FIFA 16

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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 369 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 71 out of 369
  3. Negative: 179 out of 369

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  1. B9K
    Aug 26, 2022
    3
    Bad game. After golden era of FIFAs EA decided to change strategy and make it more realistic. It was not the best idea.
  2. P4inskiller
    Jan 1, 2018
    1
    Bugs, problems and so on...no online play possible!! Losing online matches just because of connection errors and a terrible programmed piece of sh..software can be really frustrating!
  3. fifa16worstgame
    Mar 11, 2017
    1
    Have 50+ hours on this game, but it is just sh*t. Should have uninstalled it long ago. The AI always runs faster and doesn't get fouls as often as i do (even when I play it safe). The worst part is the passing and defending system. It doesn't even cares where you direct the pass or how much speed you put in. But the AI never makes mistakes like that... Good job EA with your anotherHave 50+ hours on this game, but it is just sh*t. Should have uninstalled it long ago. The AI always runs faster and doesn't get fouls as often as i do (even when I play it safe). The worst part is the passing and defending system. It doesn't even cares where you direct the pass or how much speed you put in. But the AI never makes mistakes like that... Good job EA with your another disappointing game.… Expand
  4. foinf
    Sep 24, 2016
    1
    What a cancer of a game. It can be summarized by "ping-pong" where you aren't really in control. The players are absolutely retarded now. Laws of physics are conveniently broken multiple times in the game laws of conservation of momentum don't really exist. But controls are appalling (and no, they are not difficult..difficult would imply consistency of rules of physics, this is just aWhat a cancer of a game. It can be summarized by "ping-pong" where you aren't really in control. The players are absolutely retarded now. Laws of physics are conveniently broken multiple times in the game laws of conservation of momentum don't really exist. But controls are appalling (and no, they are not difficult..difficult would imply consistency of rules of physics, this is just a sham).

    Also, when you make a pass, the other person needs to keep second defender pressed and the ball will be intercepted EVEN BEFORE THE CAMERA SPANS and you can see who intercepted it and/or do anything about it.

    The game is a sham and a fraud. Nothing less than that. Don't give them money. Not even a single of unit of it.    … Expand
  5. phoenix061992
    Sep 1, 2016
    0
    Worst Fifa experience till date! I hoped EA would develop the gameplay with updates. Alas! They even worsened it.... Passing is just terrible and unplayable even auto player switch can be a pain if turned on! Other than that everything is probably worse than all the fifa in the last 20 years.... EA please spend some more money and get some good developers so that you can give us the trueWorst Fifa experience till date! I hoped EA would develop the gameplay with updates. Alas! They even worsened it.... Passing is just terrible and unplayable even auto player switch can be a pain if turned on! Other than that everything is probably worse than all the fifa in the last 20 years.... EA please spend some more money and get some good developers so that you can give us the true experience of Fifa and not cheat us with games like fifa 16....… Expand
  6. Salelesa
    Aug 10, 2016
    1
    To Fast of a game, worst passing added in any game in last 10 years. Shooting and movement absurd.
    This game has the worst AI. They don't miss passes, keepers are perfect, and there are only 2-3 patterns of attack for AI. When a player has a ball AI is pretty much useless and its is to dribble (on any difficulty)

