Some Tiny, Brilliant FIFA 18 Details You Might Have Missed
No doubt you're aware of FIFA 18’s bold new features. You know, the Real Player Motion, the Dramatic Moments, the Dribbling Overhaul, the Official Paul Pogba hairdo. But what about the ones that didn't make it to the back of the box? We’re talking Giant Pitchside Inflatables, 360 Degree Crowd-Hugging, Sideline Litter Build-Up, and a dabbing Luka Modrić. To catch up on all of FIFA 18’s incredible new details, features, and touches you might have missed.
1. Crowd rush
In scenes straight out of World War Z, swathes of fans now spill from their seats and charge towards the advertising hoardings whenever you score a goal. Not because of a particularly eye-grabbing campaign from Pukka Pies, mind you, but a mad bid to be literally six feet closer to the action. They scramble down the stairs and even over each other, stopping just short of combining their bodies to build a fleshy wall and swatting passing helicopters out of the sky. Sensibly, punters further back remain firmly bums-in-seats.
2. Fan smooching
Members of the crowd do more than stand up, sit down, and look at their potato hands in quiet mourning. Every single one is a detailed 3D entity, which means you can run over and interact with them after a goal. As Benzema, for instance, we mega-kiss a Real Madrid fan on the head like the pope blessing a baby. Then, after bagging a brace, we run over and embrace the same fan twice in a row. There’s one man who’s not showering for while.
3. Make everyone duck
OK, one more entry on the fans before we move on. Fire the ball into the stands and people part like the Red Sea in efforts to evade the incoming rocket sent by the mission control that is your boot, throwing their hands over their heads and crouching low under its roaring trajectory. A good move to pull if the opposition following gives you grief.
4. Crazy new Ultimate Team pack opening sequences
If you were lucky enough to open a pack containing Messi in the last game, the diminutive Argentinian would do his best to dampen the excitement by strolling calmly out from behind his big gold player card and staring dead-eyed into middle distance. Rare players now do more to stoke excitement. Thomas Mueller runs up and pumps his bony arms in the air; Dele Alli waves cheekily as golden confetti rains down, and Ronaldo does that weird jumping ‘everybody look at me while I pose’ thing. Best is Luka Modrić, who executes a mathematically perfect dab.
5. One or two-player kickoffs
You can now use a single man or woman to take the kickoff. It’s one of those small but necessary changes that makes you question how this wasn’t a thing in the first place. Why were two players ever needed to do a one-player job? The revision will be especially welcome for those who often attempted silky crossfield balls from the get go and ended up smacking it into the legs of their kickoff partner. If you’re feeling nostalgic, however, you can still call up a teammate to the centre circle with you by holding L2 or LT.
