I love each good game in FIFA 16

I genuinely like it a lot and I think it is a good game. Sure, there are definitely flaws, but I have found it to be much more balanced than past FIFAs. I have seen some horrible foul calls and one keeper mistake from my opponent, and I wish the contain function on defense was not in the game, but other than that, I have no complaints. Most players who are pretty good in real life, such as Terry and Mertesacker, are actually usable this year, and overall I have found that both dribbling and passing take more focus, skill, and thought. Last year, you could just zig-zag speed boost around with body feints which were easy to learn and not hard to master.

You could spam one touch passes with poor passers and more often than not you would retain the ball. This year, you really have to aim your passes and make sure the player is not too off-balance. Overall, the skill moves have been nerfed IMO, making crazy skill runs more exciting because they are more Cheap FUT 16 Coins. The OP body feints and Ronaldo chops of FIFA 15 are not nearly as effective as they were last year. No-touch dribbling can be very effective, but it is not easy to use and very difficult to master.

I loved adjusting to the game and figuring out what was best - was really satisfying when I started to win most of my games. My record may be horrendous due to the bad start but it's definitely worth it and it's got to be one of the best Fifa's so far. Even the pens and fouls don't really occur/bother me too much anymore.

I got up to division 5 with a record of 20-6-5 or so and then hit a little wall and lost a few games in a row. I've been taking a sabbatical with a new Everton career on Legendary. I've taken 6 points from 6 games on that though lol, not exactly ripping the league up. Still having a great time with the game though.

Normally I would have flown through offline and online divisions, but I gave up with offline because it's simply not fun trying to beat shitty teams on world class/legendary because they play up to 5* team abilities.

Every game I am playing against a player who is brilliant at dribbling and never puts a foot wrong in a high pressure defence. Whilst I do manage to win more than I lose, it just feels draining to have to concentrate so hard for every minute.

It doesn't feel like I play poorly, just that I seem to be matched up against slightly better players all the time. I figured it was me so I looked online for advice, but most answers were "don't bring your defenders out of position, use midfielders" or "take your time in attack, don't pass to players who are marked and don't pass if you're not facing the right direction" and I think I've already not been doing those things for years so that's not my issue.