FIFA 16: The CPU AI

It's insane how people can pick on PES for every little thing and ignore straight criminal aspects of FIFA.

FIFA is a colossal failure when it comes to Team ID. Every team plays with FIFA 16 Coins PS3, the only difference when it comes to their performance is difficulty.

Today I played against the China national team, San Lorenzo, FC Copenhagen, Fenerbahce (I think) and some other team, and since it's on World Class they all play tiki taka, do 40-pass moves and make you run around like a headless chicken. I had 36% possession at half time against China. I had 40% possession at the end vs China and Copenhagen. They just pass pass pass pass pass and get out of dead ends with the clinical precision only a computer has.

There's no variation to the play, it's always the same thing over and over making you run around like an idiot.

PES is MILES better in this regard, Juve play like Juve, Bayern have their recognizable style which still plays different than Barca in-game, Valencia plays much different than FC Porto, etc. Having watched these teams IRL some FIFA 16 Coins PS4, it's clear the Konami team tailored them to mimic their actual playing styles.

Meanwhile EA, with their 18M selling game, is content with just doing however many difficulties there are (5? 6?), make them ignore any passing, physical, or shooting stats if it's high enough, and just have the same playstyle apply to the entire game.