[R.G. Mechanics] FIFA 15 - Watistorrent

By Jon Denton

How fitting that on the day I review FIFA 15, I am retweeted by my eight-year-old self's footballing hero, Gary Lineker. His exploits in the 1990 World Cup (defecating himself on the pitch notwithstanding) kickstarted a life-long love affair with football, and his own game Gary Lineker's Hot Shot on the Amiga began a search for my own perfect football game, a search that continues nearly a quarter of a century later.

If I'd told that eight-year-old kid that one day he'd be playing FIFA 15, with its world-class physics engine, unmatched audio, countless leagues, nets that bulge and even lift off the ground, and its own bloody collectible card game, he'd look at me in amazement. And not just the kind that comes from seeing a bearded version of himself from the future. And if I then told him that I was going to pick holes in this game, he'd be well within his rights to slap me in the face.