EA has bestowed upon the squad creates an interesting element

The “emotional intelligence” that FIFA 15 Coins has bestowed upon the squad creates an interesting element of randomness – don’t expect to see any biting, but players railing at referees mid-game, sometimes to the detriment of your play, certainly adds to the experience – as does their unilateral decision to “park the bus” when leading in an important game. And the previously frustrating menus are now slick, making a run through the near-unchanged career mode less of a chore. FIFA 15 Coins PC has launched in the UK today. The game is available for all major platforms, with PS3 and PS4 iterations of the game being joined by Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC options. Added to that, physics properties are added across the pitch on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Goalposts tremble on shot ricochets, corner flags flop, and player hair sways with each stride. These are subtle changes, but welcome nonetheless. More noticeably, pitch degradation makes an introduction this year. It's purely an aesthetic switch-up, but lets each footstep and sliding tackle gradually scar the field, marking the progress of the game up until the 90th minute.

Among those that players have been posting online is an incredible free-kick from Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard who somehow manages to kick the ball backwards. Another sees Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny spinning through the air after an innocuous coming together and Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen appearing to fly. One of the important aspects about Fifa 15 is the Fifa Ultimate Team (FUT). However, to use/play the FUT, you are required to create your own club in the Fifa 15 Ultimate Team Coins Mode in Fifa 15 PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 game versions. It's still basically a combination of the old Be a Pro and Be a Manager modes, where you roll through the season playing matches, dodging or accepting loan and transfer requests and getting the odd rollicking for your behaviour on the pitch, and as before, you can choose whether to play matches from the viewpoint of just the one player or play with the whole team. FIFA 15 shows a renewed focus to the more physical side of the game, with shoulder barges, shirt pulling and push pull mechanics all showing the rough side to football. When it all goes wrong, FIFA 15’s improved 'big fall mechanics' promise stunning fouls.

That so many glitches have been spotted probably owes something to the FIFA 15 PS4 Coins game being launched in Europe yesterday and in the United States earlier in the week, giving players ample opportunity to spot any problems. In a curious twist, the Xbox One's FIFA 15 Coins IOS demo features the effect - and at no apparent performance penalty. What's just as strange is that this Liverpool versus Manchester City demo actually loads on first booting the Xbox One retail disc with the effect intact, but once the match is played out, motion blur is switched off for the main game (a bug perhaps?). In all, this is the only major technical division between the three versions - with the PC release retaining the effect.