    Anyway the game in global is the worst football released to date.
  7. Fifasucks
    Jul 18, 2016
    0
    This game has nothing to do with skill. If you know how it works and you don't suck then you will win when EA wants you to win and you will lose accordingly. I've won Div 1 6 times and Season Div 1 once , I've been in DIV 1 in seasons for months and whenever I have winning records my team keeps sucking at the last matches. Recently I got relegated to DIV 2 having lost 4 matches with 70%This game has nothing to do with skill. If you know how it works and you don't suck then you will win when EA wants you to win and you will lose accordingly. I've won Div 1 6 times and Season Div 1 once , I've been in DIV 1 in seasons for months and whenever I have winning records my team keeps sucking at the last matches. Recently I got relegated to DIV 2 having lost 4 matches with 70% possession and with opponent winning with barely one shot at net. EA scripting is a disease in the game and if they don't fix it they will notice a huge hit in sales. Fifa as it is simply sucks.… Expand
  8. robocat99
    Jul 9, 2016
    0
    scripted POS. offline is a cancer to PC gaming. 0 fun. EA can go to hell. not touching another EA title ever.
    most inconsistent PC game I have ever played. DLC packs are a total ripoff. and to top it all off apparently Inform and Non day 1 cards have broken chem so they were never worth more than a non inform card.lying, cheating company. they would rather steal your money and lie to your    scripted POS. offline is a cancer to PC gaming. 0 fun. EA can go to hell. not touching another EA title ever.
    most inconsistent PC game I have ever played. DLC packs are a total ripoff. and to top it all off apparently Inform and Non day 1 cards have broken chem so they were never worth more than a non inform card.lying, cheating company. they would rather steal your money and lie to your face than fix their broken POS    … Expand
  9. shady_home
    Apr 16, 2016
    1
    This is , by far , the worst fifa game ever . I can not imagine anything worse than this . if FIFA 17 is as weak as this, I quit football games forever .
  10. Souldev
    Apr 11, 2016
    2
    I have played every FIFA game since FIFA 2001. I was never really good at it, and I have started playing online only recently. But here's what I don't like about this version (spoiler: there is nothing I LIKE about this version, that wasn't in any other version):

    First and foremost, Online interactions. I mean, the concept is great, and it has potential to be super fun. Creating your    I have played every FIFA game since FIFA 2001. I was never really good at it, and I have started playing online only recently. But here's what I don't like about this version (spoiler: there is nothing I LIKE about this version, that wasn't in any other version):

    First and foremost, Online interactions.
    I mean, the concept is great, and it has potential to be super fun. Creating your own dream team, then trying it out against other players' dream teams? What could go wrong? Well.... Everything. But in this case, it's about how the game decides to disconnect you randomly during the match. I will be honest: I am writing this review while raging at random disconnection during FUT Draft. And before you ask - no, my internet connection wasn't down. No other service complained about getting disconnected.

    Issue number 2: Passing.
    The passing system is so broken in this version. I know that in some cases, they did it to optimize the gameplay, because in previous versions people were able to pull off insane actions with one proper pass, that was impossible to intercept/block/whatever. But right now, the amount of successful passes is insanely low. In many situations, my players, instead of just passing to someone relatively close to them, decided to choose a random direction of pass. I have checked my controller, and it's working. It also wasn't happening in previous versions. So at the time of me writing this, I had around 65% successful passes in FUT. That's insanely low (around 1 pass out of 3 was intercepted).

    Third problem: Switching between players.
    I have no idea how they changed it. But in previous versions, this system was somewhat good. It seemed to just know what player would be the best for the switch, even if not using RS, but just LB. In this version, LB and RS don't work the way you'd think they do. It seems like it selects a player randomly, and not the player closest to the ball. I have lost many matches because of that.

    My rant could go on, but at this point no one is probably reading :P
    So yeah, I know it's kinda late, but... If you haven't bought FIFA16 yet, keep it that way!    … Expand
  11. CharcoalBurst
    Apr 9, 2016
    2
    Fifa 15.2
    Pros:
    - Weekly squad updates - Local multiplayer - Great content - Manual commands Cons: - Nobody plays manual online. - No lobbies. - You can't skip the opponent's celebs/replays; - No learning curve. You can hold the controller with your feet and still win games. - Cheaters (especially in FUT, playing this pay to win mode is a total nonsense with those guys). Ranking    Fifa 15.2
    Pros:
    - Weekly squad updates
    - Local multiplayer
    - Great content
    - Manual commands
    Cons:
    - Nobody plays manual online.
    - No lobbies.
    - You can't skip the opponent's celebs/replays;
    - No learning curve. You can hold the controller with your feet and still win games.
    - Cheaters (especially in FUT, playing this pay to win mode is a total nonsense with those guys). Ranking is thus useless.
    - Laggers.
    - 80% of the people playing this game at least are casuals running it on toasters/crappy laptops using wi-fi. As soon as the FPS go down ingame or during the cutscenes (locked at 30fps by the way), it gets unplayable online. There's the mutual quit option available in order to avoid those guys, but they never accept it so they get away with 3 points everytime. Cutscene = overheating laptop/toaster = lag. It only gets worse until the game is finished.
    - People play the same in div. 1 as in div. 6, only with worse toasters/more lag.
    - Almost every player plays the same in this game, using Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern. It seems that the goal of this game is to cross the whole pitch as fast as you can, with the least passes possible using pacy players like CR7, Bale, Messi, Neymar, Ribery, Robben in order to score the same pathetic goal all game long (except for button mashed headers on corners) and switching to autopilot in defense with the AI doing all the job thanks to the parking the bus tactics.
    - You can have 70% ball possession and 18 shots vs 2 and winning is not guaranteed, thanks to the crappy netcode. Some people call this scripting/handicap.
    - You see donkeys with 60% passing accuracy winning games because scoring goals has been made easy for casual kids so that they don't cry.
    - You buy a game on launch and 3 months later it has nothing to do with what you bought thanks to patches killing the experience every time a bit further.
    - When the game becomes cheap during some Origin sales, poor people get it and it gets even more unplayable online thanks to their bad hardware.

