FIFA 16: 10 Common Complaints (That Are Total Bullsh*t)

7. "Defending Is Underpowered"

A common complaint of those who are utterly terrible at defending (even I'm guilty of spouting this accusation before I bothered to actually sit down and learn the game proper) is the annoying, toys-thrown-out-the-pram lie that defending is too much of a dice-roll to be effectively used as a tactic. Although a high-level player can absolutely trounce the average FIFA gamer while on the offensive, it's never a fault of the game-mechanics themselves. Playing defensively in EA's series is just as much about reading the flow of the game and guessing your opponent's next move in a chess-like fashion than it is putting in those vital, close-shave slide tackles. And you can tell this is the case when you actually do come up against these high-level players and only manage to get five yards into their half. Defending in FIFA can be tricky (and it's definitely not the most exciting part of the game), but it's much more complex and much more viable than the naysayers would have you believe.