FIFA 15 coming this Friday to UK #FIFA15FRIDAY

Emotional Intelligence

FIFA 15 models the emotional state of all 22 players on the pitch, giving fans a chance to experience first-hand the attitudes and personalities of the world’s best football players during a match. FIFA 15 players now have a range of emotions that evolve contextually throughout the game based on interactions with opponents and teammates. Each player has an attitude or feeling towards everyone else on the pitch and will react accordingly during the game’s events – frustration after missed passes, anger with hard tackles, and excitement when chances are taken are just some of the over 600 reaction animations that could tell the story of the game.  

Dynamic Match Presentation and Living Pitch

In FIFA 15 every stadium is a Living Pitch where everything is alive and the turf evolves at every step, plant, or slide. For the first time ever, the FIFA development team utilized physically based rendering to bring atmospheres and players to life, further blurring the line between the virtual and real world of football. The new rendering works in combination with a new player model and rigging system to make every athlete look and feel athletic, lean, and true to their natural form. FIFA 15 is played on a Living Pitch where boots and hard slide tackles will leave their mark as each match progresses; players will get mud and dirt on their kits. Other visual details including animated LED ad boards, corner flag and goal frame movement, and realistic atmosphere conditions will keep fans immersed in the game. 

Man to Man Battles

Man to Man Battles transforms defending in FIFA 15. Players now use full-body defending to separate their man from the ball, while possession tackles will reward great defending, helping defenders keep the ball close to their feet when a challenge is made. New shoulder barges, shirt pulling, and big fall physics allow fans to feel the battle making dispossessing opponents more rewarding than ever.  During corner kicks you have the chance to battle for position!



Next Gen Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper logic has been redone in FIFA 15. Next Gen Goalkeepers have been completely rewritten with over 50 new save animations, improved AI and a new, realistic player model.



Amazing Players Visuals

The Next Generation football player is here. In FIFA 15, you’ll see a level of detail in players’ faces which hasn’t been possible before, thanks to an all-new physically-based rendering lighting system. There will be noticeable hair movement and facial reactions. New character models and rigging system means players look and feel lean, powerful and athletic. Kits move realistically and change with the environment, becoming dirty with mud and grass as the match progresses.




Agility & Control

It builds on step-based locomotion and delivers an all new level of responsiveness and control to FIFA 15. Tuned player biomechanics cause players to react and move with balance and closer control when in possession of the ball. Precise steps and turns at low speed, and closer control at high speeds will give FIFA 15 fans more control and increased mobility when commanding players on the pitch. New stutters and strides let you cut, sprint, and explode out of turns, and run touch dribbling gives players’ personality that reflects their real self.  A new ball physics system models ball movement depending on the spin and the precise contact with the ball. The accurate movement of the ball, combined with the control of the player brings a new level of realism to dribbles, touches, passes, and deflections in FIFA 15.



Team Tactics

Opponents and Teammates in FIFA 15 now make decisions just like real athletes. New to FIFA 15, players now have short, medium, and long term objectives that they decide upon as a team and execute using Team Tactics. If a team is up by a goal, they might park the bus, or if they are down a goal, they might try to get it in the mixer to be more direct in attack and secure a last gasp winner. This, along with other Team Tactics and mentality choices, creates emergent and realistic gameplay moments that become part of every game. In FIFA 15 your teammates and opponents now recognise what’s happening in a match and will adjust their tactics and playing style to gain the advantage. Park the Bus, In The Mixer, and Time Wasting – familiar tactics you’ll need to overcome. You’ll also be able to set your team mentality to Park the Bus to counter your opponent’s Team Tactics.

New Celebrations

Ultimate Team Tweaks

Three key improvements to Ultimate Team !

• "Concept squads." It's a new feature that allows users to file through the entire FUT (FIFA Ultimate Team) catalog and match up prospective starting lineups to see what combinations improve chemistry most.
• The second main addition is the improvements made to player loaning, which will allow users to loan out—or receive—players for a set number of matches as opposed to an entire season.
• Also FIFA 15 will allow friends to put their Ultimate Teams to the ultimate test. Similar to the "Seasons" online mode, players can face their friends' Ultimate Teams.