FIFA 15: 10 Fan Demands Still Totally Ignored By EA

8. Defence Speed

One of the major criticisms of FIFA 13 was that the more rapid players in the game €“ particularly forwards €“ were disproportionately overpowered, allowing them to blitz past an opposition€™s defence and score a goal demanding fairly little of the player in control. This imbalance was shrewdly dealt with by EA as they slowed down the game for a more realistic experience in FIFA 14, though this has led to a whole new issue. On so many occasions we see players with a supposedly decent amount of pace get beaten to the ball by a slower defender in a straight foot race. Though this is obviously a disadvantage which afflicts both competing players, you are forced to suspend your disbelief somewhat when you see the likes of Di Maria being beaten by Puyol in a foot race. It was nice to know that EA had been listening to the demands of their fans with FIFA 14 but they need to achieve a balance €“ nobody wants speedsters running the show but we still want them to be able to outstrip plodding players in chases to the ball.