    Conclusion:
    If you care about online playability and winning games when you deserve it, don't buy this game. If you love frustrating, unfair things and playing against retarded people that would sell their souls for 3 points, you're gonna love it.    … Expand
  12. Crackfarmer
    Mar 3, 2016
    0
    Haven't played it yet, but just from reading Reviews it makes me wanna kill myself. It's just the same **** as always, nothing new. And on top of that Ea seems really to care for protecting the Game from pirating instead of actually creating a good Game. Waste of money who buys this **** (or not refunds afterwards).
  13. aduzer
    Feb 19, 2016
    1
    The WORST EVER enjoyabillity beyond the fact that the AI is always always always always wining no matter the team and the referee will always show yelow and red cards - an "every day" fact. Extraordinary poor career play. Online Pay to Play.
    All the players online play roughly the same teams. IT is a MAJOR dont give a **** from EA.
    Uninstalled even tough I paid!
  14. Spx
    Feb 18, 2016
    0
    Same **** as always. Last time I will spend money on this joke. Soccer is another thing, I really hope that some new soccer games will be made by other companies (PES is even worse, the pc versions overall). They could improve the game with patches but they are already waiting for selling Fifa 17 which many sheep will buy as always.
  15. jesusmarin100
    Jan 21, 2016
    4
    This game is not finished, it has a lot of bugs and the online is very bad, all this that make a horrible game experience. Pay for this is throwing your money. I stay with FIFA 15
  16. DinoG7
    Jan 4, 2016
    1
    Can i get my money back? i love when opponent makes 50+ passes before he decides to go for a goal..shooting? impossible saves from opponent goalkeeper..20 shots VS 4 shots=1 goal VS 3 goals..reflexes, i want reflexes like that.. Oo
  17. Winkler
    Dec 20, 2015
    2
    Big congratulations for EA to create the most frustrating game in the world. Despite great sympathy for FUT, playing in this mode is now impossible. A nice and pleasant game prevent:
    -EA servers
    -lags -handicap -incomprehensible defense game -passing Until we hear that EA has improved all these defects and did not spoil the rest of the game, maybe I'll think about the next    Big congratulations for EA to create the most frustrating game in the world. Despite great sympathy for FUT, playing in this mode is now impossible. A nice and pleasant game prevent:
    -EA servers
    -lags
    -handicap
    -incomprehensible defense game
    -passing

    Until we hear that EA has improved all these defects and did not spoil the rest of the game, maybe I'll think about the next installment.

    P.S. I forgot to add that I bought this game to play with a friend who lives less than 10km from me. Despite many attempts by two weeks we can not connect to each other ..    … Expand
  18. tasanhalas
    Dec 16, 2015
    4
    The overall quality of the FIFA career mode has been declining over the years, and this is by far the worse.
    Yes, they added the abillity to train players which is nice, but now you either train the players or they don´t grow, and since you can only train 5 players a week...
    Besides this, the difference in difficulties is even bigger than last year, in professional you can easily win    The overall quality of the FIFA career mode has been declining over the years, and this is by far the worse.
    Yes, they added the abillity to train players which is nice, but now you either train the players or they don´t grow, and since you can only train 5 players a week...

