Player’s hair will no longer resemble that of Lego men as their
locks will now flow and bob as the movement of their body demands it. Unfortunately Zlatan is
shown with his hair tied back so we can’t see his luscious locks flowing as he sprints, but we get
some indication of the ‘hair physics’ as Neymar runs to celebrate with his Barcelona teammates in
the final shot of the trailer. Other visual flourishes we will see in FIFA 15 include realistic LED
hoardings, grass and mud‐stained kits and collisions with the corner flags. On the surface these
additions may seem trivial but when combined they make FIFA 15 a far more realistic overall
package.
8. Player Anatomy
FIFA 14 was without question the best looking instalment in the franchise upon its release but – as
is always the case – the latest entry into EA’s football series blows it out of the water. FIFA 15
amends, improves and overhauls many of its predecessor’s graphical shortcomings but one set of
changes which are immediately striking are the upgraded player models. FIFA 14 may have done a
stellar job capturing the likeness of players’ faces but you didn’t feel like the eleven men at your
control were professional, top‐level athletes. The player’s on FIFA 14 had generic, ill‐defined
physiques which didn’t lend themselves to making the player think they were in command of
sportsmen. On the other hand, the first player we are shown on FIFA 15 is the 6’4”, muscular
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, who instantly confirms that much more details has
been put into the detail of the players’ anatomy. The trailer then goes on to show numerous other
world‐class players and their improved character models such as Zlatan Ibrahimović, Marco Reus
and Lionel Messi; showcasing every bulging muscle and twitching ligament.
7. Dynamic Dribbling
The might of the tackle may have been increased for FIFA 15 but several dribbling improvements
may mean that the offensive‐player still has a few tricks to beat his tackler – after all, we don’t
want every match to end as a bore draw! When we are shown Zlatan Ibrahimović proficiently
skipping past a reckless tackle from Neven Subotić, it is clear that several improvements have been
made to heighten the realism of the dribbling – this development has been confirmed by EA.
The new point‐of‐contact system means that every touch of the player’s boot on the ball will affect
its trajectory while a greater emphasis will be placed on a player’s agility. The improved locomotion
system enables the roster of talent to turn on the ball more accurately, allowing them to shield the
ball from a would‐be tackler. This improved ball control also translates to the subtle detail of left‐
footed players having superior control when dribbling on their left side. This means the likes of
Messi, Robben and Bale will now be most effective when they are used to take advantage of their
favoured left boot.
6. Enhanced Ball Physics
A new suite of ball physics to improve the realistic movement of the ball was introduced to last
year’s game. The aforementioned point‐of‐contact system means that every interaction with the
ball undergoes a series of mind‐boggling calculations put together by the coders at EA Canada. To
us non‐geniuses, this improvement basically means that the momentum, direction and spin of the
ball is far more physically realistic than in FIFA 14. The ball is shown to move incredibly fluidly in
the trailer. Particular highlights include Atlético Madrid captain Raúl García slicing one wide of the
post, the ball spinning uncontrollably due to the poor contact, and – worryingly for England’s World
Cup effort – Luis Suárez swerving a beautiful free‐kick over Joe Hart. Thankfully we are reminded
of the fact that Liverpool’s ridiculously talented striker has had issues putting it past Hart in real‐
life. The improvement may be subtle but the ball’s movement irrefutably now looks more natural;
let’s not forget that football is essentially all about a ball bouncing up‐and‐down and side‐to‐side
so this addition is deceptively pivotal.
5. Destructible Pitch
An annoying issue with FIFA 14 which forced you to suspend your disbelief was when you would
be playing through 90‐minutes of torrential rain and the pitch would remain as pristine as a snooker
table when the action was done. It was bad enough that the weather was limited to alternate
between the extremes of dryness and non‐stop rain, but when the damp pitches weren’t getting
trampled, trodden and ripped into, it felt like a big visual omission. In the trailer we are shown
Mousa Dembélé on an explosive run on a sodden pitch, his big Nike boots leaving their mark on
the grass as he sprinted. This will mean that after an hour‐and‐a‐half of hard play, the pitch is going
to be a very different place to when the game begun. Though this improvement will be exclusively
visual as the movement of the ball won’t be effected by divots or clumps of mud, it is a long
overdue visual addition which will certainly remind us that this is FIFA’s first proper next‐gen outing.
