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 werent 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 wont be effected by divots or clumps of mud, it is a long overdue visual addition which will certainly remind us that this is FIFAs first proper next-gen outing.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
