There’s an odd dullness to AI players which isn’t entirely new but manifests itself in new ways.

That’s not to say it’s always a prettier one-for every new bit of bicycle kick mocap, an improvised finish, or a pass that would have been right at home in the Joga Bonito adverts, there are a legion of new ways to show players tussling with each other, miskicking the ball, stumbling, or crowding each other out. There’s an influx of new animations in all aspects of the game, and the end result is indeed a more realistic game of football. What has changed, marginally but perceptibly, is what happens on the pitch. These things we know, of course: they’ve been that way since the formation of Pangea.

Online multiplayer offers a new Matchday mode akin to limited-time raids in MMOs along with divisions, quick play and co-op. Don’t be eFooled though, the modes are just as they always were: Become a Legend zooms the microscope in on a single player and lets you live out a career-though nothing as choreographed as FIFA’s The Journey-while Master League’s there for longform pursuit of team glory in offline form, and M圜lub provides the real showpiece: a full-fat, menu-laden odyssey of online competition, team-building, and stat-padding.

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