FIFA 17 Demo: 10 Hands-On Impressions You Need To Know
9. Less Instances Of Attackers Running The Same Lines
It must have happened hundreds - if not thousands - of times over the years. Just as you're on that killer break, speeding through the opposition's defence with your most dangerous attacker, one of his teammates bizarrely gets in the way and stops him in his tracks. As the ball bounces away from both of them, you're left cursing the AI.
This was a serious problem in FIFA 16, and it was just flat out frustrating. Video games must limit these instances as much as possible, because they break that element of realism. In real-life football, things like this just don't happen all that often.
Now, FIFA 17 offers a solution.
The game's AI in general feels much smarter. There will still be little quirks people can exploit over time, but attackers make clever runs and - for the most part - steer clear of colleagues who have the ball and are sprinting through a flustered back line.
Even when trying to run into teammates and force the game into making an error, it rarely works. That means if you collide with a peer, it's going to be your fault!