4. Living Crowd
In a neat little stylistic flourish, the new FIFA 15 trailer opens with real footage of football fanatics
around the world – ranging from Barcelona and City to Sunderland fans – before abruptly cutting
to the game’s presentation of supporters. This clever trick serves in highlighting just how
spectacular the game’s visuals of the crowd‐packed stadiums now are as well as how far they have
come since those we originally saw on FIFA 14 last gen. Long gone are the days of those horrendous
cardboard cut‐out fans who made us wish EA had just made the stadiums empty. In their E3 trailer
the developers were able to show the world how they had taken even the improved crowd detail
of the next‐gen editions of FIFA 14 to a whole new level. Not only does the overhauled crowd detail
add a layer of diversity to each and every fan so that we don’t feel like the action is being watched
by a horde of Star Wars‐esque clones, but they have also captured the essence of a particular
team’s support. In the very first shot of the trailer’s game‐content we see Manchester City fans
performing their notorious ‘Poznan’ celebration, followed by a horde of raucous Borussia
Dortmund supporters and finally a stand full of scarf‐brandishing Scousers.
3. Lionel Messi Still EA’s Sweetheart
The final piece of action EA chose to end the trailer with is of Lionel Messi; the franchise’s cover‐
star and the man they have rated as being the world’s greatest player for every FIFA game in recent
memory. The Barcelona star is shown effortlessly controlling an aerial pass from a teammate before
letting fly with his preferred left boot. The stunning shot soars into the top‐left corner and leaves
Atlético Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois powerless to stop its flight. The incredible nature of the strike
combined with its placement as the last significant piece of action show in the trailer suggests that
Lionel Messi is still likely to be considered the best in the world by EA, despite a tepid season by
the Argentine’s standards. Many had believed that Cristiano Ronaldo’ impressive season at Real
Madrid marked by his win of the highly coveted Ballon d’Or might have been enough for the
athletic Portuguese player to be rated as highly or even higher than Messi on FIFA 15. However,
the fact that Ronaldo is completely absent from the trailer suggests that his virtual counterpart will
once again be looking up to the little Argentine.
2. Player Emotion
One of EA’s main objectives with FIFA 15 was to install a sense of feeling and emotion into a game
which was starting to feel a little stiff and robotic. The trailer’s tagline – “Feel The Game” –
announces their intent to infuse their latest entry into their football franchise with all of the passion
and drama which makes the sport what it is. The aforementioned improvements they have made
to the presentation of supporters certainly helps with this but changes made with the players
themselves does most of the work in capturing the emotion of the beautiful game. Each player
now has a complex system of emotions as well as an in‐game memory system which determines
how they will react to an event in the match. There are now some 600 different reactions which a
player can use to express himself, so no longer will we have to sit through the same limited range
of animations over‐and‐over again as on FIFA 14. For example, if your forward has missed one shot
too many he might receive exasperated looks from his teammates or a stern word from the squad’s
captain. We see several examples of this in the trailer as Mousa Dembélé and Aaron Ramsey – who
had been jostling with one another – vent their frustrations by squaring‐up. Similarly, when Raúl
García misses an important shot his teammates on the bench gasp and the aggravated Spaniard
drops to the floor and beats his fists into the dirt. This addition of emotional intelligence is long
overdue and will prove to be a huge addition to FIFA 15, encapsulating the reason why many of us
originally fell in love with the sport.
1. Diverse Tactics
Inspired by the addition of the advanced in‐game emotions, FIFA 15 will implement advanced team
tactics determined by the context of the match in question. No longer will the CPU continue to play
the same way if they need an equaliser in the final 5‐minutes – they will throw caution to the wind
and pile players forward in the hope of scoring that all important goal. Similarly, if a team has
amassed a decent lead they will do a José Mourinho and park the bus to guarantee the victory.
With the players on the field showing their emotional complexity combined with a playing style
which shows how important the game is to them, FIFA 15 feels far closer to the real thing than the
preceding year’s game. The importance of winning to a team is also shown in their reaction after
scoring a goal which they have altered their tactics to achieve: after scoring that vital goal, the team
can engage in a 10‐man celebration to show how much it means to them. The final shot of the
trailer is of the entire Barcelona squad (sans goalkeeper) ecstatically revelling in the joy of a goal.
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