re: FIFA 17 Thread

Played several games last night. A few "play now" against the CPU and a 2-0 in FUT seasons.

First thoughts:

It's a lot different, but I like the player movement. You can actually change direction with agile dribblers. Defending isn't OP, no more just beasting someone off the ball because you got close to them and pressed the tackle button. The wingers make good runs, you can put a through ball between the Center back and Fullback and your winger will run into it. I haven't gotten hawked down from behind by a slower player yet, though I'm sure it'll happen. I only took one free kick from a dangerous spot yesterday, but it seemed much much easier to put it on target. There's no more 40% chance of a goal from corner kicks, thank God they fixed that. '16 was so cheesy in that regard. I had a custom tactic/movements that would get me a goal more than half the time in '16 from a corner. The over the top through ball seems to have found a nice balance between OP '15 and doesn't work at all '16. Player positioning seems to be a lot better, the team holds their shape offensively with discipline.

Things that will take a lot of getting used to:
The camera angle really makes shooting hard for me right now. I scored all of my goals last night from 12 yards and in. I also misjudged several passes on defense due to camera angle. Crosses seem to be a lot harder to convert into goals, but not a big gripe there because that's more realistic.

Initial thoughts are that this is a better game than FIFA '16 from a soccer simulation standpoint, it's just going to take some getting used to

Squad: