There’s a whole raft of new skill games designed to hone your skills, as well as a nifty graphical overlay dubbed the FIFA Trainer = that can be toggled on or off depending on preference and shows the button options available to the player you’re controlling. It’s a cool take on the usual instruction manuals and tutorial videos, and – although a little distracting – really helps you get to grips with the controls. Hell, it helped cut down the number of fouls by improving by tackling percentages and enabled me to score a few glorious free kicks – and that can’t be a bad thing. Another couple of innovations are the driven passing and no touch dribbling – the former allowing you to pelt fast, but controlled, passes to your team mates to instantly open up defences, while the latter sees you feint, shimmy and shield the ball – to distract opponents and draw fouls. FIFA 16 is a far tougher affair than its predecessors, and requires skills to be relearned and a slower, more cerebral style of play employed. Gone are the days of belting up the pitch with a Walcott or Aubameyang and thumping the ball in the back of the net. Players blessed with speed and acceleration are still beneficial but by no means essential this time round. Instead, the focus has shifted to build-up play and more measured passing. A nicely-balanced team of players with a strong physique and decent ball skills is now far more preferable than pace alone.