    Besides this, the difference in difficulties is even bigger than last year, in professional you can easily win 95% of games playing casually, but in world class it does no matter what team you are playing against, they all feel the same, they play the same way, and in every game they can score amazing goals! And I'm talking about the portuguese league, with 3 start teams.. if you want to win in this mode you better be playing everyday, several games per day..

    If you want to play offline, it's just annoying and not worth the 30€ I paid for it.    … Expand
  19. steddye
    Dec 14, 2015
    0
    I'll never think to rate a game a zero but this **** really deserve this.I've tried everything to make this game smooth: clean install of windows 7 and windows 10, fps lock to 60, no fps limit, vsync on off adaptive nvidia inspector cache shader on off triple buffering etc...,ddu to clean install the gpu, open all the port on the rooter how EA suggest, with ge-forge experience installedI'll never think to rate a game a zero but this **** really deserve this.I've tried everything to make this game smooth: clean install of windows 7 and windows 10, fps lock to 60, no fps limit, vsync on off adaptive nvidia inspector cache shader on off triple buffering etc...,ddu to clean install the gpu, open all the port on the rooter how EA suggest, with ge-forge experience installed and without,contact ea support and A LOT MORE THINGS.
    My pc spec: cpu i7 4770k, 16 gb ram, gpu msi gtx 980 ti gaming 6g
    THERE'S NO WAY EA TAKES MY MONEY ANOTHER TIME.    … Expand
  20. Carter_Menashe
    Nov 19, 2015
    2
    Do you love injustice, bull**** and all things retarded? You do? Then this is just the game for you, have fun. For sane people, stay away, this game was designed to make you insane.

    On legendary you can be in the lead like 4-0 at 80 minutes and still end up losing the game without making a single mistake. Your players will just lose composure and there's nothing you can do about it. Not    Do you love injustice, bull**** and all things retarded? You do? Then this is just the game for you, have fun. For sane people, stay away, this game was designed to make you insane.

    On legendary you can be in the lead like 4-0 at 80 minutes and still end up losing the game without making a single mistake. Your players will just lose composure and there's nothing you can do about it. Not to mention your opponent can score at will anyway, from the most retarded chances and build-up plays, while you can have 20 beautiful clear cut chances without a single goal. Say you're 1-0 down though, well it isn't the same the other way around, starting like at 75 minutes you're lucky to get 2 chances on the ball, which your players will just mess up anyway.

    You can't trust your players in this game, they will mess up anything and there's nothing you can do about it.    … Expand
  21. mech999man
    Nov 18, 2015
    3
    For a game that costs %20 more than any other game on the market, this game is a disgrace. This game can be summed up as "one step forwards, three steps back". The FIFA series isn't stagnant, but all it does is roll back and forwards in it's own filth. Things that were bad before are still bad, some things that were OK before are not bad. Stick with FIFA 15.
  22. alexander8883
    Oct 30, 2015
    1
    Honestly one of the worst incarnations of FIFA i have ever played. Graphics are average at best, the commentary is stale and no different from the other FIFA games and the controls are simply awful. The passing in game is one of the worst examples in any FIFA game, You cannot make accurate short passes. When passing wide on the wings backwards or laying it back invariably even the "bestHonestly one of the worst incarnations of FIFA i have ever played. Graphics are average at best, the commentary is stale and no different from the other FIFA games and the controls are simply awful. The passing in game is one of the worst examples in any FIFA game, You cannot make accurate short passes. When passing wide on the wings backwards or laying it back invariably even the "best players in the world" have the touch of a 2 year old and knock it off the pitch. The movement on the ball makes zero sense, you get muscles by tiny players even when trying to shield. Online play is simply horrendous and unplayable 9 times out of 10. Lag cripples the game with every other match and its simply just a case of fishing to play against someone with a half decent internet connection. Id rather play sensible soccer than this if im honest… Expand
  23. Solidus784
    Oct 29, 2015
    2
    This is a game with massive potential yet it is very poorly implemented. The control system is very unresponsive and quite buggy especially the passing which often will go the exact opposite direction to which u aim. More often than not games are decided for or against by an AI blunder or blatant glitch which leads people to believe the game is scripted when these glitches constantly go inThis is a game with massive potential yet it is very poorly implemented. The control system is very unresponsive and quite buggy especially the passing which often will go the exact opposite direction to which u aim. More often than not games are decided for or against by an AI blunder or blatant glitch which leads people to believe the game is scripted when these glitches constantly go in the opponents favour . The game looks good the physics system is pretty advanced if buggy but the gameplay is awful .I wish the developers put there time into perfecting the gameplay and then worrying looks or whatever feature this year that they are going to sell the game upon . I also feel that the UT is just a way of stealing kids pocket money and is blatantly unethical but hey when have corporations ever been known for they're ethics.… Expand
  24. tomcek112
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    The worst FIFA experience yet brought to you by the most corrupt "non-profit-organization". Over the year EA has always opted to take fun elements out of the game and replace them with "realism". Starting with the first-touch system this dipped to new lows though and leaves this game now completely unplayable. Every fun game element like long distance goals and beautiful balls throughThe worst FIFA experience yet brought to you by the most corrupt "non-profit-organization". Over the year EA has always opted to take fun elements out of the game and replace them with "realism". Starting with the first-touch system this dipped to new lows though and leaves this game now completely unplayable. Every fun game element like long distance goals and beautiful balls through holes in the enemy's defence have been made completely nonfunctional and suddenly every bronze keeper can pull off the most ridiculous diving saves.

    The resulting game is one of short passes and a boring, slow gameplay that rewards possession game and not risk-taking. Every goal is a sweaty affair of rebounds and 10-yarders as every game seems more and more tedious.

    Quite frankly, EA and FIFA have once again tricked their fanbase in an overpriced piece of software that brings no innovation and a sever worsening in gameplay just for player database updates.    … Expand
  25. pirx1968
    Oct 24, 2015
    0
    After month of play, I can say it's just not enjoyable. Whenever I play with with friends on couch (vs or co-op), or FUT the game doesn't give any fun. My friends thoughts are the same, thats why only I have the copy, someone has to be beta tester.
  26. DRITZZ_ZARCON
    Oct 13, 2015
    4
    Well I haven't played FIFA for ages and thought maybe i'd give it a try this year after a long gap, I mean the graphics are looking nice now and the teams are up to date with the players etc.. BUT my experience of the beautiful game is ruined by disconnects with online play to the extent its pointless playing. EA, please take note as this will be the last game I buy from you in a long time.
  27. loyal123
    Oct 10, 2015
    3
    FIFA16's graphic is enhanced but **** short pass is missing again again again
    In multi, it is PK online, if you push in penalty area gives PK, you tackle him gives PK
    I regret buying this game
  28. stherkelsen
    Oct 6, 2015
    0
    This game is so much trash. They really have some excellent concepts and terrific gameplay. The Ultimate Team and new Draft Team modes are super addicting and compelling! However, I've played through about 100 games and perhaps 50 of them disconnect after the final whistle.

    When that disconnect happens, you lose. You lose your entry fee for Fut Draft (which is expensive). You lose    This game is so much trash. They really have some excellent concepts and terrific gameplay. The Ultimate Team and new Draft Team modes are super addicting and compelling! However, I've played through about 100 games and perhaps 50 of them disconnect after the final whistle.

    When that disconnect happens, you lose. You lose your entry fee for Fut Draft (which is expensive). You lose your player's contracts. You lose any coins you would have earned. You lose your tournament. You just lose.

    It's the most frustrating because it's otherwise a compelling game. It's just terrible to have an epic last minute victory for a big prize on a tough difficulty level, and then have it taken away due to poor implementation on the EA server side.

    It's frustrating enough that I created this account just to let you know, you should definitely steer clear of this game. It's not worth it. Customer service is impossible with EA, and you're just buying heartbreak.

    Fair warning.    … Expand
  29. rizzyD10
    Oct 5, 2015
    0
    Unfortunately I bought this on the PC and now I'm stuck with this pile of crap. Do not buy it if you want fun gameplay. This is the most frustrating gaming experience I've ever had. On single player the AI will just keep doing tiki taka and have 70% possession. While all of your passes will intercepted or the bullet passes will touch you targets legs and the defender will bully you off it.Unfortunately I bought this on the PC and now I'm stuck with this pile of crap. Do not buy it if you want fun gameplay. This is the most frustrating gaming experience I've ever had. On single player the AI will just keep doing tiki taka and have 70% possession. While all of your passes will intercepted or the bullet passes will touch you targets legs and the defender will bully you off it. Online there is no rhythm. Don't believe the positive reviews. There are a lot of paid reviewers out there. EA only cares about making money.… Expand
  30. ddaan9
    Oct 5, 2015
    1
    If your are like me, you where itching to buy the new game to try it...BUT I"M WARNING YOU. DON"T SPENT MONEY, OR WAIT WHEN IT IS VERY CHEAP. We don't love FIFA, we love the potential FIFA has, remember that before buying. People with bad reviews are the die hard players, the good ones are from people who played 10 hours and than bought a shooter, or are little kids. Let me explain.

    The    If your are like me, you where itching to buy the new game to try it...BUT I"M WARNING YOU. DON"T SPENT MONEY, OR WAIT WHEN IT IS VERY CHEAP. We don't love FIFA, we love the potential FIFA has, remember that before buying. People with bad reviews are the die hard players, the good ones are from people who played 10 hours and than bought a shooter, or are little kids. Let me explain.

    The game engine dictates if you will win or not.....Yes, sounds strange right? First there are random passes, See 2 guys free, it sometimes passes to a defender not in the screen. Than you have the the passes are not consistent. Sometimes they will be passed in front of the player sometimes behind the player, sometimes to nobody. And I'm a great passer, prefer to play without assistant, but online it is impossible to win in the higher leagues. Fouls can be very random. Shooting, sometimes it is hard, sometimes i pressed the button longer and am in the same position, but is a weak shot. Another thing ALL BUGGS FROM FIFA 13,14,15 ARE STILL IN THE GAME. Didn't improve a thing. Basically they changed the player stats, made them look a bit nicer, added a new passing feature that is far from being finished, made strength more important than speed (a 90 speed player can be outrun by a 45 speed defender?????) and they had a new game.

    Online you ask?? Same problems, plus a lot more! People still abondon the match and you will not get the points. But there is something new. The engine has a huge error somewhere that disconnects you during a game (average 1 in 5 games sometimes more). EA knows this, but they don't fix it. Like always......

    Conclusion, everything they promised to fix, is left alone. Everything they actually try to fix is done in a way that made even worse than it was. The game isn't more real, the game is badly written. This is one of the few games in this age where when you loose while doing everything perfect.... They get that one point for the graphics. Although still a bit outdated for 2015???? Probably saving it for FIFA 17,18,19, because how are they gonna sell the game otherwise.

    PS: if you are a football/soccer fan you will not like this game. Every basic move (passing, shooting, controlling, etc.) is messed up. Safe yourself money, time and disappointment and buy a different game. Play beautifull??? it is more play awkward.    … Expand
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#55 Best PC Game of 2015
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#52 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#51 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Riot Pixels
    Nov 30, 2015
    71
    Even though FIFA 16 can easily fool you into thinking that you’re watching live TV, these pretty visuals are not enough to justify this expensive upgrade from FIFA 15. But if you missed last year’s game, you’re in for a treat.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 13, 2015
    81
    This year FIFA had a lot of notable changes, including female teams and new announcers, but most important ones concern game mechanics themselves. [Nov 2015, p.82]
  3. Ragequit.gr
    Oct 11, 2015
    87
    FIFA 16 may be the best solution, this year, for anyone looking for a football sim on the PC platform. This is mostly a result of its competition being a very bad port for PC and EA Sports playing it safe when it comes to the franchise. There might not be vast improvements from its predecessor, but FIFA 16 does have some, resulting in a game that is an awful lot of fun to play.
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